Gauge Conditions

Pequannock River at Macopin Intake Dam NJ Upstream Primary

Runnable: 180.0 – 2,000.0 CFS

Low flow is pretty scratchy, but only a little more water (200-220 cfs) gets you solidly over everything if you pay attention.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Dam #3 at 2nd Street in Butler portaged on right. There's ceramic pipes in the spillway, occasional strainers in the right but the real problem is boat abuse as the bow smashes into a gravelly spillway if you run.If you want to launch here, launch below dam carrying down old spillways on river left. Not a bad launch, but there's no way off the water on river left (retaining wall with fence). Access is via 2nd street and the senior center parking lot. At high water ( somewhere around 1000 cfs+) where the missing the eddy on the main street dam=death, a car portage from waterfall court to here isn't a bad idea.