Shasta River

River in California, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 793 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

121

cfs · 57 min ago

Normal for today

140

cfs median, 90 yrs

Water temp

°F · 42 min ago

Gage height

3.31

Normal for the date86% of medianUSGS gauge 11517500

Thirty-day mean discharge · 57.8–121 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
SHASTA R NR YREKA CA11517500	121 cfs	—	57 min ago
SHASTA R NR MONTAGUE CA11517000	121 cfs	—	27 min ago
SHASTA R A E LOUIE RD BR NR LK SHASTINA CA11516870	77.0 cfs	51°F	136d ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 140 cfs over 90 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 113 and 156 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Shasta River

Shasta River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Klamath River (60 mi), Trinity River (63 mi), Pit River (64 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Shasta River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Coho	January: active	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: active	November: peak	December: peak
Fall Chinook	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: peak	September: peak	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Golden Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Half-Pounder Steelhead	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: active	September: peak	October: peak	November: active	December: absent
Spring Chinook	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Summer Steelhead	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: absent	June: absent	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Winter Steelhead	January: peak	February: peak	March: active	April: active	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: active	December: peak
Blue-Winged Olive	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: peak	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
March Brown	January: absent	February: absent	March: peak	April: active	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Pale Morning Dun	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Shasta River

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