Blog posts and stories from Rock-N-Water about river flow conditions.
tldr: Final measurements place 2016 as a Below Normal water year for the SFAR. 2016 Final Water Year Determination – South Fork of the American River With the end of September also comes the end of the 2015-2016 California water year. Measurements for the Full Natural Flow for the American River at Folsom as measured [...]
February Water-Year Forecast Each month in the spring, the Department of Water Resources releases a prediction(They call it a "Forecast") of what the water situation will be for the rest of the water year. The February report is out[3. The raw data is here, but that gets updated with the most recent survey every month. The [...]
Last Friday, Jan 17 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought emergency for the state of California. News outlets and the like were quick to respond with headlines like, Hundred Years of Dry ((Time – Science & Space)), California’s drought emergency ((Los Angles Times – Opinion)), The Drought is Back in California ((Rush Limbaugh)), Historic [...]
Below Normal water but still looking good We've got less water in California than we would like, but we're still only in the Below Normal range for summer water releases. This means that for April through the 1st week in May (after which we'll go off the May water report), we'll have guaranteed water for whitewater rafting on [...]
The DWR Bulletin 120 has been released for March 2013 The California Department of Water Resources has released their March 2013 Bulletin 120. It is a summary of the current water situation for the state of California, talking into account current rainfall, snow pack, reservoir storage, and predicted weather patterns for the upcoming months. The water shed [...]
On May 11th, the Department of Water Resources released it's Bulletin 120 report on the water fall and storage levels in California for 2012. While our snow pack and rain fall has been abysmal in 2012, the reservoir carryover from the 2011 water year was enough to lift us up into a "Dry" water year classification (at least [...]
God sure blessed us with an interesting week this week: We started with cloudless days in the low 90s and ended with the same, but in-between we had over an inch of rain that fell one night and only reached 68 one day (Yes, and inch+ of rain the end of June in sunny California). A [...]
We've got a cooler rain and thunderstorm system moving through right now, and we are all hunkering down under the shelters we have set up around camp for the night. But as of 8:56 PM on June 28th, it does not look like the weather will prevent trips from happening tomorrow (or the next few [...]
As you probably heard, California has received a "decent" amount of snow pack this year, combined with a relatively cold and wet May. This winter that meant digging through 15 feet of snow to get to the ROOF of a cabin for one of our snowshoe winter camps. This summer, it will mean dynamic water conditions, and [...]
I wanted to write to you regarding this year’s snow pack/runoff so that any questions you may have are answered before you have them. Last week (~April 12th) the California Department of Water Resources published their report on water content in the Sierra Nevadas. Based on weather forecasts, and the water stored in reservoirs and [...]
