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Playspot IL Class I

Riverside: Dam (REMOVED)

Des Plaines - a) Wheeling, Dam #1 (Removed) (PnP) (IL)

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Gauge Conditions
Des Plaines River near Des Plaines, IL Downstream Primary
Runnable: 150.0 – 800.0 CFS

Relatively low flows. We have no information on whether any play now exists at these flows. Help your fellow paddlers with a comment or report.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Riverside: Dam (REMOVED)
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

This dam has been removed! It appears there may be some riffles and rips through here now. In the past, boaters have been told they may not access the river from anyplace near here. We have no awareness whether this continues to be the case with the dam/hazard removed.

Location
Type
Playspot
Difficulty
Class I
Mile Marker
0.0 mi
Directions
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a) Wheeling, Dam #1 (Removed) (PnP)
Des Plaines
I-II 0.2 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater