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USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 11:58 am
by 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. ????

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:10 pm
by painterbob
26 inches of air space, yes the gauge has been struck by something

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 4:51 pm
by 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. ??

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:21 pm
by cnabors
2.5 on the USGS correlates to 24 inches of airspace.

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:22 pm
by cnabors
2.5 on the USGS correlates to 24 inches of airspace.

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2012 5:41 pm
by 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

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 8:45 am
by Tim Eubanks
Low but "floatable" if you can put your boat where it needs to be.

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:41 pm
by Tim Eubanks
So........how many inches of air equals:
5'?
4'?
3'?

Until the gauge gets fixed.

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:25 pm
by 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.

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2012 10:25 pm
by 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.

Re: USGS Ponca gauge: stuck?

Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 11:15 am
by chippimp
check the boc (buffaloriver.com) page for a conversion chart and daily airspace info.