Gauge Description:

The Smith is generally a spring runoff river normally run in late March and early April. It occasionally comes up in late spring and early summer after heavy rains. There is a hand painted gage river left on the upstream abutment at the Cass Mill road bridge just below Ray's rapid. There has been bridge reconstruction recently so the old gage was destroyed and a new paddlers gage was painted on the new abutement. Currently boulders are pilled up in front of the gage making it difficult to read. The USGS gage is currently the best resource for levels on this river. A gage correlation between the new USGS gage and the old hand painted gage is shown below. Thanks to Tim Driscoll for this information.

Automatic           Painted
 Gauge:              Gauge: 
Bristol	    CFS    Cass Mill Rd       Interpretation
	 
|--------|--------|-----------------|---------------|
  4.0       388         -.1              Minimum
  4.1       423          0.0             Very Low
  4.15      441         .1
  4.2       460         .2           |---------------|
  4.25      480         .3
  4.3       500         .4                 Low
  4.35      520         .5
  4.4       540         .6
  4.45      561         .7           |---------------|
  4.5       581         .8
  4.6       623         .9
  4.7       666         1.0               Medium
  4.8       710         1.1
  4.9       755         1.2
  5.0       799         1.3          |---------------|
  5.1       844         1.4                High
  5.3       940         1.5
  5.5       1030        1.6
  5.6       1080        1.7          |---------------|
  5.8       1190        1.8               Very high
  5.9                   1.9
                        2.0
                        2.1
                        2.2
                        2.3
  6.0                   2.4
  6.02                  2.5

Note: Some people do run the river all the way down to 3.75'

Hazard alert

Posted by Tom Christopher 10/21/06

Ran the Smith today. Watch out for two strainers. One extending from river right halfway across the stream just below the bridge at the put in. A second smaller log extends from river left just below the first. There are other smaller limbs in the center of the channel in several other areas.

SMITH R NR BRISTOL, NH [ NH ]

Current Conditions Stage Flow Updated 2.45 71 10/11 2:30 Station Graphs

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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	Fowler— Alexandria	V	2.45	low	10/11 2:30
NH	Smith— Route 104 to Bristol	IV	2.45 ft	low	10/11 2:30

Station Description

AW Gauge ID:	60
USGS Station:	01078000
HUC:	01070001
Latitude:	43.5678
Longitude:	-71.7483
Class:	6