YNP Water still REALLY high

Well, we’re headed to the park this weekend for some fishing and other exploring. This is the annual trek to the Black Canyon area of the Yellowstone and a bit of fishing on the Lamar between the bridge and confluence with the Yellowstone.

The water is still REALLY high. The graphs don’t lie:

Most recent instantaneous value: 9,440   07-11-2011  18:30 MDT

Yellowstone at the Lake Outlet

Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Jul 11 based on 81 years of record more

 

Min (1934)	25th percen- tile	Median	Mean	75th percen- tile	Max (1982)	Most Recent Instantaneous Value Jul 11
1370	3250	4190	4380	5440	7670	9440

 

 

 

** That’s over 20% higher than the previous maximum in 1982!!

 

Lamar River at Tower

 

 

Min (1931)	25th percen- tile	Median	Mean	75th percen- tile	Most Recent Instantaneous Value Jul 11	Max (1943)
354	856	1400	1590	2060	3940	4120

 

 

 

Not at an historic max, but close to it and more than double the median.

 

Where to fish? Well, I’m thinking we’ll head over to the Gardner, Gallatin, or Gibbon River to check out the lesser stream flows.

Gardner River Most recent instantaneous value: 672   07-11-2011  18:45 MDT

Min (2007)	25th percen- tile	Median	Mean	75th percen- tile	Most Recent Instantaneous Value Jul 11	Max (1943)
136	209	287	331	428	672	798

 

 

 

 

That’s still pretty high for the Gardner River, but small enough to be fun, I think.