Spivey Creek - Little Bald Creek to Tumbling Rich Gap Brook


Spivey Creek, Tennessee, US

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Little Bald Creek to Tumbling Rich Gap Brook

Usual Difficulty V+ (for normal flows)
Length 1.8 Miles
Avg. Gradient 260 fpm
Max Gradient 580 fpm

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
NOLICHUCKY RIVER AT EMBREEVILLE, TN
usgs-03465500 5000 - 40000 cfs V+ 01h05m 1210 cfs (rc= -0.1 )


River Description

Lat/longitude coords at the putin are a SWAG.

Moheinous wrote, on Boater Talk (8/13/01), "I'm sure someone's been there before , but with all the rain i decided to go have a look at Spivey Creek TN today. The Nolichucky at 16,000 should clue people into possiblities in the watershed. In just the few roadside stops i saw numerous ten foot drops, a clean thirty footer, and a potentially runnable fifty footer. I uuess this one is the Spivey Falls listed on maps of the area. Probably the creek was too high for most of the day, i saw it after 5 PM today and it looked to be a perfect level. There were many more drops and gradient that i couldn't see. The few i did look at were serious video quality big ones similar to N. Fork Catawba."
Looks like this suckah drops at at least 300 ft/mile in that short stretch. Careful, boyz'n'gurls!


StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2005-01-05 13:39:04

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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

The gage is for the Nolichucky, and thus is only an indication. It might help to check the AFWS Rain Gages for this area.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
NOLICHUCKY RIVER AT EMBREEVILLE, TN
usgs-03465500 5000 - 40000 cfs V+ 01h05m 1210 cfs (rc= -0.1 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
5000 -40000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable V+

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User Comments
2009-12-02 01:17:15 (802 days ago)
50 footer lands on huge dome rock, completely unrunnable. the few drops above are hard to get down
to and not worth the effort. Edit
2006-05-05 16:11:14 (2108 days ago)
kevin turnerDetails
I ran a short section of this creek with my buddies a while back. it is pretty steep.<br>
here is a link to some video i shot of the run<br>
http://homepage.mac.com/kevinjulieevan/Kayaking_page/iMovieTheater68.html<br>
email me if you want some more info.<br>
kevin22@aol.com
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 Little Bald Creek to Tumbling Rich Gap Brook, Spivey Creek Tennessee, US (mobile)