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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

The gauge is visual, there is a painted board located at the Big South Campground (the takeout). It was washed away in 2003 and replaced and needs to be recalibrated. Until then a good guess is that below 2' is low, 2' to 3' is medium, and above 3' is high.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
LA POUDRE PASS CREEK BELOW LONG DRAW RESERVIOR
codwr-LAPLODCO0 350 - 950 cfs V+ 01h12m 214 cfs (too low)
Releases from Long Draw add to native flows in the Poudre below Poudre Lake.
RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
350 - 950 cfs barely runnable-high runnable V+

Report - Reports of Cache La Poudre 01. Long Draw Reservoir to Big South Campground 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
Cache la Poudre River [Co] Double Trouble low Brian Adkins
308d01h39m @Cache La Poudre 01. Long Draw Reservoir to Big South Campground [CO] double trouble low runnable level Jordan Troiani