Turkey River above French Hollow Creek at Elkader, IA Downstream Primary

Runnable: 3,501.0 – 6,000.0 CFS

main feature is shallow, retentive, trashy, boxed in. There may or may not play on the fish passage side, it is generally flushy, small and shallow.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

At low flows, center-river is a string of rocks. At moderately high flows, its a pour-over that should be avoided.

At flows higher than 5000 cfs, a small mellow wave forms in the middle of a flooded river with no eddy access.

Type

Rapid

Difficulty

Class N/A

Mile Marker

0.1 mi

Directions

Whitewater data from
American Whitewater

High Flow Feature (center-river)