Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

AW-PG&E flow page
1-866-629-3925 AW-PG&E Flow Phone

Look to the AW release calendar on this page  for schedules of flow releases.  Look to the release calendar page for release information in California and across the Country.

Realtime flow information is also available at CDEC Pit River at Big Bend
Historical data for this reach is available at the USGS page for this gauge #11363000.    Gauge site information  
This USGS Pit/McCloud Schematic.pdf  shows dams, diversions, reservoirs and gauges.  
The AW - PG&E Flows Page shows a number of other PG&E flow reports on different river reaches.

 

LOCATION.--Lat 41°01'10", long 121°54'36" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, in NW ¼ SW ¼ sec.31, T.37 N., R.1 E., Shasta County, CA, Hydrologic Unit 18020003, on left bank at Big Bend, 0.4 mi downstream from Nelson Creek, 1.5 mi upstream from Kosk Creek, and 3.1 mi downstream from Pit No. 5 Dam.
DRAINAGE AREA.--4,711 mi2, excluding Goose Lake Basin.

 

The provisional flow data provided below has not been reviewed or edited, and may be subject to significant change.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
Pit River at Big Bend
pge-PH27 800 - 4000 cfs III+(V) 03h22m 650 cfs (rc= -0.0 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
800 -4000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable III+(V)

Report - Reports of Pit (Pit 5) Pit 5 Dam to Pit 5 Powerhouse and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
9y179d12h21m Pit [CA] Pit 5 Class V 1800 Dave Steindorf