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California North Coast						Time		Flow		Gauge	BBS		Comments
No. Smith		At Gasquet (est)				8:45pm		Low			Apr 30		Estimate is outside the model's range of 500-10000 cfs
Mi. Smith		At Gasquet (est)				8:45pm		Low			Apr 30		Estimate is outside the model's range of 300-6000 cfs
Smith		Steel Pipe At Gasquet				n/a					Apr 30		Flow currently unavailable
Smith		At Oregon Hole Gorge (est)				9:45pm		347			Apr 30		90% confidence actual flow is between 280 and 420 cfs
So. Smith		Near Hiouchi (est)				9:45pm		407			2012		90% confidence actual flow is between 350 and 470 cfs
Smith		At Jedediah Smith				9:45pm		754		6.05ft	2010		Rising 2 cfs/hr
Klamath		J.C. Boyle Schedule (sched)				11:30pm		100
Klamath		Below J.C. Boyle Plant				9:45pm		893		3.89ft
Klamath		Below Iron Gate Dam				10:15pm		1,030		2.33ft	2009
Shasta		Near Yreka				10:00pm		21		2.61ft
Klamath		Below Seiad Valley				10:00pm		1,340		2.34ft	2009		Falling 2 cfs/hr
Kidder Creek		Below Babs Fork				n/a					2011		Flow currently unavailable
Scott		Near Fort Jones				10:30pm		93		4.76ft	2010
Indian Creek		Near Happy Camp (Klamath)				9:45pm		85		4.18ft
Klamath		At Orleans				10:30pm		2,650		4.00ft	2009		Water 65°F
Klamath		At Klamath Glen				10:30pm		4,630		9.44ft			Water 67°F
No. Salmon		Near Forks of Salmon (est)				8:30pm		Low			2011		Estimate is outside the model's range of 400-4000 cfs
So. Salmon		At Forks of Salmon (est)				8:30pm		Low			2009		Estimate is outside the model's range of 400-4000 cfs
Salmon		At Somes Bar				10:30pm		501		2.47ft	May 21
Coffee Creek		Above Trinity River (est)				10:30pm		Low			2011		Estimate is outside the model's range of 200-1500 cfs
Trinity		Above Coffee Creek				10:30pm		84		3.34ft	2008
Trinity		Inflow Clair Engle Lake				n/a							Flow currently unavailable
Trinity		Below Lewiston Dam				10:30pm		572		14.11ft	2010		Schedule
Trinity		At Douglas City				10:00pm		625		6.50ft	2009		Water 57°F
Indian Creek		Near Douglas City				10:30pm		5		0.86ft	2012
No. Trinity		At Helena				10:00pm		250		3.95ft	2012		Water 61°F
Trinity		At Pigeon Point				9:45pm		971			Apr 26
Trinity		At Cedar Flat				9:45pm		852		3.71ft	Jun 6
New River		At Denny (est)				8:00pm		Low			2008		Estimate is outside the model's range of 200-1500 cfs
New River		New River Gorge				n/a					2011		Recent trends + Flow currently unavailable
Hayfork Creek		At Hyampom				n/a							No estimate for this time of year
So. Trinity		At Forest Glen (est)				2:30pm		Low					Estimate is outside the model's range of 200-2000 cfs
So. Trinity		Below Hyampom				10:30pm		133		3.97ft	2010
Trinity		At Hoopa				10:00pm		1,270		12.56ft	2012		Water 64°F
Redwood Creek		At Hwy 299				9:45pm		21		1.42ft	2012
Redwood Creek		At Orick				10:15pm		95		9.69ft	2009
Mad River		Above Ruth Lake				10:00pm		8		2.53ft
Mad River		At Arcata				9:45pm		63		4.76ft	2011
Van Duzen		At Bridgeville				10:15pm		32		0.12ft	Dec 31
Mi. Eel		Near Dos Rios				10:00pm		60		3.86ft	2011
So. Eel		At Leggett				10:30pm		51		5.97ft	2012
Eel		Rel Lake Pillsbury				n/a					2011		Flow currently unavailable
Eel		Inflow Van Arsdale				n/a					2010		Flow currently unavailable
Eel		Below Outlet Creek (est)				4:15pm		Low			2010		Estimate is outside the model's range of 600-15000 cfs
Eel		At Fort Seward				10:15pm		110		7.41ft	2009
Eel		At Scotia				10:15pm		267		9.52ft	2009
Mattole		Near Ettersburg				10:00pm		26		8.75ft	2010
Noyo River		Below South Fork				10:15pm		7		2.12ft
Rancheria Creek		At Mountain View Rd				n/a					2010		No estimate for this time of year
Navarro		Near Navarro				10:15pm		11		1.87ft	2010
So. Gualala		Near Sea Ranch				10:00pm		4		4.29ft
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California Central/South Coast						Time		Flow		Gauge	BBS		Comments
E. Fk Russian		Above Lake Mendocino				10:15pm		73		5.98ft
Big Sulphur Cr		At Geysers Resort				10:15pm		2		3.33ft
Big Sulphur Cr		Near Cloverdale				10:30pm		1		18.57ft	2012
Russian		At Hopland				10:00pm		97		0.37ft	2010		Water 61°F + Rising 3 cfs/hr
Russian		Near Cloverdale				10:00pm		96		2.37ft	2012		Water 67°F
Russian		Near Healdsburg				9:45pm		77		1.60ft	2009
Mark West Creek		Near Santa Rosa				n/a					Dec 23		No estimate for this time of year
Napa		Near Napa				10:00pm		1		4.28ft	2009
Arroyo Mocho		Near Livermore				n/a							Site currently not operational
Arroyo Valle		Above Lake Del Valle				9:45pm		0		0.53ft	2009
Alameda Creek		Near Niles				10:00pm		16		2.78ft	2006		Water 71°F
Arroyo Hondo		Near San Jose				10:00pm		1		4.00ft	2010		Water 63°F
Coyote Creek		Above Coyote Lake				10:15pm		0		2.01ft
Guadalupe		At San Jose				10:00pm		54		4.98ft
San Francisquito Cr		At Stanford University				10:00pm		0		0.22ft
Pescadero Creek		Near Pescadero				8:00pm		2		0.99ft
San Lorenzo		At Felton				10:30pm		16		2.94ft	Dec 29
San Lorenzo		At Santa Cruz				10:00pm		10		6.00ft
San Antonio		Near Lockwood				10:15pm		0		2.66ft
Carmel		At Robles Del Rio				10:15pm		6		1.03ft
Carmel		Near Carmel				10:00pm		0		2.90ft
Big Sur		Near Big Sur				10:15pm		16		4.10ft
Big Sur		Andrew Molera State Park				10:15pm		11		4.36ft
Arroyo Seco		Near Greenfield				10:15pm				6.92ft	2012
Arroyo Seco		Near Soledad				10:00pm		4		0.49ft
Cuyama		Below Buckhorn Canyon				10:30pm		0		6.58ft
Santa Ynez		Below Los Laureles Canyon				10:45pm		0		1.28ft
Piru Creek		Above Pyramid Lake				10:00pm		2		1.14ft
Piru Creek		Above Lake Piru				10:15pm		0		2.59ft	2008
Piru Creek		Below Lake Piru				10:15pm		0		0.00ft	2011		Falling 2 cfs/hr
Sespe Creek		Near Fillmore				10:15pm		2		3.26ft
Santa Margarita		Near Temecula				10:00pm		3		1.59ft			Water 75°F
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California Sacramento Valley						Time		Flow		Gauge	BBS		Comments
Sacramento		Below Box Canyon Dam				n/a					2012		Recent flows + Flow currently unavailable
Sacramento		At Delta				10:30pm		221		4.20ft	Apr 22
McCloud		Above McCloud Res				10:30pm		703		1.44ft	Apr 19
McCloud		Below McCloud Dam				9:45pm		153			2009
McCloud		At Ah-Di-Na				9:45pm		184		1.16ft	2009
McCloud		At Shasta Lake				10:00pm		250		9.40ft	2010		Water 59°F
Pit		Above Pit 1 Powerhouse				7:00pm		400			May 24
Pit		Below Pit 1 Powerhouse				10:00pm		942		5.08ft	2009
Pit		Below Pit 3 Dam				9:00pm		273
Pit		Below Pit 4 Dam				9:00pm		427			2011
Pit		At Big Bend				8:00pm		514			2011
Clear Creek		Below Whiskeytown Lake				9:45pm		170		3.14ft	2012		Schedule
So. Battle Creek		Above NF Confluence				n/a							Site currently not operational
Battle Creek		Above Baldwin Creek				n/a							Site currently not operational
Battle Creek		At Coleman Fish Hatchery				10:30pm		268		0.95ft	2010		Falling 4 cfs/hr
No. Cottonwood		Above Middle Fork				n/a					2010		No estimate for this time of year
Mi. Cottonwood		Above North Fork (est)				3:00pm		Low			2009		Estimate is outside the model's range of 200-1500 cfs
So. Cottonwood		At Bowman Road (est)				6:00pm		Low			2009		Estimate is outside the model's range of 100-1000 cfs
Sacramento		At Bend Bridge				9:45pm		14,100		6.23ft	2011
Antelope Creek		Above Cone Grove Rd (est)				9:45pm		Low			2012		Estimate is outside the model's range of 300-1500 cfs
Elder Creek		At Lowrey Road				10:30pm		3		0.92ft	2009
Mill Creek		At End of Canyon				9:45pm		155		2.06ft	2009		Water 68°F
Deer Creek		Near Vina				10:15pm		113		2.03ft	2011		Water 69°F
Stony Creek		Inflow Black Butte Res				n/a							Flow currently unavailable
Butte Creek		Near Chico				10:00pm		119		1.32ft	2012		Water 66°F
No. Cache Creek		Above Indian Valley Res				10:00pm		2		2.60ft
No. Cache Creek		Rel Indian Valley Dam				8:00pm		219		3.03ft
Cache Creek		Below Clear Lake				10:30pm		392		4.23ft
Bear Creek		Above Cache Creek				10:30pm		2		3.83ft	2008
Cache Creek		At Rumsey Bridge (Gage)				10:15pm		616			Jun 2
Cache Creek		At Rumsey Bridge (Calc) (est)				11:45pm		601			2009		Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
Putah Creek		Below Hwy 29				10:30pm		1		3.87ft
Putah Creek		Below Lake Berryessa				10:15pm		662		8.32ft	Jun 13
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California Sierra - West Slope - Northern						Time		Flow		Gauge	BBS		Comments
Indian Creek		Below Indian Falls				10:00pm		39		7.27ft	2011
Spanish Creek		Near Keddie				10:30pm		32		1.05ft	2009
Eb. No. Feather		Below Virgilia (est)				11:45pm		Low			2009		Estimate is outside the model's range of 150-4000 cfs
No. Feather		Below Rock Creek Dam				6:00pm		305			2012
No. Feather		Below Grizzly Creek				6:00pm		482			2011
No. Feather		Below Poe Dam				6:00pm		113			2010
Mi. Feather		Below Sloat (est)				4:00pm		Low			2008		Estimate is outside the model's range of 300-3000 cfs
Mi. Feather		At Milsap Bar				10:00pm		223		5.60ft	2012		Please report trip
So. Feather		Below Little Grass Valley				10:00pm		9		7.04ft	2012		Water 46°F
So. Feather		Below SF Diversion Dam				10:15pm		6		5.23ft			Water 58°F
Lost Creek		Below Lost Creek Res				10:15pm		9		4.83ft			Water 46°F
So. Feather		Below Forbestown Div Dam				10:15pm		5		4.49ft	2011		Water 57°F
West Br Feather		At Whiskey Flat Bridge				n/a							Flow currently unavailable
Lavezzola Creek		Above Downie River (est)				8:45pm		Low			2011
Pauley Creek		At Pauley Creek Falls (est)				8:45pm		Low			2012
No. Yuba		At Sierra City (est)				8:45pm		Low			Apr 25		Estimate is outside the model's range of 400-3000 cfs
No. Yuba		Below Goodyears Bar				9:45pm		189		2.13ft	2010
Slate Creek		Below Diversion Dam				10:15pm		24		5.00ft			Water 60°F
No. Yuba		Above Slate Creek				10:30pm		342		4.40ft
No. Yuba		Inflow New Bullards Bar (est)				10:00pm		880					Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
No. Yuba		Below New Bullards Bar				6:00pm		23			2011
Mi. Yuba		Below Jackson Meadows				10:45pm		129			2011
Mi. Yuba		Below Milton Dam				10:45pm		4		4.66ft	2011
Mi. Yuba		Above Our House Dam				8:00am		45					Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Mi. Yuba		Below Our House Dam				8:00pm		35		17.19ft	2011
So. Yuba		Near Cisco				8:45pm		8		1.92ft	2012		Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Fordyce Creek		Below Fordyce Dam				8:45pm		144		3.06ft	2012		Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Canyon Creek		Below French Lake				10:45pm		6		1.47ft	2011
Canyon Creek		Below Bowman Lake				10:30pm		5		3.90ft	2011
So. Yuba		At Lang Crossing				8:45pm		8		36.06ft	2011		Data are preliminary and subject to revision
So. Yuba		At Hwy 49 Bridge				8:00pm		45		2.02ft	2012
Yuba		Below Englebright Dam				10:30pm		1,380		7.93ft			Water 55°F
Deer Creek		Near Smartville				10:00pm		2		1.08ft
Yuba		Below Deer Creek				10:00pm		1,375
Bear		At Hwy 20 Bridge				8:45pm		7		0.39ft	2008		Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Bear		Below Drum Afterbay				9:00pm		12		0.92ft	2008		Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Bear		Below Dutch Flat Afterbay				10:30pm		13			2011
Bear		At Hwy 174 Bridge				10:30pm		157		1.46ft	2011
No. American		Inflow Lake Clementine				10:30pm		94		0.45ft	May 26
Rubicon		Below Hell Hole Dam				n/a					2012		Site currently not operational
Rubicon		At Ellicott Bridge				9:30pm		41		1.72ft	2011		Data are preliminary and subject to revision
Mi. American		NF at Mosquito Ridge Rd				n/a					2012		Flow currently unavailable
Mi. American		Above Tunnel Chute				10:00pm		218		8.79ft	2012		Schedule
South Silver		At Autobahn				n/a					2012		Site currently not operational
So. Silver Cr		Below Ice House Res				n/a					2012		Site currently not operational
Silver Fk American		Below Oyster Creek				10:00pm		22			Jun 4
Silver Fk American		Above SF American (est)				10:00pm		119			Jun 6
So. American		Below Kyburz				10:00pm		66		2.01ft	May 16
So. American		Slab Creek Res Elevation				10:00pm				1833.25ft
So. American		Below Slab Creek Dam				10:00pm		35			2012		Rating table lookup, see Note 3
So. American		At Chili Bar				10:00pm		1,155		3.29ft	Jun 18		Paddle to the Sea + Schedule + News and Rumors
No. Weber Creek		Inflow Weber Res				10:00pm		1		0.55ft	2011
So. American		Below Weber Creek				9:45pm							Reports only water temperature + Water 67°F
American		Folsom Lake Elevation				9:00pm		770		438.83ft	2010
American		Below Lake Natoma				10:00pm		2,250		5.70ft	2012		Water 64°F
No. Cosumnes		At Sand Ridge Rd				8:00pm		8		4.33ft
Mi. Cosumnes		At Mt Aukum Rd				9:00pm		108		4.26ft	2012
Cosumnes		At Michigan Bar				10:30pm		27		2.60ft	2011		Water 76°F
No. Mokelumne		Salt Springs Inflow				n/a					2010		Flow currently unavailable
No. Mokelumne		Below Salt Springs Res				10:00pm		54			2009
No. Mokelumne		Above Tiger Cr Afterbay				10:00pm		113			2009
No. Mokelumne		Below Tiger Creek Dam				10:00pm		89			May 22
No. Mokelumne		Below West Point P.H.				10:00pm		92			2008
Mokelumne		Below Electra Powerhouse (est)				10:00pm		714			2011
Mokelumne		Inflow Pardee Res (est)				10:00pm		625			2011		Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Calaveras		Below New Hogan Dam				10:00pm		168		1.48ft
Highland Creek		Near No. Stan Confluence				10:30pm		151			Apr 2
No. Stanislaus		At Avery				10:30pm		164			Apr 2		Water 61°F
Mi. Stanislaus		Inflow Donnell Lake				n/a							Flow currently unavailable
Mi. Stanislaus		Below Sand Bar Flat Dam				4:00pm		100			2011
So. Stanislaus		At Strawberry				4:00pm		50			2010
So. Stanislaus		Below Filladelfia Div Dam				4:00pm		50			2010
Stanislaus		At Camp Nine (est)				4:00pm		600			2011
Stanislaus		Inflow New Melones Lake				n/a							Flow currently unavailable
Stanislaus		At Orange Blossom Bridge				9:45pm		308		2.53ft	2012		Water 62°F
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California Sierra - West Slope - Southern						Time		Flow		Gauge	BBS		Comments
Tuolumne		Above Hetch Hetchy Res				10:30pm		258		9.19ft			Water 57°F
Tuolumne		Below Hetch Hetchy				9:45pm		118		3.50ft			Water 53°F
Tuolumne		Above Early Intake				9:45pm		146		12.75ft			Water 64°F
Cherry Creek		Above Cherry Lake				n/a					Jun 11		Graph + Flow currently unavailable
Cherry Creek		Below Cherry Lake				10:00pm		6		5.23ft	2006		Water 50°F
Cherry Creek		Above Holm Powerhouse				10:15pm		32		1.86ft	2006		Water 64°F
Cherry Creek		Below Holm Powerhouse				9:45pm		68		5.98ft	Jun 18		Water 58°F
Tuolumne		Below Early Intake				10:30pm		134		3.76ft	Jun 18		Water 65°F
Tuolumne		At Mushroom (est)				10:45pm		200			Jun 18		90% confidence actual flow is between 190 and 210 cfs
Mi. Tuolumne		Above So. Fork Confluence				10:00pm		15		1.45ft	2009
So. Tuolumne		At Rainbow Pool				10:00pm		19		2.50ft	Apr 13
Tuolumne		At Merals Pool (est)				10:00pm		235			Jun 18		Paddle to the Sea + 90% confidence actual flow is between 225 and 245 cfs
Clavey		Near Hunter Bend (est)				10:00pm		32			2011		90% confidence actual flow is between 24 and 40 cfs
Tuolumne		Inflow New Don Pedro Res				n/a					Jun 18		Flow currently unavailable
Tuolumne		Outflow New Don Pedro Res				n/a							Flow currently unavailable
Merced		At Pohono Bridge				10:00pm		267		2.78ft	2007
Merced		At Red Bud (est)				11:45pm		278			2012		Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
So. Merced		At Wawona				10:45pm		21		2.14ft	2008
So. Merced		At Hwy 140 Bridge (est)				11:45pm		26			2008		90% confidence actual flow is between 20 and 33 cfs
Merced		Below Briceburg				10:15pm		226		20.39ft	Apr 7
Merced		Inflow Lake McClure				n/a					2007		Flow currently unavailable
Fresno		Above Hensley Lake				9:45pm		2		0.21ft	2009
Mi. San Joaquin		At Devils Postpile				10:00pm		113		3.89ft	2010
San Joaquin		At Miller Crossing				n/a					2009		Flow currently unavailable
Mono Creek		Below Lake Edison				8:45pm		24		4.87ft	2008
So. San Joaquin		Below Florence Lake				8:45pm		30		3.54ft	2006
San Joaquin		Below Mammoth Pool Res				8:45pm		13		2.73ft	2011
San Joaquin		Chawanakee Gorge				8:45pm		0		2228.44ft	2010
San Joaquin		Below Stevenson Creek				7:45pm		3
No. Willow Creek		Near Sugar Pine				9:45pm		5		2.68ft	2006
San Joaquin		Below Redinger Lake				8:45pm		43		4.52ft	2006
San Joaquin		At Horseshoe Bend				8:45pm		51			Mar 14
San Joaquin		At Patterson Bend				10:30pm		59		5.09ft	2006
San Joaquin		At Squaw Leap Falls				n/a					2006		Flow currently unavailable
San Joaquin		Inflow Millerton Lake				n/a					2006		Flow currently unavailable
Dinkey Creek		At Dinkey Meadow				n/a							Insufficient data available to estimate flow
Dinkey Creek		Above North Fork Kings				n/a					2009		Insufficient data available to estimate flow
No. Kings		Below Balch Diversion Dam				10:30pm		5		1.70ft	2007
No. Kings		Above Dinkey Creek (est)				10:30pm		BRT		1.23ft	2011
No. Kings		Below Dinkey Creek				10:30pm		52		1.34ft	2012
So. Kings		Below Cedar Grove (est)				4:00pm		360					90% confidence actual flow is between 290 and 430 cfs
Kings		At Rodgers Crossing (est)				10:45pm		723			2009		90% confidence actual flow is between 675 and 750 cfs
Kings		Inflow Pine Flat Res (est)				10:00pm		764			2011		Reservoir calculation, see Note 2
Kings		Rel Pine Flat Lake				10:00pm		3,114		5.71ft
Mill Creek		Above Kings River				10:00pm		0		1.22ft
No. Kaweah		At Kaweah (est)				9:45pm		Low					Estimate is outside the model's range of 300-2000 cfs
Kaweah		At Three Rivers				10:15pm		110		2.70ft	2007
Kaweah		Inflow Terminus Res				9:00pm		116			2009
Kaweah		Below Terminus Dam				10:15pm				4.67ft			Water 66°F
Tule		Near Springville				10:30pm		1		3.24ft
Tule		Inflow Lake Success (est)				9:00pm		26					Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
No. Kern		At Kernville				10:15pm		284		5.00ft	2011
Brush Creek		At Take-Out Bridge				n/a					2011		Flow currently unavailable
So. Kern		Near Onyx				10:30pm		3		2.01ft	2009
Kern		Above Borel Powerhouse				10:15pm		791		7.38ft	2006		Water 67°F
Kern		Rel Lake Isabella				10:15pm		791			2008
Kern		Below Democrat (est)				11:00pm		374			2006		Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
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California Sierra - East Slope						Time		Flow		Gauge	BBS		Comments
Susan		At Susanville				10:00pm		146		4.89ft
Truckee		Below Lake Tahoe				10:00pm		319		4.26ft	2011		Water 54°F
Truckee		Near Truckee				10:30pm		330		2.24ft	2006
Truckee		At Boca Bridge				10:15pm		592		6.70ft
Truckee		Near Floriston				10:30pm		677		4.18ft	2012
E. Fk Carson		Near Markleeville				10:00pm		214		2.84ft	May 3
E. Fk Carson		Near Gardnerville				10:30pm		198		9.22ft	2011
West Walker		At Little Walker River				10:30pm		242		2.28ft	2009		Falling 2 cfs/hr
West Walker		At Walker				10:15pm		276		4.46ft			Falling 3 cfs/hr
East Walker		Near Bridgeport				10:30pm		112		3.09ft
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Nevada Rivers						Time		Flow		Gauge	BBS		Comments
Truckee		Near Floriston				10:30pm		677		4.18ft	2012
Truckee		At Reno				10:15pm		461		4.64ft
E. Fk Carson		Near Markleeville				10:00pm		214		2.84ft	May 3
E. Fk Carson		Near Gardnerville				10:30pm		198		9.22ft	2011
Carson		Near Carson City				10:15pm		60		1.98ft	2011
West Walker		At Little Walker River				10:30pm		242		2.28ft	2009		Falling 2 cfs/hr
West Walker		At Walker				10:15pm		276		4.46ft			Falling 3 cfs/hr
East Walker		Near Bridgeport				10:30pm		112		3.09ft
Lower Colorado		Below Hoover Dam				9:30pm		22,893
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A complete list of available reports and report formats is available on the River Flow Reports page.

• Flow colors:  15  frozen,  15  low,  15  okay,  15  high,  15  unknown.  The values that determine if a flow is marked "low", "okay" or "high" are available on the Trigger Levels page.  Note: these colors give a general, catch-all classification for the flow at each location, as an aid to selecting potential runs.  However, flow ranges are very subjective, particularly with respect to craft type, so be sure to consult a guidebook before selecting a run.  Note also that a "low" or "high" classification means just that - "low" or "high".  Whether or not it also means "unrunnable" depends on how low or high, your craft type, and your skill level - many rivers are routinely run at flows that are generally considered "low" or "high".

• All flows are in 'cfs' (cubic feet per second) unless otherwise stated.  Other units are 'ft' (gauge height in feet) and 'in' (gauge height in inches).  Special symbols are 'ART' (gauge is Above Rating Table) and 'BRT' (gauge is Below Rating Table).

• Flows marked are considered by some to be at or near optimum for at least one run served by this flow site.  The values used to determine which flows are marked "optimum" are available on the Trigger Levels page. 

• Weather icons: sunny, partly cloudy/foggy, cloudy/foggy, rain, snow, smoky, windy, unknown.  Note: these icons should give you a general idea of what the weather is like at each location - or will be like tomorrow if this report was generated after 4PM - but there is no substitute for clicking on the icon and getting the full NOAA weather report.

• BBS icons: - see the help page.

• Clicking on any brown, blue or red link yields additional information or functionality.  The River Name link (brown, first column) points to the corresponding Dreamflows Cross-Listing entry for this site.  The Flow Location link (blue, second column) points to the corresponding flow graph for this site.  The Estimate link (red, second column, if present) links to the river-levels page.  The Comments link (red, last column, if present) points to a corresponding bulletin board entry.

Estimate Information

All flows marked "est" or "rough" are estimates - which means they may well be incorrect.  For this reason, don't undertake expensive or time-consuming trips based solely on the estimate (or if you do, accept the possibility of being skunked).  Always try to confirm the sanity of the estimate by means of rainfall, snowpack, similar flows in similar drainages, word of mouth, etc.

Note 1  Confidence information appearing in the Comments column of the report means Dreamflows calculated the flow using a statistically-derived model.  In that case, two things.  Firstly, that confidence information is theoretical - it's based on the available historical data, which may or may not cover the current water year type.  Secondly, a confidence of (say) 85% sounds wonderful, but don't forget that also means there's a 15% chance the actual flow will be outside the given range.  You can report the accuracy of an estimate by visiting the river-levels webpage.

Note 2  Reservoir calculations are based on storage change.  Though useful indicators of flow trends, they can at times be amazingly inaccurate, especially if the reservoir is large.  See the Dreamflows FAQ for details.

Note 3  When gauge height is available but river flow is not, where possible, Dreamflows converts gauge height to river flow using a rating table.  The rating table used is the most currently-available, but still usually out-of-date, so the reported flow will probably be inaccurate to some extent.  You can report the accuracy of an estimate by visiting the river-levels webpage.

Note 4  Good-faith projections by the operating utility are usually reliable, but even so the scheduled releases might not occur, or be different than projected.  Reasons for this include (but are not limited to) operational, health, safety and legal.

Note 5  Informal projections by the operating utility are usually fairly reliable, however they can (and sometimes do) change radically without notice.  It's good to take these predictions with a grain of salt.

Helpful Dreamflows Links

• The Dreamflows Bulletin Board and the Dreamflows Notes page report useful river information such as hazards, releases, access issues, etc.  A given posting may be on one but not the other, so be sure to visit both.

• The FAQ page answers some common questions.

• Dreamflows Alerts is a free service with additional features.  It will alert you when rivers of your choice are running.

• The Daily Dreamflows reports between them offer flow information on a great many Western U.S. rivers.  The pages are updated every day at about 5pm.