Deep Creek,

Mowbray to Soddy

Usual Difficulty	V (may vary with level)
Length	1.75 Miles
Avg. Gradient	400 fpm

Rapid Log

Rapid Log
Photo of Rapid Log by Mark Cumnock taken 1995

River Description

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Last Updated: 2006-02-01 22:25:54

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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

1.5Â-2" inch of Nov.-Mar. rain helps this run. Soddy Creek needs to be high for this run. This can be based off Cooper when Cooper is in the too high or "Purple" highlighted on the stream pages.

Report - Reports of Deep Creek Mowbray to Soddy and related gauges

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Reports

When	River/Gauge	Subject	Level	Reporter
	Deep Creek [TN]	Rapid Log	n/a	mark cumnock

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User Comments

2005-01-20 18:57:04 (1766 days ago)

mark cumnockDetails

This was from a post on BoaterTalk.com forum: Thread# 744621 Posted by: BAyoung

i got to paddle deep only once and maybe having very high water gave me a different perspective. We
didn't hike in at all but rather put in on a southern (?)tributary by a playground. The tributary
had several good rapids but also had the typical plateau brush to paddle through. You have to be
careful here b/c you may just bushwack straight into a seive as i did. Once on deep i thought the
were somed rapids but also a couple i didn't want to paddle and no one else did either like daniel
d., nathan h., and charlie b. portages weren't bad but i thought that the trip and quality of the
run was average at best. again this may be due to high water since the soddy gauge was
underwater.

sorry about poor spelling

Ed. Note: The level we paddled at, you could see a lot of the gauge, but I don't remember the exact
level. I do remember that the concrete footer on the bridge pillar located at the Big Soddy
takeout, when the water was at the top of footer it was a "normal" level for Soddy, and it was
underwater for our run on Deep Creek.

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Rapid Summary

Mile	Rapid Name	Class
0.3	Put-in Rapid	II+
0.5	Spin-out Rapid	IV
0.8	Crux Move	5.2
1.0	Run-out	IV+

Rapid Descriptions

Put-in Rapid (Class II+, Mile 0.3)

Put-in

Put-in

Photo of Put in Rapid Jim,Bailey &Louie by mark cumnock taken 1995

this gives you the flavor of the short top section

Spin-out Rapid (Class IV, Mile 0.5)

louie in spin out rapid

louie in spin out rapid

Photo of louie by mark cumnock taken 1995

This is the first major rapid

Crux Move (Class 5.2, Mile 0.8)

Crux Move

Crux Move

Photo of deep creek by mark cumnock taken 1995

The is heavy duty section of Deep ,and gives you the flavor of Morgan Creek

Run-out (Class IV+, Mile 1.0)

Run out on Deep

Run out on Deep