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Cherry Creek

River in California, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 234 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

16.5

cfs · 27 min ago

Normal for today

294

cfs median, 63 yrs

Water temp

64

°F · 27 min ago

Gage height

5.87

ft

Below normal for the date6% of medianUSGS gauge 11278400
Thirty-day mean discharge · 17.2–37.2 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
CHERRY C BL DION R HOLM PH NR MATHER CA1127840016.5 cfs64°F27 min ago
CHERRY C NR EARLY INTAKE CA1127830014.2 cfs62°F27 min ago
CHERRY C BL VALLEY DAM NR HETCH HETCHY CA112773006.5 cfs50°F27 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 294 cfs over 63 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 63.0 and 558 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Cherry Creek

Cherry Creek does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on East Walker River (46 mi), Carson River (62 mi), Truckee River (101 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Cherry Creek
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: activeFebruary: activeMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: peakJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: absentDecember: absent
MidgeJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: activeJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
Pale Morning DunJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Green DrakeJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: activeAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
SkwalaJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Cherry Creek

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.