Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Paddlers generally go by the gauge on the bridge in Albright.

Cheat Albright PS Gauge
Alb. Bridge = (1.55 * Alb. PS) + 0.5

Bridge Level Calculator

Cheat at Albright Gauge & Calculator - Frames

Low 1.25' bridge, High 5' bridge

However, this gauge has been unreliable lately (April, 2009), so we've replaced it with Rowlesburg. Another gauge of interest is Parsons, but it's farther upstream, allow 18 hrs for Parsons flow to reach Albright. Rowlesburg is only 7 hours upstream so is preferable.A graph showing Albright Bridge Vs Rowlesburg Flow is linked here.

Gauge Information

Name Range Updated Level
CHEAT RIVER AT ALBRIGHT, WV
usgs-03070260 0.80 - 3.85 ft 00h37m 1.04 ft (rc= -0.2 )
Gauge has been fixed
RangeWater LevelComment
0.8000-1.5600 barely runnable-perfect runnable Albright Power Station
1.5600-2.3800 med runnable-a bit pushy runnable Albright Power Station
2.3800-3.8500 a bit pushy runnable-high runnable Albright Power Station
CHEAT RIVER AT HWY 50 NEAR ROWLESBURG, WV
usgs-03069870 500 - 10000 cfs 04h38m 821 cfs (rc= -0.1 )

RangeWater LevelComment
500.0000-2000.0000 barely runnable-perfect runnable Rowlesburg Gauge -
2000.0000-4000.0000 med runnable-a bit pushy runnable Rowlesburg Gauge
4000.0000-10000.0000 perfect runnable-high runnable Rowlesburg Gauge

Report - Reports of Cheat 2. (Canyon) Albright to Jenkinsburg Bridge 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 Canyon [WV] BIG Nasty 3 ft Ajay Sapre
Cheat [WV] First descent of drop? If not, then Zone Dogg. Holy steepness!!! Running Doug Smith
Cheat [WV] Cheat Canyon Aerial Photo Map (Large file) n/a Bill Kirby
Cheat [WV] Playing in Big Nasty 2.5 (I think) Jim Dobbins
Cheat Canyon [WV] Coliseum Fun with the Corn 2.9ft Karl & JoAnn Gordon
Cheat [wv] 5.75 ft Jeff Simcoe
Cheat [WV] Wildwater Rodeo 5 ft Colleen Laffey
Cheat Canyon [WV] Coliseum n/a Matt Muir
Cheat [WV] Losing your keys 3' John Alden
4y5d06h36m Cheat Canyon [WV] Upper Coliseum 2.6ft Jonathan Mayhew
4y157d06h36m Cheat Canyon [WV] Glenn Miller Shuttle n/a dave whittaker
4y183d06h36m Cheat [WV] Cheat Canyon Map n/a Matt Muir
4y189d06h36m Cheat [WV] Big Nasty in a Duckie - Yes Kurt's Still in the duckie 2.5' at put in Kurt Williams
5y171d06h36m Cheat [WV] When "Big Nasty" at "Beast Level" Chews You Up and Spits You Out 5.75 & rising Kurt Williams
5y171d06h36m Cheat [WV] Why called "The Beast of The East" river and "Big Nasty Rapids" 5.75ft & rising Kurt Williams
5y227d06h36m Cheat [WV] The Legend n/a Jeff Macklin
6y63d06h36m Cheat [WV] DUCK!! n/a Jeff Macklin
6y85d06h36m Cheat Canyon [WV] Pete Morgan Rapid 2.0 John A. Kobak
6y192d06h36m Cheat River [WV] (Pre-Cheat Race) KSU Asshauler Kayak 2354 Michelle Wojnar
8y112d06h36m Cheat Canyon [WV] Typewriter! 2.6 ft Matt Muir

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