Gauge Description:

The Matanuska River is gauged at the Glenn Highway Bridge in Palmer. The main channel is usually ice free sometime in mid-May. Normally, it then runs low through about mid-June, and then begins to rise with the warmer weather and longer days. It usually peaks in late-July with glacial flows. It then drops into late-September to mid-October until the ice forms up.

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

MATANUSKA R AT PALMER AK

usgs-15284000

5.00 - 12.00 ft

II+

00h37m

3.95 ft (rc= -0.1 )

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
5.00 -12.00 ft	barely runnable-high runnable	II+

Report - Reports of Matanuska 2. Glacier Park Bridge to Palmer 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
2y270d05h58m	Matanuska2. Glacier Park Bridge to Palmer [AL]	Charlie runs GC	n/a	Adam Goshorn
2y270d06h02m	Matanuska2. Glacier Park Bridge to Palmer [AL]	Johnnies Put In Falls	n/a	Adam Goshorn
6y282d07h06m	Matanuska [AK]	Views from the Mat	n/a	Todd Kelsey
6y283d07h06m	Matanuska [AK]	Mat River Geology	n/a	Todd Kelsey
7y152d07h06m	Matanuska [AK]	Matanuska Camps	n/a	Todd Kelsey