USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

[Tim Eubanks]

Went up yesterday thinking we had 3.6 or so, did not look at the graph. The graph shows the same level for a week. ????

[painterbob]

26 inches of air space, yes the gauge has been struck by something

[Tim Eubanks]

Does anybody have the "inches of air space to gauge height" conversion table?
If I call BOC or anybody up there and they tell me 18" of air space, that doesn't tell me anything. Yes, I realize that makes me sound like a Buffalo River newb. My first float up there was in 78. ??

[cnabors]

2.5 on the USGS correlates to 24 inches of airspace.

[cnabors]

2.5 on the USGS correlates to 24 inches of airspace.

[kru1]

Just got back from running Ponca to Kyles. It was boney but doable. Didn't have to drag once. I saw the gauge at 3.31 and thought it would be much better. It must be stuck, was more like 2.5/2.7.

kru

[Tim Eubanks]

Low but "floatable" if you can put your boat where it needs to be.

[Tim Eubanks]

So........how many inches of air equals:
5'?
4'?
3'?

Until the gauge gets fixed.

[JB2012]

I don't know exactly, but 12 inches air is good water. Even 18 inches can be fun. I run this section ALOT, because it's close to home. Last week I played around between Ponca and Steel Creek--18 inches. If I had my Mohawk, I could've surfed.

[JB2012]

I don't know exactly, but 12 inches air is good water. Even 18 inches can be fun. I run this section ALOT, because it's close to home. Last week I played around between Ponca and Steel Creek--18 inches. If I had my Mohawk, I could've surfed.

[chippimp]

check the boc (buffaloriver.com) page for a conversion chart and daily airspace info.