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May 7, 2008:

Added several other rating tables.  See the complete list of available tables.

May 6, 2008:

Added the following rating tables:

Scott - Near Fort Jones

West Br Feather - At Whiskey Flat Bridge

Mi. Cosumnes - At Mt Aukum Rd

Updated the rating table for:

So. Merced - At Wawona

May 1, 2008:

Started reporting estimated flows for the following new California site:

Cherry Creek - Above Cherry Lake

This EXPERIMENTAL calculation involves a lot of different gauges in different places, and the timing between them doesn't line up quite right.  So, expect to see glitches in the graph.  But, in general, during snowmelt (like now), expect to see a nice sine wave with the peak in the early hours of the morning, and the trough late afternoon.  Give feedback when you go up there please - let's learn how reliable the estimate is, and try to relate reported flows with what's good to go.

May 1, 2008:

Started reporting estimated flows for the following pre-existing California site:

South Silver - At Autobahn

Previously, for South Silver - At Autobahn, Low/Good/High flow levels were entered by hand when some benign person was up there and remembered to enter them.  Now, they're EXPERIMENTALLY estimated based on Ice House storage changes, and a guess at the Ice House outflow.  The estimate might not always be super accurate, but most of the time it should be reasonable. At least, that's the theory.  Feedback, please.

Apr 30, 2008:

Started reporting flows for the following new Oregon site:

Applegate - Inflow Applegate Lake

Added a corresponding guidebook entry:

Upper Applegate River (Road access to Applegate Lake)

Apr 29, 2008:

Switched from using TopoZone to ACME Mapper for gauge, put-in and take-out locations.  Wow, ACME Mapper is way more versatile, way slicker.  Image registration seems to be a problem with these mapping services though - they don't all display a given lat/long co-ordinate in the same place, nor do they necessarily display a given GPS waypoint in the correct location.  But, generally, the supplied co-ordinates should get you close enough to locate what you're interested in.

Apr 28, 2008:

Added a new scheduled-release page:

South Fork Feather - Below Forbestown Diversion Dam

Apr 20, 2008:

Stopped reporting flow information for the following California site:

So. Yuba - At Kingvale Bridge

It has been replaced by the new So. Yuba - Near Cisco realtime gauge.  If you want information on suitable stick gauge heights (near the put-in for the Summit run), see the online guides at

Upper South Yuba - Summit Run

Upper South Yuba - Spaulding Run

Apr 18, 2008:

Started reporting flows for the following new or changed California sites:

So. Yuba - Near Cisco (new)

Fordyce Creek - Below Fordyce Dam (changed)

So. Yuba - At Lang Crossing (new)

Bear - At Hwy 20 Bridge (new)

Bear - Below Drum Afterbay (new)

Fordyce Creek - Below Fordyce Dam used to be a scheduled-release site, but is now a realtime site reporting gauge data.

Information for all of the above five sites is being provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E).  This is to support boating flow studies, as a part of FERC relicensing.

Apr 15, 2008:

The old region/section

California - West Slope

was getting way too unwieldy, so split it into two new ones:

California - West Slope - Northern

California - West Slope - Southern

Apr 13, 2008:

Dreamflows online reports now have two operating modes: all sections at once (the only mode available until now, where the entire page is displayed all at once), and one section at a time (a new mode where only the currently-selected section/region is displayed).  An example of a section is California North Coast.  Pages using one section at a time are much smaller, therefore quicker to load and display on your browser.  This mode is primarily intended for visitors using a mobile device (e.g. cell-phone), where both bandwidth and memory tend to be an issue.  The downside of one section at a time is, naturally, that only one section is displayed, so displaying a different section requires a page reload.  The default mode is all sections at once for standard-format reports, and one section at a time for compact-format reports.  Links are provided for switching between modes.  This enhancement was made at the request of Mark D'Agostino.

Apr 3, 2008:

Started reporting flows for the following new California site:

No. Yuba - Above Slate Creek

Apr 2, 2008:

Started reporting flows for the following new Washington sites:

Mad - Above Camp Nine

Soleduck - Near Quillayute

Dreamflows started reporting these gauges at the request of Tom O'Keefe.

Mar 30, 2008:

Renamed the following Oregon sites:

Deschutes - Above Lake Billy Chinook to Deschutes - Near Culver

Crooked - Above Lake Billy Chinook to Crooked - Below Opal Springs

These changes were at the suggestion of Tom O'Keefe.

Mar 29, 2008:

Added a System-Wide Profile section to your profile.  The new features give you better control over your Dreamflows login session.  For more information, see the help page.

Mar 25, 2008:

Started reporting flows for the following new Oregon sites:

Deschutes - Below Wickiup Reservoir

Crooked - At Smith Rock State Park

Started reporting flows for the following new Washington sites:

Cle Elum - Inflow Cle Elum Lake

Cle Elum - Below Cle Elum Dam

Teanaway - Below Forks

Bumping - Below Bumping Dam

Naches - Near Cliffdell

Tieton - At Rimrock

Germany Creek - At Mouth

Dreamflows started reporting these gauges at the request of Tom O'Keefe.

Mar 17, 2008:

The Dreamflows account login page now has a "Keep me logged in" option.  If you check this box when you login, you'll stay logged in until you log out again, even if you use your account only occasionally.  This option is intended for the case where you have exclusive access to the computer you're using.  For more details, see the help page.

Mar 16, 2008:

Started reporting flows for the following new Washington sites:

Little Wenatchee - Below Rainy Creek

Peshastin Creek - Near Wenatchee Confluence

Little Klickitat - Near Wahkiacus

Grays - Below Hwy-4 Bridge

Big Quilcene - Near Mouth

Squire Creek - At Squire Creek Park

Deer Creek - Near Oso

Canyon Creek - Near Masonic Park

Jim Creek - At Whites Road

Pilchuck Creek - At I-5 Bridge

Dreamflows started reporting these gauges at the request of Tom O'Keefe.

Mar 12, 2008:

Started reporting flows for the following new Washington site:

Nason Creek - Near Mouth

Dreamflows started reporting this gauge at the suggestion of Tom O'Keefe.

Feb 22, 2008:

Added a dedicated Bear River photos page.

Feb 19, 2008:

Added a FlowSlope field to the CSV-format flow reports.  See the CSV Info page for more information.

Feb 18, 2008:

Started reporting flows for the following new New Mexico sites:

Gila - Near Gila

Gila - Near Redrock

Feb 8, 2008:

Started reporting daily snapshot flow data for the following new California sites:

Bear - Below Dutch Flat Afterbay

Canyon Creek - Below Bowman Lake

Mi. Yuba - Below Milton Dam

In addition, Dreamflows is reporting daily snapshot flow data for the following existing California sites:

Bear - At Hwy 174 Bridge

Canyon Creek - Below French Lake

Mi. Yuba - Below Jackson Meadows

Information for all of the above six sites is being provided by Nevada Irrigation District (NID).  This is to support boating flow studies, as a part of FERC relicensing.

Jan 25, 2008:

Added a alphabetical listing page, of all flow sites currently reported by Dreamflows.

Jan 16, 2008:

The Date: field of alert emails shows the time when the alert was generated.  By default, this is reported in Pacific Time (PDT in summer, and PST in winter) but you can now change this with the Time Zone and Daylight Savings fields in your profile.

Jan 12, 2008:

Started reporting flows for the following new Washington site:

Mi. Snoqualmie - Near Tanner

Dreamflows started reporting this gauge at the request of Matthew Davidson.

Jan 8, 2008:

Stopped reporting flows for the following California sites:

Merced - Red Bud Gauge (data is no longer available)

Brush Creek - At Take-Out Bridge (data is no longer available)

Dec 18, 2007:

Started reporting flows for the following new Oregon site:

Umatilla - Near Umatilla

Dreamflows started reporting this gauge at the request of Pat Wright.

Dec 17, 2007:

Started reporting flows for the following new California sites:

Ea. Russian - Above Lake Mendocino

Big Sulphur Cr - Near Cloverdale

Arroyo Mocho - Near Livermore

Indian Creek - Below Indian Falls

West Br Feather - At Whiskey Flat Bridge

Mi. Cosumnes - At Mt Aukum Rd

Tuolumne - Above Hetch Hetchy Res

Note 1:  Ea. Russian - Above Lake Mendocino is a USGS realtime gauge.  It replaces the old CDEC calculation of inflow to Lake Mendocino (previously reported on Dreamflows as Russian - Inflow Lake Mendocino).
Note 2:  Dreamflows reported Indian Creek - Below Indian Falls briefly earlier this year as a NOAA/NWS site, and removed it since NWS's rating table of the time was pure fiction (yes, really).  However, this is now a CDEC gauge with a proper rating table, so the reported flows should be good.
Note 3:  Mi. Cosumnes - At Mt Aukum Rd is a CDEC gauge, and replaces the Dreamflows estimate at Mi. Cosumnes - At No. Fk. Confluence.  The new flow site is at a different location though - it's near the put-in for the lower (usual) Middle Cosumnes run, whereas the old estimate was at the take-out.
Note 4:  Tuolumne - Above Hetch Hetchy Res is a USGS realtime gauge.  It replaces the old daily average inflow calculation (previously reported on Dreamflows as Tuolumne - In Hetch Hetchy Res).

Dec 10, 2007:

Started reporting flows for the following new Washington sites:

Cascade - At Marblemount

Methow - Near Pateros

Chiwawa - Near Plain

Dec 3, 2007:

Started reporting flows for the following new Oregon sites:

Winberry Creek - Near Lowell

Deschutes - Above Lake Billy Chinook

Crooked - At Crooked River Ranch

Crooked - Above Lake Billy Chinook

Metolius - Above Lake Billy Chinook

Nov 28, 2007:

Started reporting gauge height for the following new California site:

Smith - Steel Pipe At Gasquet

"Bearfoot" Brad Camden visits this unofficial gauge site (the twin brown steel pipes at the confluence of the North and Middle Forks of the Smith in Gasquet) each morning, and posts his findings on Dreamflows.  Brad runs shuttles on the Smith; for more information visit his web page.

Nov 25, 2007:

Started reporting flows for the following new California/Oregon site:

Klamath - Below J.C. Boyle Plant

and renamed the pre-existing Klamath - At J.C. Boyle Plant site to:

Klamath - J.C. Boyle Schedule

Thus, Klamath - Below J.C. Boyle Plant is a gauge site reporting actual flow in the river, while Klamath - J.C. Boyle Schedule reports expected scheduled releases.

Nov 5, 2007:

Started reporting flows for the following new Oregon sites:

No. Rogue - Above Lost Creek Lake (realtime gauge site replaces virtual site No. Rogue - Below North Fork Res)

So. Rogue - Below Imnaha Creek

Mi. Willamette - Below Hills Creek Res (realtime gauge site replaces the daily Mi. Willamette - Release Hills Creek Res)

Row River - Above Dorena Lake (realtime site gauge replaces the daily Row River - Inflow Dorena Lake)

Stopped reporting flows for the following Oregon sites:

No. Rogue - Below North Fork Res (replaced by No. Rogue - Above Lost Creek Lake, see above)

Mi. Willamette - Release Hills Creek Res (replaced by Mi. Willamette - Below Hills Creek Res, see above)

Row River - Inflow Dorena Lake (replaced by Row River - Above Dorena Lake, see above)

Changed reporting of the following existing Oregon sites:

Big Butte Cr - Near McLeod (now reporting USGS instead of NOAA data; same data but more consistently reported)

So. Coquille - At Powers (now reporting USGS instead of NOAA data; same data but more consistently reported)

McKenzie - Below Trail Bridge Dam (now reporting USGS instead of NOAA data; same data but more consistently reported)

Quartzville Cr - Near Cascadia (now reporting USGS instead of NOAA data; same data but more consistently reported)

Clackamas - At Estacada (now reporting USGS instead of NOAA data; same data but more consistently reported)

No. John Day - At Monument (previously an estimated flow site, now a USGS gauge site)

Nov 1, 2007:

Started reporting flows for the following new Idaho sites:

Blackfoot - Near Shelley

Camas Creek - Near Blaine

Re-ordered the Idaho flows page to follow the Snake from Wyoming to Washington, i.e. as it flows downstream.  The idea is to group physically close flow sites together on the report, in a reasonably logical way.

Oct 27, 2007:

Replaced the link to the current USBR PDF file for

Trinity River Release Schedule

with a Dreamflows calendar-style page.  It's pretty boring right now since the current flow is 300 cfs all day every day, but it'll be more useful when the 2008 schedule is posted. 

Also added a Historical Schedules section to the

Schedules Page

and added the 2006 Tuolumne River - Release Holm Powerhouse schedule to it.

Oct 26, 2007:

Added the following rating tables (Bear - At Hwy 174 Bridge and So. Merced - At Wawona were added this week, the others a little while back):

Indian Creek - Near Happy Camp

No. Trinity - At Helena

Trinity - At Cedar Flat

Mi. Eel - Near Dos Rios

Bear - At Hwy 174 Bridge

So. Merced - At Wawona

Oct 24, 2007:

Started reporting flows again for the following California sites:

So. Merced - At Wawona

So. Merced - At Hwy 140 Bridge

Previously, So. Merced - At Wawona was reported as an estimate, but now it's an official CDEC gauge site.  Since So. Merced - At Hwy 140 Bridge is an estimate based on So. Merced - At Wawona, and since So. Merced - At Wawona is now a gauge, the So. Merced - At Hwy 140 Bridge estimate is much more reliable than previously.

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