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Clearly Tahoe Kayak Rentals at Sand Harbor

Blackwood Creek near Clearly Tahoe Kayak Rentals at Sand Harbor

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About this river

Blackwood Creek is a 3.7 mile river near Clearly Tahoe Kayak Rentals at Sand Harbor in Nevada. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Blackwood C near Tahoe City CA (site 10336660). 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

Blackwood Creek typically runs highest in May, at a median 110 cfs, and lowest in September, at 1.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,000 cfs, in 1997.

Typical flow by month at Blackwood C near Tahoe City CA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January7.94.6 to 19
February136.3 to 21
March2014 to 32
April5735 to 79
May11073 to 172
June6532 to 158
July8.04.5 to 34
August3.02.0 to 5.4
September1.91.4 to 3.0
October2.31.6 to 3.6
November3.62.4 to 7.4
December5.33.5 to 11

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 Blackwood C near Tahoe City CA (site 10336660). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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