Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
LAMPREY RIVER NEAR NEWMARKET, NH
usgs-01073500 250 - 2400 cfs III+ 01h14m ~ 1020 cfs (running)
gauge class Hole at the top becomes a nice big pillow. A good sized wave train through the bridge. Eddies are hard to catch. 1000 cfs moving through a 20 foot wide channel
Gauge is located a few miles downstream but there are few tributaries of consequence so the correlation should be pretty accurate.
gauge graph
RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
250 - 450 cfs barely runnable-perfect runnable II(III) gauge is important or has warning Hole at the top is more of a pourover. A small wavetrain through the bridge. Eddies are easy to catch. Small surf diagonal in the middle of the run. Bony runou
451 - 849 cfs med runnable-a bit pushy runnable III gauge is important or has warning Hole at the top becomes surfable but sticky! A small wavetrain through the bridge. Eddies are easy to catch. Medium surf diagonal in the middle of the run. Boo
850 -1100 cfs med runnable-a bit pushy runnable III+ gauge is important or has warning Hole at the top becomes a nice big pillow. A good sized wave train through the bridge. Eddies are hard to catch. 1000 cfs moving through a 20 foot wide channel
1100 -2400 cfs a bit pushy runnable-high runnable III-IV gauge is important or has warning Hole at the top turns into a giant wave Wavetrain through the bridge is big! Eddies are gone The diagonal at the bottom turns into a V wave and is bigger than

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