Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

300 cfs is what most paddlers might call a minimum. If you were really jonesing for a Flint run, you could bounce down at 200 cfs.

The linked USGS gage appears to be a new phenomenon. (Note: many of these new gages are the direct result of American Whitewater's close alliance with the USGS, through its officers and advocates and through the StreamKeeper Project. You are a member...aren't you?)

There is a hand-painted gauge on the Eagle Street bridge in Phelps (see description below). Consider the creek runnable when there is enough water to run Old Mill Falls in downtown Phelps (about 3.5 feet or higher on the gauge).
Class III- @ 3.0 at the bridge (~2.3', 170 cfs USGS)
Class III @ 4.0 at the bridge (~3.2', 450 cfs USGS)
Class IV- @ 4.5 (~3.8', 1100 cfs USGS)
Class IV @ 5.0 at the bridge (~4.2', 1800 cfs USGS)
Class IV+ @ 5.5

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
FLINT CREEK AT PHELPS NY
usgs-04235250 250 - 1500 cfs II-III+(IV) 00h29m 82 cfs (rc= -0.7 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
0 - 250 cfs extremely Low-barely Low II-III+(IV)
250 - 500 cfs barely runnable-med runnable II-III+(IV)
500 -1100 cfs med runnable-a bit pushy runnable II-III+(IV)
1100 -1500 cfs a bit pushy runnable-high runnable II-III+(IV)
1500 -3000 cfs barely High-extremely High II-III+(IV) Around 1500 cfs, the bridge after Double Drop becomes a mandatory portage.

Report - Reports of Flint Creek Orleans to Phelps 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
283d12h50m /Flint Creek-Phelps Run [NY] VIrgin Run 0 cfs Tom Wagner
292d20h57m @Flint Creek Orleans to Phelps [NY] Takin' the Plunge 610 cfs Tom Wagner
292d22h42m @Flint Creek Orleans to Phelps [NY] Virgin!! 610 cfs Tom Wagner
1y323d15h27m @Flint Creek Orleans to Phelps [NY] Hans in Trippple Drop a good level Matt Muir
1y323d15h57m @Flint Creek Orleans to Phelps [NY] Playing in the Low-bridge Hole a good level Matt Muir
1y323d16h27m @Flint Creek Orleans to Phelps [NY] Shroo Hole a good level Matt Muir
1y333d21h27m @Flint Creek Orleans to Phelps [NY] Right Side of Old Mill Falls high runnable Matt Muir
2y6d13h03m Phelps, NY [NY] Mill Falls a good level Harry A. Marinakis, M.D.
2y11d09h27m @Flint Creek Orleans to Phelps [NY] Air Time at Old Mill Falls n/a Harry A. Marinakis, M.D.
2y11d09h51m @Flint Creek Orleans to Phelps [NY] Cement Factory n/a Harry A. Marinakis, M.D.
3y45d09h27m Flint Creek [NY] Low Bridge! Everybody down! 1600 cfs Matt Muir
6y312d18h27m Flint Creek [NY] Strainer as of 280cfs Eric Fleming
6y317d18h27m Flint Creek [NY] Flint Creek Map n/a Matt Muir
6y322d18h27m Flint Creek [NY] Double Drop n/a Matt Muir
7y262d18h27m Flint Creek [NY] Double Drop 650 cfs Matt Muir