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Rapid TX Class IV

North Acres Rapid

American Whitewater 30.3480, -97.6860

Save this feature with the run it belongs to.

Gauge Conditions

Little Walnut Creek at Georgian Dr, Austin, TX Upstream Primary

Runnable: 300.0 – 3,000.0 CFS

Range of best boatability uncertain. Please help your fellow boaters by submitting a comment or report.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS

Photo

Photo courtesy of American Whitewater

Description

At lower flows (< 500), this feature is just a small ledge wave. At higher flows, a limestone shelf and concrete wall downstream back up the flow from the ledge and cause it to form a retentive, river-wide hydraulic. The hydraulic has a nasty-looking pocket at river right, but running river left sets you up for strainers downstream. A trail on the south side of the creek (river right, downstream of the pedestrian bridge) allows for easily portaging the feature or putting in below it (at the confluence of a small feeder creek.)

The hole is known to be in at about 800-2000 cfs. Behavior at higher flows is unknown.