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South Platte River — Cheesman Canyon (Deckers)

Live conditions for South Platte River — Cheesman Canyon (Deckers): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

104cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · +7.3% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage3.16 ft

Engine callOFF rising

Gauge read 12:45 AM CDT · USGS 06701900. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

South Platte River — Cheesman Canyon (Deckers) is a tailwater below Cheesman Dam in Denver, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, cutthroat, cutbow. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.

troutbrown troutrainbow troutcutthroat troutcutbow trout

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Lake George US-24 Bridgebridge
Happy Meadows Campground/River Accesswalk in
Platte River Trailhead (Trail #654)walk in
Wildcat Canyon - Corral Creek hike-in accesswalk in
Matukat Road (FS 211) river access pointwalk in
Sportsmen's Paradise gate area (public trail corridor)walk in

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to South Platte River — Cheesman Canyon.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in September:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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