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Mattole River

River in California, read from 2 USGS gauges, draining about 245 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

14.0

cfs · 32 min ago

Normal for today

37.0

cfs median, 78 yrs

Water temp

—

not measured here

Gage height

11.02

ft

Below normal for the date38% of medianUSGS gauge 11469000
Thirty-day mean discharge · 13.7–28.2 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

StationFlowTempUpdated
MATTOLE R NR PETROLIA CA1146900014.0 cfs—32 min ago
MATTOLE R NR ETTERSBURG CA114689005.6 cfs—1h ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 37.0 cfs over 78 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 25.0 and 95.0 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 Mattole River

Mattole River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Trinity River (75 mi), Klamath River (84 mi), Sacramento River (87 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Mattole River
InsectJFMAMJJASOND
CohoJanuary: activeFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: activeNovember: peakDecember: peak
Fall ChinookJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
Golden StoneflyJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Half-Pounder SteelheadJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: activeSeptember: peakOctober: peakNovember: activeDecember: absent
Spring ChinookJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: activeMay: activeJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: absentNovember: absentDecember: absent
Summer SteelheadJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: absentApril: absentMay: absentJune: absentJuly: activeAugust: activeSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: active
Winter SteelheadJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: activeApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: activeDecember: peak
Blue-Winged OliveJanuary: peakFebruary: peakMarch: peakApril: peakMay: activeJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: activeOctober: peakNovember: peakDecember: peak
CaddisJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: activeApril: peakMay: peakJune: peakJuly: peakAugust: peakSeptember: peakOctober: activeNovember: activeDecember: absent
March BrownJanuary: absentFebruary: absentMarch: peakApril: activeMay: absentJune: absentJuly: absentAugust: absentSeptember: absentOctober: absentNovember: 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
PeakActiveAbsent

Reports

From anglers on Mattole River

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