Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
MANITOWOC RIVER AT MANITOWOC, WI
usgs-04085427 800 - 4000 cfs I-II(III) 01h05m ~ 494 cfs (too low)
gauge class Likely too low for enjoyable whitewater (Possibly 0-150 cfs in W.Twin). Lower reach OK as a float trip.
Manitowoc River (7.5 mi. SSE) is secondary reference. Based on relative drainage, flow here may be ~0.25*gauge. (Primary reference is the Kewaunee River.)
gauge graph
RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
0 - 600 cfs extremely Low-somewhat Low I-II(III) gauge is important or has warning Likely too low for enjoyable whitewater (Possibly 0-150 cfs in W.Twin). Lower reach OK as a float trip.
600 - 800 cfs somewhat Low-barely Low I(II) gauge is important or has warning Likely a scrape-down level (Possibly 150-200 cfs in W.Twin). Could be done, but won't be fun.
800 -1200 cfs barely runnable-med runnable I-II gauge is important or has warning Likely low-boatable. (Possibly 200-300 cfs in W.Twin) (Correlation not assured.)
1200 -1600 cfs barely runnable-med runnable I-II(III) gauge is important or has warning Likely low/moderate. (Possibly 300-400 cfs in W.Twin) (Correlation not assured.)
1600 -2000 cfs med runnable-a bit pushy runnable I-II(III) gauge is important or has warning Likely moderate level. (Possibly 400-500 cfs in W.Twin) (Correlation not assured.)
2000 -3000 cfs med runnable-a bit pushy runnable I-II+(III) gauge is important or has warning Likely moderate/high-moderate. (Possibly 500-750 cfs in W.Twin) (Correlation not assured.)
3000 -4000 cfs a bit pushy runnable-high runnable I-II(III) gauge is important or has warning Likely a bit 'juicy' (Possibly 750-1000 cfs in W.Twin) (Correlation not assured.)
4000 -6000 cfs somewhat High-somewhat High II-III+ gauge is important or has warning Likely 'meaty' flows. (Possibly 1000-1500 cfs in W.Twin) (Correlation not assured.)
6000 -9999 cfs somewhat High-extremely High II-III+ gauge is important or has warning Almost certainly VERY 'meaty' flow (perhaps 1500+ cfs in W.Twin) (Correlation not assured.)
KEWAUNEE RIVER NEAR KEWAUNEE, WI
usgs-04085200 200 - 2000 cfs I(II) 01h05m ~ 179 cfs (too low)
gauge class Likely under 112 cfs at put-in -- a scrape down level. (Could be done, but won't be fun.)
Kewaunee River (18 mi.NNE) is primary reference. Flow at put-in may be 0.56*Kewaunee. (Possible secondary reference is the Manitowoc River.)
gauge graph
RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
0 - 150 cfs extremely Low-somewhat Low I-II(III) gauge is important or has warning Likely too low for enjoyable whitewater. Lower reach OK as a float trip.
150 - 200 cfs somewhat Low-barely Low I(II) gauge is important or has warning Likely under 112 cfs at put-in -- a scrape down level. (Could be done, but won't be fun.)
200 - 300 cfs barely runnable-med runnable I(II) gauge is important or has warning Possibly 112-170 cfs at put-in. Likely low-boatable. (Correlation not assured.)
300 - 500 cfs barely runnable-med runnable I-II(III) gauge is important or has warning Possibly 170-280 at put-in. Likely low-to-low-moderate level. (Correlation not assured.)
500 - 750 cfs med runnable-a bit pushy runnable I-II+(III) gauge is important or has warning Possibly 280-420 at put-in. Likely moderate-to-high-moderate level. (Correlation not assured.)
750 -1000 cfs med runnable-a bit pushy runnable II-III gauge is important or has warning Possibly 420-560 at put-in. Likely high-moderate to high. (Correlation not assured.)
1000 -1500 cfs a bit pushy runnable-high runnable II-III+ gauge is important or has warning Possibly 560-840 cfs at put-in. Likely 'meaty' flows. (Correlation not assured.)
1500 -2000 cfs a bit pushy runnable-high runnable II-III+ gauge is important or has warning Possibly 840-1120 cfs at put-in. Likely very high flows. (Correlation not assured.)
2000 -9999 cfs barely High-extremely High II-III+ gauge is important or has warning Likely over 1120 cfs at put-in. Likely VERY 'meaty' flow. (Correlation not assured.)

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