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Class of the river gives an approximate difficulty. See the safety section of this website for more
information on rapids and ratings.
Level gives the most updated gauge tied to a river. See the notes and comments for how to
interpret the reading. Readings may be delayed, come from bad sources, or have other miscalculations.
Additional detail on a gauge can be ascertained by a simple click to the level. Metrics for a given level are:
CFS, Stage (ft), in/hr for rain, and r.c. meaning no direct flow, but 0.0-1.0 is boatable.
The astrix (*) indicates a comment on the flow, plus (+) indicates a good flow,
tilde (~) indicates that this is a stand-in for the real flow, or the flow is delayed, an explination mark (!)
indicates there is a warning associated with the flow.
Relative Level explains how low or high a reach is based on being above or below the
recommended range. This column is used when color is not visible or obvious (mobile phones, or color blind people).
The first letter is L,R, or H for Low, Runnable and High. The second number is 0-9 where 0 is bottom end
and 9 is top end. Therefore, "R0" is low, "R5" is medium, "R9" is upper high.
If you see a river that is "H0" and coming down, maybe it will run tomorrow. Sort the list
by r.c. to find rivers that are in the ideal range in your area.
Trend gives information on how quickly a level is rising or dropping using r1-r2/(t1-t2) using the last readings gathered.
Readings may be spaced hours apart and may miss local spikes. Be careful when using these.
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River Name/Section |
Class |
Level |
running? |
Updated |
|
|
|
Accotink Creek
[VA]
|
I-II |
213 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Anacostia, Northwest Branch
[MD]
|
I-III(V+) |
139 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
02h43m |
|
|
|
Antietam Creek
[MD]
|
I-II |
2.51 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
02h43m |
|
|
|
Appomattox
[VA]
|
II-III |
2660 cfs
|
R3- Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Aquia Creek
[VA]
|
II |
224 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Back Creek (Jackson trib)
[VA]
|
I-III |
629 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Back Creek (Roanoke R. trib)
[VA]
|
I-III |
1610 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Back Creek (South R. trib)
[VA]
|
II-III |
1300 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Beaverdam Creek
[VA]
|
II-III |
2200 cfs
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Big Cedar Creek
[VA]
|
I-III |
2060 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Big Moccasin Creek
[VA]
|
I-III(IV) |
2060 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Big Sandy River, Tug Fork
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.12 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
04h12m |
|
|
|
Big Sandy River, Tug Fork
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.12 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
04h12m |
|
|
|
Bluestone
[WV]
|
I-III |
7.16 ft
|
R4- Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Bluestone
[WV]
|
II-III |
7.16 ft
|
R4- Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Brandywine Creek, W. Branch
[PA]
|
I |
434 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
02h43m |
|
|
|
Brandywine Creek
[PA]
|
I |
2.44 ft
|
R4- Runnable
|
02h43m |
|
|
|
Brandywine Creek
[DE]
|
III |
2.44 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
02h43m |
|
|
|
Briery Branch
[VA]
|
I-III |
160 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Brush Creek
[WV]
|
III-IV(V) |
7.16 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Buck Mountain Creek
[VA]
|
II |
551 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Bullpasture
[VA]
|
I-II |
541 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Bullpasture
[VA]
|
III+(IV) |
541 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Cacapon
[WV]
|
II |
2.60 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Calfpasture
[VA]
|
I-III |
6.72 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Calfpasture
[VA]
|
II |
6.72 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Calfpasture
[VA]
|
I-II |
6.72 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Calfpasture
[VA]
|
I-II |
6.72 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Camp Creek
[WV]
|
II-III |
7.16 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Cheat
[WV]
|
II-III |
550 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Cheat
[WV]
|
III |
0.85 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
03h12m |
|
|
|
Chestnut Creek
[VA]
|
I-III |
239 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Clarion River
[PA]
|
I(II) |
994 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Clinch
[VA]
|
I-III |
2060 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Clinch
[VA]
|
II |
2060 cfs
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Clinch
[VA]
|
I-II |
2060 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Codorus Creek
[PA]
|
II(III) |
2.83 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Colliers Creek
[VA]
|
II-III |
6.72 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Conemaugh
[PA]
|
I-II |
349 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Connoquenessing Creek
[PA]
|
II-III |
1.72 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Cowpasture
[VA]
|
I-III |
5240 cfs
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Cowpasture
[VA]
|
I-II |
5240 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Craig Creek
[VA]
|
I-II |
5840 cfs
|
R5- Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Craigs Creek
[VA]
|
I |
5840 cfs
|
R5- Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Cub Run
[VA]
|
I-III |
5.31 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Dan
[VA]
|
I-III |
1400 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
03h27m |
|
|
|
Delaware
[NJ]
|
II+ |
10300 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
04h57m |
|
|
|
Difficult Run
[VA]
|
III-IV(V+) |
348 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Dry
[VA]
|
II-III |
160 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Dry
[VA]
|
I-III |
160 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Dunlap Creek
[VA]
|
II-IV |
3850 cfs
|
R3- Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Dunlap Creek
[VA]
|
I-IV |
7.22 ft
|
R5- Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Elk Creek
[VA]
|
I-III |
239 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Gauley
[WV]
|
IV-V |
1525 cfs
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h45m |
|
|
|
Gauley
[WV]
|
III+(IV) |
1890 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
02h15m |
|
|
|
Gauley
[WV]
|
III-IV(V) |
1750 cfs
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Goose Creek
[VA]
|
I-II(III) |
2.18 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Green Cove Creek
[VA]
|
III-IV+(V) |
2200 cfs
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Greenbrier River
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.24 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Greenbrier River
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.24 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Greenbrier River
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.24 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Greenbrier River
[WV]
|
I(III) |
4.24 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Greenbrier River
[WV]
|
I-II |
6.64 ft
|
R6- Runnable
|
02h13m |
|
|
|
Greenbrier River
[WV]
|
I-II |
6.64 ft
|
R6- Runnable
|
02h13m |
|
|
|
Greenbrier River
[WV]
|
I-II |
6.47 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Gunpowder Falls
[MD]
|
I-III |
2.00 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h58m |
|
|
|
Gunpowder Falls
[MD]
|
I-II |
112 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h58m |
|
|
|
Hardware, N. Fork
[VA]
|
II-V |
1150 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Hardware, S. Fork
[VA]
|
II-IV |
1150 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Hardware
[VA]
|
I-II |
1150 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Hay's Creek
[VA]
|
II-III(V+) |
4260 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Holston, South Fork
[VA]
|
II(III) |
2200 cfs
|
R6- Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Jackson
[VA]
|
I-III |
629 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
James
[VA]
|
I-II |
17900 cfs
|
R8- Upper Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
James
[VA]
|
I-II |
17900 cfs
|
R8- Upper Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
James
[VA]
|
I |
17900 cfs
|
R8- Upper Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
James
[VA]
|
I-II |
23200 cfs
|
R4- Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
James
[VA]
|
I(II) |
23200 cfs
|
R4- Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
James
[VA]
|
I-II |
23200 cfs
|
R4- Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
James
[VA]
|
I-II |
20900 cfs
|
R3- Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
James
[VA]
|
I-II |
8.11 ft
|
R7- Upper Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
James
[VA]
|
III-IV |
8.11 ft
|
R7- Upper Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Jennings Branch
[VA]
|
I-III |
160 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Lackawanna
[PA]
|
I-IV |
106 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Lehigh
[PA]
|
II+(III) |
487 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Lehigh
[PA]
|
II-III |
487 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Lehigh
[PA]
|
I-II |
1010 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Lehigh
[PA]
|
I-III |
2120 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Little (Clinch R. trib)
[VA]
|
I-II |
2060 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Little (North R. trib)
[VA]
|
III |
160 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Little Bluestone River & Tributaries
[WV]
|
II-III+ |
7.16 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Little Patuxent
[MD]
|
I-IV |
299 cfs
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
02h58m |
|
|
|
Little River (New R. trib)
[VA]
|
I-IV |
6520 cfs
|
R5- Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Lost
[WV]
|
I-II |
3.33 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Lost
[WV]
|
II-III(IV) |
3.33 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Maury
[VA]
|
III+(IV) |
4260 cfs
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Maury
[VA]
|
II(III) |
6.72 ft
|
R8- Upper Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Mayo, N. Fork
[VA]
|
II-III |
8280 cfs
|
R7- Upper Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Mayo, S. Fork
[VA]
|
I-III |
1800 cfs
|
R5- Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Middle Patuxent
[MD]
|
I-II(IV) |
4.96 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
02h58m |
|
|
|
Moormans
[VA]
|
I-III |
551 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Musconetcong
[NJ]
|
II |
81 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Neshannock Creek
[PA]
|
I-II |
~ 230 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
New
[VA]
|
I-II |
9660 cfs
|
R3- Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
New
[VA]
|
I-II(III) |
9.39 ft
|
R4- Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
New
[VA]
|
I-II |
8.64 ft
|
R7- Upper Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
New
[WV]
|
I-III |
11.65 ft
|
R8- Upper Runnable
|
01h43m |
|
|
|
New
[WV]
|
II-III |
11.65 ft
|
R8- Upper Runnable
|
01h43m |
|
|
|
New
[WV]
|
III-IV(V) |
10.83 ft
|
R8- Upper Runnable
|
01h45m |
|
|
|
North
[VA]
|
II-IV |
160 cfs
|
R3- Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Nottoway
[VA]
|
IV |
2510 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Octoraro Creek
[MD]
|
II |
2.44 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
02h43m |
|
|
|
Octoraro Creek
[PA]
|
I |
2.44 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
02h43m |
|
|
|
Pine Creek
[PA]
|
I-II |
396 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Piney Creek
[WV]
|
III-V |
2.55 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Pohick Creek
[VA]
|
II-III+ |
213 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
3.32 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
3.32 ft
|
R3- Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-III+ |
3.32 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II(III) |
3.32 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.43 ft
|
R3- Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
1.94 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Fk. of the S. Br.
[VA]
|
II |
3.33 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Fk. of the S. Br.
[WV]
|
II |
3.33 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Fk. of the S. Br.
[WV]
|
I-II |
3.33 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Fk. of the S. Br.
[WV]
|
I-II |
3.33 ft
|
R4- Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S.Fk. of the S.Br.
[WV]
|
II-IV |
3.33 ft
|
R6- Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S.Fk. of the S.Br.
[WV]
|
I-II(III) |
2.60 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S.Fk. of the S.Br.
[WV]
|
I-II |
2.60 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
I-II |
3.25 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
I-II |
3.36 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
I-IV |
3.36 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
I |
3.36 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
II-III(IV) |
3.36 ft
|
R5- Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[WV]
|
II+ |
3.25 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Potts Creek
[VA]
|
I-IV |
3460 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Pound
[VA]
|
I-II |
318 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
02h43m |
|
|
|
Rapidan
[VA]
|
II |
3.33 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
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Rappahannock
[VA]
|
I-II |
4.82 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
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Rappahannock
[VA]
|
II+ |
4.82 ft
|
R4- Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
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Rappahannock
[VA]
|
I-II |
4.82 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
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Rappahannock
[VA]
|
I-III |
4.74 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
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Reed Creek
[VA]
|
I-II+(IV) |
1760 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
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Rivanna, North Fork
[VA]
|
II |
3.78 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
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Rivanna
[VA]
|
II |
4280 cfs
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
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Roanoke, South Fork
[VA]
|
I-II |
5.58 ft
|
R8- Upper Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
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Robinson
[VA]
|
II+ |
527 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
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Rock Creek
[MD]
|
I(II) |
309 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
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Rock Creek
[MD]
|
I-III |
309 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
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Rock Creek
[DC]
|
II-III(IV) |
309 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
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Russell Fork
[VA]
|
II-III+ |
699 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
02h45m |
|
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Schuylkill
[PA]
|
I |
2250 cfs
|
R3- Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
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Shenandoah, N. Fork
[VA]
|
I-III |
3.72 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h58m |
|
|
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Shenandoah, S. Fork
[VA]
|
I-II |
1.49 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
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Shenandoah
[WV]
|
I-II |
1.84 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
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Shenandoah
[WV]
|
I-II |
1.84 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
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Shenandoah
[VA]
|
I(II) |
1.49 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
South (Shenandoah tributary)
[VA]
|
I-II |
4.62 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h58m |
|
|
|
Stoney Creek
[VA]
|
IV+ |
952 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h28m |
|
|
|
Susquehanna River
[PA]
|
II(IV) |
4.29 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Tennessee Laurel Creek
[VA]
|
III+(IV) |
2200 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Tumbling Creek
[VA]
|
II-III+ |
1530 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
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Tumbling Creek
[VA]
|
V |
1530 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Tye
[VA]
|
III-IV |
777 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Tye
[VA]
|
I-II(III) |
777 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Tygart Valley
[WV]
|
II-IV |
4.13 ft
|
R3- Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Walker Creek
[VA]
|
I-II |
2810 cfs
|
R4- Runnable
|
00h43m |
|
|
|
Whitetop Laurel Creek
[VA]
|
II-IV |
2200 cfs
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h28m |
|
|
|
Youghiogheny
[PA]
|
II |
2.31 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Youghiogheny
[PA]
|
IV |
1.72 ft
|
R7- Upper Runnable
|
01h13m |
|
|
|
Youghiogheny
[PA]
|
III |
1.72 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h13m |
|