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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Elf runs down to around 4.3 have been reported. Some rapids (including Wonder) may have different lines when run this low.

USGS Gauge

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

BIG SANDY CREEK AT ROCKVILLE, WV

usgs-03070500

5.00 - 7.30 ft

III-IV(V+)

01h15m

4.06 ft (rc= -1.9 )

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
5.00 -5.50 ft	barely runnable-perfect runnable	IV-V	Low but paddleable
5.60 -6.50 ft	med runnable-a bit pushy runnable	IV-V	Good range for all
6.60 -7.30 ft	a bit pushy runnable-high runnable	III-IV(V+)	Experienced group advised

Report - Reports of Big Sandy Creek 3. Rockville to Jenkinsburg Bridge (Cheat River) 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 SANDY CREEK AT ROCKVILLE, WV [WV]	Kathrin at second rapid below Big Splat	5.7 ft	Jeff Macklin
	Big Sandy Creek [WV]	Sunrise over the big sandy,wv	700 cfs	Will Sharp
	Big Sandy Creek [WV]	Splat	5.7ish	Jay Seiler
	Big Sandy Creek [WV]	Splat	??	Doug Smith
	Big Sandy [WV]	Striding Wonder Falls	n/a	Doug Smith
	Big Sandy [WV]	Ed Gertler, Jack Wright, and Tom Irwin at Rockville, May 1973	n/a	Bill Kirby
	Big Sandy [WV]	Jiven down Wonder	5.8'	John A. Kobak
	Big Sandy Creek [WV]	Splat!	5.8 ft	Matt Muir
	Big Sandy Creek [WV]	Spawning Ratt	n/a	Matt Muir
	Big Sandy Creek [WV]	Low Water Wonder	5'-1	Paul Michael
	Lower Big Sandy [WV]	Splat	5.5'	Paul Michael
	Big Sandy [WV]	First Island Drop	700 cfs	Thomas O'Keefe
	Big Sandy/Little Sandy/Yough [WV]	Gradient: Big and Little Sandy vs. Top and Upper Yough	n/a	Matt Muir
	Big Sandy Creek [WV]	Sweat Boof !	5.5-5.7	n/a
1y119d21h15m	Big Sandy [WV]	Super clean line at Big Splat	5.4	Ben Durrant
1y358d20h15m	Lower Big Sandy [WV]	Charlie Walbridge below Big Splat	5.5	Jeff Macklin
1y358d20h15m	Lower Big Sandy [WV]	Matt Pascal after Wonder Falls	5.5	n/a
2y23d21h15m	LBS [WV]	Big Sandy Map	Normal	Jason Hilton
2y101d21h15m	Big Sandy Creek [WV]	1st island	5.5-5.7	n/a
2y103d21h15m	Wonder Falls [WV]	Wonder Falls	5.3ft	Jeffry Kahn

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