Little Sulphur Creek - Healdsburg-Geyserville Road to Big Sulphur Creek


Little Sulphur Creek, California, US

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Healdsburg-Geyserville Road to Big Sulphur Creek

Usual Difficulty IV-V+ (for normal flows)
Length 11 Miles

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
BIG SULPHUR C A G RESORT NR CLOVERDALE CA
usgs-11463170 300 - 3000 cfs IV-V+ 01h08m 18 cfs (rc= -0.9 )
Range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow paddlers by providing a comment or report.


River Description

Little and Big Sulphur Creeks are tributaries of the Russion River and are runnable during winter rain storms.


Other information sources:
CA-creeks
A GUIDE TO THE BEST WHITEWATER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, HOLBEK & STANLEY, 1988

Class: IV-VI
StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2002-02-12 06:19:08

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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

There is no gauge on Little Sulpher Creek so you must visually decide if the flow is right by looking at the creek.   The online gauge is on Big Sulphur Creek and is upstream of the confluence with Little Sulphur Creek.  Flows in Big Sulphur should always be quite a bit higher than flows in Little Sulphur.    Both Creeks should respond similarly to rain, but their exact relationship could vary a lot from storm to storm.   Reportedly, neither creek stays at runnable flows for very long after rain stops.  Boof.com

Ben (fiddleyak at Boof.com) writes:
There is no gauge or good landmark, the putin is at a bridge, so the water does flow next to a flat cement wall.
I'm going to consider running it when the geysers gauge is at around 800-1000 and DROPPING. However, if this creek was too low, it would be awful.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
BIG SULPHUR C A G RESORT NR CLOVERDALE CA
usgs-11463170 300 - 3000 cfs IV-V+ 01h08m 18 cfs (rc= -0.9 )
Range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow paddlers by providing a comment or report.

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
0 - 300 cfs extremely Low-barely Low IV-V+ Range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow paddlers by providing a comment or report.
300 -3000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable IV-V+ Range for best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow paddlers by providing a comment or report.

Report - Reports of Little Sulphur Creek Healdsburg-Geyserville Road to Big Sulphur Creek and related gauges

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Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
2y235d09h32m Little Sulphur CreekHealdsburg-Geyserville Road to Big Sulphur Creek [CA] Account of 06/22/09 n/a n/a

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 Healdsburg-Geyserville Road to Big Sulphur Creek, Little Sulphur Creek California, US (mobile)