Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

River is friendly at levels below 4 feet. Difficulty picks up above 4. Advanced and Intermediate boaters with good rolls are comfortable at higher flows. The minimum of 2.2 represents very low flow that only occurs after a prolonged dry period.

Highest known run is 19.3 feet or so.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
POTOMAC RIVER NEAR WASH, DC LITTLE FALLS PUMP STA
usgs-01646500 2.20 - 7.00 ft I-IV 01h29m 3.96 ft (rc= 0.4 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
2.20 -7.00 ft barely runnable-high runnable I-IV

Report - Reports of Potomac 4. Mather Gorge to Lock 10 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
Potomac [MD] Potomac Gorge Map - Calico (large file) n/a Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] Potomac Gorge Map - Index (large file) n/a Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] S-Turn Slalom ca 1979 Aroun 7 ft Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] Old School Swiftwater Rescue n/a Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] 2007 Attainment Race n/a Bill Kirby
Potomac [MD] 2004: The Year Of Rocky 4 ft. Mark Anderson
1y106d21h44m /Potomac-4. Mather Gorge to Lock 10 [MD] Account of 10/27/10 0 cfs Rick Cohen
3y266d10h13m Potomac [MD] Rodeo Zone 5.6'/31,000 cfs Thomas O'Keefe
4y296d18h13m Potomac [MD] Got bugs? 5.4 Bill Kirby
5y36d18h13m Potomac [MD] Rocky Island surfing & video link 4.3? E. Jacob Hayes
5y99d17h13m Potomac [MD] Mather Gorge, Barb Brown 23,100 cfs Thomas O'Keefe
5y103d18h13m Potomac [MD] Offut waves 4.3 E. Jacob Hayes
6y13d18h13m Potomac [MD] Rocky - from eddy 4.5 Roger Jordan
6y27d18h13m Potomac [MD] Rocky Island, Middle Channel boof 5.1' John Alden
6y154d18h13m Potomac [MD] The View from Horseshoe Waves 2.67 Bill Kirby
7y5d18h13m Potomac [MD] Rocky Island surfing 3.95 John Alden
7y192d18h13m Potomac [MD] Yellow Falls 4.3 Chris Brock
7y192d18h13m Potomac4. Mather Gorge to Lock 10 [MD] Yellow Falls 4.3 Chris Brock
7y271d18h13m Potomac [MD] Look ma no brains 4.0' Peter Bross
9y222d18h13m Potomac [MD] Potomac Panorama/O-Deck 2.56 Chuck Kennedy

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