Gauge Description:

The Black has releases all through the summer, for rafting trips. Kayakers can surf off those releases for a run down the river.

The scheduled releases occur roughly halfway down the run, in the vicinity of Glen Park Falls. Therefore, one can put in about an hour before the beginning of the scheduled release. Don't hang out and play too long, or else you'll run out of water below Glen Park Falls.

There is usually a special release on the Friday of Moose Festival weekend, from 11 AM-1 PM.

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

BLACK RIVER AT WATERTOWN NY

usgs-04260500

1000 - 6000 cfs

III-V

01h15m

3290 cfs (rc= 0.5 )

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
0 -1000 cfs	extremely Low-barely Low	III-V
1000 -6000 cfs	barely runnable-high runnable	III-V

Report - Reports of Black 6. Watertown to Brownville 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
	Black [NY]	ICS	15,000 CFS	Jim Dobbins
	Black [ny]	Black, Hole Brothers	1800 cfs	simon wiles
	Black [NY]	Black, Jon Runs knife Edge	1800 cfs	simon wiles
	Black River [NY]	Working Out at Hole Brothers	n/a	Shawn Casey
	Black River [NY]	Surfing Hole Brothers	n/a	Neil Cowley
	Black River [NY]	Paradise at Hole Brothers	n/a	Harry A. Marinakis, M.D.
1y183d09h44m	Black [NY]	The Poop Chute	1700 cfs	Matt Muir
2y154d09h44m	Black River [NY]	Stay away from Molly's Crack	1200 cfs	Jim Dobbins
2y182d09h44m	Black [NY]	Molly's Crack	1980 cfs	Matt Muir
3y36d17h44m	Black [NY]	Black River (NY) Map	n/a	Matt Muir
3y80d17h44m	Black [ny]	Inner City Strife 2006	15,000 cfs	Jim Dobbins
3y141d17h44m	Black [ny]	Back surfing on Hole Brothers	n/a	Shawn Duffy
4y258d17h44m	Black [NY]	inner city	12,000 CFS	Michael Klein
6y305d17h44m	Black River [NY]	Hole Bros	2300	Matt Husted
7y163d17h44m	Black River [NY]	Holes Brothers	n/a	Christopher Wagener
8y72d17h44m	Black [NY]	Glen Park Falls	2000 cfs	Matt Muir
8y72d17h44m	Black River [NY]	Knife's Edge on the Black, NY	2000 cfs	Matt Muir
> 10 years	Black [NY]	Knifes Edge 6000 cfs	6000 CFS	Brad Roberts