Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

River is friendly at levels below 4 feet. Difficulty picks up above 4. Advanced and Intermediate boaters with good rolls are comfortable at higher flows. The minimum of 2.2 represents very low flow that only occurs after a prolonged dry period.

Highest known run is 19.3 feet or so.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
POTOMAC RIVER NEAR WASH, DC LITTLE FALLS PUMP STA
usgs-01646500 2.20 - 7.00 ft I-IV 00h53m 4.96 ft (rc= 0.6 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
2.20 -7.00 ft barely runnable-high runnable I-IV

Report - Reports of Potomac 4. Mather Gorge to Lock 10 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
Potomac [MD] Potomac Gorge Map - Calico (large file) n/a Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] Potomac Gorge Map - Index (large file) n/a Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] S-Turn Slalom ca 1979 Aroun 7 ft Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] Old School Swiftwater Rescue n/a Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] 2007 Attainment Race n/a Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] 2004: The Year Of Rocky 4 ft. Mark Anderson
79d15h51m /POTOMAC RIVER NEAR WASH, DC LITTLE FALLS PUMP STA [MD] Account of 09/27/09 0.00 ft n/a
79d15h53m /POTOMAC RIVER NEAR WASH, DC LITTLE FALLS PUMP STA [MD] Account of 09/27/09 0 cfs n/a
1y209d08h37m Potomac [MD] Rodeo Zone 5.6'/31,000 cfs Thomas O'Keefe
2y239d16h37m Potomac [MD] Got bugs? 5.4 Bill Kirby
2y344d16h37m Potomac [MD] Rocky Island surfing & video link 4.3? E. Jacob Hayes
3y42d15h37m Potomac [MD] Mather Gorge, Barb Brown 23,100 cfs Thomas O'Keefe
3y46d16h37m Potomac [MD] Offut waves 4.3 E. Jacob Hayes
3y321d16h37m Potomac [MD] Rocky - from eddy 4.5 Roger Jordan
3y335d16h37m Potomac [MD] Rocky Island, Middle Channel boof 5.1' John Alden
4y97d16h37m Potomac [MD] The View from Horseshoe Waves 2.67 Bill Kirby
4y313d16h37m Potomac [MD] Rocky Island surfing 3.95 John Alden
5y135d16h37m Potomac [MD] Yellow Falls 4.3 Chris Brock
5y135d16h37m Potomac4. Mather Gorge to Lock 10 [MD] Yellow Falls 4.3 Chris Brock
5y214d16h37m Potomac [MD] Look ma no brains 4.0' Peter Bross

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