Gauge Description:

There is a hand painted gage on the upstream river left abutment of the Whittier bridge at the takeout. Shown below is a rough correlation between this gage and the USGS gage.

        Rough Correlation between two gauges on Bearcamp River (NH).


 Automatic    Painted
 Gauge:       Gauge:


  S.Tamworth    Whittier
|-----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------


|-----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
  4.8           .5              Very low
|-----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
  5.1           .7
|-----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------


|-----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
  6.0           2.0             High
|-----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------
  8.2           4.5             Very high
|-----------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------

Note: As of Spring 2008 there appears to be a problem with the USGS gage. The external visual gage appears to be reading correctly while the internal electronic gage reads 0.5 feet lower then the external one. Until this is confirmed or corrected paddlers should subject 0.5 feet from internet gage readings when determining river boatability.

Addendum: As of August 2008, the internal and external gages appear to be working correctly.

The Bearcamp drains the southeastern slopes of the White Mountains. It is best run in April through early May.

Gauge correlations for the Bearcamp River Tamworth NH
Date	Time	Visual gauge at take out bridge	Bearcamp USGS	USGS CFS	Bearcamp river level Interpretation
5/14/02	4:00 pm	1.3'	5.67 FS*	753 cfs	medium
8/10/03	1:00 pm	3.0'	7.48 FS*	2920 cfs	High
8/11/03	1:00 pm	1.2'	5.71 FR*	787 cfs	medium

*RR=rising rapidly RS=rising slowly S=steady FR=falling rapidly FS=falling slowly

�River Flow information
Gauge: USGS (Tamworth) Suggested Minimum level: 4.8� / 250cfs
Low: 5.0�/ 325 cfs	Medium: 5.6�/750cfs	High: 6.6�/1500cfs
Waterline: 1-800-452-1737 site code: 335113

BEAR CAMP R NR TAMWORTH, NH [ NH ]

Current Conditions

Stage	Flow	Updated
4.64	197	12/3 3:00

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Level Legend:

Running

Below Minimum Recommended Flow

Above Maximum Recommended Flow

Unknown

Descriptions of reaches with River Name in bold have been verified by a regional StreamTeam member.

State	River Name/Section	Class	Level	Rel. Level	Updated
NH	Bearcamp— Bennett Corner to Whittier	II-IV	4.64 ft	low	12/3 3:00
NH	Wonalancet— Route 113A to Tamworth	III	4.64 ft	low	12/3 3:00

Station Description

AW Gauge ID:	50
USGS Station:	01064801
HUC:	01060002
Latitude:	43.8300
Longitude:	-71.2883
Class:	-1