Blowout Rapid
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Gauge Conditions
Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Description
Rapid at the former site of the Farad diversion dam, a 15' high and 200' wide earth and gravel-filled diversion dam that diverted river flow to the Farad Powerhouse and was damaged in the 1997 floods.
Location
Other Rapids on This Run (13)
Rapid
N/A
Floriston Exit 199 Put In
Rapid
N/A
Farad Hydropower Plant
Rapid
N/A
Farad Exit 201 Access
Hazard
N/A
Fleish Diversion Dam
Rapid
III+
Dead Man's Curve
Rapid
III
Son of Dead Man's
Hazard
N/A
Steamboat Canal Diversion Dam
Rapid
III
Staircase
Rapid
III
Unnamed Rapid
Rapid
N/A
Fleish Powerhouse
Rapid
N/A
Alternate Take-out Quilci Ranch Road
Hazard
N/A
Verdi Diversion Dam
Rapid
N/A
Crystal Creek Park Take Out
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2. Floriston (or Farad) to Verdi, NV
Truckee
III
10.0 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater
American Whitewater