About this river
Snowshoe Thompson Ditch Number Two is a 3.1 mile canal near Tahoe Sport Fishing in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge W FK Carson RV at Woodfords, CA (site 10310000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1901 to 2026
Snowshoe Thompson Ditch Number Two typically runs highest in May, at a median 298 cfs, and lowest in September, at 22 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,500 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29 | 21 to 52 | |
| February | 36 | 26 to 60 | |
| March | 53 | 39 to 96 | |
| April | 187 | 114 to 254 | |
| May | 298 | 194 to 480 | |
| June | 186 | 83 to 346 | |
| July | 60 | 32 to 121 | |
| August | 31 | 18 to 51 | |
| September | 22 | 14 to 34 | |
| October | 22 | 16 to 31 | |
| November | 26 | 19 to 36 | |
| December | 26 | 20 to 41 |
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 95 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for W FK Carson RV at Woodfords, CA (site 10310000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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