Dept of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Water Data Update – October 11, 2006

Water Year Type (Year Types are set according to total inflow and do not reflect current conditions)

Upper Klamath Lake:  Above Average (This is the highest-level classification for the lake.)

Klamath River:  Wet (This is the highest flow classification for the river.)

Additional Information

Snowpack Basin-wide Percent of Average:  0

Upper Klamath Lake April-September 30th

Stream Flow Forecast:  820,000 acre-feet at 50-percent exceedance

Klamath River Flow Forecast:  793,000 acre-feet at 70-percent exceedance

Upper Klamath Lake Level:  4,138.62 feet      

Upper Klamath Lake Inflow 7-day Average:  1,275 cubic feet per second (cfs)

 Link River Releases:  510  cfs 

Keno Releases:  975 cfs 

Iron Gate Dam Releases:  1,310 cfs 

Requirement October through February for Wet Year Type in Biological Opinion:  1,300 cfs

Shasta River Flow:  163  cfs 

Scott River Flow:  72 cfs 

Trinity River Basin – Extremely Wet Water Year (This year classification was set according to total inflow and does not reflect current conditions.)

Trinity River Releases – below Lewiston Dam:  449  cfs

Trinity River Flow – at Hoopa Gauge:  832 cfs 

This document is updated bi-weekly.  Please circulate freely.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.usbr.gov/mp/kbao/pilot_water_bank/index.html

Please contact: Paul Gregory, Klamath Basin Area Office, 541-883 6935, pgregory@mp.usbr.gov