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| MOJAVE RIVER - VICTORVILLE (MVVC1) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Latitude: 34.57º N | Longitude: 117.32º W | Elevation: 2643 Feet | ||||||||||||||||
| Location: San Bernardino County in CA | ||||||||||||||||||
| River Group: Southern California | ||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance Time: | Jul 06 2025 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. |
| 2025 Water Year Trend Plot |
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| ESRI™ Locator Map |
| Official 7 Day National Weather Service Forecast (CAZ060) |
| Today: Sunny. Highs 97 to 106. Areas of winds northwest to 10 mph and becoming south 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph This Afternoon. Tonight: Clear. Lows 60 to 70. Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the evening. Tuesday: Sunny. Highs 99 to 108. Light winds becoming west 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear. Lows 64 to 74. Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to 25 mph in the evening. Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Hot. Highs 101 to 111. Areas of winds west 10 to 20 mph. Gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Lows 65 to 75. Thursday: Sunny, hot. Highs 102 to 110. Thursday Night: Clear. Lows 65 to 74. Friday: Sunny. Highs 101 to 109. Friday Night: Clear. Lows 64 to 74. Saturday: Sunny. Highs 101 to 109. Saturday Night: Clear. Lows 65 to 74. Sunday: Sunny. Highs 101 to 109. |
| Flood Impacts | |
| 19.0 Feet | Significant flows are occurring along the entire reach of the river, with flooding of adjacent farm lands north of victorville. The levees are threatened in the more densely populated areas of hesperia, victorville, and helendale, with overtopping possible in areas where vegetation or debris chokes the channel. |
| 18.0 Feet | Significant flows have likely reached helendale and points to the north, with farm lands in the river bed and adjacent areas north of victorville inundated. Rock springs road in hesperia is in danger of washing out. Some erosion of the levees can be expected in victorville and helendale. |
| 16.0 Feet | Significant flows reach farming areas north of victorville. Minor flooding of farmland adjacent to the river bed can be expected in oro grande. Some local erosion to the levees in hesperia and victorville is possible. Rock springs road has been overtopped and closed to traffic in hesperia. |
| 13.0 Feet | AS WATER BEGINS TO FLOW IN THE NORMALLY DRY RIVERBED. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS WELL UPSTREAM OF THIS GAGE SUCH AS ROCK SPRINGS ROAD BELOW THE MOJAVE FORKS DAM MAY BE OVERTOPPED AND CLOSED. THIS CORRESPONDS WITH A POOL LEVEL OF 3005 FT AND ABOUT 2500 CFS. RELEASES FROM SILVERWOOD LAKE CAN ADD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF INFLOW BEHIND THE DAM. |