Dreamflows Kern - Lake Isabella Release Schedule - 2026
 
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Releases on the Kern River from Lake Isabella - Historical - 2026

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

ColorMeaning
 Scheduled release: Less than 600 cfs below Lake Isabella.
 Scheduled release: Less than 1000 cfs below Lake Isabella.
 Ramping up/down from Lake Isabella.
Note: Scheduled release information provided by the Army Corps of Engineers.

 

January 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
        1675 cfs
 all day
2675 cfs
 all day
3Change to
 820 cfs at 1pm
4820 cfs
 all day
5820 cfs
 all day
6Change to
 860 cfs at 1pm
7860 cfs
 all day
8860 cfs
 all day
9860 cfs
 all day
10860 cfs
 all day
11860 cfs
 all day
12860 cfs
 all day
13860 cfs
 all day
14860 cfs
 all day
15860 cfs
 all day
16860 cfs
 all day
17860 cfs
 all day
18Change to
 825 cfs at 3pm
19825 cfs
 all day
20825 cfs
 all day
21Change to
 725 cfs at 1pm
22725 cfs
 all day
23725 cfs
 all day
24Change to
 708 cfs at 4pm
25708 cfs
 all day
26Change to
 725 cfs at 2pm
27Change to
 625 cfs at 11am
28Change to
 595 cfs at 2pm
29Change to
 560 cfs at 2pm
30Change to
 535 cfs at 2pm
31Ramping up
to 675 cfs then
down to 375 cfs

 

February 2026
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1Change to
 400 cfs at 2pm
2Change to
 410 cfs at 3pm
3410 cfs
 all day
4Change to
 460 cfs at 2pm
5460 cfs
 all day
6Change to
 450 cfs at 3pm
7Change to
 440 cfs at 3pm
8Change to
 465 cfs at 1pm
9465 cfs
 all day
10Change to
 395 cfs at 2pm
11395 cfs
 all day
12Change to
 360 cfs at 6pm
13360 cfs
 all day
14Change to
 300 cfs at noon
15300 cfs
 all day
16300 cfs
 all day
17300 cfs
 all day
18300 cfs
 all day
19300 cfs
 all day
20300 cfs
 all day
21300 cfs
 all day
22300 cfs
 all day
23300 cfs
 all day
24300 cfs
 all day
25300 cfs
 all day
26300 cfs
 all day
27300 cfs
 all day
28Change to
 372 cfs at 6pm

Water Management Issues:

1.  Times reflect releases at Isabella Dam.  It takes approximately one hour for the water to travel from Lake Isabella to Miracle Hot Springs.

2.  Releases shown were expected releases.  Actual releases may have been different.