Water report · Yakima River
Yakima River conditions
Running normal for mid August, and steady since yesterday. Above 63% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:15 PM UTC, Aug 13
Yakima River flow history
What this means
3,570 cfs puts Yakima River in the 63rd percentile for August 13, against 118 years of record.
The median for this date is 3,300 cfs, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 2,610 and 3,820.
Over the last 7 days, Yakima River ran between 3,510 and 3,630 cfs, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Aug 6.
That is 120 cfs lower than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Yakima River ran between 3,510 and 3,820 cfs, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Jul 26.
That is 200 cfs lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Yakima River ran between 1,770 and 3,820 cfs, lowest on May 20 and highest on Jul 26.
That is 530 cfs higher than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Yakima River ran between 536 and 16,900 cfs, lowest on Sep 27 and highest on Nov 11.
That is 890 cfs higher than on Aug 12.
Gage height, past 30 days
32.52 to 32.66 ft over the window.
On this water
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 12484500, YAKIMA RIVER AT UMTANUM, WA, 1.4 miles from the centre of Yakima River. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 12484500, YAKIMA RIVER AT UMTANUM, WA, 1.4 miles from the centre of Yakima River. It reports discharge and gage height. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
Yakima River fishing records
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
See the Yakima River record book