Gauge Description:

This gauge is located well downstream of the run and especially in early season a considerable amount of the reported flow can be from side creeks downstream of the crux of Giant Gap. By April-June with drier weather most flow reported will be passing through Giant Gap from high elevation snow melt from slopes behind Squaw Valley and Sugar Bowl. Lower flows are still fun in the harder rapids in Giant Gap but make for a long paddle out at the end of the day. Higher flows make Locomotive falls a more serious proposition and lost equipment in the early walled out gorge sections could be a real disaster.

NF American R at NF Dam [ CA ]

Current Conditions Stage Flow Updated 0.33 42 10/7 19:15 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
CA	American, N. Fork— 1. Generation Gap: Tadpole Creek to Euchre Bar	IV-V	42 cfs	low	10/7 19:15
CA	American, N. Fork— 2. Giant Gap: Euchre Bar to Colfax-Iowa Hill Road	IV-V	42 cfs	low	10/7 19:15
CA	American, N. Fork— 3. Chamberlain Falls: Colfax-Iowa Hill Road to Yankee Jims Road	IV	42 cfs	low	10/7 19:15
CA	American, N. Fork— 4. Shirtail Run: Yankee Jims Road Bridge to Ponderosa Way Bridge	II-III	42 cfs	low	10/7 19:15

Station Description

AW Gauge ID:	4688
USGS Station:	11427000
HUC:	18020128
Latitude:	38.9361
Longitude:	-121.0228
Class:	-1