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Does Gus Fruh have water?

Dry

Barton Creek at Loop 360: 0 cfs · 4h ago

Watercolor illustration of Gus Fruh

No flow at the gauge. This location is dry.

A deep pool against a limestone wall off Barton Hills Dr. Needs more water than the falls to be swimmable.

cfs0204060Jul 20Jul 21Jul 22Jul 23Jul 24Jul 25Jul 26
ideal 20 - 60 cfsPast years on these dates:10th - 90th percentile25th - 75th percentilemedian

Barton Creek at Loop 360 gauge →

Bacteria: clearLast significant watershed rain was 9 days ago — past the 48 - 72h guidance.

Standard local guidance (City of Austin watershed protection, LCRA): wait 48 - 72 hours after significant rain before swimming in creeks; up to a week after major floods. How this countdown works

Where the threshold comes from

Consensus range 20 - 60 cfs at Loop 360.

Per-spot ranges reconciled from austintexasthings.com/flows and greenbelter.io, the two long-running hobbyist trackers.

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