Roaring River Gage and Flowrate

Roaring River State Park - USGS 07050152

Bringing you the latest in river statistics, refreshed every five minutes whether you asked for it or not.

Reading from local database

Gage Height
feet
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24h low
24h avg
24h high
Discharge
cfs
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Latest reading
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24h high
Recovery Estimate
Estimated time to 100 cfs Calculating... Checking historical events
cfs

Gage Height Trend

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Flood stages in feet
2.5Action stage
3.2Minor flood
8Moderate flood
15Major flood
National Weather Service flood stage begins at 5 ft; dashed lines on the chart above mark the action, minor, moderate, and major thresholds. Below 2.5 ft, the river is simply considered "moist" and minding its own business.

Discharge Trend

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Dashed line marks your current recovery target (100 cfs) - adjust it in the Recovery Estimate card above.

Flood Events

Every recorded event where the gage reached action stage (2.5 ft) or higher, with the peak reading and how long discharge took to fall back to 100 cfs afterward.

Event start Event end Peak gage Peak discharge Recovery to 100 cfs
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Source: USGS Water Data — gathered by federal employees so you don't have to stand in a riverbed yourself.