About this river
Upper Truckee River is an 11.3 mile river near Reel-Lentless Fishing Charters in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Truckee R at Tahoe City CA (site 10337500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1909 to 2026
Upper Truckee River typically runs highest in August, at a median 307 cfs, and lowest in April, at 61 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,630 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 75 | 20 to 258 | |
| February | 77 | 20 to 251 | |
| March | 67 | 20 to 273 | |
| April | 61 | 4.2 to 103 | |
| May | 67 | 2.4 to 99 | |
| June | 74 | 9.0 to 296 | |
| July | 251 | 91 to 367 | |
| August | 307 | 198 to 419 | |
| September | 245 | 71 to 388 | |
| October | 118 | 46 to 291 | |
| November | 135 | 34 to 252 | |
| December | 120 | 26 to 270 |
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 117 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Truckee R at Tahoe City CA (site 10337500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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