Crooked River below Opal Springs, near Culver, OR

Central Oregon · USGS gauge 14087400 · Updated Oct 24, 3:19 AM PDT · USGS data, provisional

Fishable/Floatable1,190 cfs● steady (-6% in 24 h)

Reading time: Oct 24, 3:00 AM PDT · Provisional data

Flow is in a typical range for the date. Rivers are generally easiest to fish and float when they are near their normal flow, but this status says nothing about water clarity, hatches, hazards such as wood in the river, or dam releases.

Vs. normal for this date
<1st percentile
Typical range (25th–75th)
1,310–1,450 cfs
Median for this date
1,360 cfs
7-day low / high
1,150 / 1,310 cfs

Plain-language explanation

Crooked River below Opal Springs, near Culver is flowing at 1,190 cubic feet per second (cfs) as of Oct 24, 3:00 AM PDT. That is among the lowest flows on record for this time of year: lower than over 99% of the daily flows this gauge has recorded for this date (give or take 7 days) over 66 years of record (1961–2026).

The middle half of those historical flows runs from 1,310 to 1,450 cfs, with a median of 1,360 cfs; the lowest 10% of days are at or below 1,280 cfs and the highest 10% at or above 1,580 cfs.

Over the last 24 hours the flow has been steady (-5.6%). In the last 7 days it ranged from 1,150 to 1,310 cfs.

Regulated flow: upstream dams or diversions influence this gauge, so the “normal range” above reflects managed flows and can differ from natural river behavior.

Why this status: Flow is low for the season by percentile, but within 15% of the seasonal median, so it is treated as normal.

7-day trend

typical range for this date (25th-75th pct)1,1241,1721,2201,2681,316Sun 10/18Mon 10/19Tue 10/20Wed 10/21Thu 10/22Fri 10/23Sat 10/24

Hourly flow in cfs, Pacific time. The shaded band is the typical range (25th–75th percentile) for this date, shown when it falls within the chart.

Day (Pacific)Mean cfsPercentileStatus that day
Sun Oct 181,2203rdFishable/Floatable
Mon Oct 191,2173rdFishable/Floatable
Tue Oct 201,2133rdFishable/Floatable
Wed Oct 211,2162ndFishable/Floatable
Thu Oct 221,2152ndFishable/Floatable
Fri Oct 231,2142ndFishable/Floatable
Sat Oct 24 (so far)1,2162ndFishable/Floatable

Seasonal context

1,0002,0005,00010,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Shaded band: 10th–90th percentile of daily flows through the year; dashed line: median. Log scale. Dot: today's flow. Based on 66 years of USGS daily data (1961–2026).

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About this gauge

USGS site
USGS-14087400
USGS name
Crooked River Below Opal Springs, Near Culver, Or
Drainage area
4,557 sq mi
Location
44.4923, -121.2984
Record in this analysis
1961–2026

Typical uses

troutfly fishing

Notes: Flows are influenced by upstream reservoir releases. (Hand-written general note, not from USGS data.)

Data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Readings are provisional and subject to revision. Flowcast statuses are automated comparisons with each gauge's own history, not safety ratings or fishing reports. Check local conditions, weather, regulations and closures before you go. Rivers can change quickly.

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