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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Also check out the Roosevelt gage for conditions near the takeout.

Flows: The “Salt Season” occurs when the snow melts in the White Mountains of southeastern Arizona, usually beginning in March and ending in May. Sometimes good flows occur in February or last until June, but this only happens every 10 years or so. Adequate flows may also occur during Monsoon Season in July and August. For kayakers who just want to go downstream, 300 CFS is a minimum. For surfathon fun, 800 is a bare minimum, and 2,000-3,000 is optimal. For gear-hauling rafts, a minimum flow is 1,200. The river has been run up to 28,000 cfs in 2 days but most sane boaters make 10K a cut off.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
SALT RIVER NEAR CHRYSOTILE, AZ.
usgs-09497500 800 - 10000 cfs II-IV 00h35m 161 cfs (rc= -0.1 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
800 -10000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable II-IV

Report - Reports of Salt 2 - US 60 to Hwy 288 above Roosevelt Reservoir 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
Salt River [AZ] Salt River Arizona n/a will reeves
Salt [AZ] How to use a groover n/a will reeves