⚠️ Disclaimer

This tool was generated by artificial intelligence. AI cannot evaluate river conditions, provide safety guidance, or substitute for human judgment and experience. Use at your own risk.

Upper Yough Flow & Release Planner

Live Friendsville flow, Deep Creek Lake level, SafeWaters release schedule parsing, high-water checks, Sang Run estimate, and bubble timing — all in one no-library embed.

Live sources
Friendsville
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Deep Creek Lake
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Next release
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Sang Run estimate
Run the calculator below.

Gauge data

USGS NWIS instantaneous values are used first, with USGS OGC latest-continuous fallback.

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Youghiogheny River at Friendsville, MD

cfs
USGS 03076500 · parameter 00060

Deep Creek Lake elevation

ft
USGS 03075871 · HSD preferred

Deep Creek release schedule

Primary source is the current SafeWaters Deep Creek facility page; the old JSON endpoint is only a fallback.

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Lake rule band check

Uses the same monthly rule-band table as your existing calculator and compares only HSD lake readings.

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High-water release policy

Planner logic: >900 cfs and rising may cancel; >1350 cfs means no release.

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Flow calculator

Formula: (total cfs^0.332) × 0.2417

Total flow
Sang Run estimate
Always verify SafeWaters, lake rule band, generator status, weather, and the Friendsville hydrograph before committing.

Bubble timing after release ends

Auto-filled from the active or next release as soon as the schedule loads. Use the buttons above to refresh or override.

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Put-in starts dropping
Bubble leaves put-in
At put-in +2h
Lost & Found leaves
Friendsville bubble leaves