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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

The gauge is located about 40 miles downstream at the town of Calder. Several major tributaries dump into the Joe below Tumbledown and above Calder so flows are quite a bit less than what the gauge indicates. Tumbledown can be run down to a bare minimum of about 900 cfs for a creek run. Peak flows can be as high as 14,000 cfs in years with good snow pack. Excellent predictive flows are avaialable from the NOAA Northwest Rivers Forecast Center.

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

ST JOE RIVER AT CALDER ID

usgs-12414500

800 - 10000 cfs

III-IV

30d17h16m

254 cfs (rc= -0.7 )

Too Low.

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
0 - 800 cfs	extremely Low-barely Low	III-IV	Too Low.
800 -2000 cfs	barely runnable-perfect runnable	III-IV	Low and technical at 800, getting better at 2000
2000 -4500 cfs	med runnable-a bit pushy runnable	III-IV	Sweet spot is around 3,500 CFS
4500 -10000 cfs	a bit pushy runnable-high runnable	III-IV	Starts to feel big at around 5,000, getting huge around 10,000
10000 -30000 cfs	barely High-extremely High	III-IV	Probably getting too high at this level.

Report - Reports of St. Joe 3. Tumbledown: Conrad Crossing to Bluff Creek 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
	St. Joe [ID]	Tumbledown Map	n/a	Todd Hoffman
7y243d10h44m	St. Joe [ID]	Rapid Leading into Tumble Down Falls	5,500 CFS	Todd Hoffman