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Rapid WI

Drainage: ~317 sq.mi.

American Whitewater 45.7780, -90.5140

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Gauge Conditions

South Fork Flambeau River near Phillips, WI Downstream Primary

Runnable: 250.0 – 1,200.0 CFS

Likely low to moderate flows. (Uncertain! Please help your fellow boaters by adding a comment about best flows, and class/difficulty at various flows!)

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

Drainage area at our listed put-in is approximately 317 sq.mi. (as calculated via USGS StreamStats Beta software). By our listed take-out, (with the confluence with the Elk River just upstream) it has increased to 615 square miles (94% increase).

As mentioned on the Flows tab, a USGS gauge exists many miles downriver (with drainage area of 1860 sq.mi.), where flow has been controlled by a number of dams. Thus that gauge is likely of very little value to estimate flows here.