Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Also check out the Roosevelt gage for conditions near the takeout.

Flows: The “Salt Season” occurs when the snow melts in the White Mountains of southeastern Arizona, usually beginning in March and ending in May. Sometimes good flows occur in February or last until June, but this only happens every 10 years or so. Adequate flows may also occur during Monsoon Season in July and August. For kayakers who just want to go downstream, 300 CFS is a minimum. For surfathon fun, 800 is a bare minimum, and 2,000-3,000 is optimal. For gear-hauling rafts, a minimum flow is 1,200. The river has been run up to 28,000 cfs in 2 days but most sane boaters make 10K a cut off.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
SALT RIVER NEAR CHRYSOTILE, AZ.
usgs-09497500 800 - 10000 cfs II-IV 00h28m 245 cfs (rc= -0.1 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
800 -10000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable II-IV

Report - Reports of Salt 2 - US 60 to Hwy 288 above Roosevelt Reservoir and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
Salt River [AZ] Salt River Arizona n/a will reeves
Salt [AZ] How to use a groover n/a will reeves
1y152d14h39m /Salt-2 - US 60 to Hwy 288 above Roosevelt Reservoir [AZ] Holey Moley 0 cfs Eric Rudolph
1y312d06h19m /Salt-2 - US 60 to Hwy 288 above Roosevelt Reservoir [AZ] Account of 01/02/11 0 cfs DAVID JAQUETTE
1y312d06h20m /Salt-2 - US 60 to Hwy 288 above Roosevelt Reservoir [AZ] Account of 01/02/11 0.00 ft DAVID JAQUETTE
1y340d02h57m @Salt 2 - US 60 to Hwy 288 above Roosevelt Reservoir [AZ] The Salt! high runnable Stuart Perillo
1y340d14h57m @Salt 2 - US 60 to Hwy 288 above Roosevelt Reservoir [AZ] Stuart Perillo high runnable Stuart Perillo