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Gauge Information

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Flow information comes from the Army Corp of Engineers Pine Flat. Dreamflows.com, posts flows for this and many other rivers.

Flow RangeThere is no upper limit of boatable flows in this section since it is pretty much flat. However, there is a legal upper limit. The river is closed to swimmers and floating aids above 7,000 cfs and closed to boating above 10,000 cfs release from Pine Flat. On the low end, 1,000 cfs is getting pretty low and below 500 or 600 cfs is probably too low for anyone but the most desperate and paddle starved. You can still paddle at flows as low as 100 cfs, but you will probably hang up and have to push your way down about 50% of the riffles.   Amazingly, the other 50% are still relatively clean at 100 cfs..    200 cfs may be fine.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
Kings Rel Pine Flat Lake
dream-101 500 - 10000 cfs I-II 00h53m 223 cfs (rc= -0.0 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
500 -10000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable I-II
1000 -2500 cfs barely runnable-perfect runnable I-II This is an excellent range for novice boaters to practice in eddies and more defined rapids.

Report - Reports of Kings 4. Pine Flat Dam to Centerville (Route 180) 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
Kings [CA] Piedra Bridge #2 2000 Paul Martzen
Kings [CA] Piedra #3 2000 Paul Martzen
Kings [CA] Right Channel n/a Paul Martzen
Kings River [CA] Killing Machine-2 1300 cfs Paul Martzen
Kings river [CA] Alta Weir Wave - Low Water n/a Paul Martzen
1y222d14h53m San Joaquin [CA] Kings River aerial view n/a Thomas O'Keefe
4y86d22h53m Kings River [CA] Fresno Weir Portage Entrance 2,800 Paul Martzen
6y87d22h53m Kings River [CA] Killing Machine 3 1300 cfs Paul Martzen
6y97d22h53m Kings river [CA] Killing Machine 1300 cfs Paul Martzen
6y118d22h53m Kings River [CA] Fresno Weir 2400 cfs at dam Paul Martzen
7y122d22h53m Kings [CA] Winton Park low Paul Martzen
8y101d22h53m Kings [CA] Kayak class near Pine Flat low Paul Martzen