Dreamflows Fordyce Creek - Fordyce Dam Release Schedule - Historical - 2018
 
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Releases Below Fordyce Dam - Historical - 2018

In the tables that follow, each date is color-coded according to the kind of release scheduled for that day:

ColorMeaning
 No scheduled release planned for this day.
 Scheduled release: 350 cfs below Fordyce Dam.
 Ramping up/down from Fordyce Dam.
Note: All information provided by American Whitewater and/or PG&E.

 

August 2018
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
 
2
 
3
 
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
10
 
11
 
12
 
13
 
14Ramping up
to 350 cfs
15350 cfs
all day
16350 cfs
all day
17350 cfs
all day
18350 cfs
all day
19350 cfs
all day
20350 cfs
all day
21350 cfs
all day
22350 cfs
all day
23350 cfs
all day
24350 cfs
all day
25350 cfs
all day
26350 cfs
all day
27350 cfs
all day
28350 cfs
all day
29350 cfs
all day
30350 cfs
all day
31350 cfs
all day
 

 

September 2018
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
            1350 cfs
all day
2350 cfs
all day
3350 cfs
all day
4
 
5
 
6
 
7
 
8
 
9
 
10
 
11
 
12
 
13
 
14
 
15
 
16
 
17
 
18
 
19
 
20
 
21
 
22
 
23
 
24
 
25
 
26
 
27
 
28
 
29
 
30
 
           

Water Management and Access Issues:

1.  The maximum flow that can be released from Fordyce Lake depends on reservoir level.  The lower the level, the lower the maximum flow, because there's less pressure available to force the water out.

2.  The original draw-down schedule called for 400 cfs for twenty days.  However, turned out the reservoir level was too low to release the full 400 cfs, so they started by releasing 350 cfs instead.  As the reservoir level dropped so did the flow, which fell slowly but steadily during the release from 350 to 275 cfs.