Lakes, rivers 

 March 9, 2005

Lake levels

Clear Lake - Clear Lake's surface elevation was estimated Monday at 4,522.94 feet above sea level, with storage at 72,440 acre-feet, down 30,720 acre-feet from a year ago.

Gerber Reservoir - The surface elevation of Gerber Reservoir was estimated Monday at 4,811.5 feet above sea level, with storage at 19,586 acre-feet, down 13,156 acre-feet from a year ago.

River flow

Following are daily averages of the volume of water flowing at key points in the Klamath Basin, measured in cubic feet per second:

 

Link River 2005 2004

March 1 323 579

March 2 285 490

March 3 285 484

March 4 281 494

March 5 276 518

March 6 275 813

March 7 277 720

Klamath River at Keno Dam

March 1 481 1,069

March 2 375 962

March 3 375 1,299

March 4 491 1,031

March 5 565 1,007

March 6 561 1,163

March 7 461 1,203

Klamath River at Iron Gate Dam

March 1 860 2,375

March 2 811 2,218

March 3 811 2,160

March 4 850 2,122

March 5 952 2,122

March 6 1,000 2,047

March 7 1,000 2,056

Net inflow to Upper Klamath Lake

March 1 1,102 2,816

March 2 3,013 2,436

March 3 1,455 2,430

March 4 1,452 2,440

March 5 1,836 2,464

March 6 1,055 2,369

March 7 1,448 2,277

Williamson River

below Sprague R. 2005 Avg.

March 8 826 1,190

Source: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Geological Survey, Oregon Water Resources Department.

Snow report

Following are today's estimates of the water equivalent measured in inches in the snowpack at selected sites in Southern Oregon and Northern California.

Site Water Avg. Pct. of

content avg.

Adin Mountain 8.7 13.1 66

Billie Creek Divide 5.6 21.9 26

Cedar Pass 14.1 16.8 84

Chemult Alternate 4.0 7.9 51

Cold Springs Camp 7.4 27.8 27

Dismal Swamp 23.0 25.3 91

Fourmile Lake 10.7 28.3 38

Sevenmile Marsh 10.9 27.9 39

Silver Creek 9.7 9.7 100

Strawberry .2 5.4 2

Taylor Butte 7.6 5.5 138

Klamath Basin pct. of avg. 38

Goose Lake Basin pct. of avg. 78

Source: National Resource Conservation Service