Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

The USGS gauge is on nearby Ivy Creek, and must be viewed as a rough guide only.

The Big Laurel gauge is painted on the river left side of the bridge at the putin and can be best viewed from river right on the downstream side of the bridge.  -6 inches is minimum runnable, and 4 feet is roughly the upper cutoff.

Reference the French Broad R at Marshall gauge for the French Broad (the last 3.3 miles of the run).  The minimum suggested water level for the French Broad is 1200 cfs for this gauge.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
IVY RIVER NEAR MARSHALL, NC
usgs-03453000 250 - 2000 cfs III-IV 01h15m 238 cfs (rc= -0.0 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
250 -2000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable III-IV Upper limit for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow boaters with a comment or report.

Report - Reports of Big Laurel Creek Hurricane to Hot Springs and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
Big Laurel Creek [NC] 3 clean runs of Suddy 270 @ Ivy River Adam Hackenberg
Big Laurel Creek [NC] Triple Drop, Big Laurel n/a Matt Muir
221d16h18m Big Laurel [NC] Scouting last drop of the Narrows 1.75ft Clark Cox
221d16h18m Big Laurel [NC] Middle Narrows, looking upstream. 1.75ft Clark Cox
221d16h19m Big Laurel [NC] Lower Narrows, looking upstream. 1.75ft Clark Cox
221d16h20m Big Laurel [NC] Suddy Hole 1.75ft Clark Cox
221d16h21m Big Laurel [NC] Suddy Hole 1.75 Clark Cox
221d16h24m Big Laurel CreekHurricane to Hot Springs [NC] Suddy Hole-River left 1.75 Clark Cox
3y66d14h44m Big Laurel [NC] Ward Swan at Stairstep +1 Mike Cleary
4y70d14h44m Big Laurel Creek [NC] Squeeze Low Tyson Hazard
6y224d14h44m Big Laurel Creek [NC] Rock Splat +3' Stuart Smith
7y11d14h44m Big Laurel Creek [NC] Narrows +3" Kevin Miller