SKAGIT RIVER BELOW BABCOCK CREEK NEAR NEWHALEM, WA
USGS 12178600 · Washington · reports gauge height
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USGS 12178600 · Washington · reports gauge height
No current reading. USGS answered but returned no recent value for this gauge (ice, maintenance or a seasonal gauge).
No flow at this gauge. USGS does not publish discharge here, so there are no flow statistics either; it reports what is shown. Flow on the same river: SKAGIT RIVER AT NEWHALEM, WA (USGS 12178000, 2.1 miles away).
Map of USGS gauge 12178600 and the river around it
Where SKAGIT RIVER BELOW BABCOCK CREEK NEAR NEWHALEM, WA sits, with 8 other gauges on the same river and our water's map point.
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes no water-temperature line for trout anglers that we found. The lines below are the National Park Service's, federal guidance, not a Washington rule: 68°F.
This gauge is on the same river as our page for Skagit River, but no agency page we read lists its species.
Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
The National Weather Service has no flood-stage gauge here, so no official flood category is shown.
Our page for Skagit River, on the same river: regulations, guides and shops
Checked Nov 6, 4:39 AM UTC; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.