About this river
Little Truckee River is an 8.8 mile river near Clearly Tahoe in Nevada. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Truckee R below Boca Dam near Truckee CA (site 10344500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1970 to 2026
Little Truckee River typically runs highest in May, at a median 335 cfs, and lowest in February, at 48 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,530 cfs, in 1997.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66 | 18 to 138 | |
| February | 48 | 20 to 112 | |
| March | 65 | 8.8 to 146 | |
| April | 215 | 15 to 354 | |
| May | 335 | 94 to 637 | |
| June | 186 | 45 to 377 | |
| July | 123 | 58 to 218 | |
| August | 105 | 54 to 198 | |
| September | 108 | 39 to 216 | |
| October | 117 | 26 to 202 | |
| November | 77 | 23 to 150 | |
| December | 68 | 21 to 132 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 56 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Truckee R below Boca Dam near Truckee CA (site 10344500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Little Truckee River, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Boca ReservoirBoca ReservoirPublic
- Stampede ReservoirStampede ReservoirPublic
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