About this river
Upper Truckee River is a 7.0 mile river near Tahoe Sport Fishing in California. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Upper Truckee RV at South Lake Tahoe, CA (site 10336610). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1972 to 2026
Upper Truckee River typically runs highest in May, at a median 242 cfs, and lowest in September, at 6.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,150 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 19 to 62 | |
| February | 46 | 26 to 69 | |
| March | 79 | 53 to 125 | |
| April | 150 | 105 to 202 | |
| May | 242 | 157 to 413 | |
| June | 159 | 58 to 367 | |
| July | 23 | 12 to 86 | |
| August | 7.1 | 4.0 to 22 | |
| September | 6.7 | 3.3 to 13 | |
| October | 10 | 6.1 to 17 | |
| November | 15 | 10 to 33 | |
| December | 21 | 15 to 48 |
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 51 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Upper Truckee RV at South Lake Tahoe, CA (site 10336610). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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