Dreamflows Latest Flows Report
May 6, 2024 @ 4:45pm PDT
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This flow information reflects conditions only at the time measurements were taken.  Flows marked "est" or "rough" are estimates based on other flow values, and may therefore be wildly inaccurate (see Estimate Information).  In addition, release changes, rainfall or snowmelt can cause dramatic changes to all flows.  Therefore, actual flows may differ significantly from the ones listed here.

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Flow Data Format:
RiverName - GaugeLocation WeatherIcon BBS
Date; Time; Flow; Gauge; Comments

California West Sierra - Southern

Tuolumne - Above Hetch Hetchy Res   
May 6; 4:30pm; 1,084 cfs; 11.65ft; Water 46°F

Tuolumne - Below Hetch Hetchy   
May 6; 4:30pm; 1,664 cfs; 8.03ft;

Tuolumne - Above Early Intake   
May 6; 4:30pm; 1,819 cfs; 16.36ft; Water 51°F

Cherry Creek - Above Cherry Lake     2023
May 6; 4:00pm; 531 cfs; 4.14ft; Water 42°F

Cherry Creek - Below Cherry Lake     2006
May 6; 4:30pm; 469 cfs; 7.18ft; Water 46°F

Cherry Creek - Above Holm Powerhouse     2006
May 6; 4:30pm; 1,198 cfs; 5.72ft; Water 53°F

Cherry Creek - Below Holm Powerhouse     May 2
May 6; 4:30pm; 2,257 cfs; 10.31ft; Water 50°F

Tuolumne - Below Early Intake     May 2
May 6; 4:30pm; 2,394 cfs; 7.07ft; Water 50°F

Tuolumne - At Mushroom (est)     May 2
May 6; 5:30pm; 4,651 cfs; n/a; 90% confidence actual flow is between 4400 and 4900 cfs

Mi. Tuolumne - Above SF Confluence     May 2
May 6; 4:00pm; 334 cfs; 3.87ft;

So. Tuolumne - At Rainbow Pool     May 2
May 6; 3:00pm; 277 cfs; 4.60ft; Falling 2 cfs/hr

Tuolumne - At Merals Pool (est)     May 2
May 6; 4:00pm; 5,301 cfs; n/a; 90% confidence actual flow is between 5000 and 5500 cfs

Clavey - Near Hunter Bend (est)     2011
May 6; 3:00pm ; 767 cfs; n/a; 87% confidence actual flow is between 575 and 950 cfs + Falling 7 cfs/hr

No. Tuolumne - At Riverside Campground (rough)   
May 6; 12:00pm; 270 cfs; n/a; 84% confidence actual flow is between 175 and 360 cfs

Tuolumne - At Wards Ferry     May 2
n/a; n/a; n/a; n/a; Flow currently unavailable

Tuolumne - New Don Pedro Paddle Out     2017
May 6; 4:30pm; n/a; 809.92ft; Paddle out to Ward’s Ferry: 1.5 miles (approx.)

Tuolumne - Inflow New Don Pedro Res     May 2
May 5; 0:00am; 7,604 cfs; n/a;

Tuolumne - Below La Grange Dam   
May 6; 4:00pm; 2,230 cfs; 8.17ft; Water 53°F

Merced - At Happy Isles Bridge   
May 6; 4:30pm; 900 cfs; 4.20ft; Water 47°F + Rising 10 cfs/hr

Merced - At Pohono Bridge     2017
May 6; 4:00pm; 1,830 cfs; 5.53ft;

Merced - At Red Bud (est)     2016
May 6; 7:45pm; 1,928 cfs; n/a; Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion + Falling 6 cfs/hr

So. Merced - At Wawona     2008
May 6; 3:45pm; 659 cfs; 4.49ft; Rising 28 cfs/hr

So. Merced - At Hwy 140 Bridge (est)     2008
May 6; 7:45pm; 873 cfs; n/a; 84% confidence actual flow is between 650 and 1100 cfs + Rising 30 cfs/hr

Merced - Below Briceburg     2018
May 6; 3:15pm; 2,846 cfs; 10.84ft; Water 51°F

Merced - Inflow Lake McClure (est)     2007
May 5; 0:00am; 3,956 cfs; n/a; Reservoir calculation, see Note 2

Merced - At Cressy   
May 6; 3:15pm; 700 cfs; 12.29ft; Water 61°F

Fresno - Above Hensley Lake     2009
May 6; 3:45pm; 157 cfs; 1.26ft;

Mi. San Joaquin - At Devils Postpile     2010
May 6; 4:00pm; 224 cfs; 4.41ft; Water 44°F

San Joaquin - At Miller Crossing (est)     2009
n/a; n/a; n/a; n/a; Estimate is outside the model's range of 300-800 cfs

Mono Creek - Below Lake Edison     2008
May 6; 9:45am; 23 cfs; n/a;

So. San Joaquin - Below Florence Lake     2016
May 6; 9:45am; 63 cfs; n/a;

San Joaquin - Below Mammoth Pool Res     2023
May 6; 9:45am; 2,649 cfs; n/a;

San Joaquin - Chawanakee Gorge     2010
May 6; 9:45am; 1,553 cfs; n/a;

San Joaquin - Below Stevenson Creek   
May 6; 8:45am; 1,558 cfs; n/a;

No. Willow Creek - Near Sugar Pine     2006
May 6; 3:45pm; 85 cfs; 3.59ft; Rising 6 cfs/hr

San Joaquin - Below Redinger Lake     2006
May 6; 9:45am; 1,811 cfs; n/a;

San Joaquin - At Horseshoe Bend     2023
May 6; 9:45am ; 2,064 cfs; n/a;

San Joaquin - At Patterson Bend     2006
May 6; 3:15pm; 37 cfs; 4.77ft;

San Joaquin - Inflow Millerton Lake     2006
May 5; 0:00am; 6,268 cfs; n/a;

San Joaquin - Below Friant Dam   
May 6; 3:30pm; 828 cfs; 3.78ft; Water 52°F

San Joaquin - At Highway 41   
May 6; 4:00pm; 831 cfs; 6.59ft; Water 56°F

San Joaquin - At Donny Bridge   
n/a; n/a; n/a; n/a; Water 49°F

San Joaquin - Below Skaggs Bridge   
May 6; 3:15pm; 698 cfs; 4.95ft;

San Joaquin - At Gravelly Ford   
May 6; 3:15pm; 661 cfs; 4.57ft; Water 59°F

San Joaquin - At Mendota   
May 6; 4:00pm; 714 cfs; 5.69ft;

No. Kings - At Meadow Brook   
May 6; 3:30pm; 154 cfs; 3.29ft;

No. Kings - Below Balch Diversion Dam     2007
May 6; 3:15pm; 15 cfs; 2.04ft;

No. Kings - Above Dinkey Creek     2011
May 6; 3:30pm; 25 cfs; 1.31ft;

Dinkey Creek - At Dinkey Meadow (est)   
May 6; 12:30pm; 363 cfs; n/a; 89% confidence actual flow is between 290 and 440 cfs

Dinkey Creek - Above North Fork Kings (est)     2009
May 6; 3:30pm; 655 cfs; n/a;

No. Kings - Below Dinkey Creek     2012
May 6; 4:30pm ; 710 cfs; 4.47ft;

So. Kings - Above Roaring River   
May 6; 4:30pm; 808 cfs; 4.58ft; Water 46°F

So. Kings - Above Boyden Cave   
May 6; 3:30pm ; 1,180 cfs; 6.74ft; Water 46°F

Kings - At Rodgers Crossing (est)     2009
May 6; 4:00pm; 3,038 cfs; n/a; 90% confidence actual flow is between 2900 and 3200 cfs + Falling 13 cfs/hr

Kings - Below North Fork   
May 6; 4:00pm; 3,748 cfs; 6.65ft; Water 50°F

Kings - Inflow Pine Flat Res (est)     2011
May 6; 3:00pm; 4,199 cfs; n/a; Reservoir calculation, see Note 2

Kings - Rel Pine Flat Lake   
May 6; 4:00pm; 6,113 cfs; 7.18ft;

Mill Creek - Above Kings River   
May 6; 4:00pm; 51 cfs; 2.08ft;

Mi. Kaweah - Above Marble Fork   
May 6; 3:15pm; 391 cfs; 5.62ft; Rating Table

Marble Fk Kaweah - Near Lodgepole   
May 6; 3:45pm; 41 cfs; 7.64ft; Water 46°F

E. Fk Kaweah - Near Oak Grove Bridge   
May 6; 2:15pm; 365 cfs; 5.05ft; Water 44°F

No. Kaweah - At Kaweah (rough)   
May 6; 3:00pm; 309 cfs; n/a; 77% confidence actual flow is between 215 and 400 cfs

Kaweah - At Three Rivers     2020
May 6; 4:00pm; 1,327 cfs; n/a;

Kaweah - Inflow Terminus Res     2009
May 5; 0:00am; 1,897 cfs; n/a;

Kaweah - Below Terminus Dam   
May 6; 4:15pm; 578 cfs; 3.85ft; Water 59°F

Mi. Tule - Above Coffee Camp   
May 6; 2:15pm; 271 cfs; 3.68ft;

So. Tule - Near Cholollo Campground   
May 6; 3:45pm; 62 cfs; 3.32ft;

So. Tule - Near Reservation Boundary   
May 6; 3:30pm; 111 cfs; 3.92ft; Water 54°F

Tule - Near Springville     2016
May 6; 4:30pm; 422 cfs; 4.10ft;

Dry Meadow Creek - Above Kern River (est)   
May 6; 3:45pm; n/a; n/a;

No. Kern - Above Fairview Dam   
May 6; 4:00pm; 1,896 cfs; n/a; Buy the Guidebook

No. Kern - Below Fairview Dam   
May 6; 4:00pm; 1,863 cfs; n/a; Buy the Guidebook

Brush Creek - At Take-Out Bridge     2020
n/a; n/a; n/a; n/a; Flow currently unavailable

Brush Creek - Above Kern River (est)   
May 6; 3:45pm; n/a; n/a;

No. Kern - At Kernville     2017
May 6; 4:15pm; 2,098 cfs; 5.48ft; Buy the Guidebook + Falling 25 cfs/hr

So. Kern - Near Onyx     2009
May 6; 4:30pm; 598 cfs; 5.87ft;

Kern - Below Lake Isabella     2017
May 6; 4:15pm ; 1,151 cfs; 8.20ft; Schedule + Buy the Guidebook + Water 57°F

Kern - Below Democrat   
May 6; 4:00pm; 727 cfs; n/a;

Kern - Below Kern Canyon PH Div     2023
May 6; 4:00pm; 527 cfs; 3.84ft;

Kern - At First Point   
May 6; 4:00pm; 1,027 cfs; 3.66ft;

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