Kings River Closed ?

[done]

Drove by and saw this.

 

[Mr. C]

I’ve heard most camping is flooded anywhere near the Sanger area. Royal oaks and others up river.

 

[Singleton]

Grew up boating on the Chain on Lakes in northern IL.
Plenty of years, the entire chain was no wake due to high water levels

 

[oldschool]

Yes it’s closed, don’t think it will be open this year.

 

[RIVERBORN]

Grew up boating on the Chain on Lakes in northern IL.
Plenty of years, the entire chain was no wake due to high water levels

 

[RIVERBORN]

Drove by and saw this. View attachment 1246671 View attachment 1246672

Yes. Kern river was closed for awhile also.
Not sure if you have read, but most of the rivers are having record flows . Most of the Central Valley is “flooded”. Most of the people that this great state allows in, can’t make a rational decision if the water is safe to swim in. So they jump in and drown. And then they close all the rivers. That’s my rant.

 

[done]

The lady at the office said i could drive in to look at the RV park, But said I could not exit my truck.

 

[Moabifam5]

We spent many of summers at Royal Oak. I believe it will remain closed due to the flow until late July especially how much snow melt is remaining. By far the best water ski water I have ever seen...

 

[Bigbore500r]

Only CA closes a river to boaters because there is too much water.....

 

[coolchange]

Dam was about to get my Kings river flat buddies to run up there. Too much water, that’s a laugh.

 

[Dcb.blake]

Lindys landing is all underwater. They said that they don’t think that they will be able to open this year for camping/boat ramp.

Crazy to me that we cannot take advantage of the full river

 

[rightytighty]

Outflow from PIneflat was a steady 12K CFS since late march.

Outflow has been slowed to appx 9K CFS for the past couple of weeks.

It was rippin’ at 12K… im not sure at what flow they consider safe?

 

[DRIVE BYE]

We Spent Most Summers at Royal Oak Running Jets and Fatties ....Some of the best times ever, Damn water is so Cold, You go in a King and Come out a Queen!

 

[ChumpChange]

This was Yosemite flooded during Mothers Day week

 

[JJK94]

Outflow from PIneflat was a steady 12K CFS since late march.

Outflow has been slowed to appx 9K CFS for the past couple of weeks.

It was rippin’ at 12K… im not sure at what flow they consider safe?

I believe it is 3000 max.. Still more coming in then being released

Reservoir Data - PINE FLAT DAM

 

[Bobby V]

Only CA closes a river to boaters because there is too much water.....

AZ did the same for the floods in the 80’s in Parker.

 

[grumpy88]

AZ did the same for the floods in the 80’s in Parker.

If that happens again my trailer will float away ! Haha

 

[Sandlord]

But Lake Isabella looks better than ever.

 

[bowtiejunkie]

Love Kings River. I bet it’s closed all summer. It’s been closed in past for the summer with less snow pack than this year. Not many perfect years last 10 to 15 years. Lots of either too low and closed or too high and closed.

 

[Mr. C]

Love Kings River. I bet it’s closed all summer. It’s been closed in past for the summer with less snow pack than this year. Not many perfect years last 10 to 15 years. Lots of either too low and closed or too high and closed.

Going back to late 70’s early 80’s. We still camped at Royal Oak. Some friends had trailers there.
I guess we were smart enough to know. It’s to low don’t go out stay and play some horse shoes / volleyball and drink.
It’s running too high. Well repeat the process

Maybe we need to open up and just let Mother Nature thin the herd.

 

[Dcb.blake]

Going back to late 70’s early 80’s. We still camped at Royal Oak. Some friends had trailers there.
I guess we were smart enough to know. It’s to low don’t go out stay and play some horse shoes / volleyball and drink.
It’s running too high. Well repeat the process

Maybe we need to open up and just let Mother Nature thin the herd.

Not happy they are enforcing the rule but at the same time happy that hopefully doing this the river will stay alive for future use.

It’s sad people can’t see and justify when they shouldn’t get in because it’s 100% unsafe.

 

[CoolCruzin]

Going back to late 70’s early 80’s. We still camped at Royal Oak. Some friends had trailers there.
I guess we were smart enough to know. It’s to low don’t go out stay and play some horse shoes / volleyball and drink.
It’s running too high. Well repeat the process

Maybe we need to open up and just let Mother Nature thin the herd.

“Maybe we need to open up and just let Mother Nature thin the herd”

Yep

 

[BassLakeCruiser]

Kings is lined with vegetation and trees from start to finish. I wouldn’t run that as high as it is anyway. Been there normal flow years and dodging half trees floating down. It’s not rocks and sand like Parker. Any addition wakes and currents would likely do (more) damage to campgrounds, gun club and the golf course.

I shot a tournament early spring at the gun club and they had levees holding it back.

We have friends that live on the golf course and the inmates have lined it with legos to keep the water from entering the residential areas.

 

[BassLakeCruiser]

“Maybe we need to open up and just let Mother Nature thin the herd”

Yep

It wouldn’t take long. With the rate that thing is flowing and as cold as it is…hypothermia would hit pretty quick if something silly happened to you. That water is extremely cold, you’d have to experience it to believe it.

 

[Ducksquasher]

Kings is lined with vegetation and trees from start to finish. I wouldn’t run that as high as it is anyway. Been there normal flow years and dodging half trees floating down. It’s not rocks and sand like Parker. Any addition wakes and currents would likely do (more) damage to campgrounds, gun club and the golf course.

I shot a tournament early spring at the gun club and they had levees holding it back.

We have friends that live on the golf course and the inmates have lined it with legos to keep the water from entering the residential areas.

What gun club is there?

 

[JJK94]

What gun club is there?

Kingsburg

 

[Ducksquasher]

Kingsburg

Thanks

 

[BassLakeCruiser]

Thanks

They host the state shoot there every year. Huge event. We just do a 6 week team event

 

[Ducksquasher]

The state shoot for trap, right?

The state sporting clays shoot is down here at LA Clays this weekend.

 

[BassLakeCruiser]

The state shoot for trap, right?

The state sporting clays shoot is down here at LA Clays this weekend.

Not sure. Hell maybe they had to relocate it down there because the river is so high

 

[74 spectra20 v-drive]

For a quiet small little river, Kings is awesome. We have been going their since 1970' I believe was our first trip and we have friends that basically live at Lindys from June August. The debris on the water when its high is epic, can do some major damage real quick. The entire river is tree lined and early season high water gets up into the trees and bushes and just clears them out, the current runs hard up there and it's cold. As kids our job as observers was also pointing out the branches and logs floating down the river. Over the years the river has gotten smaller as its controlled by the Army Core of engineers (what we were told) and you can not adjust the flow, meaning dredging or cutting back trees etc. that are in the main river. The original owners of Lindys back in the 70's would take a big Cat dozer and move sand to shore up the beach, they got a big warning as they were in the main river and not on their property. Every year is a crap shoot , if it's flooded or too low... but we keep going back because it is a great spot and if you don't like people (like me ) Monday thru Thursday the place is so quiet. We may get some October skiing in there this year. The river got it name "Kings" due to how much money is made off the crops that this thing feeds, priority one for this river is agriculture any water sports are way down the priority list.

 

[Dcb.blake]

For a quiet small little river, Kings is awesome. We have been going their since 1970' I believe was our first trip and we have friends that basically live at Lindys from June August. The debris on the water when its high is epic, can do some major damage real quick. The entire river is tree lined and early season high water gets up into the trees and bushes and just clears them out, the current runs hard up there and it's cold. As kids our job as observers was also pointing out the branches and logs floating down the river. Over the years the river has gotten smaller as its controlled by the Army Core of engineers (what we were told) and you can not adjust the flow, meaning dredging or cutting back trees etc. that are in the main river. The original owners of Lindys back in the 70's would take a big Cat dozer and move sand to shore up the beach, they got a big warning as they were in the main river and not on their property. Every year is a crap shoot , if it's flooded or too low... but we keep going back because it is a great spot and if you don't like people (like me ) Monday thru Thursday the place is so quiet. We may get some October skiing in there this year. The river got it name "Kings" due to how much money is made off the crops that this thing feeds, priority one for this river is agriculture any water sports are way down the priority list.

The agriculture is actually about 3rd or 4th on the corps list. Which seems high up but the others get much more priority.

We go up 3-4 weekdays a week when we can! Super fun place to go. The weekdays are the best, don’t have to worry about the other idiot drivers that cannot even unload on the ramp.