Deerfield River (Charlemont)

Live conditions for Deerfield River (Charlemont): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

569cfs↗ risingcaution

Inside the wade band but rising · +70.4% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage2.52 ft

Engine callOFF rising

Gauge read 7:30 AM CDT · USGS 01170000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Deerfield River (Charlemont) is a tailwater in Massachusetts, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.

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

Access

Fife Brook Dam Accesscarry
Zoar Gap Accesswalk in
Zoar Picnic Arearamp
Pelham Brook / Zoar Road Accesswalk in
Mohawk Trail State Forest / Mohawk Campground Accesswalk in
Shunpike Rest Areacarry
Route 8A Bridge (Bissell Bridge), Charlemont Centerbridge
East Charlemont Boat Ramp / Picnic Arearamp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Deerfield River.

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 October:

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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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