Muddy Creek, Kentucky, US |
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| Usual Difficulty | II(III) (for normal flows) |
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Considered by many Central Kentucky paddlers to be the finest play stream around, this Madison, County gem will try to wear you out with it’s numerous, surfing opportunities. Flowing through remote, beautiful and rolling Kentucky countryside, Muddy Creek is fed by several, crystal clear underground springs and cascading waterfalls. Providing a nonstop ride with large class III play holes and green glassy wave trains at flood levels, the Muddy serves up dozens upon dozens of side surfing holes and play ledges at more moderate and lower flows. Muddy Creek’s numerous rapids typically offer large wwpaddling groups multiple play spots with no waiting in the eddys! Flowing near Union City, KY in Madison Co south of Lexington, Muddy is often run along with the Otter Creek sections to give a “triple play day” for energetic boaters.
Muddy Creek is a rain dependent stream. It usually takes a 1-2" rain to make this creek flow, and then it is usually back down within 24 hours.
To find additional recent observations, check the forum of the Bluegrass Wildwater Association: http://www.bluegrasswildwater.org/bwaforum/
There is also a BWA funded gauge camera (installed April 2011) that takes daily pictures of the river right upstream bridge foundation on Cain Springs. http://s1184.photobucket.com/albums/z334/BWAMuddyCreekGauge/
Here is a legend to help interpret runnable levels.
| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| Muddy Creek [KY] |
KY, Muddy Ck, Swinging Bridge
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medium | Dale Perry | |
| Muddy Creek [KY] |
Sals Hole
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Mid Suck | Dale Perry | |
| Muddy Creek [KY] |
Muddy Creek April 2002
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6" below suck | Barry Grimes | |
| Muddy Creek [KY] |
Muddy Creek May 2002
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high suck | Barry Grimes | |
| 2y307d09h44m | Muddy Creek [KY] |
Muddy Creek
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3.3 ft | Spalding Hurst |
| 3y314d09h44m | Muddy CreekOakley Wells Road Bridge to near Doylesville (5 miles) [KY] |
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5.0' | Randall McFarland |
| 3y314d09h44m | Muddy Creek [KY] |
Muddy Creek@highsuck
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4.3' | Barry Grimes |
| 6y20d17h44m | Muddy Creek [KY] |
Bubba surfing
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Below Suck (~3.5 Ft) | Jason Foley |
No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run. reach
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Oakley Wells Road Bridge to near Doylesville (5 miles), Muddy Creek Kentucky, US (mobile)
User Comments
partner. This may be a city or county, a utility (power company), or any number of other entities.
Virtually all river gauges exist for flood prediction/monitoring, for predicting/managing flows for
power generation, and various other needs of these LOCAL entities!. Thus, it is not always Federal
budget cuts which affect these gauges. Many of these LOCAL co-funding agencies are suffering major
budget crises. As a result, opting to de-fund a river gauge is often one of the easier cuts they
can make. So . . . when a gauge (useful for a whitewater river such as this) goes unfunded, don't
automatically blame the Feds. Look for some local agency and intitiate a campaign to convince them
to continue (or pick up) funiding for the gauge.
they want $10,000/year to keep it going. This is a great loss for local boaters as now it will take
someone having to go to the creek, look at the level and then report it.