Gauge Conditions

SF American River near Camino CA Upstream Primary

Runnable: ? – ? CFS

Approximate - nearest available gauge. Use as general reference only.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

CDEC Flow Data California

AMERICAN RIVER JNC Primary Dam Release

Elevation: 4,468 ft

AMERICAN RIVER ICH Primary Dam Release

Elevation: 5,454 ft

AMERICAN RIVER AMK Primary

Elevation: 3,840 ft

Data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC)

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Rock Creek enters on river right at river mile 5.5. The Rock Creek Powerhouse could provide a potential put-in providing access to the class II/III section of Slab Creek when SMUD completes a future downstream take-out. This section is class II/III with one rapid that is potentially class III+.

Sometimes in winter and spring, the combined flows of Rock Creek and Rock Creek Powerhouse can add enough water into the river to provide boatable flows. Generally though, the additional water will be less than 100 cfs.