Little, Middle Prong (Tremont), Tennessee, US |
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| Usual Difficulty | III-IV (for normal flows) |
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| Length | 2.15 Miles |
| Avg. Gradient | 150 fpm |
| Max Gradient | 180 fpm |
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| LITTLE RIVER ABOVE TOWNSEND, TN | ||||
| usgs-03497300 | 3.20 - 6.00 ft | III-IV | 00h37m | 2.19 ft (rc= -0.4 ) |
Puting in at the takeout for the Upper section, the paddler is immediately thrown into non stop class 3 creeking for the next 2.2 miles. There are some crappy rapids and some quality ones. The big drop in here is called stop sign and is not a good place to miss a boof and/or swim. The recirculation can be terminal. If you are unsure, SET A ROPE or portage. The hole is scary. The boof is the best on the river, a great 6 foot launch pad.
Below stop sign, Spruce Flats Prong cascades in from river right, where more fun bedrock ledgy rapids wait. There is another half mile of class 3 before the run slows to class 2-3 to the takeout at Tremont institute. There is a nice parking area on river left on the other side of the road from the creek.
If you haven't had enough the last 1.5 miles is a relaxing but continuous class 2-3 creek trip that can als offer adventurous novices some exciting moments and good intro to the notion that hitting rocks is not always bad (creeking).
One more thing. There are always wood problems on this run and they are ever shifting. Have a plan for this.
3.0 - minimum
3.3 - good low
3.5 - medium
3.7 - good medium
4.0 - getting high
4.3 and up - high
The great thing about this run is it can be run pretty high or pretty low. This gives a window of runnablility of almost 3 days after a solid rain event, assuming good water table saturation prior to the activating rain event.
If the Little River at Maryville is all you can go by, look for 1500cfs as a good minimum. It does run with the Maryville gauge lower than this, but who knows.
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level | ||||||||
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| LITTLE RIVER ABOVE TOWNSEND, TN | ||||||||||||
| usgs-03497300 | 3.20 - 6.00 ft | III-IV | 00h37m | 2.19 ft (rc= -0.4 ) | ||||||||
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| When | River/Gauge | Subject | Level | Reporter |
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| Little River, Middle Prong [TN] |
Lynn Camp/Thunderhead Prong Confluence
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Med/Low | Christopher Brigman | |
| little river, middle prong [tn] |
the drop at the stop sign
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don't remember | todd bilbrey | |
| Tremont [TN] |
Tremont--team ELF
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n/a | Paul Butler | |
| Little, Middle Prong (Tremont)2) First Bridge below Lynn Camp and Thunderhead Prong Confluence to Tremont Institute [ ] |
Stop Sign
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n/a | Kirk Eddlemon | |
| 6y21d12h05m | Little River, Middle Prong [TN] |
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n/a | Stephen Hales |
| 7y61d12h05m | Little River, Middle Prong [TN] |
Lynn Camp/Thunderhead Prong confluence rapid (SH)
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Low | Stephen Hales |
| 7y146d12h05m | Little River, Middle Prong [TN] |
Stop sign rapid at 4.6 feet!
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4.6 at Townsend | James Locke |
| 9y105d12h05m | Little River, Middle Prong [TN] |
The big stuff!!
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3.8 | James Locke |
| > 10 years | Lynn Marks Creek confluence with Middle Prong of the Little [TN] |
Lynn Marks Creek confluence with Middle Prong of the Little
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n/a | Bert Harris |
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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2) First Bridge below Lynn Camp and Thunderhead Prong Confluence to Tremont Institute, Little, Middle Prong (Tremont) Tennessee, US (mobile)
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