Runoff coming down the mighty Kings River is the most ever this water year says Kings Water Master Steve Haugen of the Kings River Water Association. It is the wettest year since the dam on Kings was built in 1954. With just a few weeks left until Oct. 1 and the start of a new water year, runoff now exceeds both 1983 and 1969 numbers and is expected to reach 4.5 million acre feet by Sept 30. That compares with 1983 runoff at 4.47 million AF and 1969 at 4.38 million AF, he adds. The Kings River is the largest river draining the southern Sierra Nevada with an average annual flow of 1,791,000 acre-feet. We are at more than 2.5% of average this year.

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