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Run: Chitwood Creek

Section:

Class: III-IV Put-In: CR 1

Gradient: 20, 100, 65 (1.2) Take-Out: CR 33 or Faulkner Rd.

Length: 3.2 or 2.0 Precip. Gage:

Shuttle: CR1 / CR33 Delorme Gazeteer: P. 25 G8

Water Q: Primary Gage: CR33 bridge

Links: TOPO MAP Required Level: 0' low, 1' sweet, 18" high

PICTURES Indicator Gage: Blue Springs

TRIP REPORT Required Level: ~80+

Notes:

A tributary to the Calvert Prong, this creek is ultra-tight and needs recent rain. The first mile is flat. After you pay your dues by ducking under, paddling over, and walking around logs as you pass by the Oneonta sewage treatment plant (joy), you will be rewarded. Once the gorge is reached, the action is immediate. The best rapids are at the top. Perhaps 3 to 5 class IVs are separated by short pools or eddies. Scouting may be advisable to avoid missing eddies. After the bigger ones, the action subsides to tight class III. I think the first major rapid will be dubbed Hepatitis A, B, and C. The second is Les Amis (some of you may get this...). The next rapid is split by a long island and is not steep, but is fun. A bit further the creek goes over a small drop with a vertical rock wall on the right. The second half of this rapid is a fast sweeping right turn with a boof at the end.

In early 2001, several of the steeper rapids had logs in bad places. Most of these were cut out in November 2001 down to the Faulkner Road bridge. As of May 2003, there was only one log in the rapids section. It is easily spotted from upstream. Further down some hardwoods were cut out several years ago and then a power line crosses the creek. The power line is amusing in a sad way. It had to be cut in at great expense in the late 90's because the homeowner could not get permission from a family member to go across their property.

Chitwood is improving but still rates 3 chickens. It used to really peg out the water quality chicken meter when Wrangler dropped in up to 500,000 gallons a day of jeans washing waste. The plant closed in February of 2002 so they can pollute Texas and Mexico. Oneonta still puts in about 200,000 gallons/day of sewage waste, so it is not just chicken.

The put-in is a bridge on a side road off CR 1 just upstream of the sewage treatment plant. The lower take-out is on CR33 just off the top of the topo map linked above. The Faulkner Rd bridge is the preferred take-out at about mile 2. This avoids some decent but less steep paddling down to CR33. The gage is on the CR33 take-out bridge. 0' is truly minimum, you really need several inches more to have a good run. 1' is a hoot and just about right. 15"-18" would begin to get out of control.


Run:	Chitwood Creek
Section:

Class:	III-IV	Put-In:	CR 1
Gradient:	20, 100, 65 (1.2)	Take-Out:	CR 33 or Faulkner Rd.
Length:	3.2 or 2.0	Precip. Gage:
Shuttle:	CR1 / CR33	Delorme Gazeteer:	P. 25 G8
Water Q:		Primary Gage:	CR33 bridge
Links:	TOPO MAP	Required Level:	0' low, 1' sweet, 18" high
	PICTURES	Indicator Gage:	Blue Springs
	TRIP REPORT	Required Level:	~80+
Notes:
A tributary to the Calvert Prong, this creek is ultra-tight and needs recent rain. The first mile is flat. After you pay your dues by ducking under, paddling over, and walking around logs as you pass by the Oneonta sewage treatment plant (joy), you will be rewarded. Once the gorge is reached, the action is immediate. The best rapids are at the top. Perhaps 3 to 5 class IVs are separated by short pools or eddies. Scouting may be advisable to avoid missing eddies. After the bigger ones, the action subsides to tight class III. I think the first major rapid will be dubbed Hepatitis A, B, and C. The second is Les Amis (some of you may get this...). The next rapid is split by a long island and is not steep, but is fun. A bit further the creek goes over a small drop with a vertical rock wall on the right. The second half of this rapid is a fast sweeping right turn with a boof at the end. In early 2001, several of the steeper rapids had logs in bad places. Most of these were cut out in November 2001 down to the Faulkner Road bridge. As of May 2003, there was only one log in the rapids section. It is easily spotted from upstream. Further down some hardwoods were cut out several years ago and then a power line crosses the creek. The power line is amusing in a sad way. It had to be cut in at great expense in the late 90's because the homeowner could not get permission from a family member to go across their property. Chitwood is improving but still rates 3 chickens. It used to really peg out the water quality chicken meter when Wrangler dropped in up to 500,000 gallons a day of jeans washing waste. The plant closed in February of 2002 so they can pollute Texas and Mexico. Oneonta still puts in about 200,000 gallons/day of sewage waste, so it is not just chicken. The put-in is a bridge on a side road off CR 1 just upstream of the sewage treatment plant. The lower take-out is on CR33 just off the top of the topo map linked above. The Faulkner Rd bridge is the preferred take-out at about mile 2. This avoids some decent but less steep paddling down to CR33. The gage is on the CR33 take-out bridge. 0' is truly minimum, you really need several inches more to have a good run. 1' is a hoot and just about right. 15"-18" would begin to get out of control.