How deep is it where your boat is?

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It was 24 ft at Riverview Marina (in Sacramento) a couple of days ago. Harbormaster says he was told it will get at least 7 ft deeper this week. Depth gauge is normally around 8-10 ft.
 
I suppose you just put this up to tease us Hudson River boaters. If I have 4' beneath my hull/transducer I'm happy.
 
I have about 56' under the keel at full pool!!
 
We are getting around 5 inches of rain here in the Sierra foothills and all that water has to run downstream and eventually into the Delta [except whatever gets diverted to EBMUD, Fresno County and such........

I'm lovin' it!
 
Our harbormaster mentioned we may be flooding the parking lot soon. Wonder how Willow Berm is doing?

I was told that when the river gets up to 4 ft from the top of it, they open the gates up and flood the Davis Causeway. Wife says she saw a huge tree, root ball and all, going down the river.

Never a dull moment.
 
I remember in 1995 when the causeway was up to I-80. They had sandbags all along it to keep it from flooding the road.
 
Has anyone been down to the Delta Loop area? I'm on the Mokelumne at Riverboat, next to Willow Berm. Absoloot, yzer?
 
I was out there last Thursday when the high tide looked a little higher than usual. Extra releases from Folsom Dam were going on at that time. The highest Delta tides for the next three weeks will be Dec. 21/22 and Dec. 31 through Jan. 3.

I may be out there for high tide tomorrow afternoon provided my route via Hwy. 113 is not flooded. That road is subject to spot flooding if the ground is saturated. If I make the trip I'll report back here tomorrow evening.

I'm not worried about high Delta water from this batch of storms. Another big storm during the Dec. 31 through Jan. 3 high tides may warrant attention.

The last serious high water we had in the Delta came with that bad storm system around New Year's Day of 2006. Those storms dropped a lot of water fast and the 50+ MPH winds caused fetch that amplified five days of high tides. The State made matters worse by releasing water from the dams too late, arriving in the Delta just in time to combine with the storm and the tide factors. You may have noticed that the Folsom water got released last week. They learn from their mistakes sometimes.
 
Yes, the American River flows have been very high for the past week.

Sunrise foot bridge
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Here's a friend's video of the AR at 31000 CFM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkjKtBiksnQ
 
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Originally posted by jmeirhofer

I remember in 1995 when the causeway was up to I-80. They had sandbags all along it to keep it from flooding the road.

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The floods of February 1986 resulted from a "pineapple express." That's a series of warm moisture-laden storms from the tropics. They caused the 2006 high water as well.

In '86 I was working less than 100 yards from the back levee of the American River at the Watt Avenue bridge. I stood on that levee one afternoon when water was less than two feet from the top.

I drove home across the Yolo Causeway later that afternoon. Waves crashed over the guard rail that time too, dumping substantial masses water onto the roadway.

The February '86 storms flooded four Delta Islands.
 
I remember the New Years flooding in 06 too. We got landlocked for a bit in Fairfield with 80 flooding in Vacaville and Cordelia.
 
The Sac River at the "I" St Bridge is expected to crest at 19 ft; it doesn't reach the "monitor" stage until 30 ft. One reason is the Yolo Causeway. That was made to divert water from the Sac and Yolo Rivers to prevent flooding downstream. Water in the Yolo Causeway is a good thing unless it spills out!

I went to Tahoe in March of 1986. The snow was so high that the directional signs were all covered with snow. I saw a guy sailing in the Yolo Causeway......
 
I made a trip to the Delta Loop today to check out the boat and see what the water looked like. I was out there at high tide at about 3:30 p.m.

The water was high, but a couple of feet lower than the high I saw with the New Year's storms of 2006. There was a good three feet of levee left at Spindrift Marina on Andrus Island. A quick trip upstream showed submerged ramps leading to the sheds at Korth's. The water was up to the lawn area alongside of the road there. Things looked fine from the road at Riverboat too, with a good 18" of dry elevation for the paved path to the sheds.

It's looks like the Delta Loop has taken these storms in stride.

Here are some comparison shots taken today at high tide and during the high water leading up to the New Year's storms of 2006.

A longer shot from Spindrift Marina taken today. You can see the ramp to the marina on the right of this photo.
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A similar photo taken about January 1, 2006.
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The Spindrift ramp running uphill January 1, 2006.
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The ramp to Spindrift Marina was high and dry (as always), but flat at high tide today.
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Wow, you all do have some water. I've been adjusting lines for ultra-low tides (blow-out conditions on the Chesapeake last week from prolonged NW flow). Even at a normal tide I usually only have about 6' under me at my slip.

Oh well, it's a cat. If it sits on the bottom at least it'll sit nice and flat :-)
 
My depthfinder isn't working for some reason.
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We had 30ft under us yesterday (at Riverview Marina).. Normal is 8 to 10 ft. Still rising per harbormaster.

We noticed some water seepage into the parking area.

Noticed snakes too. One tried to crawl up the side of my boat. He was crawling across the debris lodged against us. We got the limbs/trees, etc. loose and the snake went downstream.
 
Wow, that's a lot of water (understatement).

We run 9' to 14' under the boat in the slip with the normal tides. Summer 3 years ago a hurricane was in the center of the gulf leaving us under clear skies and an extra 4' to 6' extra high tide. Apparently this one moved a massive amount of water. Many of the barrier islands and parking lots flooded. First time I saw the dock ramp perfectly level.
 
I am getting a bit worried. My boat only has about 2 inches of water underneath it but it is on my trailer in my driveway. Two inches of water in my driveway is way too much for where I live.

DBH
 
Thanks for the pics and report, yzer. I feel better knowing there still room for rising waters.

I'll probably head down on the 24th to look around, tinker a bit and grab my Honda gen. If I see anything interesting, I'll post here.
 
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