Gauge Description:

There are two gauges for the Lochsa. The more commonly refered to gauge is the boaters gauge on the bridge near Lowell. If you hear some one give a Lochsa reading in feet, this is the gauge they are refering to. Online readings for the bridge gauge are not available. However, there is an online USGS gauge for the Lochsa that reports both flow in CFS and stage in feet. Do not confuse the readings from the bridge gauge with the stage readings from the online gauge. This link provides a correlation of the bridge gauge in feet to flow in CFS from the USGS gauge. Predictive flows are available from the Northwest Rivers Forecast Center using data taken from the USGS gauge.