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MIDDLE FORK AMERICAN RIVER - ABOVE MIDDLE FORK POWERHOUSE (MFPC1)
Latitude: 39.03º NLongitude: 120.59º WElevation: 2540 FeetForecast Type: Unofficial Location
Location: Placer County in CaliforniaBulletin Group: Lower SacramentoRiver Group: American
Issuance Time: Apr 15 2026 at 1:30 PM PDTNext Issuance: Apr 16 2026 at 9:00 AM PDT
Action/Monitor: N/A Minor Flood: N/A Moderate Flood: N/A Major Flood: N/A


# Tabular Observed and Forecast Hydrograph Information
#
# Location: Middle Fork American River - Above Middle Fork Powerhouse (MFPC1)
#
# File Generation Time:  04/15/2026 at 01:33 PM PDT
# Data Interval:  1 Hour
#
# Most Recent Date & Time of Maximum Observed:  04/12/2026 at 12:00 AM PDT
# Maximum Observed Flow:                        351 cfs
#
# Earliest Date & Time of Maximum Forecast:     04/18/2026 at 11:00 PM PDT
# Maximum Forecast Flow:                        284 cfs
#
# OBSERVED
#
# Date & Time  (Local)    Flow (cfs)     Trend     Observed Status
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
  04/10/2026 01 PM PDT           172                Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 02 PM PDT           174         +      Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 03 PM PDT           180         +      Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 04 PM PDT           183         +      Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 05 PM PDT           190         +      Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 06 PM PDT           198         +      Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 07 PM PDT           220         +      Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 08 PM PDT           242         +      Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 09 PM PDT           248         +      Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 10 PM PDT           238         -      Not Applicable
  04/10/2026 11 PM PDT           242         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 12 AM PDT           248         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 01 AM PDT           248         0      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 02 AM PDT           248         0      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 03 AM PDT           250         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 04 AM PDT           258         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 05 AM PDT           262         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 06 AM PDT           258         -      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 07 AM PDT           265         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 08 AM PDT           267         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 09 AM PDT           262         -      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 10 AM PDT           256         -      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 11 AM PDT           258         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 12 PM PDT           250         -      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 01 PM PDT           252         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 02 PM PDT           256         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 03 PM PDT           258         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 04 PM PDT           267         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 05 PM PDT           275         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 06 PM PDT           280         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 07 PM PDT           290         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 08 PM PDT           299         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 09 PM PDT           313         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 10 PM PDT           321         +      Not Applicable
  04/11/2026 11 PM PDT           345         +      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 12 AM PDT           351         +      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 01 AM PDT           345         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 02 AM PDT           335         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 03 AM PDT           325         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 04 AM PDT           308         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 05 AM PDT           306         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 06 AM PDT           295         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 07 AM PDT           297         +      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 08 AM PDT           293         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 09 AM PDT           293         0      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 10 AM PDT           290         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 11 AM PDT           293         +      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 12 PM PDT           293         0      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 01 PM PDT           295         +      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 02 PM PDT           293         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 03 PM PDT           284         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 04 PM PDT           290         +      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 05 PM PDT           297         +      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 06 PM PDT           293         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 07 PM PDT           297         +      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 08 PM PDT           297         0      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 09 PM PDT           295         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 10 PM PDT           288         -      Not Applicable
  04/12/2026 11 PM PDT           286         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 12 AM PDT           282         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 01 AM PDT           277         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 02 AM PDT           280         +      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 03 AM PDT           275         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 04 AM PDT           275         0      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 05 AM PDT           271         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 06 AM PDT           271         0      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 07 AM PDT           267         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 08 AM PDT           265         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 09 AM PDT           260         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 10 AM PDT           256         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 11 AM PDT           252         -      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 12 PM PDT           252         0      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 01 PM PDT           254         +      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 02 PM PDT           258         +      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 03 PM PDT           262         +      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 04 PM PDT           267         +      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 05 PM PDT           267         0      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 06 PM PDT           275         +      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 07 PM PDT           280         +      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 08 PM PDT           282         +      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 09 PM PDT           282         0      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 10 PM PDT           286         +      Not Applicable
  04/13/2026 11 PM PDT           286         0      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 12 AM PDT           284         -      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 01 AM PDT           288         +      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 02 AM PDT           286         -      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 03 AM PDT           280         -      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 04 AM PDT           271         -      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 05 AM PDT           273         +      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 06 AM PDT           271         -      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 07 AM PDT           271         0      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 08 AM PDT           265         -      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 09 AM PDT           265         0      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 10 AM PDT           262         -      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 11 AM PDT           260         -      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 12 PM PDT           260         0      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 01 PM PDT           254         -      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 02 PM PDT           255         +      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 03 PM PDT           256         +      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 04 PM PDT           256         0      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 05 PM PDT           256         0      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 06 PM PDT           258         +      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 07 PM PDT           260         +      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 08 PM PDT           269         +      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 09 PM PDT           273         +      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 10 PM PDT           273         0      Not Applicable
  04/14/2026 11 PM PDT           277         +      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 12 AM PDT           280         +      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 01 AM PDT           277         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 02 AM PDT           277         0      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 03 AM PDT           273         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 04 AM PDT           271         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 05 AM PDT           269         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 06 AM PDT           265         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 07 AM PDT           265         0      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 08 AM PDT           260         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 09 AM PDT           262         +      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 10 AM PDT           260         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 11 AM PDT           255         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 12 PM PDT           253         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 01 PM PDT           252         -      Not Applicable
#
# FORECAST
#
# Date & Time  (Local)    Flow (cfs)     Trend     Forecast Status
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
  04/15/2026 02 PM PDT           250                Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 03 PM PDT           249         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 04 PM PDT           247         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 05 PM PDT           245         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 06 PM PDT           244         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 07 PM PDT           243         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 08 PM PDT           241         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 09 PM PDT           240         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 10 PM PDT           238         -      Not Applicable
  04/15/2026 11 PM PDT           239         +      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 12 AM PDT           238         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 01 AM PDT           238         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 02 AM PDT           237         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 03 AM PDT           237         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 04 AM PDT           236         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 05 AM PDT           236         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 06 AM PDT           235         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 07 AM PDT           234         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 08 AM PDT           233         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 09 AM PDT           232         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 10 AM PDT           231         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 11 AM PDT           230         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 12 PM PDT           229         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 01 PM PDT           229         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 02 PM PDT           228         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 03 PM PDT           228         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 04 PM PDT           227         -      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 05 PM PDT           227         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 06 PM PDT           227         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 07 PM PDT           227         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 08 PM PDT           227         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 09 PM PDT           227         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 10 PM PDT           227         0      Not Applicable
  04/16/2026 11 PM PDT           226         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 12 AM PDT           225         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 01 AM PDT           224         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 02 AM PDT           222         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 03 AM PDT           221         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 04 AM PDT           219         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 05 AM PDT           218         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 06 AM PDT           217         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 07 AM PDT           216         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 08 AM PDT           216         0      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 09 AM PDT           215         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 10 AM PDT           214         -      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 11 AM PDT           214         0      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 12 PM PDT           217         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 01 PM PDT           221         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 02 PM PDT           224         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 03 PM PDT           228         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 04 PM PDT           231         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 05 PM PDT           235         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 06 PM PDT           240         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 07 PM PDT           245         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 08 PM PDT           251         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 09 PM PDT           256         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 10 PM PDT           261         +      Not Applicable
  04/17/2026 11 PM PDT           266         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 12 AM PDT           266         0      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 01 AM PDT           265         -      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 02 AM PDT           265         0      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 03 AM PDT           265         0      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 04 AM PDT           264         -      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 05 AM PDT           264         0      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 06 AM PDT           261         -      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 07 AM PDT           257         -      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 08 AM PDT           254         -      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 09 AM PDT           251         -      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 10 AM PDT           248         -      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 11 AM PDT           244         -      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 12 PM PDT           248         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 01 PM PDT           253         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 02 PM PDT           257         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 03 PM PDT           261         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 04 PM PDT           265         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 05 PM PDT           269         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 06 PM PDT           271         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 07 PM PDT           274         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 08 PM PDT           277         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 09 PM PDT           279         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 10 PM PDT           282         +      Not Applicable
  04/18/2026 11 PM PDT           284         +      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 12 AM PDT           278         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 01 AM PDT           272         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 02 AM PDT           266         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 03 AM PDT           261         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 04 AM PDT           255         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 05 AM PDT           249         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 06 AM PDT           246         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 07 AM PDT           243         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 08 AM PDT           240         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 09 AM PDT           238         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 10 AM PDT           235         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 11 AM PDT           232         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 12 PM PDT           233         +      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 01 PM PDT           233         0      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 02 PM PDT           234         +      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 03 PM PDT           235         +      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 04 PM PDT           235         0      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 05 PM PDT           236         +      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 06 PM PDT           235         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 07 PM PDT           235         0      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 08 PM PDT           235         0      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 09 PM PDT           234         -      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 10 PM PDT           234         0      Not Applicable
  04/19/2026 11 PM PDT           233         -      Not Applicable
  04/20/2026 12 AM PDT           232         -      Not Applicable
  04/20/2026 01 AM PDT           231         -      Not Applicable
  04/20/2026 02 AM PDT           229         -      Not Applicable
  04/20/2026 03 AM PDT           228         -      Not Applicable
  04/20/2026 04 AM PDT           227         -      Not Applicable
  04/20/2026 05 AM PDT           225         -      Not Applicable
#
# NOTE 1: Flows are rounded to the nearest (1) cfs.
# NOTE 2: Trends are determined using hourly change in unrounded flow.
# NOTE 3: Maximum Values are determined using unrounded flow.