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Rapid IL

Gabion Weirs

American Whitewater 42.2705, -89.1188

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Gauge Conditions

Piscasaw Creek near Walworth, WI Downstream Primary

Runnable: 34.0 – 200.0 CFS

Almost assuredly too low. (Likely under 50 cfs.) Visual confirmation is required.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

The channelized stretch of this stream has a series of gabions (think chain-link fence 'boxes', filled with rock rubble) probably for erosion control in the streambed and/or concrete strips (probably protecting utility pipes passing under the streambed). While they appear as 'falls' or 'pourover rapids' on the low-flow satellite views on Google, at what would be boatable flows I expect these would be completely covered and probably create little more than riffles (though this is just conjecture unsupported by direct observation).