Canoeing in Oklahoma

Info I've culled from various sources. And under construction.

So there's the lowdown on Lower Mountain Fork. For maps go to: www.paddleyak.com/okmapsouth.htm for an area map and www.paddleyak.com/LMFTopo.htm for a detailed and labeled topo map of the river and the roads to the re-reg and presbyterian falls

Ok, here's the lowdown. The gage underestimates the low flow, 300 is

like 500. Somewhere along the scale it becomes correct and on the high

end

max flow, 6800 shows about 8200. Irregardless we will go with the gage

reading.

300 cfs--- enders at bubba in small boats------------------------- river

low

for floating

500 cfs--- enders at bubba in RPMs, surfing above bubba---river low for

floating

800 cfs---bubba great, surfing above bubba not bad at all----river

decently

floatable

1000- 1500 cfs- bubba large, great surf wave above, enders at

presbyterian

rental canoes folding on rocks, major carnage

everywhere,

massive amounts of beer floating in river,

renters

threatening to

kill outfitters, bring your rescue

gear------------ river very floatable

1500-2500-- bubba huge, fantastic surf waves above bubba, presbyterian

getting nasty

action along entire run, any renters left on

river in

serious trouble

2500-4000-- bubba solid III, extremely serious hydraulic at center of

river

at presbyterian

dont mess with it!!! Waves above bubba PRIME,

Hopefully no renters left

Above 4000-Big water, most or all rocks covered, cypress trees are

numerous

and dangerous

surfs are all over the place and you'll be washed

way

down by the time you roll

Above 6000- bigger water, fast but roomy, except for the trees,

virtually all

rocks covered

big surfs, killer attack trees, long swims.

presbyterian gone, just haystacks

The Eagletown gage is at the end of the 3.2 mile run. Tuesday the

release

started at 2:00, reaching the rereg at 3:00 and the gage at 4:00. The

good

stuff is in a 1/3 mile area above presbyterian, starting 1 mile below

the

re-reg. As summer progresses the releases start earlier, beginning as

early

as 11:00 am from mid august thru sept 21st, depending on temps.

Basically the

river shoud be good from here on thru the summer.

The eagletown gage is

http://ok.water.usgs.gov/rt-cgi/gen_stn_pg?station=07339000

The gage at the lake is

http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/webdata/gagedata/bkdo2.current.html

The release is reported mid morning the next day, except on weekends,

the low

flow release is Outlaw creek

which is 99 at the present time. It should be increased to 140 very

soon, not

that I would encourage anyone

Oklahoma River Flows for 5 Levels of Paddling
USGS Streamflows for Texas by Riverbasin IBWC (has stream flow info for some areas) NOAA Hydrologic Data - S/SE Texas				Min = Minimum water available for floating; some portaging or lining through shallows may be necessary. Good = Satisfactory water conditions; no lining necessary. Ideal = Ideal water conditions for floating Haz = Water level approaching hazardous conditions Expert = Maximum water flows for experts only.
River	Put-In	Take-Out	Gauge	Flow Rates (cfs)
River	Put-In	Take-Out	Gauge	Min	Good	Ideal	Haz	Max
Angelina	Hwy 21	US 59	Alto(HWy21)	200	500	1,000	2,000	5,000
Angelina	Raburn Dam	Steinhagen Res	Horger	500	1,000	2,000	5,000	10,000
Barton Creek	Loop 360	Zilker Park	Hwy 360	70	125	300	-	-
Big Cypress Bayou	Lake O' Pines	Caddo L.	Ferrell's Br.	200	1,000	2,000	3,000	5,000
Blanco	Blanco St P.	Wimberley	Wimberley	125	250	450	700	1,000
Blanco	Wimberley	San Marcos	Kyle	125	250	450	700	1,000
Bosque	Iredell	l. Waco	Clifton	125	250	450	700	1,000
Brazos	Clear Fork	Possum King.	South Bend	200	500	700	1,500	3,000
Brazos	Possum King	L Granbury	Palo Pinto	200	500	1,200	3,000	5,000
Brazos	DeCordova D.	Whitney D.	Glen Rose	200	500	1,200	3,000	5,000
Brazos	Whitney D	Waco	Whitney	200	500	1,200	3,000	5,000
Brazos	Waco	US 90	Highbank	200	500	1,200	3,000	5,000
Brazos, Clear Fk	US 180	Mainstream	Ft Griffin	150	300	500	700	1,000
Colorado	San Saba R.	Buchanon	US 190	100	250	750	2,000	5,000
Colorado	Austin	Columbus	US 183	200	500	1,000	3,000	5,000
Concho Cr	San Angelo	Colorado R.	San Angelo	100	250	400	700	1,000
Denton Cr	Grapaevine D.	Elm Fk, Trinity	Grapevine	60	125	250	350	500
Devil's	Hwy 163	Amistad R.	Comstock	250	400	600	900	1,200
Frio	Garner St P	Concan	Concan	125	250	400	700	1,000
Guadalupe	Comfort	FM 3160	Comfort	125	250	400	700	1,000
Guadalupe	FM 3160	Canyon L	Spring Branch	125	250	450	750	1,200
Guadalupe	Canyon D	New Braunfels	Sattler	150	250	450	750	1,200
Guadalupe	Gonzales	Victoria	Cuero	200	800	1,000	2,000	3,000
Lampassas	Rumley	Youngsport	Youngsport	100	200	400	700	1,000
Lampassas	Stillhouse Holl D	Leon R	Belton	100	200	300	700	1,000
Lavaca	Navidad Comm	Old Vanderbilt P.	Edna	200	400	700	1,000	1,500
Leon	Gatesville	Mother Neff St P	Gatesville	200	400	700	1,000	1,500
Leon	Belton D	Lampasas R	Belton	200	400	700	1,000	1,500
Little	Lampasas-Leon R	Brazos R	Little R	200	400	1,000	2,000	3,000
Llano	Junction	L LBJ	Mason	250	500	1,000	2,000	3,000
Llano, S Fork	Telagrph	Junctin	None	100	250	400	700	1,200
Medina	Medina	L. Medina	Bandera	125	250	350	700	1,000
Navasota	US 190	Brazos R	Bryan	200	500	1,000	2,000	3,000
Navidad	Morales	Old Vanderbilt P.	Ganado	200	400	700	1,000	1,500
Neches	Hwy 21	Steinhager Res	Alto (Hwy 21)	500	1,000	1,500	2,000	5,000
Neches	Dam B	Beaumont	Town Bluff	500	1,000	2,000	5,000	10,000
Nueces	Barksdale	Hwy 55	Laguna	125	250	450	700	1,500
Onion Creek	IH 35	Colorado R	Driftwood	-	-	-	-	-
Paluxy	Bluff Dale	Brazos R	Glen Rose	100	200	400	700	1,000
Pecos	US 190	Pandale	Gerwin	125	300	500	900	1,500
Pecos	Pandale	Amistad Res	IBWC Wier	125	300	500	900	1,500
Pedernales	Johnson City	Ped Falls St P	Johnson City	125	250	400	700	1,000
Pedernales	Ped Falls St P	Johnson City	125	250	400	700	1,000
Pine Island Bayou	FM 770	Neches R	Sour Lake	100	200	500	1,000	1,500
Red	Denison D	US 59	Denison D COE	500	1,000	1,500	3,000	5,000
Rio Grande -Colorado Can	Redford	Lajitas	Presidio	200	300	500	1,000	1,200
Rio Grande -Santa Elena	Lajitas	Castolon	Presidio	200	300	500	1,000	1,200
Rio Grande -Mariscal Can	Talley	Solis	Johnson R. IBWC	200	300	500	1,000	1,500
Rio Grande -San Vicente	Solis	Rio Grande Vil	Johnson R. IBWC	200	300	500	1,000	3,000
Rio Grande -Boquillas	Boquillas	Black Gap	Boquillas IBWC	200	300	500	1,000	3,000
Rio Grande -Lower Canyons	Black Gap	Langtry	Laredo	200	300	500	1,000	1,200
Sabine	Hwy 42	Toledo Bend Res	Tatum	500	1,000	1,500	2,000	5,000
Sabine	Toledo Bend Res	Orange	Burkville	500	1,000	2,000	5,000	10,000
San Antonio	Floresville	Hobson	Falls City	250	450	600	1,000	1,500
San Bernard	FM 422	Churchhill	Boling	200	500	1,000	1,500	2,000
San Gabriel	Georgetown	Little R.	Georgetown	100	250	500	700	1,000
San Jacinto, W Fk	Conroe Dam	L. Houston	Conroe	200	500	1,000	1,500	2,000
San Marcos	San Marcos	Luling	San Marcos	100	150	300	700	1,200
San Marcos	Luling	Gonzales	Luling	100	150	300	1,000	1,500
San Saba	Menard	Colorado R.	Menard	150	250	450	700	1,200
Trinity	Hwy 7	L. Livingston	Crockett	200	500	1,000	1,500	5,000
Trinity	Livingston D.	IH 10	Goodrich	500	1,000	2,000	5,000	10,000
Trinity, Clear Fk	Benbrook D	Loop 820	Benbrook	70	140	280	500	1,200
Trinity, Elm Fk	Garza-Little D	Californ Crossin	Lewisville	100	400	700	1,000	2,000
Village Creek	Village MIlls	Neches R.	Lountze	200	400	700	1,000	2,000