Gauge Description:
The Gauge for this section is located about 50 yards downstream of the bridge on Falls Road. The gauge is located on the river left side on the downstream face of a large rock. The gauge can be easily read from a trail on river right.
I know people that have run it as low as 0.5 feet and I have run it as high as 5.4 feet. Because the flow is controlled by Prettyboy reservoir, you are dependent on their fish release or drawdown schedules(usually 2 weeks in early August). You are pretty much guaranteed at least 1-1.2 feet year round, because of required fish releases and for supplying Lock Raven Reservoir (Baltimore City water supply)with water. I typically use 2 ft as my minimum.
Gauge Information
| Name |
Range |
Difficulty |
Updated |
Level |
|
GUNPOWDER FALLS NEAR PARKTON, MD
|
|
usgs-01581920 |
2.00 - 5.50 ft
|
I-III |
00h28m |
2.12
ft
(rc= 0.0 ) |
|
| Range | Water Level | Difficulty | Comment |
|---|
|
2.00 -5.50
ft |
barely runnable-high runnable |
I-III |
|
|
Report - Reports of Gunpowder Falls 2 - Prettyboy Dam to Falls Road 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.
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