When will the water in CO calm down? |
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 Apr 27 2009, 11:31 AM
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Shovel Buster!  Group: Members Posts: 112 Joined: 20-September 08 Member No.: 6,591  |
Went out a couple of days last week to some of my favorite spots. Water was so high and rising on 2 different rivers made it hard to set up a sluice. Some of the bars that I dig from were totally submerged under water. Didn't get as much gold as usual because of this. Had to resort to panning at one spot because there was no where to set up a sluice. Other area, water rose pretty fast and messed up the flow. Got frustraited and resorted to panning again. Still was able to run about 9 buckets through before that happened though. We got more snow in the mountains so I guess the water will keep rising for a few weeks? At least it should redistribute some stream bed material
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May 12 2009, 07:15 AM
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Observer Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 20-February 09 Member No.: 6,852 |
Drove by the Point Bar Rec area over the weekend, water isn't that high there yet - must have been 50 guys over there running all kinds of sluices and panning!
Off US 50, near Wellsville - on the Arkansas River, which starts rising now with the snow melt, think it calms back down late July. Wish I had the time to stop and shovel a bucket or three.... |
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rich on western slope When will the water in CO calm down? Apr 27 2009, 11:31 AM
HighPlainsSifter Absolutely! More snow means more drainage from... Apr 27 2009, 03:47 PM ASTROBLEME Here's a website that I use frequently in plan... Apr 28 2009, 10:12 PM russau another goodsite is, do a search on: waterdata usg... Apr 29 2009, 06:00 AM rich on western slope Thanks for the info! More rain and snow around... May 4 2009, 10:43 AM
russau [they are up everywhere in the spring! May 5 2009, 08:50 AM |
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