Yakima River

Brian Miller · Nov 13, 2024

Feel free to post observations of dangerous conditions such as hazards to navigation and how to avoid them.
PM me if you'd like to add gauge sites

USGS gauge page includes useful prior year & median levels

Yakima River at Umtanum, WA

Monitoring location 12484500 is associated with a Stream in Kittitas County, Washington. Current conditions of Discharge and Gage height are available. Water data back to 1906 are available online.

waterdata.usgs.gov

rooftop · Nov 13, 2024

Are there optimum/ideal levels for floating at each station?

Brian Miller · Jan 8, 2025

rooftop said:
Are there optimum/ideal levels for floating at each station?

Hello @rooftop .
I am hoping that someone with much more knowledge and experience than I have will answer.
Most of the CFS data about the Yakima is for wading and tubing. And most of that data is for the easier Lower Canyon-Wilson Creek to Roza reach.
I think a more important question from Easton to Wilson Creek is the latest information on hazards and blocked channels.
A trip to a fly shop for up to date information might be the best way to get this information. And if you find out, please post it below.

Here is the "latest" from American Whitewater
Yakima Confluence with Teanaway River to Thorp

American Whitewater

The primary advocate for the preservation and protection of whitewater rivers throughout the United States and connects the interests of human-powered recreational river users with ecological and science-based data to achieve goals within our mission.

www.americanwhitewater.org

Yakima River Ellensburg to Roza Dam (Yakima Canyon)

American Whitewater

The primary advocate for the preservation and protection of whitewater rivers throughout the United States and connects the interests of human-powered recreational river users with ecological and science-based data to achieve goals within our mission.

www.americanwhitewater.org

About Yakima - The Evening Hatch

About the Yakima It is the jewel right in our back yard. It is a river for all seasons; The Yakima. Scaling from the forested East slope of the Cascade mountains to the farmlands of the Kittitas valley before entering the semi desert canyon as it heads south towards its final destination of the...

theeveninghatch.com

Here is data about the Lower Canyon to Roza from Red's:

Yakima River Fishing Reports > Red's Fly Shop

www.redsflyshop.com

NukeLDO · Sunday at 8:39 AM

Here's another resource I use when thinking of wading a stretch of the Yak.

Worley Bugger Fly Co.-Central Washington's Priemier Yakima River Fly Fishing Guide Service And Professional Outfitter Service

Fly Fishing The Yakima River And Central Washington State, while provide excellent fly fishing products and services. Located in Ellensburg, Washington established since 1995. /> </head> <body background=

www.worleybuggerflyco.com