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
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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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Waiting for Friendsville cfs…

Flow calculator

Formula: (total cfs^0.332) × 0.2417

Total flow
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Sang Run estimate
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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—
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Lost & Found leaves—
Friendsville bubble leaves—