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Big Sur River at 10′ and rising

5:30 pm – flow is now the second highest recorded, only behind the one in 1978.

Here is an interesting comparison of the state of the river from noon until 4:30. PHoto by Jeff Mallory

4:15 pm scanner reports log jam just broke free and debris flowing down river. Per Nadine Clark and Brendon Shave.

It looks like the river just past its high water mark from January 4.

10+ Feet and rising fast.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv/?site_no=11143000

bigsurkate

Appointed appellate counsel for indigent defendants (retired.) I have lived in Big Sur since 1984, first on the north coast, and on the South Coast since 1989.

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Tim Bills says:

January 8, 2017 at 4:25 pm

At 4 p.m. the river was at 11.26 feet, increasing three feet since 12:30.
- bigsurkate says:
  
  January 8, 2017 at 4:28 pm
  
  And Tim, the log jam just broke free.
  
  bigsurkate
Tony says:

January 8, 2017 at 9:33 pm

The rivers' risings will be good for the Steelhead! :)
Tony says:

January 8, 2017 at 9:39 pm

Yea, and the discharge is around 7000 cubic feet per second!!