Cuyama River below Buckhorn Cyn near Santa Maria CA

USGS Site No: 11136800 • Cuyama River • San Luis Obispo County, CA

Cuyama River below Buckhorn Cyn near Santa Maria CA on the Cuyama River is currently at 1 cfs (Normal — 59th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 5.46 ft.

Reading from

↑ Upstream on Cuyama River
Cuyama River near New Cuyama CA
1
CFS Discharge
5.46
Gage Height (ft)
Normal
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 0
25th Low threshold 0
50th (Median) Normal (median) 1
75th High threshold 3 Today: 1 cfs
95th Very High threshold 17

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

288 144 0 cfs Apr 4 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 2 —
May 27, 2026 1 —
May 26, 2026 1 —
May 25, 2026 2 —
May 24, 2026 2 —
May 23, 2026 2 —
May 22, 2026 2 —
May 21, 2026 2 —
May 20, 2026 2 —
May 19, 2026 3 —
May 18, 2026 3 —
May 17, 2026 4 —
May 16, 2026 4 —
May 15, 2026 5 —
Apr 19, 2026 6 —
Apr 18, 2026 6 —
Apr 17, 2026 6 —
Apr 16, 2026 6 —
Apr 15, 2026 7 —
Apr 14, 2026 8 —
Apr 13, 2026 13 —
Apr 12, 2026 37 —
Apr 11, 2026 8 —
Apr 10, 2026 7 —
Apr 9, 2026 6 —
Apr 8, 2026 6 —
Apr 7, 2026 7 —
Apr 6, 2026 7 —
Apr 5, 2026 7 —
Apr 4, 2026 7 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
11136800
State
CA
County
San Luis Obispo County
Coordinates
35.0219, -120.2285
Drainage Area
886 mi²
Datum (ft)
743.4
HUC Code
18060007
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
846 cfs
Dec 25, 2025
Min discharge
0 cfs
Nov 13, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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