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Almanor Fishing Adventures Guide Service

Spanish Creek near Lake Almanor, CA

River26.9 mi
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Around Spanish Creek

Spanish Creek Campground0.4 miSnake Lake Campground and Equestrian…4.4 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Spanish Creek is a 26.9 mile river near Almanor Fishing Adventures Guide Service in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Spanish C above Blackhawk C at Keddie CA (site 11402000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1934 to 2026

Spanish Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 427 cfs, and lowest in August, at 23 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 18,000 cfs, in 1997.

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Typical flow by month at Spanish C above Blackhawk C at Keddie CA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January15882 to 358
February274137 to 485
March389260 to 599
April427251 to 681
May281152 to 555
June9451 to 202
July3623 to 59
August2315 to 36
September2617 to 39
October4129 to 52
November6246 to 94
December9060 to 195

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 93 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Spanish C above Blackhawk C at Keddie CA (site 11402000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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