Lees Ferry Streamgage

 
Video: 
  • B-roll: ~ 8 minutes of public domain footage including Lees Ferry gage house, water quality monitoring, cableway, drone footage at Paria River and Lees Ferry gage.
  • Two-minute video about the 100-year-old streamgage 
Photos: 
  • Photo: “Suspended Scientists” USGS scientists sampling from cableway
  • Photo: “Suspended Scientists II” USGS scientists sampling from cableway
  • Photo: Lees Ferry streamgage and cableway looking downstream on the Colorado River, Arizona
  • Photo: Measuring Suspended-Sediment Transport
  • Photo: Biological sampling at Lees Ferry in the Grand Canyon High Flow Experiment
  • Historical photo: Lees Ferry gaging station, cable and car in view at lower right, 1921
  • Historical photo: View from the right bank downstream from the Number 1 Gage at Lees Ferry on the Colorado River, Arizona, 1923 
 
Visit the website that records data from the Lee’s Ferry streamgage 
 
USGS Publications: 
  • Fact Sheet: How Does a U.S. Geological Survey Streamgage Work?
  • Fact Sheet: U.S. Geological Survey Streamgaging ... from the National Streamflow Information Program
  • USGS Professional Paper 1677: Computation and Analysis of the Instantaneous-Discharge Record for the Colorado River at Lees Ferry, ArizonaMay 8, 1921, through September 30, 2000