Current Conditions for the Smelt Monitoring Team (SMT)


Daily Conditions for Last 2 Weeks

Operational Indices Daily Data for Last 2 Weeks for select locations and parameters
DateQWEST (CFS) [DWR]QWEST 7-day (CFS) [DWR]X2 Position (KM) [DWR]OMR Index (CFS) [SacPAS]OMR Index 5-day (CFS) [SacPAS]OMR Index 14-day (CFS) [SacPAS]USGS Tidally Filtered OMR (CFS) [USGS]USGS Tidally Filtered OMR 5-day mean (CFS) [USGS]USGS Tidally Filtered OMR 14-day mean (CFS) [USGS]NDOI (CFS) [DWR]NDOI 3-day (CFS) [DWR]E/I Ratio 3 day (%) [DWR]Sum Pumping Discharge HRO+TRP (CFS) [CDEC:HRO+TRP]Pumping Discharge Harvey O Banks Pumping Plant (CFS) [CDEC:HRO]Pumping Discharge SJR Tracy Pumping Plant (CFS) [CDEC:TRP]Pumping Discharge Barker Slough (CFS) [CDEC:BKS]Pumping Discharge Barker Slough 7-day (CFS) [CDEC:BKS]
DateQWEST (CFS) [DWR]QWEST 7-day (CFS) [DWR]X2 Position (KM) [DWR]OMR Index (CFS) [SacPAS]OMR Index 5-day (CFS) [SacPAS]OMR Index 14-day (CFS) [SacPAS]USGS Tidally Filtered OMR (CFS) [USGS]USGS Tidally Filtered OMR 5-day mean (CFS) [USGS]USGS Tidally Filtered OMR 14-day mean (CFS) [USGS]NDOI (CFS) [DWR]NDOI 3-day (CFS) [DWR]E/I Ratio 3 day (%) [DWR]Sum Pumping Discharge HRO+TRP (CFS) [CDEC:HRO+TRP]Pumping Discharge Harvey O Banks Pumping Plant (CFS) [CDEC:HRO]Pumping Discharge SJR Tracy Pumping Plant (CFS) [CDEC:TRP]Pumping Discharge Barker Slough (CFS) [CDEC:BKS]Pumping Discharge Barker Slough 7-day (CFS) [CDEC:BKS]
2025-10-23949343882-4642-4459-4139-5480-5834-52946437700640.054533703.001750.003738
2025-10-242174255382-3930-4476-4053-5430-5804-51937988722537.548083863.00945.003938
2025-10-2520681819-3832-4370-3989-4610-5622-51017700737536.047643797.00967.003838
2025-10-2643322002-1714-3729-3805-3260-4974-49569661845029.036141351.002263.002837
2025-10-273327220282-2530-3330-3683-3280-4412-48158652867126.235420.003542.004037
2025-10-283312250282-2627-2927-3572-3560-4028-47639196917022.835130.003513.003736
2025-10-293354278882-2436-2628-3529-3820-3706-47599197901523.831650.003165.003737
2025-10-302426299982-3283-2518-3603-4880-3760-48428467895324.529490.002949.003636
2025-10-31-1572246482-4922-3160-3715-5190-4146-49005672777930.54044396.003648.005639
2025-11-01-21561860-4406-3535-3712-5000-4490-48715975670536.469062710.004196.005441
2025-11-02-1699999-4144-3838-3734-5540-4886-48696142593040.555211166.004355.006947
2025-11-03-170927982-4181-4187-37216293613739.153961216.004180.006450
2025-11-04-1861-46082-4257-4382-36746231622238.85132969.004163.005553
2025-11-05-2087-123782-4386-4275-36646221624838.85074882.004192.006857
Water Quality Daily Data for Last 2 Weeks for select locations and parameters
DateRiver Discharge Flow 3-day Freeport (CFS) [CDEC:FPT]River Discharge Flow SJR nr Vernalis (CFS) [CDEC:VNS]Rio Vista Flow (CFS) [DWR]Water Temperature 3-day SR at Rio Vista Br (C) [CDEC:RVB]Water Temperature Clifton Court (C) [CDEC:CLC]Water Temperature SJR at Antioch (C) [CDEC:ANH]Turbidity 3-day Freeport (FNU) [CDEC:FPT]Water Turbidity 1-day Old River at Bacon Island (USGS) (FNU) [CDEC:OBI]Water Turbidity 1-day Old River at Franks Tract (FNU) [CDEC:OSJ]Water Turbidity 1-day SJR Holland Cut (FNU) [CDEC:HOL]
DateRiver Discharge Flow 3-day Freeport (CFS) [CDEC:FPT]River Discharge Flow SJR nr Vernalis (CFS) [CDEC:VNS]Rio Vista Flow (CFS) [DWR]Water Temperature 3-day SR at Rio Vista Br (C) [CDEC:RVB]Water Temperature Clifton Court (C) [CDEC:CLC]Water Temperature SJR at Antioch (C) [CDEC:ANH]Turbidity 3-day Freeport (FNU) [CDEC:FPT]Water Turbidity 1-day Old River at Bacon Island (USGS) (FNU) [CDEC:OBI]Water Turbidity 1-day Old River at Franks Tract (FNU) [CDEC:OSJ]Water Turbidity 1-day SJR Holland Cut (FNU) [CDEC:HOL]
2025-10-2311805.671971.92565116.9419.2018.284.781.963.571.37
2025-10-2411673.672225.96597516.9119.1018.284.741.272.791.12
2025-10-2511585.002457.68579316.8719.0018.064.711.222.741.04
2025-10-2611355.672257.68547916.8518.3017.944.711.332.631.19
2025-10-2711474.001992.40548716.7618.3017.834.871.782.241.17
2025-10-2811720.671708.56604316.6318.2017.675.071.202.161.00
2025-10-2912047.331452.88600216.5017.9017.785.391.072.271.00
2025-10-3011877.001309.52619516.4618.1017.785.381.032.311.00
2025-10-3111527.001560.00741916.4618.4017.675.331.602.350.97
2025-11-0110985.001997.36830516.4818.5017.725.151.322.581.09
2025-11-0210785.672018.32804316.5018.6017.835.191.422.901.15
2025-11-0310768.001840.76819916.5418.6017.785.201.553.201.10
2025-11-0410943.671596.32827716.5418.5017.725.161.523.351.14
2025-11-0510853.671380.50850316.4818.4017.564.911.573.321.15

Delta Smelt Releases

No Delta Smelt releases reported to SacPAS for WY2026.

Summary Tables

Smelt Monitoring Last 2 Weeks

Smelt Monitoring Last 2 Weeks
MonitoringSpeciesMark CodeFirst DateLast DatenfishSacPAS Max Possible DateSacPAS Data Retrieval Method
EDSMLongfin SmeltAll Catch2025-10-272025-11-03282025-11-06Daily. Data are preliminary and are subject to correction and revision.

Table only displays species collected in the previous two weeks.

Smelt Monitoring Water Year

Smelt Monitoring WY2026
MonitoringSpeciesMark CodeFirst DateLast DatenfishSacPAS Max Possible DateSacPAS Data Retrieval Method
EDSMDelta SmeltAll Catch2025-10-062025-11-06222025-11-06Daily. Data are preliminary and are subject to correction and revision.
EDSMLongfin SmeltAll Catch2025-10-022025-11-06322025-11-06Daily. Data are preliminary and are subject to correction and revision.

Smelt Salvage Last 2 Weeks

No Delta Smelt or Longfin Smelt caught in SWP and CVP Facilities last 2 weeks. Based on daily retrieval of CDFW Salvage DB.

SacPAS Max Possible Date: 2025-11-04

Smelt Salvage Water Year

No Delta Smelt or Longfin Smelt caught in SWP and CVP Facilities WY2026. Based on daily retrieval of CDFW Salvage DB.

SacPAS Max Possible Date: 2025-11-04

Figures

Water Temperature

graph water temperature daily

Onset of OMR Management

graph freeport 3day running average

The information on OMR Managment on this website is summarized for Delta Smelt from the OMR Entrainment Management Guidance Document and does not reflect a comprehensive description of each of the OMR actions.

"First Flush" conditions may be triggered between December 1 and January 31 and include: Running 3-day average of the daily flows at Freeport is greater than 25,000 cfs and running 3-day average of the daily turbidity at Freeport is 50 NTU or greater, or real-time monitoring indicates a high risk of migration and dispersal into areas at high risk of future entrainment. This "First Flush" may only be initiated once during the December through January period and will not be required if: spent female Delta Smelt are collected in monitoring surveys.

Turbidity Bridge Avoidance

graph turbidity daily average sacramento san joaquin

Turbidity Bridge Avoidance ("South Delta Turbidity"): After the Integrated Early Winter Pulse Protection (above) or February 1 (whichever comes first) and until a ripe or spent female is detected or April 1 (whichever is first), Reclamation and DWR propose to manage exports in order to maintain daily average turbidity in Old River at Bacon Island (OBI) at a level of less than 12 NTU. Reclamation and DWR recognize that readings at individual sensors or localized groups of sensors can generate spurious results in real-time. To avoid triggering an OMR flow action during a sensor error or a localized turbidity spike that might be caused by local flows or a wind-driven event, Reclamation and DWR will consider and review data from other locations.

Larval and Juvenile Delta Smelt Protection

graph operations QWEST NDOI X2 daily

End of OMR Management

graph clifton court daily

OMR criteria may control operations until June 30 (for Delta Smelt and Chinook salmon), until June 15 (for steelhead/rainbow trout), or when the following species-specific off ramps have occurred, whichever is earlier.

Delta Smelt: when the daily mean water temperature at CCF reaches 77°F for 3 consecutive days. 77°F is equal to 25°C.

Operations and Hydrology

graph old river flow daily
graph omr index
graph pumping and flow into delta daily
graph Barker Slough temperature and turbidity daily

Water Year Tables

USFWS Chipps Island Trawl

No Delta Smelt or Longfin Smelt caught in Chipps Island Trawl USFWS Lodi juvenile monitoring WY2026.

EDSM

WY2026 Delta Smelt and Longfin Smelt caught in Enhanced Delta Smelt Monitoring (EDSM)
Sample Date TimeSpeciesMark CodenfishFork Length (mm)SubregionStratumRegionMethodSource
2025-10-06 11:30:00Delta SmeltNone154Lower Sacramento RiverLower SacramentoWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-09 09:21:00Delta SmeltNone154Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-17 12:27:00Delta SmeltNone159Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 08:54:00Delta SmeltNone153Grizzly BaySuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 09:37:00Delta SmeltNone155Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 09:37:00Delta SmeltNone162Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 09:37:00Delta SmeltNone166Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone145Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone350Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone151Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone153Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone154Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone156Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone159Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone164Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone266Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone167Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Delta SmeltNone271Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-02 10:44:00Longfin SmeltNone161Grizzly BaySuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-16 09:43:00Longfin SmeltNone150Honker BaySuisun BayWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-20 08:12:00Longfin SmeltNone157Grizzly BaySuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-27 10:22:00Longfin SmeltNone159West Suisun BaySuisun BayFar WestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-27 10:38:00Longfin SmeltNone157West Suisun BaySuisun BayFar WestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-27 10:38:00Longfin SmeltNone161West Suisun BaySuisun BayFar WestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-27 10:38:00Longfin SmeltNone164West Suisun BaySuisun BayFar WestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-27 10:38:00Longfin SmeltNone187West Suisun BaySuisun BayFar WestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-30 08:06:00Longfin SmeltNone158Grizzly BaySuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-30 08:21:00Longfin SmeltNone1102Grizzly BaySuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-10-30 10:51:00Longfin SmeltNone164Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 08:59:00Longfin SmeltNone170Grizzly BaySuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 08:59:00Longfin SmeltNone171Grizzly BaySuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 08:59:00Longfin SmeltNone192Grizzly BaySuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 09:31:00Longfin SmeltNone195Grizzly BaySuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 10:16:00Longfin SmeltNone159Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 10:16:00Longfin SmeltNone161Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 10:16:00Longfin SmeltNone162Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 10:16:00Longfin SmeltNone169Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 10:32:00Longfin SmeltNone161Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 10:32:00Longfin SmeltNone171Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 10:32:00Longfin SmeltNone195Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 10:32:00Longfin SmeltNone1100Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 11:03:00Longfin SmeltNone163Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 11:03:00Longfin SmeltNone165Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 11:03:00Longfin SmeltNone168Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 11:03:00Longfin SmeltNone171Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 11:03:00Longfin SmeltNone173Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 11:03:00Longfin SmeltNone182Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 11:45:00Longfin SmeltNone167Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-03 12:15:00Longfin SmeltNone168Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi
2025-11-06 10:01:00Longfin SmeltNone163Suisun MarshSuisun MarshWestKodiak TrawlEDSM Provisional, USFWS Lodi

Salvage at the SWP and CVP Delta Fish Facilities

No Delta Smelt or Longfin Smelt caught in SWP and CVP Facilities WY2026.

Hourly Table

Hourly Data for Last 7 Days for select locations and parameters (used in figures)
DateHourRiver Discharge Flow Old River at Bacon Island (USGS) (CFS) [CDEC:OBI]River Discharge Flow Old River at Highway 4 (CFS) [CDEC:OH4]
DateHourRiver Discharge Flow Old River at Bacon Island (USGS) (CFS) [CDEC:OBI]River Discharge Flow Old River at Highway 4 (CFS) [CDEC:OH4]
2025-10-300-2100.00-3950.00
2025-10-3013050.00-450.00
2025-10-3026430.002130.00
2025-10-3037020.002830.00
2025-10-3046470.002360.00
2025-10-3056010.002200.00
2025-10-3065350.002190.00
2025-10-3074230.002010.00
2025-10-308872.001620.00
2025-10-309-6940.00-1410.00
2025-10-3010-5480.00
2025-10-3011-6660.00
2025-10-3012-6950.00
2025-10-3013-6770.00
2025-10-3014-6850.00
2025-10-3015-7040.00-6650.00
2025-10-3016-1510.00-4700.00
2025-10-30172490.00-609.00
2025-10-30184970.002890.00
2025-10-30194210.003420.00
2025-10-3020-416.001450.00
2025-10-3021-7910.00-2870.00
2025-10-3022-5670.00
2025-10-3023-6320.00
2025-10-310-9410.00-6220.00
2025-10-311-5430.00-5410.00
2025-10-3121000.00-2420.00
2025-10-3135780.00203.00
2025-10-3146050.00658.00
2025-10-3155260.00669.00
2025-10-3164680.001440.00
2025-10-3175060.002850.00
2025-10-3184500.002770.00
2025-10-319-153.001530.00
2025-10-3110-8220.00-3030.00
2025-10-3111-6450.00
2025-10-3112-7110.00
2025-10-3113-7470.00
2025-10-3114-7450.00
2025-10-3115-9190.00-7570.00
2025-10-3116-4160.00-8230.00
2025-10-3117702.00-6350.00
2025-10-31182600.00-1500.00
2025-10-31195580.003370.00
2025-10-31206050.003740.00
2025-10-31212000.001920.00
2025-10-3122-7100.00-2020.00
2025-10-3123-6050.00
2025-11-010-7080.00
2025-11-011-6970.00
2025-11-012-8230.00-6700.00
2025-11-013-970.00-4640.00
2025-11-0144580.00166.00
2025-11-0157550.004020.00
2025-11-0168280.004370.00
2025-11-0177380.002830.00
2025-11-0185740.002180.00
2025-11-0193810.002120.00
2025-11-0110-3080.00556.00
2025-11-0111-5160.00
2025-11-0112-7330.00
2025-11-0113-7630.00
2025-11-0114-8900.00
2025-11-0115-8890.00
2025-11-0116-8890.00
2025-11-0117-358.00-5620.00
2025-11-01185560.00681.00
2025-11-01197970.004530.00
2025-11-01208310.004320.00
2025-11-01212570.003390.00
2025-11-0122-6700.002280.00
2025-11-0123-6150.00
2025-11-020-7290.00
2025-11-021-7490.00
2025-11-022-9640.00-7080.00
2025-11-023-3270.00-5250.00
2025-11-0243980.00-689.00
2025-11-0257790.003760.00
2025-11-0268080.003750.00
2025-11-0276710.002350.00
2025-11-0285170.001530.00
2025-11-0291360.001020.00
2025-11-0210-8470.00-2040.00
2025-11-0211-6720.00
2025-11-0212-7720.00
2025-11-0213-7980.00
2025-11-0214-8360.00
2025-11-0215-10000.00-7830.00
2025-11-0216-1940.00-5800.00
2025-11-02175560.00-187.00
2025-11-02188670.003640.00
2025-11-02199000.003940.00
2025-11-02207190.002500.00
2025-11-02215260.001530.00
2025-11-02221410.00922.00
2025-11-0223-8170.00-2180.00
2025-11-030-6310.00
2025-11-031-7560.00
2025-11-032-7420.00
2025-11-033-7840.00
2025-11-034-5460.00-7740.00
2025-11-0351750.00-4420.00
2025-11-0365350.0048.00
2025-11-0376290.002040.00
2025-11-0385720.002120.00
2025-11-0393590.002430.00
2025-11-0310-3660.00731.00
2025-11-0311-5710.00
2025-11-0312-8150.00
2025-11-0313-8580.00
2025-11-0314-9080.00
2025-11-0315-8670.00
2025-11-0316-7180.00-7920.00
2025-11-03172770.00-3900.00
2025-11-03188160.002160.00
2025-11-03199650.005040.00
2025-11-03209370.004970.00
2025-11-03218370.004270.00
2025-11-03227030.003780.00
2025-11-03233510.002940.00
2025-11-040-6800.00-411.00
2025-11-041-6430.00
2025-11-042-7830.00
2025-11-043-8640.00
2025-11-044-9110.00
2025-11-045-6070.00-8020.00
2025-11-0461960.00-4110.00
2025-11-0475530.00911.00
2025-11-0486930.003170.00
2025-11-0495730.003210.00
2025-11-04102040.002420.00
2025-11-0411-8510.00-1000.00
2025-11-0412-6940.00
2025-11-0413-8160.00
2025-11-0414-8900.00
2025-11-0415-9650.00
2025-11-0416-9550.00
2025-11-0417-3190.00-7440.00
2025-11-04185070.00-1720.00
2025-11-04198920.003680.00
2025-11-042010400.005480.00
2025-11-04219930.005520.00
2025-11-04229450.005250.00
2025-11-04238180.004900.00
2025-11-0504250.004190.00
2025-11-051-7180.00606.00
2025-11-052-5860.00
2025-11-053-7690.00
2025-11-054-8700.00
2025-11-055-9380.00
2025-11-056-8240.00-9020.00
2025-11-057-423.00-6440.00
2025-11-0583000.00-1270.00
2025-11-059
2025-11-0510
2025-11-0511
2025-11-0512
2025-11-0513
2025-11-0514
2025-11-0515
2025-11-0516
2025-11-0517
2025-11-0518
2025-11-0519
2025-11-0520
2025-11-0521
2025-11-0522
2025-11-0523

Data Notes & Resources

Content on this page is updated daily and includes the most up-to-date datasets contained in the SacPAS database.

Smelt Monitoring

The Enhanced Delta Smelt Monitoring Program (EDSM) Weekly Summary, USFWS Lodi. Data are preliminary and are subject to correction and revision.

Smelt Surveys Current and Historical

Current and Historical Delta Smelt Surveys query, HTML table and CSV

Annually updated Historical Delta Smelt Combined Sampling by Stratum plots removed until further review.

Data Notes

  • We obtain Enhanced Delta Smelt Monitoring (EDSM) Provisional data from Delta Juvenile Fish Monitoring Program, USFWS Lodi Office; data are preliminary and are subject to correction and revision. Please see the Environmental Data Initiative (EDI) Portal Interagency Ecological Program and US Fish and Wildlife Service: San Francisco Estuary Enhanced Delta Smelt Monitoring Program data for the finalized dataset.
  • We obtain salvage data from Fish Salvage Monitoring, CDFW Bay Delta Region
    • Salvage Database, https://filelib.wildlife.ca.gov/Public/Salvage/
  • We obtain Delta Operations (single day and running 30 day reports) from Operations and Delta Status, California Department of Water Resources. SacPAS has archived this data since October 2016.
    • "QWEST", "NDOI", "E/I Ratio 3-day", and "Rio Vista Flow" from the "Delta Status and Operations, Hydrologic Conditions Summary (daily)" pdf. https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/State-Water-Project/Operations-And-Maintenance/Files/Operations-Control-Office/Delta-Status-And-Operations/Delta-Hydrologic-Conditions-Daily-Summary.pdf
    • "X2 Position": Data from the "Delta Status and Operations, Delta Operations Summary (daily)" pdf. For plotting purposes, SacPAS substitutes ">81km" with "82" and "<56km" with "55". https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/State-Water-Project/Operations-And-Maintenance/Files/Operations-Control-Office/Delta-Status-And-Operations/Delta-Operations-Daily-Summary.pdf
  • On a daily basis, SacPAS calculates "OMR Index", "OMR Index 5-day", and "OMR Index 14-day" based on methods as described in:
    California Department of Water Resources (DWR). 2017. Old and Middle River Flow Review: USGS Gauge Readings versus Index Calculations for 2011 through 2017. Online: https://cawaterlibrary.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/4-Old-and-Middle-River-Flow-Review.pdf
    See OMR Tidally Filtered Flow and Index Calculations as performed by SacPAS for full details. SacPAS calculated OMR Index is available for 28 October 2016 to the present.
  • On a daily basis, we download event, hourly, and daily data from California Data Exchange Center (CDEC) for select parameters and sites for inclusion in the SacPAS database.
    • As of 2024-12-06, daily averages for CDEC stations and parameters on this webpage, exclusively, are daily averages as published by CDEC. Missing CDEC daily averages are filled by SacPAS from CDEC data where event- or hourly-timescale data are available (using hours 01-24 in local time). A correction to our process was implemented on 2025-01-14.
  • We obtain Chipps Island Trawl catch data on a weekly basis via email, typically Monday.