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Clearly Tahoe Kayak Rentals at Sand Harbor

Cold Creek near Clearly Tahoe Kayak Rentals at Sand Harbor

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About this river

Cold Creek is a 2.4 mile river near Clearly Tahoe Kayak Rentals at Sand Harbor in Nevada. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Trout CK near Tahoe Valley, CA (site 10336780). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1961 to 2026

Cold Creek typically runs highest in June, at a median 70 cfs, and lowest in September, at 15 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 501 cfs, in 1997.

Typical flow by month at Trout CK near Tahoe Valley, CA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January1913 to 26
February1914 to 28
March2517 to 36
April3829 to 59
May5938 to 106
June7029 to 137
July2813 to 65
August169.3 to 32
September158.3 to 23
October159.8 to 22
November1713 to 22
December1713 to 22

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 65 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Trout CK near Tahoe Valley, CA (site 10336780). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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