Big Creek, Missouri, US |
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| Usual Difficulty | I-II (for normal flows) |
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| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level |
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| Big Creek at Sam A Baker State Park, MO | ||||
| usgs-07037300 | 2.50 - 5.00 ft | I-II | 00h16m | 2.11 ft (rc= -0.2 ) |
(St. Francis tributary)
Two shut-ins, boulder gardens, shoals, and steep bluffs make this clear-water stream a popular
run.
MoCreekin’ has some
good info about this and other creek runs in Missouri.
A Canoeing &
Kayaking Guide to the Ozarks (formerly Ozark
Whitewater) by Tom Kennon (3rd edition, Menasha Ridge Press) has a good description
of the run.
A Paddler’s
Guide to Missouri (Missouri Department of Conservation, 2003), an updated
version of Missouri Ozark Waterways by Oz Hawksley, has good maps.
No photos found. The USGS Big Creek gauge, formerly at Des Arc, has been moved (as of late 2005) downstream to Big Creek at Sam A Baker State Park.
| Name | Range | Difficulty | Updated | Level | ||||||||
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| Big Creek at Sam A Baker State Park, MO | ||||||||||||
| usgs-07037300 | 2.50 - 5.00 ft | I-II | 00h16m | 2.11 ft (rc= -0.2 ) | ||||||||
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Gauge (189 sq.mi.drainage) is at the take-out, so very accurately reflects actual flow on this reach. |
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Users can submit comments.| Mile | Rapid Name | Class | Features (Legend) |
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| 0.0 | Shut ins | II | |
| 0.0 | USGS gauge location | N/A |
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Hwy.K west of Annapolis to Sam A. Baker State Park (19.2 miles), Big Creek Missouri, US (mobile)
