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Cache Creek in California

River44.1 mi
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Around Cache Creek

Knoxville Management Area9 miKnoxville Recreation Area9 mi10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Cache Creek is a 44.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Cache C near Lower Lake CA (site 11451000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 8. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1945 to 2026

Cache Creek typically runs highest in July, at a median 426 cfs, and lowest in December, at 3.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,200 cfs, in 1998.

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Typical flow by month at Cache C near Lower Lake CA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3.82.0 to 59
February7.63.1 to 710
March144.2 to 1,210
April605.8 to 394
May301166 to 475
June413238 to 499
July426303 to 521
August353258 to 439
September16881 to 249
October6.23.3 to 43
November3.11.9 to 4.5
December3.01.6 to 4.5

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 82 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Cache C near Lower Lake CA (site 11451000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

5 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Cache Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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