Gauge Description:

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Low: 700 - 1100
Optimal: 1100 - 1900
High: 1900 - 2800

Local experts run it much higher. Doug Ammons, Greg Moore and Tony Brennan did it once around 7000 cfs.

Was run at over 8,000 cfs in Spring of 2010.

Safety Note
Above 2,800 cfs the water is typically much colder, rapids longer, and eddies are smaller.

Gauge Information

Name

Range

Difficulty

Updated

Level

NF PAYETTE RIVER NR BANKS ID

usgs-13246000

0 - unknown cfs

00h38m

314 cfs (rc= 0.0 )

North Fork at Otter Slide Rapid

Range	Water Level	Difficulty	Comment
0 - unknown cfs	barely runnable-high runnable	V

Report - Reports of Payette, N. Fork 4. Smiths Ferry to Banks 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
	North Fork Payette [ID]	Jakes	1750	Brian Mattingly
7y193d11h36m	Payette [ID]	Troy below Otter's Run - Payette	2050	Gary Wilson
9y245d11h36m	Payette, N. Fk. [ID]	Little head in Chaos	1600	Stephen Strange