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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

A flow gauge at Chili Bar is maintained by PG&E. Flow information is distributed and stored by CDEC. You can obtain daily flow information in numeric form at CDEC website, but the gauge home page is at Chili Bar Gauge info. If there is no graph visible below, click on this link to a CDEC graph. Convenient flow information for almost all rivers in California and many other western states can be found at Dreamflows.com. You can also call the River Store (530) 626-3435 or the El Dorado County Flow Phone at (530) 621-6616.

The release at Chili Bar generally takes around three to four hours to reach Greenwood Creek.

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

AMERICAN RIVER AT CHILI BAR

cdec-CBR

900 - 10000 cfs

III+

01h56m

220 cfs (rc= -0.1 )

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
900 -10000 cfs	barely runnable-high runnable	III+

Report - Reports of American, S. Fork 8. The Gorge (Greenwood Creek to Folsom Reservoir) 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
2y160d11h11m	American, S. Fork8. The Gorge (Greenwood Creek to Folsom Reservoir) [CA]	SFA-Gorge	1500 cfs	Paul Martzen
7y274d17h11m	South Fork American [CA]	In the Cesspool	1500	Andrew and Dorian Goldstein