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Favorite River Gage Websites
Besides saving links to most of the river gages in this area that are of interest to me I often look at some other sites for quick information. I have listed some sites below but I bet there are others.
Do you know of any useful or cool websites? Please share. -KenM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGS list of all Ohio River Gages https://waterdata.usgs.gov/OH/nwis/current/?type=flow ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGS Waterwatch Real-time Streamflow (Ohio) clickable map https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/?m=real&r=oh ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service Regional map with river gages shown. Hover on gage or click for more info. http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=pbz:// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh Water levels for our local Army Corps lakes click on..... Daily Reservoir and Forecast or Reservoir Plots http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missio...voir-Forecast/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canoeable Streams in Western PA Unfortunately this seems to no longer be functional http://www.learningdesign.com/cgi-local/rivergage |
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A useful project would be to establish minimum (paddling zero) and maximum (for safety) flows/gage heights for the rivers that the club paddles.
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The Shaw-Weil "Canoeing Guide to Western Pennsylvania" probably has a good deal of that info. It's almost impossible to find a print copy of this book now, since it's been over 20 years since the last printing. There was a pre-print version online for free, but it appears to be gone now.
I could check my copy and relay the info there to the group if I knew what rivers/creeks you're interested in. I can tell you the minimum flow for Little Beaver Creek is about 400 cfs, and the minimum for Clarion River is also about 400 cfs (Cooksburg PA USGS gauge). Steve Z |
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Favorite River Guages
For easy access to your riverflow data try the smartphone app "RiverFlows" by Subalpine Technologies, LLC. This is a free app that lets you choose which guage listings and which data you want. Set it up and a simple press on the app will give you all your current data on the list. It will show USGS, AHPS and others.
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However, the redacted data, including high and low flows, are given on a separate page: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~shaw/CGparts/alpha.html Does anyone know of high and low flow data for Ohio rivers and streams? Last edited by JPTolson; 01-04-2017 at 05:58 PM. |
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1) Shaw-Weil "Canoeing Guide to Western Pennsylvania"____ You can still find (used) 1991 edition on Amazon for about $15. does not appear that the 2005/2008 edition ever got published.
2) If anyone remembers the link to the streams of western PA (which is now defunct) showed all the rivers in the book on a spreadsheet like page, updated in real time apparently from river gages, and highlighted as runable or not. I always assumed they used the criteria from the book. Very cool. Sorry it's gone. 3) JT... The best over-all info and coverage of Ohio streams ( that I am aware of ) is below. These two 1983** volumes are classics. They are dated to be sure but still offer a wealth if information with write ups and maps. Each Volume covers about 30 rivers. These authors must have lived on the rivers. Used books are still on Amazon. ** Yikes...these are probably older than half of TCT members! vol 1 = NW, SW, Scioto drainage vol 2 = NE, East, Muskingum drainage, S. Central ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to the Streams of Ohio Volume 1 and 2 (Menasha Ridge Press Guidebooks) Paperback ? August, 1983 by Richard Combs (Author), Stephen E. Gillen (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Canoeing-Kaya.../dp/0897320123 |
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Combs and Gillen @1994
The two 1983 volumes by Combs and Gillen were consolidated into a single volume in 1994. (Don't know if there is a later edition.) Unless it is included in the narratives of the various rivers, there does not appear to be flow/gage height information in the 1994 edition.
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1983 Combs and Gillen.....
Some of the Ohio rivers have a minimum runable CFS listed. Some say N/A (not available ? or not applicable ?) The max if noted is listed as "Max Flood Stage". Not all of the rivers levels are noted. I've never seen a 1994 edition and wonder if it had been revised? -Ken |
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I've never seen the 1983 volumes, so I don't know the extent of changes to the 1994 edition. In a cursory look through some of the river descriptions, I found only one instance where a CFS rate is mentioned (Paint Creek), though there could be others. Flow or stage height is not given as a standard piece of information for stream profiles in the 1994 edition.
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I have also been using these gauges.
Before I joined the club I took wild guesses. Now I know where to look and what to look for. Thank you JP for showing me and getting me in a habit of recording paddles to look back on for future paddles I have a copy of the 1990 Canoeing Guide Western PA and Northern WV I also have a copy of Canoeing & Kayaking Ohio's Streams 1994 copy I picked a copy of Canoeing & kayaking guide to Kentucky when I did Cumberland falls in 2012 Thanks again, great topic Mike |
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