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| INDEPENDENCE CREEK - INDEPENDENCE LAKE (ILAC1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Latitude: 39.45º N | Longitude: 120.29º W | Elevation: 6949 Feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: Sierra 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. |
| Monthly Probability Plot |
| Monthly Streamflow Volume (1000s of Acre-Feet) Data Updated: Jan 11 2026 at 8:39 AM PST | ||||||
| Prob | Jan* | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| 10% | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 5.9 |
| 25% | 2.8 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 50% | 2.6 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 2.2 |
| 75% | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 1.1 |
| 90% | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 0.7 |
| Mean | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| %Mean | 236.4 | 120.0 | 106.7 | 108.3 | 91.1 | 64.7 |
| Prob | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 10% | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| 25% | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| 50% | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| 75% | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| 90% | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Mean | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| %Mean | 50.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 80.0 | 71.4 | 63.6 |
| 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 |
| 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. |