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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Also see the Cheat gage at the Albright PS. Min level for this gage is about 0.5', corresponding to 0.9' at the Bridge.
The NWS sets flood stage at 16' for the Parsons gauge

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
CHEAT RIVER NEAR PARSONS, WV
usgs-03069500 500 - 10000 cfs II-III 01h23m 6320 cfs (rc= 0.6 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
0 - 500 cfs extremely Low-barely Low II-III
500 -10000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable II-III

Report - Reports of Cheat 1. (Narrows) Below Rowlesburg to above Albright Power Dam 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
Cheat [WV] Carnage 1500cfs Brian McConnell
Cheat Narrows [WV] O Calamity 5.2 ft Ajay Sapre
Cheat Narrows [WV] Surfing Rockinghorse n/a Patricia Hachick
Cheat [WV] calamity low Jesse Sweat
Cheat [WV] calamity low Jesse Sweat
Cheat [WV] Calamity Rock low summer lvl Jesse Sweat
Cheat River [WV] Calamity Rapids W.V. at 1.5ft 1.5ft Derek DiMedio
53d20h28m /CHEAT RIVER NEAR PARSONS, WV [WV] Account of 10/16/09 4.50 ft Kevin Schultze
3y147d18h22m Cheat [WV] Brian at Calamity around 4.5' Dave Jackson
3y166d18h22m Cheat [WV] Calamity-2 1.5 ft at Bridge Patricia Hachick
3y182d18h22m Cheat [WV] Calamity-4 6.37, 1190cfs Patricia Hachick
3y182d18h22m Cheat [WV] Wind Rapid 6.37, 1190cfs Patricia Hachick
3y216d18h22m Cheat - Narrows Section [WV] Cave Rapid at 0.55 (Albright Gauge) and 650 CFS Rowlesburg Gauge 0.55ft (Albright) Steve Kreim
5y145d18h22m Cheat River [WV] Open Boating at Ol' Calamity 3.3' Jason Specht
6y167d18h22m Cheat [WV] Calamity-1 1.5 ft at Bridge Patricia Hachick
7y220d18h22m Cheat [WV] Calamity Rock 5+ Cheat Fest 02' Level 5+? Walt Shank
8y219d18h22m Cheat Narrows Rowlesburg-Albright [WV] Calamity Rock at 0.7ft (Albright Gauge) 0.7ft (Albright) Steve Kreim