White Oak Creek - Highway 52 to Clear Fork River


White Oak Creek, Tennessee, US

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Highway 52 to Clear Fork River

Usual Difficulty I-II (varies with level)
Length 6 Miles

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
CLEAR FORK NEAR ROBBINS, TN
usgs-03409500 500 - 1500 cfs II+ 00h26m 460 cfs (rc= -0.0 )


River Description

Local expert (Ron Stewart, Box 1337, Chattanooga, TN 37401)
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2002-03-01 06:40:09

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Gauge Information

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Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
CLEAR FORK NEAR ROBBINS, TN
usgs-03409500 500 - 1500 cfs II+ 00h26m 460 cfs (rc= -0.0 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
500 -1500 cfs barely runnable-high runnable II+ 500 is a good low, 1500 would make it pretty fast and wash many of the features out.

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2010-04-29 12:59:27 (652 days ago)
Brandon HughettDetails
Ran this on 4/27/2010. Clear Fork at Robbins was reading 450cfs. There was plenty of water on White
Oak Creek to run it. The most beautiful class II run I know of...probably the most beautiful run on
the Cumberland Plateau.

2008-12-23 03:15:59 (1145 days ago)
I prefer to run this when the BSF at Leatherwood is 3200 cfs. At that level, the slide is Class III
and from there down it is a fun canyon to run. After the confluence with Clear Fork River, the
water moves fast and there are a few good Class II rapids. Yes the flat paddle to the canyon is
very long, but the canyon makes up for the flat paddle in. Charlie Wilkerson, TSRA Edit

2002-11-18 12:12:46 (3371 days ago)
Andy MesserDetails
There's a long, hellish, murky, dead flatwater stretch at the beginning that seems to last forever.
Down toward the confluence with the Clear Fork--sometimes called the Meeting of the Waters--there's
a beautiful gorge section where sandstone cliffs come all the way down to the water. The scenery
alone makes it well worth doing.<br>
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I've only run this once, at about 1,000 cfs on the Clear Fork near Robbins gauge. At that level, I
would rate the long slide rapid at the beginning of the gorge section class III. It's a very
substantial drop, and the section that follows is extremely consticted. I would think that very
high water levels could push this area up to class IV and perhaps beyond.
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 Highway 52 to Clear Fork River, White Oak Creek Tennessee, US (mobile)