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Middle Creek-South Pole

Rock Creek Trib

(Sale Creek Tennessee) 

Walden's Ridge                    

 

 

 

 

Water Quality (1 bad 3 good)

Scenery (1 bad 3 good)          

 

Class V.2

 

Maps:

 

Watershed Map (to find location and size of creek) Click Here

Special thanks to Steve Zerefos for making the map.

 

Topo Map: Click Here

A special thanks to Randy Hale of NorthRiverGeographic for the map

 

History:

First paddled by:

 

Blake Turner, Jason Rodwell, Ryan Allen, Taylor Martin, Jordan Rice, Michael Edmiston and Bett Adams


Directions:

On your Gazetteer look on page 24, the take out is near HWY 27 , BUT it is on Leggitt Road, from there you drive up the mountain, once on top you will come the road that is Little Possum, instead of going left to Possum, you go right.

 

The take-out is Rock Creek.

 

YOU MUST HAVE PERMISSION TO USE THIS PUT-IN. THIS IS MANDATORY .

    

 

http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/Middle_A1.pdf

http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/Middle_A2.pdf

http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/Middle_A3.pdf

http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/Middle_A4.pdf

http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/Middle_B1.pdf

http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/Middle_B2.pdf

http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/Middle_B3.pdf

http://www.northrivergeographic.com/wrww/Middle_B4.pdf

 

 

 

 

Gage Information-Based off of Rock Creek

To know more of Rock Creek CLICK HERE

 

Painted gage:

We painted it  in the 90's on a busted trip. A  spray paint gauge  exists at the take-out. 2.5 feet is a perfect level.

 

      

                                        

                                                                            Photo by Kemper Begley

 

 

 

 

Estimated correlation paddlers gage ft to North Chick Creek CFS

 

 

This chart is the Rock Creek-Sale Creek Gage.You can use it for Middle Creek

3.0 ft is the normal min. level

 

1.5

ft

625

cfs

elf

2

ft

700

cfs

low

2.5

ft

800

cfs

med

3

ft

875

cfs

med-high

4

ft

950

cfs

high

4.5

ft

1250

cfs

very high

5

ft

2250

cfs

expert

 

 please click here for the new flowpage

 

 

From top to bottom you get to see the run. Special thanks to Jordan Rice for the pictures and intel

 

 

 

            

 

                                     

 

 

 

 

Shipwreck Rapid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tombstone Boof

 

 

 

After Tombstone Boof

 

 

 

Padder Jordon Rice

 

 

 

 

Paddler Ryan Allen

 

 

 

 

BeeBranch Hole

 

 

 

BeeBranch Rapid

 

 

 

 

 

NoName Rapid

 

 

 

 

Bottom of NoName Rapid

 

 

 

"Double D" Rapid

 

 

 

Slide Rapid

 

 

 

 

Bottom of Slide Rapid

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Drop of Serpent Rapid

 

 

 

 

 

Serpent Rapid

 

 

 

The Serpent

 

 

 

 

The Serpent Slide

 

 

 

 

 

Serpent Tail

 

 

 

 

 

Jib Street Boogie

 

 

 

 

Jibstone

 

 

 

 

Tits Boof

 

 

 

 

 

                                    

 

                 

***Warning label***

Whitewater paddling is VERY Dangerous, and you should get instruction before ever attempting even to paddle flatwater. One of contributors to this web site has personally helped bury 3 kayaking friends, this isn't a joke. Whitewater paddling can ruin your life through accidents and can effect your family and friends throughout a lifetime.

The information on this page is incomplete, inaccurate, and very unreliable.   Use with caution.  Whitewater paddling is a dangerous sport and the information here is not a substitute for actual knowledge and skill.  The authors are not liable for your actions. Go ahead and kill yourself if you want to, but don't blame others for you actions and decisions that you will make on and off the river.

***Warning label***

 

 

Our hemlocks are dying on the ridge due to the woolly adelgid infestation. You can find out more at the Save Our Hemlocks website: http://www.saveourhemlocks.org/

 

To learn even more click here

 

The Picture below is depressing to say the least...

 

 

 

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Picture courtesy of KnoxNews.com

 

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