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information on rapids and ratings.
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interpret the reading. Readings may be delayed, come from bad sources, or have other miscalculations.
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CFS, Stage (ft), in/hr for rain, and r.c. meaning no direct flow, but 0.0-1.0 is boatable.
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tilde (~) indicates that this is a stand-in for the real flow, or the flow is delayed, an explination mark (!)
indicates there is a warning associated with the flow.
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recommended range. This column is used when color is not visible or obvious (mobile phones, or color blind people).
The first letter is L,R, or H for Low, Runnable and High. The second number is 0-9 where 0 is bottom end
and 9 is top end. Therefore, "R0" is low, "R5" is medium, "R9" is upper high.
If you see a river that is "H0" and coming down, maybe it will run tomorrow. Sort the list
by r.c. to find rivers that are in the ideal range in your area.
Trend gives information on how quickly a level is rising or dropping using r1-r2/(t1-t2) using the last readings gathered.
Readings may be spaced hours apart and may miss local spikes. Be careful when using these.
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River Name/Section |
Class |
Level |
running? |
Updated |
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Abram Creek
[WV]
|
II-IV |
53 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Accotink Creek
[VA]
|
I-II |
5 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Anacostia, Northwest Branch
[MD]
|
I-III(V+) |
13 cfs
|
L1- Below Recom.
|
01h59m |
|
|
|
Anacostia
[DC]
|
I |
n/a
|
|
|
|
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Antietam Creek, E. Branch
[PA]
|
I-IV |
44 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Antietam Creek
[MD]
|
I-II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Antietam Creek
[MD]
|
I-II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Aquia Creek
[VA]
|
II |
14 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Back Creek (Potomac trib)
[VA]
|
II-III |
5 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Back Creek (Potomac trib)
[VA]
|
I |
92 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Back Creek (South R. trib)
[VA]
|
II-III |
448 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Back Creek
[WV]
|
II(III) |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beaver Creek
[MD]
|
I(II) |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bennett Creek
[MD]
|
I-II |
44 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Big Cove Creek
[PA]
|
I-III |
2 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
37h58m |
|
|
|
Big Run
[WV]
|
II+ |
4.89 ft
|
L1- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Briery Branch
[VA]
|
I-III |
61 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Broad Run
[VA]
|
III-IV |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broad Run
[VA]
|
I-II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broad Run
[VA]
|
I-II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brush Creek
[PA]
|
II-III |
137 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
03h14m |
|
|
|
Cabin John Creek
[MD]
|
II-III |
52 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
00h27m |
|
|
|
Cacapon
[WV]
|
II |
3.02 ft
|
R3- Runnable
|
01h44m |
|
|
|
Catoctin Creek
[VA]
|
II |
1.76 ft
|
L6- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Catoctin Creek
[MD]
|
I-II |
1.80 ft
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Cedar Creek
[VA]
|
II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cedar Creek
[VA]
|
I-II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crabtree Creek
[MD]
|
III-IV+ |
27 cfs
|
L2- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Cub Run
[VA]
|
I-III |
3.24 ft
|
L5- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Dead Run
[VA]
|
V |
7 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
00h49m |
|
|
|
Difficult Creek
[WV]
|
IV-V |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Difficult Run
[VA]
|
III-IV(V+) |
24 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Dry
[VA]
|
II-III |
61 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Dry
[VA]
|
I-III |
61 cfs
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Evitts Creek
[MD]
|
I-III |
2.25 ft
|
L5- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Fifteen Mile Creek
[MD]
|
I-II(III) |
1.03 ft
|
L6- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Flintstone Creek
[MD]
|
I-III |
39 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Four Mile Run
[VA]
|
III |
7 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h49m |
|
|
|
Georges Creek
[MD]
|
III-IV |
3.29 ft
|
L5- Below Recom.
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Gooney Run
[VA]
|
III-IV+ |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goose Creek
[VA]
|
I-II(III) |
1.90 ft
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Happy Creek
[VA]
|
III+(IV) |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hunting Creek
[MD]
|
III-IV+(V) |
29 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Jennings Branch
[VA]
|
I-III |
61 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Jennings Run
[MD]
|
III+ |
137 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
03h14m |
|
|
|
Laurel Fork
[VA]
|
II-III+ |
2.69 ft
|
L5- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Laurel Run
[MD]
|
IV |
2.37 ft
|
L0- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Licking Creek
[PA]
|
I-II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Little (North R. trib)
[VA]
|
III |
61 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Little Seneca Creek
[MD]
|
II(III) |
118 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Little Wills Creek
[PA]
|
I-II |
137 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
03h14m |
|
|
|
Lost
[WV]
|
I-II |
1.74 ft
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Lost
[WV]
|
II-III(IV) |
1.74 ft
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Lunice Creek, North Fork
[WV]
|
I-III |
70 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Lunice Creek
[WV]
|
I-II |
70 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Marsh Creek
[PA]
|
II-III |
2.80 ft
|
L5- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Middle Creek (Toms Creek trib.)
[PA]
|
II+ |
108 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Middle creek
[MD]
|
II-III(V) |
1.80 ft
|
L6- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Middle
[VA]
|
I-II |
3.17 ft
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Mill Creek (Shenandoah trib)
[VA]
|
I-III(V) |
168 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
New Creek
[WV]
|
I-II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
North River
[WV]
|
II-IV |
70 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
North
[VA]
|
II-IV |
61 cfs
|
L6- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Owens Creek
[MD]
|
II-IV |
29 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Owens Creek
[MD]
|
I-II |
29 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Passage Creek
[VA]
|
II-III |
34 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Passage Creek
[VA]
|
I-II |
34 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Patterson Creek, North Fork
[WV]
|
II-III(IV) |
3.27 ft
|
L2- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Pimmit Run
[VA]
|
II-III |
7 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
00h49m |
|
|
|
Pimmit Run
[VA]
|
IV(V) |
7 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h49m |
|
|
|
Pohick Creek
[VA]
|
II-III+ |
5 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Potomac, Brushy Fork of the S. Fk. of the S. Br.
[WV]
|
II |
46.94 ft
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
01h44m |
|
|
|
Potomac, Laurel Fork of North Fork of South Branch
[WV]
|
II-III+ |
4.89 ft
|
L0- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Branch
[WV]
|
I-III |
2.37 ft
|
L0- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Branch
[MD]
|
III-IV |
2.37 ft
|
L4- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Branch
[WV]
|
II-III |
2.37 ft
|
L5- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Branch
[WV]
|
II-III |
148 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Branch
[MD]
|
I-II |
226 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Fork of South Branch
[WV]
|
II-III |
4.89 ft
|
L0- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Fork of South Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.89 ft
|
L3- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Fork of South Branch
[WV]
|
I-II(III) |
4.89 ft
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Fork of South Branch
[WV]
|
I-III |
4.89 ft
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Fork of South Branch
[WV]
|
II-III |
4.89 ft
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, North Fork of South Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.89 ft
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
2.69 ft
|
L4- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
2.69 ft
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
2.69 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-III+ |
2.69 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II(III) |
2.69 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.60 ft
|
R4- Runnable
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Branch
[WV]
|
I-II |
3.09 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Fk. of the S. Br.
[VA]
|
II |
1.74 ft
|
L3- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Fk. of the S. Br.
[WV]
|
II |
1.74 ft
|
L3- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Fk. of the S. Br.
[WV]
|
I-II |
1.74 ft
|
L4- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S. Fk. of the S. Br.
[WV]
|
I-II |
1.74 ft
|
L6- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S.Fk. of the S.Br.
[WV]
|
II-IV |
1.74 ft
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S.Fk. of the S.Br.
[WV]
|
I-II(III) |
3.02 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h44m |
|
|
|
Potomac, S.Fk. of the S.Br.
[WV]
|
I-II |
3.02 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
01h44m |
|
|
|
Potomac, South Branch
[VA]
|
I-II |
2.69 ft
|
L4- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
I-II |
4.98 ft
|
R4- Runnable
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
I-II |
3.78 ft
|
R3- Runnable
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
I-IV |
3.78 ft
|
R2- Lower Runnable
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
I |
3.78 ft
|
R1- Lower Runnable
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[MD]
|
II-III(IV) |
3.78 ft
|
R8- Upper Runnable
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Potomac
[WV]
|
II+ |
4.98 ft
|
R4- Runnable
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Quantico Creek, S. Branch
[VA]
|
I-III |
1.56 ft
|
L2- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Quantico Creek
[VA]
|
II-III |
2.12 ft
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h59m |
|
|
|
Rock Creek
[MD]
|
I(II) |
52 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h27m |
|
|
|
Rock Creek
[MD]
|
I-III |
52 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h27m |
|
|
|
Rock Creek
[DC]
|
II-III(IV) |
52 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
00h27m |
|
|
|
Savage
[MD]
|
II(IV) |
27 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Savage
[MD]
|
III-IV |
83 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Scott Run
[VA]
|
II-IV(V+) |
7 cfs
|
L1- Below Recom.
|
00h49m |
|
|
|
Seneca Creek
[WV]
|
IV-V+ |
342 cfs
|
L6- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Seneca Creek
[WV]
|
III |
4.89 ft
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Shenandoah, N. Fork
[VA]
|
I-III |
3.17 ft
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Shenandoah, S. Fork
[VA]
|
I-II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shenandoah, S. Fork
[VA]
|
I-II |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shenandoah
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.24 ft
|
R7- Upper Runnable
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Shenandoah
[WV]
|
I-II |
4.24 ft
|
R7- Upper Runnable
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Shenandoah
[WV]
|
II-III |
4.24 ft
|
R5- Runnable
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Shenandoah
[VA]
|
I(II) |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sideling Hill Creek
[MD]
|
I-II |
1.03 ft
|
L5- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Sleepy Creek, Meadow Branch
[WV]
|
II-V |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sleepy Creek
[WV]
|
I-II(III) |
92 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Sleepy Creek
[WV]
|
I-II |
92 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
South (Shenandoah tributary)
[VA]
|
I-II |
3.46 ft
|
R0- Lower Runnable
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Spout Run
[VA]
|
V |
7 cfs
|
L7- Below Recom.
|
00h49m |
|
|
|
Stony Creek (NF Shenandoah trib)
[VA]
|
II+ |
3.17 ft
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
01h29m |
|
|
|
Stony River
[WV]
|
III+ |
53 cfs
|
L6- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Stony River
[WV]
|
III-IV |
53 cfs
|
L2- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Tearcoat Creek
[WV]
|
II-III |
2.57 ft
|
L1- Below Recom.
|
01h44m |
|
|
|
Thorn/Whitethorn Creek
[WV]
|
II-III(IV) |
207 cfs
|
L8- Below Recom.
|
02h14m |
|
|
|
Town Creek
[PA]
|
I-II |
2.25 ft
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Town Creek
[MD]
|
I |
39 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
01h14m |
|
|
|
Trout Run
[WV]
|
II-IV |
12 cfs
|
L3- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
Waites Run
[WV]
|
II-IV |
12 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
00h42m |
|
|
|
White's Run
[WV]
|
IV |
n/a
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wills Creek
[MD]
|
I-II |
137 cfs
|
L9- Below Recom.
|
03h14m |
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Wills Creek
[PA]
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III-IV(V) |
1.90 ft
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L8- Below Recom.
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03h14m |
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Windy Run
[VA]
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V+ |
7 cfs
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L5- Below Recom.
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00h49m |
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