only search W.R.W.W.               This page is to help you get a baseline on how rapids are rated on this website:                 Eastern Rivers only:   You will find this list to be a little different from what you normally see; I always hated seeing a rapid rated plus (plus), minus (minus) III++ (IV---) ??? What the h**l does that mean anyway. I like comparing rapids to other rapids and by running as many different rapids as you can. It will make you more well- rounded boater, and prepare you to tackle your nemesis that you have wanted to run. You may find your favorite rapid rated a little higher or a little lower than what you thought, what does that mean? Just means that rapid is more your style of paddling that’s all. This list is to be used as a baseline, a concept difficult for some to grasp.   The list was complied from a strong resume of Creek boaters with over 10 years experience or at the very minimum over 100 different river runs and/or sections. Then complied into an EXCEL spreadsheet to get an average, then finally this list was peer reviewed and compared. It is rated by Class, and also using a scale of 1-10.Notice no plus or minus signs are used here to add to confusion. The rapids listed, reflect rapids, which stand out on their own, and have their own personality, and is not to reflect every rapid in the AR, GA, TN, NC, AL area.   It is subjective of course, but with that in mind this can be used as a good measuring stick when looking at paddling a new run, and/or to give you a base to compare when planning your trip. Please bear in mind that any river/rapid is constantly changing and is a moving target. You are in control of your own destiny and know your own limits, no one else does, and no one can help you if an emergency arises, when help does come; it is to bring the body out.   Paddling is a VERY DANGEROUS sport; you cannot gain skills, without experience. If you are a beginner, or someone with less than 100 different runs under their belt, I strongly urge you to use this list as a stepping stone and/or shopping list, and to continue to build your paddling skills. Take your time, if you want to speed things up take a paddling and rescue course, then use this as a shopping/stepping stone list. Caskets do not make good river crafts; please take this as a warning.       One note: Before using this list please memorize the A.W. International Rating of Rapids.     I’m going to repeat this part again; this list is to be used as a baseline.               Class II.0   Surfing Rapid , Illinois Bayou, Hector Arkansas 100 Yard Dash, Sipsey Fork, Alabama 2.0 ft   Class II.3   Devil’s Shoals, Hiwassee River, Reliance Tennessee Take-out Rapid, Illinois Bayou, Hector Arkansas B.F.R. (Mother) Piney Creek, Arkansas, Russellville, Arkansas House Rock Rapid, Locust Fork, Cleveland, AL. Gonzo Shoals, Ocoee River, 1200 cfs     Class II.4   Double Trouble, Locust Fork, Cleveland Alabama (2.4 ft or lower) Patton’s Run, Nantahala River, Topton NC White’s Creek (Normal Level) Rockwood, Tennessee   Class II.5   Double Trouble, Locust Fork, Cleveland Alabama (2.5 ft or higher) Powell Falls, Locust Fork, Cleveland AL 2.45 ft or less Nantahala Falls, Topton, North Carolina.   Class II.6   Powell Falls, Locust Fork, Cleveland AL.3.50 ft or greater   Class II.8   Slide Falls, Piney River, Spring City, TN. (Low-Medium Water)     Class III.0   Shoulder Bone, Chattooga Section IV, Georgia 2.0 ft or greater White’s Creek Above 1.75 ft Rockwood, Tennessee Grave’s Creek Falls, Graves Creek, Cleveland Alabama Lower Town Creek, Guntersville Alabama 520 + cfs   Class III.1   Whale Tail, Conasauga River, Georgia Diamond Splitter, Ocoee River, Ducktown, Tennessee 1200 cfs   Class III.2   Top Ledge, Tellico River, Tellico Plains, Tennessee Cascades, Duskin Creek, Spring City, Tennessee Hungry Jack, Piney River, Spring City TN (High Water)     Class III.3   Frank’s Bell Rapid, French Broad, North Carolina The Narrows, Big Laurel Creek, North Carolina Bottle Neck, Little River Canyon, Alabama The Gorge Rapids (Normal Water), Rock Creek, Bakewell Tennessee     Class III.4   Short Creek Falls, Short Creek, Alabama Signal Falls, Piney River, Spring City, TN 2.6 FT Frozen Rope, Socaptoy River, Alabama 1000 C.F.S  or less Richland Falls, Richland Creek, Arkansas   Class III.5   Table Saw Ocoee River, Tennessee 1450 or greater c.f.s. Baby Falls, (incl. Meat Grinder) Tellico River, Tennessee, 2.5 or less ft Ninety-right, Upper Obed, Crossville, TN Sinks, (River Right) Little River, Smokies, Tennessee Lower Screw Up, Richland Creek, Arkansas   Class III.6   Frozen Rope, Socaptoy River, Alabama 1500 or greater c.f.s Put-in Falls, Johnnies Creek, Alabama (6” or above) Compound Fracture, Island Creek, Tennessee, Obed System ( Normal Level) Town Creek (Middle Section, below the park, High Water) Town Creek Alabama above 1000 cfs   Class III.7   Razorback, Wilson Creek, North Carolina Compound Fracture, Island Creek, Obed System, Tennessee, High Water Roadblock, Little River Canyon, Alabama   Class III.8   Jawbone Rapid, Chattooga Section IV, Georgia 1.8 ft or greater Fang Rapid, (Medium Level)Daddy’s Creek, Tennessee, Obed System Seven Foot Falls Chattooga Section IV, Georgia 1.8ft or greater Sinks, (River Left) Little River, Smokies, Tennessee     Class III.9   Humongous Rapid, Ocoee River, Ducktown, Tennessee Fang Rapid, (High Level) Daddy’s Creek, Tennessee, Obed System     Class III.10   Sweet’s Falls, Gauley River, West Virginia Slanted Crack, Chauga River, Georgia Crunch-n-Munch, Roaring Creek, Graysville, Tennessee   Class IV.0   Baby Falls, (incl Meat Grinder) Tellico River, Tennessee, 3.6 ft or greater Corkscrew Rapid, Chattooga Section IV, Georgia 1.75 ft or greater Put-in Falls, Town Creek, Alabama Pigs in Space, Citico River, Tennessee (High Water) Jerod’s Knee, Tellico River Tellico River, Tennessee, 2.7 ft or above Pillow Rock, Gauley River, West Virginia Keney Brothers Rapid, New River, West Virginia       Class IV.1   Washing Machine, Cossatot River, Mena Arkansas, (High) Middle Ocoee River, Ducktown, Tennessee, 10,000 plus C.F.S. Insignificant Rapid, Gauley River, West Virginia   Class IV.2   Cheoha River, ( Low) North Carolina Gorge Section, Rock Creek, Bakewell Tennessee, High Water   Class IV.3   Last Rapid (Zero Inches)  Richland Creek, Dayton Tennessee Cascades Nantahala, (Low Water), Topton, North Carolina   Class IV.4   Cheoa River, (High) North Carolina Hallway Rapid, Santeelah River, North Carolina (Low Water) Worser Wesser, Nantahala River, North Carolina (IV.4 if you mess up, you got to move out-of-state)   Class IV.5   Bedtime for Lothar, Cooper Creek Soddy-Daisy Tennessee Lower Potter’s Falls, Crooked Fork, and Tennessee Hallway Rapid, Santeelah River, North Carolina (High Water)   Class IV.6   Pole Cat, Roaring Creek, Graysville, Tennessee Cascades (Top to Bottom) Coker Creek, Turtletown, Tennessee (High Water) Hour Glass, Turtletown Creek, Turtletown, Tennessee Confluence Rapid, Scarham Creek, Alabama (High Water)     Class IV.7   Iron Ring, Gauley River, West Virginia Hammer Time, (6” or above) Richland Creek, Dayton Tennessee Cascades Nantahala , (High Water), Topton, North Carolina     Class IV.8   North Chick Falls, North Chickamauga Creek, Chattanooga, Tennessee (Med-High Level) Sock-em-Dog, Chattooga Section IV, Georgia 2.3 ft or greater Lamance Falls, Crooked Fork, Tennessee Boss, Boss Hollow Creek Arkansas (High Water) Vertigo, Brush Creek, Graysville, Tennessee Top Falls, Turtletown Creek, Turtletown, Tennessee Buying the Farm, Bald River, Tellico Plains, Tennessee.   Class IV.9   Stinging Fork Falls, Stinging Fork Spring City, TN Singley’s Falls, Overflow Creek, Georgia Pinball Rapid, Little River Canyon, Alabama 4” or above Imodium Falls, Little Possum Creek, Bakewell, Tennessee Cumnock Falls, McGill Creek, Graysville, Tennessee (Med-High Level) Gorilla Constrictor, Johnnies Creek, Alabama 3” or below Blockage, Town Creek, Town Creek Alabama Fish Bowl, Bear Creek, Georgia   Class V.0   Suislide Falls, (Top to Bottom) Bald River Tennessee Gorilla Constrictor, Johnnies Creek, Alabama 4” or above Whale Tail, Lower Cullasaja, Highlands North Carolina Marginal Monster, Overflow Creek, Georgia Stairway to Heaven, Bear Creek, Georgia Jones Creek Falls (Put-in) Alabama Sunshine (200%) Narrows of the Green, Henderson NC. Little River Canyon Falls, near Fort Payne AL. Gorilla (100%) Narrows of the Green, Henderson NC. Casey Jones, Jones Creek, Alabama   Class V.1   Vortex Rapid, Cain Creek, Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee Eclipse, Lower Cullasaja, Highlands N.C. Paraplegic Falls, Miller Creek, Flat Rock Alabama Cow Sh*t  Falls Wolf Creek, Alabama Gorilla (200%) Narrows of the Green, Henderson NC. Sunshine (100%) Narrows of the Green, Henderson NC. Chili Pepper, Morgan Creek, Dayton, Tennessee     Class V.2   When in Doubt, Miller Creek, Flat Rock, Alabama Crux, Deep Creek, Soddy-Daisy Tennessee Double Drop, Little Possum, Bakewell, Tennessee   Class V.3   Asleep at the Wheel, Allen Creek, Pigeon Mountain, Georgia. Coming Home Sweet Jesus, Lower Meadow, West Virginia Holy Sh*t   Rocky Broad, Georgia, Trib. to Overflow Creek Fuzzy Bunny, Roaring Creek, Graysville Tennessee     Class V.4   Factory Falls, Bear Creek (West) Bear Creek Alabama     Class V.5   Coo-Coo for Cocoa Puffs, Miller Creek, Flat Rock Alabama   Class V.6   Bald River Falls , Top to Bottom, Tellico River Trib., Tellico Plains, Tennessee   Class V.7   Cutting edge; COULD be considered Class VI, but a line can be seen.     Class V.8   Cutting edge; COULD be considered Class VI, but a line can be seen.     Class V.9   Cutting edge; COULD be considered Class VI, but a line can be seen.     Class V.10   Cutting edge; COULD be considered Class VI, but a line can be seen.     Classification Rapid Rating System; CRRS (Ser’ios) Notes:   Here are some e-mails and notes from the peer review, not all are on here, just some that were either relevant or help shed light on the thought process; when using this system or for that matter when running a river. Remember my comment on using this a baseline, I want this system to make people think, and how to judge and/or when describing a rapid to someone. So here ya go…….     From Tracy Clapp:   “Relative difficulty vs. danger is extremely difficult to gauge. Much of the game is head and body synchronicity that you have in the moment but sometimes don't. You have to be in touch with where you are in that relationship. The difficulty shifts within depending on mad skills, emotion, physical condition [proper awareness of], familiarity w/ river, and water level. Sometimes something not so hard will touch on one of these conditions and the difficulty changes for that time and moment. It becomes subjective no matter how hard you look at it. You have to know where you are to really safely gauge how you fit in”.     From Milt Aitken:     “The real difference between class 4 & 5 is not difficulty, it's danger. (and I have to keep reminding myself of this also)   For instance, Singley's Falls (easy like falling off a rock) has only a little danger due to the undercut on the right at the bottom.  But LRC Pinball is a multi move rapid with a hole and sieves and an undercut and some runout.  While Gorilla Constrictor is mutimove with a sieve”.     Class VI   Unrunnable, or at least the present gear -boating skills limit the descent at the moment.     Typographical errors are subject to correction     Classification Rapid Rating System; CRRS (Ser’ios) Notes:   Here are some e-mails and notes from the peer review, not all are on here, just some that were either relevant or help shed light on the thought process; when using this system or for that matter when running a river. Remember my comment on using this a baseline, I want this system to make people think, and how to judge and/or when describing a rapid to someone. So here ya go…….     From Tracy Clapp:   “Relative difficulty vs. danger is extremely difficult to gauge. Much of the game is head and body synchronicity that you have in the moment but sometimes don't. You have to be in touch with where you are in that relationship. The difficulty shifts within depending on mad skills, emotion, physical condition [proper awareness of], familiarity w/ river, and water level. Sometimes something not so hard will touch on one of these conditions and the difficulty changes for that time and moment. It becomes subjective no matter how hard you look at it. You have to know where you are to really safely gauge how you fit in”.     From Milt Aitken:     “The real difference between class 4 & 5 is not difficulty, it's danger. (and I have to keep reminding myself of this also)   For instance, Singley's Falls (easy like falling off a rock) has only a little danger due to the undercut on the right at the bottom.  But LRC Pinball is a multi move rapid with a hole and sieves and an undercut and some runout.  While Gorilla Constrictor is mutimove with a sieve”.