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| DONNER CREEK - DONNER LAKE (DNRC1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Latitude: 39.33º N | Longitude: 120.28º W | Elevation: 5924 Feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: Nevada County in CA | ||||||||||||||||||
| River Group: Eastern Sierra | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance Time: | Jan 11 2026 at 8:14 AM PST |
| Please Note: | Ensemble forecasts produced by CNRFC only consider meteorological uncertainty and do not account for hydrologic uncertainty. Flow data on this product are unregulated / full natural flow. |
| 4x5-Day Probability Plot |

| Tabular 4 x 5-Day Streamflow Volume Data | |||||
| Observed Peak 1-Day Streamflow Volume: (April 1 at 12 UTC to August 1 at 12 UTC) | Observed Available Apr 2 to Aug 1 | ||||
| Forecast Peak 1-Day Streamflow Volume: (April 1 at 12 UTC to August 1 at 12 UTC) | 10% (Max) 07/24/2025 0.1kaf | 25% 06/26/2025 0.0kaf | 50% (Prob) 06/17/2025 0.0kaf | 75% 06/17/2025 0.0kaf | 90% (Min) 06/17/2025 0.0kaf |
| Tabular 5-Day Volume Accumulations (1000s of Acre-Feet) | ||||
| Probability | 06/16 to 06/21 | 06/21 to 06/26 | 06/26 to 07/01 | 07/01 to 07/06 |
| 10% | 0.2 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf |
| 25% | 0.2 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf |
| 50% (Median) | 0.2 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf |
| 75% | 0.2 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf |
| 90% | 0.2 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf | 0.1 kaf |
| Location Photographs | ||
| ESRI™ Locator Map |
| Official 7 Day National Weather Service Forecast (CAZ072) |
| Tonight: Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming clear. Lows 15 to 25. Light winds. Monday: Sunny. Highs 39 to 44. Light winds. Monday Night: Clear. Lows 16 to 26. East winds around 10 mph in the evening becoming light. Tuesday: Sunny. Highs 45 to 55. Light winds. Tuesday Night: Clear. Lows 21 to 31. Light winds. Wednesday: Sunny. Highs 46 to 56. Wednesday Night: Clear. Lows 21 to 31. Thursday through Saturday: Clear. Highs 45 to 55. Lows 18 to 28. Saturday Night: Clear in the evening then becoming partly cloudy. Lows 24 to 34. Sunday: Sunny. Highs 49 to 59. |