Dreamflows Daily Flows Report

Oregon Coastal Rivers			SUN	SAT	FRI

Oregon Coastal Rivers		Time	12/08/24	12/07/24	12/06/24	BBS	Comments/Links
Williamson	Near Klamath Agency	noon	0	0	0
Klamath	At Keno	noon	725	725	725		Water 37°F
Klamath	Below J.C. Boyle Dam	n/a					Schedule + Flow currently unavailable
Klamath	J.C. Boyle Schedule	n/a					Schedule + Buy the Guidebook + Flow currently unavailable
Klamath	Below J.C. Boyle Plant	noon	925	925	950		Buy the Guidebook + Water 40°F
Chetco	Near Brookings	noon	1,250	1,350	1,400		Water 48°F
Mi. Applegate	Above Applegate Lake (est)	3pm	245	230	205	2011	Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
Carberry Creek	Above Applegate Lake (est)	3pm	145	135	120	2008	Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
Applegate	Below Applegate Dam	4pm	500	500	490
Illinois	Near Kerby	noon	1,100	975	1,000	2021	Water 46°F
No. Rogue	Above North Fork Res	n/a				2016	Flow currently unavailable
No. Rogue	Below North Fork Res	noon	120	68	67
No. Rogue	Above Lost Creek Lake	noon	1,100	925	900	2009	Water 39°F
Mi. Rogue	Above Butte Falls Rd (est)	8am	Low	Low	Low	2011	Estimate is outside the model's range of 300-2000 cfs
So. Rogue	Below Imnaha Creek	noon	100	84	85
So. Rogue	Below MF Confluence (est)	8am	Low	Low	Low		Estimate is outside the model's range of 400-3000 cfs
Rogue	Inflow Lost Creek Lake	10am	1,400	1,200	1,200
Big Butte Creek	Near McLeod	noon	83	75	78		Water 44°F
Rogue	Near McLeod	noon	1,400	1,400	1,400		Water 44°F
Elk Creek	Above Rogue River	noon	110	92	95	2012	Water 41°F
Rogue	At Raygold	noon	1,800	1,750	1,750	2011	Buy the Guidebook + Water 44°F
Rogue	At Grants Pass	noon	1,850	1,800	1,850	2016	Water 44°F
Rogue	Near Agness	noon	3,700	3,700	3,700	2018	Buy the Guidebook + Water 45°F
So. Coquille	At Powers	noon	230	200	220
No. Umpqua	At Toketee Falls	noon	70	68	68
Boulder Creek	Near Toketee Falls	noon	115	67	64
No. Umpqua	Above Copeland Creek	noon	1,250	1,050	1,050	2018	Water 42°F
Canton Creek	Above Steamboat Creek (est)	noon	Low	Low	Low	2007	Estimate is outside the model's range of 400-2500 cfs
Steamboat Creek	Below Canton Creek	noon	575	320	330		Water 42°F
No. Umpqua	Below Steamboat Creek	n/a				2009	Site currently not operational
Little River	At Peel	avg					Water 43°F
No. Umpqua	At Winchester	noon	2,500	1,950	2,000		Water 42°F
So. Umpqua	At Tiller	noon	775	550	550	2015	Water 42°F
W. Fk Cow Creek	Near Glendale	noon	89	88	94
Umpqua	Near Elkton	noon	3,600	3,600	3,600		Water 42°F
Siuslaw	Near Mapleton	noon	975	900	875		Water 45°F
Alsea	Near Tidewater	noon	825	800	800		Water 46°F
Siletz	Near Siletz	noon	925	900	775		Water 46°F
Nestucca	Below Beaver	noon	800	750	600
Trask	Near Tillamook	noon	600	550	420
Wilson	Near Tillamook	noon	800	675	550
Nehalem	Near Vernonia	noon	180	165	165
Nehalem	Near Foss	noon	1,850	1,400	1,300
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Oregon Central Rivers			SUN	SAT	FRI
Oregon Central Rivers		Time	12/08/24	12/07/24	12/06/24	BBS	Comments/Links
Mi. Willamette	Below Hills Creek Res	noon	825	1,350	1,800		Water 46°F
Mi. Willamette	Inflow Lookout Point Res	10am	2,450	2,300	3,500
No. Mi. Willamette	At Westfir	noon	2.64ft	2.16ft	2.17ft		Water 42°F
Winberry Creek	Near Lowell	noon	81	34	33		Water 43°F
Fall Creek	Above North Fork	noon	3.70ft	3.32ft	3.30ft		Water 44°F
Fall Creek	Inflow Fall Creek Res	noon	525	230	240
Fall Creek	Below Fall Creek Dam	noon	525	240	240		Water 45°F
Row River	Above Dorena Lake	noon	500	200	200		Water 43°F
Row River	Below Dorena Lake	noon	360	180	175		Water 41°F
McKenzie	Clear Lake Outlet	noon	390	390	400		Water 40°F
McKenzie	Below Payne Creek	noon	190	195	195		Water 41°F
McKenzie	Below Trail Bridge Dam	noon	1,000	950	925		Water 41°F
So. McKenzie	Above Cougar Res	noon	575	400	390		Water 41°F
Blue	Below Tidbits Creek	noon	230	145	135
McKenzie	Near Vida	noon	3,200	2,800	2,800		Water 43°F
McKenzie	Below Leaburg Dam	noon	3,700	3,300	3,200		Water 43°F
Breitenbush	Near Detroit	noon	575	330	300		Water 41°F
No. Santiam	Below Boulder Creek	noon	850	650	625		Water 41°F
No. Santiam	At Niagara	noon	1,550	1,300	1,300	2007	Water 45°F
Li. No. Santiam	Near Mehama	noon	950	320	290		Water 44°F
No. Santiam	At Mehama	noon	2,800	1,950	1,850
Quartzville Cr	Near Cascadia	noon	600	320	280		Water 43°F
Mi. Santiam	Near Cascadia	noon	3.02ft	2.45ft	2.35ft		Water 42°F
Mi. Santiam	Below Green Peter Dam	noon	697.56ft	699.22ft	699.11ft		Water 42°F
So. Santiam	Below Cascadia	noon	725	400	380		Water 43°F
Wiley Creek	Near Foster	noon	115	77	71		Water 44°F
Thomas Creek	Near Scio	noon	450	240	210		Water 44°F
Luckiamute	Near Suver	noon	460	390	410		Water 43°F
So. Yamhill	Near Willamina	noon	350	300	300
Molalla	Near Canby	noon	1,050	470	440		Water 45°F
Butte Creek	At Monitor	noon	200	115	110		Water 44°F
Collawash	Below Hot Springs Fork (est)	10am	675	460	430		79% confidence actual flow is between 500 and 850 cfs
Oak Grove Clackamas	At Ripplebrook Campground	noon	115	115	110
Clackamas	Above Three Lynx Creek	noon	1,750	1,150	1,050	2021	Water 40°F
No. Clackamas	Above Mouth (est)	noon	70	58	24		Confidence unknown, treat this estimate with suspicion
Clackamas	At Estacada	noon	2,450	1,550	1,400		Water 39°F
Sandy	Near Marmot	noon	1,100	625	525
No. Bull Run	Near Multnomah Falls	noon	135	94	26		Water 40°F
Bull Run	Near Bull Run	noon	1,200	230	135
Sandy	Below Bull Run River	noon	2,700	1,000	850
Beaver Creek	At Troutdale	noon	25	110	3
W. Fk Hood	Above East Fork	noon	525	230	220	2015
Hood	At Tucker Bridge	noon	750	430	410
Deschutes	Below Wickiup Reservoir	noon	110	110	110		Water 4°F
Deschutes	At Benham Falls	noon	480	480	480
Deschutes	Below Bend	noon	470	460	525
Squaw Creek	At Sisters	noon	35	30	525
Deschutes	Near Culver	noon	850	850	675		Water 41°F
Crooked	At Smith Rock State Park	noon	140	140	140		Water 39°F
Crooked	At Crooked River Ranch	noon	195	190	195
Crooked	Below Opal Springs	noon	1,250	1,350	1,250		Water 53°F
Metolius	Above Lake Billy Chinook	noon	1,250	1,250	1,250	2016	Water 42°F
White	Below Tygh Valley	noon	180	140	140
Deschutes	At Moody	noon	5,000	4,800	4,800		Water 45°F
No. John Day	At Monument	noon	350	270	290
John Day	At Service Creek	noon	625	625	625
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Oregon Eastern Rivers			SUN	SAT	FRI
Oregon Eastern Rivers		Time	12/08/24	12/07/24	12/06/24	BBS	Comments/Links
Umatilla	Near Umatilla	noon	210	210	220		Water 43°F
Grande Ronde	Near Perry	noon	81	125	130	2011
Lostine	Near Lostine	noon	32	29	26
Minam	At Minam	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Grande Ronde	At Troy	noon	850	725	700		Water 39°F
Joseph Creek	Near Mouth	n/a					Site currently not operational
Imnaha	At Imnaha	noon	190	185	155
Snake	Below Hells Canyon Dam	noon	8,500	8,500	8,500
Eagle Creek	Near New Bridge	n/a					Flow currently unavailable
Succor Creek	Near Homedale	n/a					Flow currently unavailable
Owyhee	At Crutcher Crossing	noon	40	39	37		Water 33°F
Owyhee	Near Rome	noon	200	200	205	2009
Donner Und Blitzen	Near Frenchglen	noon	59	56	62		Water 35°F
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Washington Rivers			SUN	SAT	FRI
Washington Rivers		Time	12/08/24	12/07/24	12/06/24	BBS	Comments/Links
Kettle	Near Laurier	noon	430	410	440
Spokane	At Spokane	noon	3,600	3,600	3,600
Chewuch	At Winthrop	noon	62	68	65
Methow	Near Pateros	noon	320	320	320
Stehekin	At Stehekin	noon	480	320	250
Chelan	Below Lake Chelan	noon	86	86	85
Entiat	Near Ardenvoir	noon	105	71	62
Nason Creek	Near Mouth	noon	175	78	75
Chiwawa	Near Plain	noon	165	100	91
Wenatchee	At Plain	noon	1,000	525	500
Icicle Creek	Above Snow Creek	noon	270	125	100	2015
Wenatchee	At Peshastin	noon	1,150	675	650
Peshastin Creek	Near Wenatchee Confluence	noon	65	58	40
Cle Elum	Inflow Cle Elum Lake	0am		300	200
Cle Elum	Below Cle Elum Dam	noon	41	74	185
Teanaway	Below Forks	noon	190	110	105
Bumping	Below Bumping Dam	noon	93	91	91
American	Near Nile	noon	72	62	55
Naches	Near Cliffdell	noon	310	250	245
Tieton	At Rimrock	noon	67	67	67
Palouse	At Hooper	noon	100	99	100
Grande Ronde	At Troy	noon	850	725	700		Water 39°F
Joseph Creek	Near Mouth	n/a					Site currently not operational
Klickitat	Below Summit Creek	noon	725	650	650
Little Klickitat	Near Wahkiacus	noon	35	32	32
Klickitat	Near Pitt	noon	750	675	675		Water 40°F
White Salmon	Below Trout Lake Creek (est)	8am	330	Low	Low		83% confidence actual flow is between 250 and 410 cfs
White Salmon	At BZ Corner (est)	10am	460	400	400		84% confidence actual flow is between 390 and 525 cfs
White Salmon	Near Underwood	noon	675	600	600		Water 42°F
Li. White Salmon	At Willard Fish Hatchery (rough)	noon	370	320	320		82% confidence actual flow is between 260 and 480 cfs
Wind River	At Stabler	noon	500	350	340
Panther Creek	Near Carson	n/a					Site currently not operational
Rock Creek	At Stevenson	n/a					Site currently not operational
Washougal	At Hathaway Park	noon	1,200	575	440
No. Lewis	Above Muddy River	noon	950	700	650	2011
Muddy River	Below Clear Creek	noon	625	550	470
Canyon Creek	Near Amboy	noon	575	320	195
E. Fk Lewis	Near Heisson	noon	1,100	625	390
Cowlitz	At Packwood	noon	1,650	900	625
Cispus	Near Randle	noon	925	650	550
Tilton	Near Cinebar	noon	1,450	550	420
Toutle	At Tower Road	noon	2,600	1,100	900
Germany Creek	At Mouth	n/a					Flow currently unavailable
Grays	Below Hwy-4 Bridge	noon	875	650	320
Chehalis	Near Doty	noon	500	320	235
Satsop	Near Satsop	noon	2,250	1,700	1,200
Humptulips	Below Highway 101 Bridge	noon	2,000	2,000	750		Rising 30 cfs/hr
Quinault	At Quinault Lake	noon	4,200	2,500	1,750
Queets	Near Clearwater	noon	8,000	11,500	1,950		Rising 70 cfs/hr
Sol Duc	Near Quillayute	noon	19.88ft	18.60ft	17.29ft
Elwha	At McDonald Bridge	noon	1,950	3,200	800
Dungeness	Near Sequim	noon	490	460	210
Big Quilcene	Below Big Quilcene Dam	avg
Duckabush	Near Brinnon	noon	625	825	330
No. Skokomish	Below Staircase	noon	825	1,250	410		Water 40°F
So. Skokomish	Near Union	noon	1,050	1,200	410
Nisqually	At La Grande	noon	1,300	1,300	1,300
Mashel	Near La Grande	noon	410	96	80
Nisqually	At McKenna	noon	1,800	1,300	1,250
So. Prairie Creek	At South Prairie	noon	330	120	56
Carbon	Near Fairfax	noon	440	310	170
Puyallup	At Alderton	noon	2,050	675	550
White	Below Clearwater River	noon	875	550	480
Green	Near Palmer	noon	400	340	300
Cedar	Below Diversion Dam	noon	380	400	310		Water 45°F
No. Snoqualmie	Near Snoqualmie Falls	noon	1,200	1,700	230
Mi. Snoqualmie	Near Tanner	noon	2,600	2,500	430
So. Snoqualmie	Near Garcia	noon	490	225	140		Falling 4 cfs/hr
Raging River	Near Fall City	noon	260	330	55
Skykomish	Near Gold Bar	noon	9,500	7,750	1,500		Water 41°F
Sultan	Below Diversion Dam	noon	550	550	135		Water 44°F
Sultan	Below Powerplant	noon	1,450	1,250	700	2015	Water 43°F
Squire Creek	At Squire Creek Park	n/a					Site currently not operational
Deer Creek	Near Oso (est)	11am	1,600	High	Low		72% confidence actual flow is between 1200 and 2000 cfs
No. Stillaguamish	Near Arlington	noon	6,500	8,250	950
So. Stillaguamish	Near Granite Falls	avg
Jim Creek	At Whites Road	n/a					Site currently not operational
Pilchuck Creek	At I-5 Bridge	noon	1,350	525	225
Thunder Creek	Near Newhalem	noon	650	1,950	195
Skagit	At Newhalem	noon	3,100	3,100	3,400		Water 45°F
Skagit	At Marblemount	noon	6,500	15,000	4,400		Water 43°F
Cascade	At Marblemount	noon	1,800	3,300	440		Water 40°F
Sauk	Above White Chuck River	noon	2,250	3,400	500		Water 39°F + Falling 66 cfs/hr
Sauk	At Darrington	n/a					Site currently not operational
Suiattle	Near Darrington	n/a					Site currently not operational
Sauk	Near Sauk	noon	7,750	5,750	2,050		Water 41°F + Falling 135 cfs/hr
No. Nooksack	Below Cascade Creek	noon	1,000	2,700	360		Water 39°F
Mi. Nooksack	Near Deming	noon	1,050	2,600	320
So. Nooksack	At Saxon Bridge	noon	2,500	5,750	550		Water 41°F
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Idaho Rivers			SUN	SAT	FRI
Idaho Rivers		Time	12/08/24	12/07/24	12/06/24	BBS	Comments/Links
Bear	Below Grace Dam	noon	52	53	53
Snake	Near Irwin	noon	900	900	900	2008
Henrys Fork	Below Coffee Pot Rapids	n/a					Site currently not operational
Henrys Fork	Near Ashton	noon	1,000	1,050	1,050
Fall River	Near Squirrel	noon	220	215	215
Teton	Near Driggs	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Teton	Near St. Anthony	noon	440	410	430
Blackfoot	Near Shelley	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Snake	At Milner River Only	noon	0	0	0
Snake	At Milner Total Flow	noon	210	205	210
Camas Creek	Near Blaine	noon	6	6	6
Snake	Below Lower Salmon Falls	noon	5,250	5,000	5,000
Malad	Near Bliss	noon	125	130	125
Bruneau	At Rowland	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Jarbidge	Below Jarbidge	noon	5	6	6
Bruneau	Near Hot Springs	noon	86	71	71
Snake	Below Swan Falls Dam	noon	6,750	7,250	7,000
Owyhee	At Crutcher Crossing	noon	40	39	37		Water 33°F
Owyhee	Near Rome	noon	200	200	205	2009
Succor Creek	Near Homedale	n/a					Flow currently unavailable
Boise	Near Twin Springs	noon	410	340	310
So. Boise	Below Anderson Ranch Dam	noon	310	310	310	2023	Water 46°F
Boise	At Glenwood Bridge	noon	260	260	240	2017
No. Payette	At McCall	noon	45	46	47	2008
No. Payette	At Cascade	noon	205	205	200	2008	Water 38°F
No. Payette	At Otters Run	noon	270	250	245	2013
Mi. Payette	Near Crouch	noon	170	160	140	2008
Deadwood	Below Deadwood Dam	noon	4	4	4	2008
So. Payette	At Lowman	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen	2008
So. Payette	Near Garden Valley (est)	n/a				2008	Insufficient data available to estimate flow
So. Payette	Below Deer Creek (est)	noon	600	525	525	2008	86% confidence actual flow is between 480 and 725 cfs
Payette	Near Horseshoe Bend	noon	900	800	775	2008
Snake	Below Hells Canyon Dam	noon	8,500	8,500	8,500
Salmon	Near Clayton	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Salmon	Near Shoup	10am	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Mi. Salmon	At Middle Fork Lodge	noon	1.59ft	1.50ft	1.40ft	2008	Buy the Guidebook
Mi. Salmon	At Mouth	noon	1,150	800	725		Buy the Guidebook
Salmon	Above Corn Creek	n/a					Insufficient data available to estimate flow
E. Fk So. Salmon	Above Sugar Creek	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Johnson Creek	At Yellow Pine	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
So. Salmon	At Krassel	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Little Salmon	At Riggins	noon	195	190	190
Salmon	At White Bird	noon	3,600	3,500	3,500	2005	Water 35°F
No. Clearwater	Near Canyon Ranger Stn	noon	1,450	800	725		Water 34°F
Lochsa	Near Lowell	noon	800	410	390
Moose Creek	Above Selway River (est)	noon		200	155		90% confidence actual flow is between 150 and 250 cfs
Selway	Near Lowell	noon	1,000	700	525
So. Clearwater	At Stites	noon	235	150	165
Lolo Creek	Near Greer	n/a					Flow currently unavailable
Saint Joe	At Red Ives Ranger Stn	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Saint Joe	At Calder	1pm	925	400	350
Pack	Near Colburn	noon	48	40	39
Boundary Creek	Near Porthill	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Moyie	At Eastport	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
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Montana Rivers			SUN	SAT	FRI
Montana Rivers		Time	12/08/24	12/07/24	12/06/24	BBS	Comments/Links
No. Blackfoot	Near Ovando	noon	97	97	97
Blackfoot	Near Bonner	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Clark Fork	At St. Regis	noon	2,200	2,100	2,150	2008
Prospect Creek	At Thompson Falls	noon			28
No. Flathead	Near Columbia Falls	noon	700	575	550
Mi. Flathead	Near West Glacier	noon	550	430	370		Buy the Guidebook
So. Flathead	Above Hungry Horse Res	n/a					Seasonal site, currently not reporting
Swan	Near Bigfork	noon	430	430	450
Flathead	Near Polson	noon	8,500	8,500	8,500
Kootenai	Below Libby Dam	noon	10,000	10,000	10,000
Yaak	Near Troy	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Big Hole	Near Glen	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Madison	Below Hebgen Lake	noon	725	725	725		Water 37°F
Madison	Below Ennis Lake	10am	1,600	1,600	1,650		Water 34°F
Gallatin	Near Gallatin Gateway	noon	380	290	235
Smith	Below Eagle Creek	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Belt Creek	Near Monarch	noon	36	31	31
Yellowstone	At Corwin Springs	noon	800	750	750		Water 38°F
Yellowstone	Near Livingston	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Boulder	At Big Timber	noon	170	170	175
Stillwater	Near Absarokee	noon	300	290	290
West Rosebud Cr	At Emerald Lake CG	noon	51	50	49		Water 33°F
Rock Creek	Near Red Lodge	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
CF Yellowstone	Near Belfry	noon	260	250	240
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Wyoming Rivers			SUN	SAT	FRI
Wyoming Rivers		Time	12/08/24	12/07/24	12/06/24	BBS	Comments/Links
CF Yellowstone	Near Belfry	noon	260	250	240
Yellowstone	Below Yellowstone Lake	noon	310	330	330
Mi. Powder	Near Barnum	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
North Platte	Near Northgate	noon	Frozen	Frozen	Frozen
Encampment	Near Encampment	noon	93	195	165
Gros Ventre	At Kelly	noon	150	145	150		Water 39°F
Snake	Near Alpine	noon	1,350	1,400	1,350		Water 34°F
Fall River	Near Squirrel	noon	220	215	215
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Key to Symbols

External report links: clicking on the icon (if one exists) selects the same flow site on the Realtime report. Similarly, clicking on the icon (if one exists) selects the same flow site on the Fantasy Flows report.
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), 'BRT' (gauge is Below Rating Table) and 'BKW' (gauge is affected by backwater from a nearby reservoir or stream).
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.
Paddle out colors: 123.45ft indicates paddle out to the "usual" take-out is less than 1/4 of a mile; 123.45ft moderate; 123.45ft 1.5 miles or longer. Computations use reservoir elevation, and should give a fair idea of paddle out on the reservoir. Note: the computed start-of-paddle-out point is where the river meets the reservoir. Since the current won't stop immediately, expect the effective paddle out to be somewhat less than specified.
Weather icons: sunny, partly cloudy/foggy, cloudy/foggy, rain, snow, smoky, windy, unknown. Note: these icons should give you a general idea of tomorrow's weather prediction for each location - 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 flow-estimates feedback page.

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 scheduled releases are marked (sched) and are usually reliable, but even so the 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 Short-term planned releases are marked (pred) and 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.

Other Dreamflows Reports

This report is also available in CSV format. See CSV Conversions to load reports into Microsoft Excel, etc.

A complete list of available reports and report formats is available on the River Flow Reports page.