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Rapid WI

USGS Gauge: 190 sq.mi.

Root - B) Horlick Dam to Quarry Park (0.2 - 0.6 mile) (WI)

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Gauge Conditions
Root River at Racine, WI Upstream Primary
Runnable: 150.0 – 3,600.0 CFS

Too low.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Description

USGS lists this location as being 5.2 mi upstream from mouth. Thus, for anyone curious about paddling all the way to the lake, that would be your total distance. However, beyond our listed take-out in Quarry Park, there is very little of interest to whitewater paddlers. (There will be a few areas minor splishy-splash waves, but predominantly it will be merely swiftwater and flowing water until it reaches backwater level of Lake Michigan, which it does nearly two full miles before actually reaching the lake. (The Root River Environmental Education Community Center (REC) has canoes and kayaks for rent (roughly Memorial weekend through end of September). Recreational paddlers talk about "paddling the Root River" as they paddle this area, which (to me) is really just an extension of the lake and the harbor, easily paddled upstream nearly as easily as downstream at all but the highest flows.)

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class N/A
Mile Marker
0.1 mi
Directions
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B) Horlick Dam to Quarry Park (0.2 - 0.6 mile)
Root
II(III) 0.6 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater