Savage River USGS Gauge to be Discontinued

[TroutTracker]

Not sure if this has been addressed on here previously, but I was checking water levels in Maryland on the USGS site and saw a notice at the top of page from June 17th. Apparently, the gauge for the SAVAGE RIV BL SAVAGE RIV DAM NEAR BLOOMINGTON, MD will be discontinued on July 1st. I was surprised to see this considering it is popular for both fishing and kayaking and has been in operation since 1948. I know many on here fish this area and was wondering if anyone had more info on the situation.

Here is a link to the Maryland USGS Realtime Stream list, the notice is at the top of the page.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/md/nwis/current/?type=flow&group_key=basin_cd

 

[ryansheehan]

This is not the first time I've seen that notice, it happens on many of the gauges in western MD. They discontinued the casselman gauge for a few months but eventually it was restored.

 

[silverfox]

I almost contacted them to see how much it would cost to support it.

In the meantime, you can use the Army Corps of Engineers site to get a general idea of flow as well as projected flow for both rivers for the next 3 days.

http://www.nab-wc.usace.army.mil/northBranch.html

 

[salmonoid]

When this topic was discussed a number of years ago, it was stated that the Little J gauge cost $4800/year.

http://www.paflyfish.com/forums/Open-Forums/Paflyfish-General-Forum/USGS-Funding-cuts--Little-J-gauge--IMPORTANT-READ/2,17509,compact.html

 

[ryansheehan]

silverfox wrote:
I almost contacted them to see how much it would cost to support it.

In the meantime, you can use the Army Corps of Engineers site to get a general idea of flow as well as projected flow for both rivers for the next 3 days.

http://www.nab-wc.usace.army.mil/northBranch.html

If you click on the reservoir plots for the savage you can actually get the exact current outflow from the above link.