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| MIDDLE FORK AMERICAN RIVER - FRENCH MEADOWS RESERVOIR (FMDC1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Latitude: 39.11º N | Longitude: 120.43º W | Elevation: 5263 Feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: Placer County in CA | ||||||||||||||||||
| River Group: Lower Sacramento | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance Time: | Feb 18 2026 at 8:27 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) 05/29/2026 5.5kaf | 25% 05/18/2026 2.3kaf | 50% (Prob) 04/28/2026 1.7kaf | 75% 04/15/2026 1.3kaf | 90% (Min) 04/06/2026 1.1kaf |
| Tabular 5-Day Volume Accumulations (1000s of Acre-Feet) | ||||
| Probability | 02/18 to 02/23 | 02/23 to 02/28 | 02/28 to 03/05 | 03/05 to 03/10 |
| 10% | 1.2 kaf | 15.0 kaf | 6.1 kaf | 8.0 kaf |
| 25% | 0.9 kaf | 9.8 kaf | 4.6 kaf | 3.8 kaf |
| 50% (Median) | 0.8 kaf | 7.7 kaf | 3.0 kaf | 2.8 kaf |
| 75% | 0.7 kaf | 5.5 kaf | 2.3 kaf | 1.9 kaf |
| 90% | 0.7 kaf | 3.6 kaf | 1.8 kaf | 1.5 kaf |
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