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Remember that even the best flow page is no substitute for good judgement. The relationship between flow levels and boatability constantly change. The flow ranges on this page are best guesses at single points in time by fallible human beings. They are very rough guides. Use your best judgment to visually assess levels before putting on. Remember too that levels can change after you put on, so monitor weather conditions and take into account possible flow changes before committing yourself to particular runs.
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All timestamps are in the timezone in which the gage is located.
Runs and Levels
Run | Region | Level | Source | Beta |
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Ashlu Box Canyon | SWBC | NA NA ![]() |
Innergex: Ashlu between Intake and Powerhouse | Minimum = 20, medium = 23 - 26, too high = 28. Natural and dam release (Ashlu Box release schedule and flow request form (click agreement button to view schedule)). Releases occur on scheduled release days if paddlers have requested a release at least 24 hours in advance. Requesters specify a date and a desired release level. Innergex averages the requests and, if possible, meets the request. Useful information on this relatively complicated system can be found at the LiquidLore Ashlu Release Information Page and in this Professor Paddle Forum Ashlu release discussion. Note that the relationship between the Innergex flows, the stick gage readings and boatability are still being worked out. Use your judgement! |
Elaho-Squamish (Elaho) | SWBC | NA NA ![]() |
EC: Elaho near Mouth | Minimum = 60, medium = 90 - 240, too high = 300. |
Elaho-Squamish (Squamish) | SWBC | NA NA ![]() |
EC: Squamish near Brackendale | Minimum = 130, medium = 190 - 350, too high = 600. |
Upper Cheakamus | SWBC | NA NA ![]() |
EC: Cheakamus above Millar Creek | Minimum = 2, medium = 2.4 - 2.8, too high = 3.2. |
Upper Lillooet | SWBC | NA NA ![]() |
EC: Lillooet near Pemberton | Minimum = 170, medium = 200 - 300, too high = 370. |
Upper Nahatlatch | SWBC | NA NA ![]() |
Call REO Rafting for the level. Here's how to interpret what they tell you: Minimum = 1.7, medium = 2 - 2.4, too high = 3 m. | |
Nahatlatch Canyon | SWBC | NA NA ![]() |
Call REO Rafting for the level. Here's how to interpret what they tell you: Minimum = 1.5, medium = 1.8 - 2.2, too high = 2.8 m. | |
Thompson | SWBC | NA NA ![]() |
EC: Thompson near Spences Bridge | Minimum = 300, medium = 400 - 600, too high = 800. |
Chilliwack | SWBC | NA NA ![]() |
EC: Chilliwack above Slesse Creek | Minimum = 1.2, medium = 1.3 - 1.6, too high = 1.8. |
The Farmlands | WA | NA NA ![]() |
WKCC: Husum Falls VG | Minimum = 3, medium = 3.3 - 4, too high = 5. Link to Little White at Husum Falls Graph. The graph and source links for this run are to Pat Welch's flow page. Pat was the first person to create a modern flow page, aggregating, graphing and interpreting data available online from other sources, and, as is the case with this gage, creating virtual online gages where real online gages did not exist. Here's what Pat's page looked like in June 1997. Pat created his page in late 1994 or early 1995, back when the NCSA Mosaic browser was king, Netscape Navigator 1.0 had just been released, and IE 1.0 was almost a year in the future! |
Green Truss | WA | NA NA ![]() |
WKCC: Husum Falls VG | Minimum = 1.75, medium = 2.5 - 3, too high = 3.5. Link to Little White at Husum Falls Graph. |
Middle White Salmon | WA | NA NA ![]() |
WKCC: Husum Falls VG | Minimum = 1.75, medium = 2 - 3, too high = 3.5. Link to Little White at Husum Falls Graph. |
Little White Salmon | WA | NA NA ![]() |
GorgeHits: Cook-Underwood Bridge Visual | Minimum = 1.8, medium = 2.5 - 3.5, too high = 4. |
Wind River | WA | NA NA ![]() |
GorgeHits: Cook-Underwood Bridge Visual | Minimum = 0.8, medium = 1.5 - 2.5, too high = 3. |
Upper EF Lewis | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: EF Lewis near Heisson | Minimum = 500, medium = 700 - 1000, too high = 1200. |
East Fork Lewis | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: EF Lewis near Heisson | Minimum = 400, medium = 600 - 1000, too high = 1200. |
Upper Canyon Creek | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Canyon Creek near Amboy | Minimum = 700, medium = 1000 - 2400, too high = 3000. |
Canyon Creek | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Canyon Creek near Amboy | Minimum = 450, medium = 600 - 1500, too high = 1800. |
Lower Cispus | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Cispus at Randle | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1400 - 3200, too high = 4000. |
Upper Upper Cispus | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Cispus at Randle | Minimum = 350, medium = 450 - 850, too high = 1100. |
Upper Cispus | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Cispus at Randle | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1500 - 3000, too high = 3500. |
Ohanepecosh | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Cowlitz at Packwood | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1200 - 1700, too high = 2000. |
Clear Fork Cowlitz | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Cowlitz at Packwood | Minimum = 1500, medium = 2000 - 2500, too high = 3000. |
Middle Middle Snoqualmie | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Middle Fork Snoqualmie near Tanner | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1500 - 3500, too high = 4500. |
Cle Elum, China Gorge | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USBR: Cle Elum Reservoir Inflow | Minimum = 1500, medium = 2000 - 2500, too high = 3000. |
Fall in the Wall | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: SF Snoqualmie above Alice Creek | Minimum = 250, medium = 350 - 600, too high = 800. |
Cooper | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USBR: Cle Elum Reservoir Inflow | Minimum = 600, medium = 900 - 1300, too high = 1800. |
Nason Creek | WA | NA NA ![]() |
Runs when everything else in the area is high | |
Little Wenatchee | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wenatchee at Peshastin | Minimum = 6000, medium = 9000 - 22000, too high = 28000. |
Tumwater Canyon | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wenatchee at Peshastin | Minimum = 800, medium = 1200 - 6000, too high = 8000. |
Icicle Creek, Upper | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wenatchee at Peshastin | Minimum = 4000, medium = 5000 - 6500, too high = 8000. |
Icicle Creek, Ricochet | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wenatchee at Peshastin | Minimum = 3000, medium = 3500 - 4500, too high = 5000. |
Wenatchee Play | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wenatchee at Monitor | Minimum = 5000, medium = 7500 - 12000, too high = 15000. |
Wenatchee - Rodeo Hole | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wenatchee at Monitor | Minimum = 8000, medium = 9200 - 12000, too high = 14500. |
Wenatchee - Trinity Wave | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wenatchee at Monitor | Minimum = 10500, medium = 11000 - 13000, too high = 13500. |
Wenatchee - Turkey Shoot | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wenatchee at Monitor | Minimum = 5000, medium = 13000 - 15000, too high = 15000. |
Wenatchee - Granny's | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wenatchee at Monitor | Minimum = 5000, medium = 8500 - 10500, too high = 10500. |
Silver Creek | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Skykomish at Goldbar | Minimum = 6000, medium = 6500 - 7500, too high = 8000. |
North Fork Skykomish | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Skykomish at Goldbar | Minimum = 6000, medium = 6500 - 8000, too high = 10000. NF Sky near Potlatch (Pat Welch) |
Skykomish | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Skykomish at Goldbar | Minimum = 2000, medium = 2000 - 8000, too high = 10000. |
Top Tye | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Skykomish at Goldbar | Minimum = 3500, medium = 4000 - 5000, too high = 5500. |
Robe Canyon | WA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: SF Stillaguamish near Granite | Minimum = 5, medium = 5.2 - 5.6, too high = 6. |
Forks of the Kern | CA | NA NA ![]() |
BB: NF Kern at Kernville VG | Minimum = 500, medium = 800 - 2500, too high = 3500. |
Limestone | CA | NA NA ![]() |
BB: NF Kern at Kernville VG | Minimum = 500, medium = 750 - 1500, too high = 2000. |
Chamise | CA | NA NA ![]() |
BB: NF Kern at Kernville VG | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1200 - 2100, too high = 2600. |
Ant Canyon | CA | NA NA ![]() |
BB: NF Kern at Kernville VG | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1200 - 2100, too high = 2600. |
Thundr Run | CA | NA NA ![]() |
BB: NF Kern at Kernville VG | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1200 - 2100, too high = 2600. |
Hospital Rock | CA | NA NA ![]() |
BB: Kaweah at Three Rivers VG | Minimum = 500, medium = 650 - 1000, too high = 1200. |
E.F. Kaweah | CA | NA NA ![]() |
BB: Kaweah at Three Rivers VG | Minimum = 500, medium = 550 - 650, too high = 700. |
Upper NF Kaweah | CA | NA NA ![]() |
Bailey Bridge Visual: Minimum = 1, medium = 1.3 - 1.8, too high = 2.2 feet. | |
NF Kaweah | CA | NA NA ![]() |
Bailey Bridge Visual: Minimum = 1.4, medium = 1.5 - 1.8, too high = 2.2 feet. | |
Kaweah | CA | NA NA ![]() |
BB: Kaweah at Three Rivers VG | Minimum = 800, medium = 1200 - 2500, too high = 3000. |
Cherry Creek | CA | NA NA ![]() |
DF: Tuolumne at Mushroom Rock | Minimum = 700, medium = 1000 - 1300, too high = 1500. |
Lower Tuolumne | CA | NA NA ![]() |
DF: Tuolumne at Meral's Pool | Minimum = 1000, medium = 2000 - 5000, too high = 8000. Natural and dam release (Dreamflows Tuolumne release schedule); (Dreamflows Lower Tuolumne topics, flows and hazard posts). |
Tiger Creek | CA | NA NA ![]() |
AW-PGE: NF Mokelumne below Tiger Creek Dam | Minimum = 700, medium = 1000 - 1800, too high = 2000. |
Golden Gate | CA | NA NA ![]() |
EID: South Fork American at Kyburz | Minimum = 500, medium = 700 - 1200, too high = 1500. |
Chili Bar | CA | NA NA ![]() |
CDEC: SF American at Chili Bar | Minimum = 800, medium = 1500 - 5000, too high = 8000. |
The Gorge | CA | NA NA ![]() |
CDEC: SF American at Chili Bar | Minimum = 800, medium = 1500 - 5000, too high = 8000. |
Generation Gap | CA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: NF American at NF Dam | Minimum = 800, medium = 1100 - 1800, too high = 2000. |
Giant Gap | CA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: NF American at NF Dam | Minimum = 700, medium = 1000 - 1800, too high = 2500. |
Chamberlain Falls | CA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: NF American at NF Dam | Minimum = 600, medium = 1200 - 3500, too high = 4000. |
Fordyce Creek | CA | NA NA ![]() |
DF: Fordyce Creek below Fordyce Dam | Minimum = 350, medium = 400 - 500, too high = 600. |
Purdons | CA | NA NA ![]() |
CDEC: SF Yuba at Jones Bar (49 Bridge) | Minimum = 700, medium = 800 - 1000, too high = 1200. |
49 to Bridgeport | CA | NA NA ![]() |
CDEC: SF Yuba at Jones Bar (49 Bridge) | Minimum = 400, medium = 550 - 1200, too high = 1500. |
Wild Plum | CA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: NF Yuba below Goodyears Bar | Minimum = 800, medium = 1000 - 1600, too high = 2000. |
Goodyear's Bar | CA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: NF Yuba below Goodyears Bar | Minimum = 600, medium = 1000 - 2000, too high = 2500. |
Pauley Creek | CA | NA NA ![]() |
DF: Pauley Creek at Pauley Falls | Minimum = 150, medium = 200 - 300, too high = 350. |
Lavezzola Creek | CA | NA NA ![]() |
DF: Lavezzola Creek above Downie River | Minimum = 150, medium = 200 - 300, too high = 350. |
Little Grass | CA | NA NA ![]() |
DF: Little Grass Topics, Flows and Hazard posts | Runs in the spring and fall when water is released from Little Grass Reservoir. South Fork Water and Power is working with American Whitewater to schedule releases at boatable levels. The cut-offs are: Minimum = 180, medium = 230 - 400, too high = 450 cfs. |
Bald Rock Canyon | CA | NA NA ![]() |
CDEC: MF Feather at Merrimac (Milsap Bar) | Minimum = 600, medium = 800 - 1000, too high = 1200. |
Rodgers Flat | CA | NA NA ![]() |
AW-PGE: NF Feather below Rock Creek Dam | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1200 - 1700, too high = 2000. |
Tobin | CA | NA NA ![]() |
AW-PGE: NF Feather below Rock Creek Dam | Minimum = 250, medium = 800 - 1700, too high = 2000. |
Lobin | CA | NA NA ![]() |
AW-PGE: NF Feather below Rock Creek Dam | Minimum = 500, medium = 800 - 1700, too high = 2000. |
Cresta | CA | NA NA ![]() |
AW-PGE: NF Feather below Grizzly Creek | Minimum = 400, medium = 600 - 900, too high = 1200. |
Snake River Park and Play | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 1400, medium = 1500 - 15000, too high = 20000. Moving river cobble constantly changes optimal level. But as a guess . . . |
Snake: Kings Wave | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 10000, medium = 11000 - 15000, too high = 20000. |
Snake: Station Creek | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 5000, medium = 5200 - 5800, too high = 6200. |
Snake: Winter Wave | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 1400, medium = 1500 - 2000, too high = 2200. |
Snake: Burrito | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 2500, medium = 2600 - 3000, too high = 3500. |
Snake: Taco Hole | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 6000, medium = 6200 - 7000, too high = 7200. This hole reverses the general rule: it is more friendly at the higher end of its range. |
Snake: Big Kahuna | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 3750, medium = 4000 - 5200, too high = 5500. |
Snake: Lunch Counter | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 7500, medium = 8000 - 11000, too high = 12500. Has a better shape when falling. |
Snake: Big Friendly Giant | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 3500, medium = 4000 - 5000, too high = 5500. Flooded when Palisades Reservoir is more than 65% full. |
Snake: Alpine Canyon | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Snake above reservoir near Alpine | Minimum = 1500, medium = 4000 - 10000, too high = 18000. Narrows (downstream of the usual take-out and more challenging) can be run when Palisades Reservoir is less than 65% full. |
Lower Mesa Falls | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Henrys Fork near Ashton | Minimum = 800, medium = 1000 - 1750, too high = 2000. |
Quake Lake | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Madison below Hebgen Lake | Minimum = 800, medium = 1200 - 2000, too high = 3000. |
Beartrap Canyon | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Madison below Ennis Lake | Minimum = 1200, medium = 2000 - 3500, too high = 5000. |
Kootenai Falls | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Kootenai below Libby Dam | Minimum = 14000, medium = 14000 - 16000, too high = 20000. |
SuperWave | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Kootenai below Libby Dam | Minimum = 7000, medium = 14000 - 18000, too high = 20000. |
Alberton Gorge | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Clark Fork at St. Regis | Minimum = 1000, medium = 2000 - 5000, too high = 25000. |
Upper Lochsa | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Lochsa near Lowell | Minimum = 8000, medium = 11000 - 17000, too high = 25000. |
Lochsa | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Lochsa near Lowell | Minimum = 1000, medium = 4000 - 12000, too high = 25000. |
Golden Canyon | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: SF Clearwater at Stites | Minimum = 1200, medium = 1600 - 2400, too high = 3000. |
Mickey Mouse | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: SF Clearwater at Stites | Minimum = 1200, medium = 1800 - 3500, too high = 5000. |
Riggins Park and Play | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Salmon at Whitebird | Minimum = 3000, medium = 4500 - 32000, too high = 40000. |
Race Creek Wave | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Salmon at Whitebird | Minimum = 35000, medium = 37500 - 42500, too high = 45000. |
Gold Hole | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Salmon at Whitebird | Minimum = 7000, medium = 8000 - 9500, too high = 11000. |
Rodeo Hole | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Salmon at Whitebird | Minimum = 13000, medium = 13500 - 15000, too high = 16500. |
Cat's Paw | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Salmon at Whitebird | Minimum = 3500, medium = 3700 - 4100, too high = 4500. |
EFSF Salmon | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Johnson Creek at Yellow Pine | Minimum = 500, medium = 1000 - 1750, too high = 2500. |
Goat Creek | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: SF Salmon near Krassel | Minimum = 3, medium = 4 - 5, too high = 5.5. |
NF Payette - Upper 5 | NROC | 0 cfs NA ![]() |
BB: NF Payette Above SF Confluence VG | Minimum = 700, medium = 1200 - 2000, too high = 4000. |
NF Payette - Middle 5 | NROC | 0 cfs NA ![]() |
BB: NF Payette Above SF Confluence VG | Minimum = 700, medium = 1200 - 2000, too high = 4000. |
NF Payette - Lower 5 | NROC | 0 cfs NA ![]() |
BB: NF Payette Above SF Confluence VG | Minimum = 700, medium = 1500 - 3500, too high = 4000. |
SF Payette Canyon | NROC | 0 cfs NA ![]() |
BB: SF Payette below Deadwood Confluence VG | Minimum = 500, medium = 1200 - 3000, too high = 4000. |
SF Payette Staircase | NROC | 0 cfs NA ![]() |
BB: SF Payette Above NF Confluence VG | Minimum = 1000, medium = 2000 - 6000, too high = 10000. |
Main Payette | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Payette near Horseshoe Bend | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1800 - 4500, too high = 10000. |
Climaximum Wave | NROC | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Payette near Horseshoe Bend | Minimum = 4000, medium = 4250 - 4750, too high = 5000. |
Big South | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: La Poudre Pass Creek Below Long Draw Reservoir (LD Discharge) | Minimum = 150, medium = 200 - 325, too high = 400. |
Poudre Narrows | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: Cache La Poudre at Canyon Mouth near Fort Collins | Minimum = 175, medium = 300 - 1800, too high = 3000. |
Upper Mish | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: Cache La Poudre at Canyon Mouth near Fort Collins | Minimum = 300, medium = 500 - 2500, too high = 3000. |
Lower Mish | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: Cache La Poudre at Canyon Mouth near Fort Collins | Minimum = 300, medium = 500 - 2500, too high = 3000. |
South St. Vrain | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: St. Vrain Creek at Lyons | Minimum = 150, medium = 200 - 300, too high = 350. |
Lyons Playpark | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: St. Vrain Creek at Lyons | Minimum = 100, medium = 150 - 900, too high = 1000. |
Black Bear Hole | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: St. Vrain Creek at Lyons | Minimum = 120, medium = 180 - 900, too high = 1000. |
A-Hole | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: St. Vrain Creek at Lyons | Minimum = 200, medium = 250 - 400, too high = 450. |
October Hole | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: St. Vrain Creek at Lyons | Minimum = 100, medium = 150 - 450, too high = 500. |
November Hole | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: St. Vrain Creek at Lyons | Minimum = 300, medium = 350 - 900, too high = 1000. |
The Source | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: MF Boulder Creek at Nederland | Minimum = 200, medium = 250 - 375, too high = 500. |
Lower Boulder Canyon | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: Boulder Creek near Orodell | Minimum = 175, medium = 250 - 500, too high = 900. |
Boulder Whitewater Course | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: Boulder Creek near Orodell | Minimum = 150, medium = 250 - 350, too high = 450. |
USB | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: SF Boulder Creek above Gross Reservoir at Pinecliffe | Minimum = 150, medium = 275 - 475, too high = 600. |
South Boulder Creek | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: SF Boulder Creek below Gross Reservoir | Minimum = 250, medium = 325 - 450, too high = 600. Flow on South Boulder Creek near Eldorado Springs must be at least 150 cfs. |
Eldo | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: SF Boulder Creek near Eldorado Springs | Minimum = 150, medium = 175 - 250, too high = 300. |
Dumont | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Clear Creek near Lawson | Minimum = 400, medium = 600 - 800, too high = 1000. |
Upper Clear Creek | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Clear Creek at Golden | Minimum = 400, medium = 500 - 800, too high = 1000. |
Black Rock | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Clear Creek at Golden | Minimum = 300, medium = 450 - 750, too high = 1000. |
Lower Clear Creek | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Clear Creek at Golden | Minimum = 300, medium = 450 - 750, too high = 1000. |
Gore Canyon | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Colorado near Kremmling | Minimum = 800, medium = 1000 - 1400, too high = 1800. |
Bailey | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: NF South Platte at Bailey | Minimum = 250, medium = 325 - 550, too high = 800. |
Lake Creek | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: Lake Creek above Twin Lakes Reservoir | Minimum = 250, medium = 350 - 500, too high = 1000. |
Clear Creek of the Ark | CO | NA NA ![]() |
CODWR: Clear Creek above Clear Creek Reservoir | Minimum = 200, medium = 300 - 450, too high = 500. |
Numbers | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Arkansas below Granite | Minimum = 150, medium = 800 - 3000, too high = 4000. |
Brown's Canyon | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Arkansas near Nathrop | Minimum = 400, medium = 1500 - 3400, too high = 4000. |
Royal Gorge | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Arkansas at Parkdale | Minimum = 250, medium = 850 - 3000, too high = 4000. |
Upper East | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: East at Almont | Minimum = 600, medium = 800 - 1100, too high = 1400. |
Daisy Creek | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Slate near Crested Butte | Minimum = 600, medium = 650 - 750, too high = 800. |
Oh-Be-Joyful | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Slate near Crested Butte | Minimum = 400, medium = 500 - 700, too high = 800. |
Taylor | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Taylor at Almont | Minimum = 300, medium = 400 - 800, too high = 1000. |
Upper Animas | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Animas at Durango | Minimum = 750, medium = 1200 - 3000, too high = 6000. |
Vallecito | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Vallecito near Bayfield | Minimum = 1.8, medium = 1.9 - 2.2, too high = 2.4. |
Animas Town Run | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Animas at Durango | Minimum = 500, medium = 750 - 4000, too high = 6000. |
Embudo | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Embudo Creek at Dixon | Minimum = 125, medium = 175 - 325, too high = 525. The online gage isn't dialed in yet. Confirm boatability using the visual gage on river right downstream of the junction of highways 68 & 75: minimum = 2.8', medium = 3.2 - 3.4', maximum = 4.0 ' Minimum = 2.8, medium = 3.1 - 3.5, too high = 4 feet. |
Upper Taos Box | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Rio Grande at Cerro | Minimum = 350, medium = 450 - 800, too high = 1500. |
Lower Taos Box | CO | 0 cfs NA ![]() |
BB: Lower Taos Box VG | Minimum = 600, medium = 800 - 3000, too high = 5000. |
Pilar - Racecourse | CO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Rio Grande below Taos Junction Bridge | Minimum = 370, medium = 450 - 2000, too high = 2500. |
St. Francis | MO | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: St. Francis at Roselle | Minimum = 3, medium = 4 - 8, too high = 22. D-Bridge visual gage (on low-water bridge at Silver Mines take-out): |
Rouge | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
CEHQ: Rouge near McNeil Falls | Minimum = 20, medium = 25 - 50, too high = 150. |
Tourilli | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
CEHQ: Bras du Nord near Mauvaise | Minimum = 10, medium = 12 - 16, too high = 20. |
Donnacona | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
CEHQ: Jacques-Cartier near Gosford Way Bridge | Minimum = 75, medium = 120 - 150, too high = 400. |
Upper Neilson | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
CEHQ: Bras du Nord near Mauvaise | Minimum = 10, medium = 20 - 50, too high = 90. |
Lower Neilson | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
CEHQ: Bras du Nord near Mauvaise | Minimum = 7, medium = 20 - 50, too high = 50. |
Taureau | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
CEHQ: Jacques-Cartier near Gosford Way Bridge | Minimum = 10, medium = 15 - 25, too high = 35. |
Tewkesbury | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
CEHQ: Jacques-Cartier near Gosford Way Bridge | Minimum = 40, medium = 70 - 100, too high = 120. |
Malbaie | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
CEHQ: Malbaie near Clermont Bridge | Minimum = 6, medium = 10 - 50, too high = 75. |
Lower Moose | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Moose at McKeever | Minimum = 3.4, medium = 4 - 8, too high = 10. |
Bottom Moose | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Moose at McKeever | Minimum = 2.5, medium = 3 - 5, too high = 6. |
Beaver Moshier | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
AW Beaver (Moshier) Release Schedule | Releases one day a year on a weekend in September, usually the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. American Whitewater negotiates the release; visit their link for the most current information. |
Beaver Eagle | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
AW Beaver (Eagle) Release Schedule | Releases five days a year on weekends in September. American Whitewater negotiates the release; visit their link for the most current information. |
Beaver Taylorville | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
AW Beaver (Taylorville) Release Schedule | Releases five days a year on weekends in September. American Whitewater negotiates the release; visit their link for the most current information. |
Route 3 Wave | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Black at Watertown | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1100 - 1900, too high = 2000. |
Hole Brothers | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Black at Watertown | Minimum = 1000, medium = 5000 - 15000, too high = 40000. |
Inner City Strife | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Black at Watertown | Minimum = 10000, medium = 13000 - 16000, too high = 17000. |
Black River Canyon | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Black at Watertown | Minimum = 1000, medium = 2000 - 6000, too high = 8000. |
Raquette - Stone Valley | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Raquette at Piercefield | Minimum = 200, medium = 500 - 1500, too high = 2000. |
Big Branch (Wallomsac Gage) | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Wallomsac near NF Bennington | Minimum = 400, medium = 500 - 700, too high = 800. Both the Wallomsac and Otter Creek gages should be in the desired ranges. Confirm boatability using the five lines painted on a river-left rock upstream of the takeout bridge: minimum = 1 line, maximum = 4 lines. |
Big Branch (Otter Gage) | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Otter Creek at Center Rutland | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1200 - 1800, too high = 2000. Both the Wallomsac and Otter Creek gages should be in the desired ranges. Confirm boatability using the five lines painted on a river-left rock upstream of the takeout bridge: minimum = 1 line, maximum = 4 lines. |
Middlebury | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: New Haven at Brooksville | Minimum = 300, medium = 350 - 450, too high = 550. There is a six hour delay between the time the water flows by the gage and the time it arrives at the PI. |
New Haven | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: New Haven at Brooksville | Minimum = 400, medium = 600 - 1100, too high = 1500. There is a six hour delay between the time the water flows by the gage and the time it arrives at the PI. |
Upper Pemi | ECNE | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Pemi at Woodstock | Minimum = 1300, medium = - , too high = 9500. |
Great Falls | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Potomac near DC | Minimum = 2.6, medium = - , too high = 4. |
Mather Gorge | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Potomac near DC | Minimum = 2.6, medium = - , too high = 7. |
Little Falls | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Potomac near DC | Minimum = 2.4, medium = - , too high = 6. |
Top Yough | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Yough near Oakland | Minimum = 200, medium = 300 - 550, too high = 800. |
Upper Yough | MIDA | 168 cfs 05/29/2023 21:45 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Yough at Friendsville | Minimum = 600, medium = 700 - 1000, too high = 1600. Natural and dam release (Upper Yough release schedule). Add 2 hours to the starting time for the water to reach the put-in. |
Lower Yough | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Yough at Ohiopyle | Minimum = 1.5, medium = - , too high = 8. |
Seneca Creek | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: SB Potomac at Cabins | Minimum = 2500, medium = - , too high = . |
Red Creek | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Blackwater at Davis | Minimum = 600, medium = - , too high = . |
Red Run | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Blackwater at Davis, Dry Fork at Hendricks | Minimum = 1000, medium = - , too high = . |
North Fork Blackwater | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Blackwater at Davis | Minimum = 400, medium = - , too high = . |
Upper Blackwater | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Blackwater at Davis | Minimum = 200, medium = 275 - 400, too high = 550. |
Lower Blackwater | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Blackwater at Davis | Minimum = 300, medium = 425 - 750, too high = 1000. |
Cheat Narrows | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Cheat at Rowlesburg | Minimum = 500, medium = - , too high = . |
Cheat Canyon | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Cheat at Rowlesburg | Minimum = 500, medium = 1500 - 3500, too high = 10000. |
Little Sandy | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Big Sandy at Rockville | Minimum = 7, medium = 8 - 9, too high = 10. |
Big Sandy | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Big Sandy at Rockville | Minimum = 5.4, medium = 5.8 - 7.2, too high = 10. |
Middle Fork Tygart | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Middle Fork at Audra, Tygart at Philippi | Minimum = 3.5, medium = - , too high = 6.5. |
Arden | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Tygart at Philippi | Minimum = 2000, medium = - , too high = 3500. |
Valley Falls | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Tygart at Colfax | Minimum = 3.7, medium = - , too high = 5. |
Cranberry | MIDA | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Cranberry near Richwood | Minimum = 3.4, medium = 4 - 5.5, too high = 6. |
Upper Gauley | MIDA | 491 cfs 05/29/2023 21:45 EDT ![]() |
BB: Gauley below Summersville Dam VG | Minimum = 600, medium = 1100 - 3500, too high = 5000. Natural and dam release (Gauley release schedule). |
Lower Gauley | MIDA | 539 cfs 09/30/2010 23:00 EDT ![]() |
BB: Gauley below Meadow Confluence VG | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1500 - 3500, too high = 5000. Natural and dam release (Gauley release schedule). Add 5 hours to the starting time for the water to reach the Lower Gauley put-in at Bucklick Branch / Koontz Flume. |
Upper Meadow | MIDA | 48 cfs 09/30/2010 23:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Meadow near Mt. Lookout | Minimum = 800, medium = - , too high = 2800. |
Middle Meadow | MIDA | 48 cfs 09/30/2010 23:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Meadow near Mt. Lookout | Minimum = 600, medium = 1000 - 2400, too high = 4000. |
Lower Meadow | MIDA | 48 cfs 09/30/2010 23:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Meadow near Mt. Lookout | Minimum = 550, medium = 650 - 900, too high = 1200. |
Manns Creek | MIDA | 48 cfs 09/30/2010 23:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Meadow near Mt. Lookout | Minimum = 1500, medium = - , too high = . |
New Gorge | MIDA | 4.19 feet 05/29/2023 21:45 EDT ![]() |
BB: New at Fayette Station VG | Minimum = -1, medium = 1 - 6, too high = 10. |
New Dries | MIDA | 7850 cfs 05/29/2023 21:45 EDT ![]() |
USGS: New at Thurmond | Minimum = 15000, medium = 18000 - 25000, too high = 80000. |
Russell Fork Gorge | MIDA | 2744 cfs 05/29/2023 21:30 EDT ![]() |
BB: Russell Fork below Pound Confluence VG | Minimum = 250, medium = 800 - 1200, too high = 2000. Natural and dam release (Russell Fork release schedule). Add 2.5 hours to the starting time for the water to reach the put-in at Garden Hole. |
Little Stony | SEUS | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Powell at Big Stone Gap | Minimum = 800, medium = 1000 - 3000, too high = 4000. No gage; visually confirm boatablility. |
Watauga | SEUS | 178 cfs 05/29/2023 21:30 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Watauga near Sugar Grove | Minimum = 125, medium = 250 - 500, too high = 1000. |
Wilson | SEUS | -7.32 inches 05/29/2023 21:45 EDT ![]() |
BB: Wilson Creek at Adako Bridge VG | Minimum = -9, medium = -6 - 9, too high = 24. |
Linville | SEUS | 1.93 feet 05/29/2023 21:45 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Linville near Nebo | Minimum = 2, medium = 2.2 - 2.5, too high = 2.8. |
Big Rock | SEUS | 2430 cfs 05/29/2023 21:30 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Nolichucky at Embreeville | Minimum = 400, medium = 550 - 700, too high = 800. |
Nolichucky | SEUS | 2430 cfs 05/29/2023 21:30 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Nolichucky at Embreeville | Minimum = 500, medium = 1400 - 4000, too high = 6000. |
French Broad Section IX | SEUS | 3310 cfs 05/29/2023 21:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: FB at Marshall | Minimum = 700, medium = 1900 - 4000, too high = 10000. At levels below 1200 consider taking out at Stackhouse. |
Big Laurel | SEUS | 286 cfs 05/29/2023 21:30 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Ivy near Marshall | Minimum = 300, medium = 400 - 700, too high = 1000. Confirm boatability using painted gage on bridge at put-in! Minimum = -0.5, medium = 0.5 - 2.5, too high = 5 feet. |
Spring Creek | SEUS | NA NA ![]() |
AFWS: Meadow Fork RG | 25-70 bridge visual gage: min. = 9", opt. = 1.5-2.5', maximum = 3'. If Big Laurel Creek is running at least 2', check to see if Spring Creek is running. Look for 2" of rain in 24 hours on the Meadow Fork gage. |
Upper Green | SEUS | NA 08/05/2020 23:50 EDT ![]() |
BB: Green below Tuxedo Hydro Plant VG | Minimum = 90, medium = 110 - 300, too high = 400. Format: current flow and time taking into account 15 minute delay between release and arrival of water at put-in; day's release message as recorded by Duke Energy; current lake level; date and time message accessed. If the lake level is over 100 feet the actual level is higher than the release level, probably much higher as extra water will be coming over the dam and down the Big Hungry as well. |
Green Narrows | SEUS | NA 08/05/2020 23:50 EDT ![]() |
BB: Green at Gallimore Road Access VG | Minimum = 90, medium = 99 - 160, too high = 210. Format: current flow and time taking into account 2 hour delay between release and arrival of water at put-in; day's release message as recorded by Duke Energy; current lake level; date and time message accessed. If the lake level is over 100 feet the actual level is higher than the release level, probably much higher as extra water will be coming over the dam and down the Big Hungry as well. |
Green Release Schedule | SEUS | NA NA ![]() |
Duke: Tuxedo Release Schedule | This is the most recent schedule as posted by Duke Energy. Remember that "operational schedules are determined daily" -- they can and do change. Add 15 minutes to the starting time for the water to reach the Upper put-in and 2.5 hours for it to get to the Narrows; it will be too low to put-in on the Narrows 1 hour after the ending time. Examine the weekly pattern of recent releases to anticipate releases more than three days out: BoatingBeta Green Release Archive. When the lake level drops below its seasonal target range (97.5 last time I checked) releases are shorter and less frequent. |
NF French Broad | SEUS | 138 cfs 05/29/2023 22:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: FB at Rosman | Minimum = 350, medium = 500 - 1700, too high = 2500. 64 bridge visual gage: minimum = 0', medium = 6"-1', maximum = 3'. Run well upstream of gage. |
WF French Broad | SEUS | 138 cfs 05/29/2023 22:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: FB at Rosman | Minimum = 450, medium = 500 - 1700, too high = 2500. Run well upstream of gage. Often runnable a couple hours longer than the NF. |
Horsepasture | SEUS | 138 feet 05/29/2023 22:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: French Broad at Rosman | Minimum = 600, medium = - , too high = . Confirm boatability using visual gage on Upper Whitewater Road bridge over the Horsepasture. minimum = 0.3', maximum = 0.5'. |
Chattooga | SEUS | 1.61 feet 05/29/2023 21:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Chattooga near Clayton | Minimum = 1.4, medium = 1.8 - 2.0, too high = 2.2. There is a discrepancy between the 76 bridge visual gage and the USGS online gage. At 1.2 feet on the USGS gage the 76 bridge visual age reads 0.9 feet; the discrepancy gets smaller as levels rise, with no discrepancy at levels above 2.2 feet. Both gages are a short distance downstream from put-in. |
Tallulah | SEUS | 38.6 cfs 05/29/2023 21:15 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Tallulah near Tallulah Falls | Minimum = 450, medium = 500 - 750, too high = 1200. Dam release only (illegal to run on unscheduled days even if water -- Tallulah release schedule). |
Raven Fork | SEUS | 278 cfs 05/29/2023 21:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Oconaluftee | Minimum = 750, medium = 900 - 1200, too high = 1500. AFWS: Trout Hatchery SG: minimum = 1.6'. Acess tenuous: go with a local your first time. |
Big Creek (Lower) | SEUS | 63 cfs 05/29/2023 21:30 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Cataloochee | Minimum = 350, medium = 375 - 575, too high = 650. SR 1397 Mt. Sterling bridge visual gage: minimum = 3', maximum = 3.6'. |
Big Creek (Upper) | SEUS | 63 cfs 05/29/2023 21:30 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Cataloochee | Minimum = 250, medium = 300 - 450, too high = 500. SR 1397 Mt. Sterling bridge visual gage: minimum = 2.5', maximum = 3.4'. |
West Prong (Lower) | SEUS | 1 feet 01/21/2021 13:39 EST ![]() |
BB: West Prong at Picnic Area VG | Minimum = .8, medium = 1.1 - 1.5, too high = 1.7. Based on the AFWS: Chimney Pic SG.; The AFWS gage reads about .7 feet above the visual gage; the BB gage subtracts .7 feet from the AFWS reading to account for this discrepancy. Use your judgement when assessing levels -- the relationship between the Picnic Area visual reading and boatabilty changes more frequently than any other gage I know! |
West Prong (Upper) | SEUS | 1 feet 01/21/2021 13:39 EST ![]() |
BB: West Prong at Picnic Area VG | Minimum = 1, medium = 1.3 - 1.5, too high = 1.6. Based on the AFWS: Chimney Pic SG.; The AFWS gage reads about .7 feet above the visual gage; the BB gage subtracts .7 feet from the AFWS reading to account for this discrepancy. Use your judgement when assessing levels -- the relationship between the Picnic Area visual reading and boatabilty changes more frequently than any other gage I know! |
Little - Sinks to Elbow | SEUS | NA NA ![]() |
NOAA: Little River (Townsend) | Minimum = 2.4, medium = 2.9 - 3.5, too high = 5. Gage located about 1/4 mile below the "Y" (the confluence with the Middle Prong, about 3 miles downstream of TO) making it easy to confirm level visually. Note that the NOAA timestamp is in UTC while our timestamp is converted to local time. |
Cheoah | SEUS | 139 cfs 05/29/2023 21:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Cheoah near Tapoco | Minimum = 800, medium = 1000 - 1500, too high = 2000. Mainly dam release (current Cheoah release schedule), (next year's Cheoah release schedule). Add a half hour for the water to reach the USFS put-in and one hour for it to reach the O'Henry's parking lot put-in. |
Nantahala | SEUS | 98.5 cfs 05/29/2023 21:30 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Nantahala at Hewett | Minimum = 500, medium = 750 - 1000, too high = 1600. Mainly dam release (Nantahala release schedule). |
Big South Fork | SEUS | 273 cfs 05/29/2023 21:30 EDT ![]() |
USGS: SF Cumberland | Minimum = 400, medium = 2400 - 4800, too high = 10000. Gage at TO. |
Island Creek | SEUS | 228 cfs 05/29/2023 21:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Emory | Minimum = 10000, medium = 14000 - 20000, too high = 30000. Gage on river to which Island Creek is a tributary. Painted gage on downstream center pier of put-in bridge: minimum = 2", medium = 1', high = 1.5' (begins to get pushy), too high = 2.0'. Alternate put-in 6 miles upstream at Catoosa Road. |
Caney Fork Gorge | SEUS | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Calfkiller below Sparta | Minimum = 1000, medium = 1200 - 1600, too high = 2200. Visual gage located on river left just upstream of the Clifty Road Bridge at the PI: minimum = 1.3', medium = 1.5 - 2.3', maximum = 3.5'. |
Rock Island - Great Falls | SEUS | 6329 cfs 04/17/2020 10:00 CDT ![]() |
TVA: Great Falls Dam | Minimum = 4200, medium = 4800 - 5400, too high = 16000. Different lines over falls open at different levels. Beware of sieves in "Sieve City" rapids below falls. Sieve City rapids can be run even when levels are too high for falls. |
Rock Island Hole (Flow) | SEUS | 6329 cfs 04/17/2020 10:00 CDT ![]() |
TVA: Great Falls Dam | Minimum = 2000, medium = 2400 - 3200, too high = 7500. Hole under water when Center Hill Lake is over 650 feet [see Rock Island (CHR Height) below]. Can call 1-800-238-2264, 4, 36 for Great Falls Dam release. Click Great Falls Dam for predicted releases (need 2 or more units). |
Rock Island (CHR Height) | SEUS | 647.53 feet 04/17/2020 10:00 CDT ![]() |
TVA: Center Hill Lake | Minimum = 0, medium = 1 - 649.9, too high = 650. Rock Island Hole under water when Center Hill Lake is over 650 feet. Can call 1-800-238-2264, 1, 37 for Center Hill Lake level. |
Tellico Ledges | SEUS | 142 cfs 05/29/2023 21:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Tellico at Tellico Plains | Minimum = 230, medium = 400 - 1000, too high = 1600. Gage downstream of run. This section can be run quite low, but below 230 cfs it gets increasingly boney. |
Middle Tellico | SEUS | 142 cfs 05/29/2023 21:00 EDT ![]() |
USGS: Tellico at Tellico Plains | Minimum = 200, medium = 300 - 1200, too high = 3200. Gage downstream of run. This section can be run lower than 200 cfs, but below that level it starts to get boney. |
Upper Ocoee | SEUS | 476 cfs 04/17/2020 11:00 EDT ![]() |
BB: Ocoee Below #3 Dam VG | Minimum = 500, medium = 1000 - 2400, too high = 3200. Mainly dam release (Upper Ocoee release schedule). |
The (Middle) Ocoee | SEUS | 1133 cfs 04/17/2020 11:00 EDT ![]() |
BB: Ocoee Below #2 Dam VG | Minimum = 500, medium = 1000 - 2400, too high = 3600. Mainly dam release (Middle Ocoee release schedule). |
North Chick | SEUS | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: NF Chick near Montlake | Minimum = 500, medium = 650 - 800, too high = 1200. Confirm boatability using the visual gage at the TO. It is attached to the large rock at end of the orange blazed trail: minimum = 1.7', medium = 2-2.3', maximum = 3.2'. |
Bear Creek (Cloudland) | SEUS | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: Lookout near New England | Minimum = 1300, medium = 2600 - 3600, too high = 4200. Confirm boatability on visual gage located on the river-right downstream pillar of the PI bridge: minimum = 6", medium = 13-18", maximum = 24". |
Little River Canyon | SEUS | 40.4 cfs 05/29/2023 20:00 CDT ![]() |
USGS: Little near Blue Pond | Minimum = 250, medium = 600 - 1500, too high = 3500. Gage is located 11 miles dowstream of the Suicide Section put-in. Thus when the river is on the rise the Suicide section can become runnable before it is reflected on the online gauge. The opposite can occur when the level is dropping unusually fast, such as after a summer thunderstom. An alternate gage is located about 6 miles upstream of the put-in (on one of the 3 forks of the Little River) and can be used an early indicator to see if and how quickly the water level is rising or falling: USGS: WF Little at DeSoto Park. |
Johnnies Creek | SEUS | NA NA ![]() |
USGS: WF Little at DeSoto Park | Minimum = 350, medium = 450 - 600, too high = 1000. PI visual gage painted on the downstream side of the river-right bridge support: minimum = -3", medium = -2 to +3", maximum = +5". |
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Flow Color Coding Key
Color | Interpretation | Meaning |
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Note: assigning flow codes is highly subjective -- one person's "way too high" is another's "yahoo!" I have attempted to assign the codes relative to the typical person likely to boat the run at normal levels. "Too high" in this context means "the typical person found on this run at the levels it is most often paddled would find this run at this level very challenging." In general, runs are harder at higher levels. Use your discretion regarding the suitability of the run to your skill level and experience after seeing the level in person. |
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Too High | Beyond the envelope for the typical person likely to boat this run. | |
High | Frequently run this high, but a stretch for the typical person likely to boat this run. | |
Medium | Very enjoyable for the typical person likely to boat this run. | |
Low | Frequently run this low. Worth a look but probably not a long drive. | |
Too Low | Seldom run lower by anyone who isn't desperate and/or lives by the put-in. | |
Don't Know | What's your opinion of this level? Email The River Gages Project. |