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| CARSON RIVER - FORT CHURCHILL (FTCN2) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Latitude: 39.29º N | Longitude: 119.31º W | Elevation: 4220 Feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: Lyon County in NV | ||||||||||||||||||
| River Group: Eastern Sierra | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance Time: | Aug 31 2026 at 8:47 AM PDT |
| 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. |
| Monthly Probability Plot |

| Monthly Streamflow Volume (1000s of Acre-Feet) Data Updated: Aug 31 2026 at 8:55 AM PDT | ||||||
| Prob | Aug* | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan |
| 10% | 0.0 | 0.1 | 7.5 | 16.6 | 30.8 | 37.8 |
| 25% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 4.0 | 8.6 | 12.6 |
| 50% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 6.3 |
| 75% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| 90% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 0.9 |
| Mean | 2.8 | 1.7 | 5.3 | 9.7 | 14.8 | 23.4 |
| %Mean | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 25.8 | 27.0 | 26.9 |
| Prob | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul |
| 10% | 50.5 | 60.0 | 70.0 | 124.9 | 146.3 | 72.2 |
| 25% | 16.8 | 41.4 | 50.4 | 90.8 | 94.1 | 31.9 |
| 50% | 6.5 | 13.0 | 27.0 | 51.3 | 37.3 | 3.0 |
| 75% | 3.4 | 5.4 | 15.4 | 26.3 | 7.1 | 0.0 |
| 90% | 0.8 | 2.6 | 7.7 | 17.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| Mean | 24.0 | 31.5 | 37.9 | 69.0 | 53.9 | 16.4 |
| %Mean | 27.1 | 41.3 | 71.2 | 74.3 | 69.2 | 18.3 |
| Note 1: %Mean is the "Median forecast monthly value (50%)" divided by the "monthly mean" (displayed as a %) | ||||||
| Note 2: For current month, graphic represents remaining forecast only, text represents observed + remaining forecast. | ||||||
| Location Photographs | ||
| ESRI™ Locator Map |
| Flood Impacts | |
| 9.5 Feet | Major Flood Stage, Major impact to roads, infastructure and parks. |
| 8.5 Feet | Moderate Flood stage: Expanding impacts along lower Carson River impacting Parks, and rural roads. |
| 8.0 Feet | Minor Flood stage |
| 6.5 Feet | Monitor Stage: Some inundation of low lying areas including Rolling A Open Space Park, and Santa Maria Ranch Park. Some Distributed campsites along the river impacted. |