Baird Creek - Moon Valley Drive to end of gradient (0.6 mile)


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Moon Valley Drive to end of gradient (0.6 mile)

Usual Difficulty II+ (may vary with level)
Length 0.6 Miles
Avg. Gradient 60 fpm
Max Gradient 60 fpm

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
BAIRD CREEK AT SUPERIOR ROAD AT GREEN BAY, WI
usgs-040851325 75 - 300 cfs III 04h24m 0.81 cfs (rc= -0.6 )


River Description

Quick Facts:

Location: within Green Bay city limits, east from downtown.
Character: Small creek, in a park, with short bedrock ledges.
Shuttle Length: 0.6 miles (carry up).

Put-in is approximately 662' elevation.
Take-out is approximately 610' elevation.
Thus total elevation change is approximately 52'.

General Overview

This reach is being included not half so much on it's own merit, but moreso as a 'companion piece' to other runs in the area. (Devil's River, Bower Creek, Neshota/West Twin) It is quite likely that these will all be 'up' at the same time. All are short runs, allowing for a 'daily double', or triple, or quad even!

Also, this reach lies wholly within a city park, through which there is an excellent system of trails for hiking and for off-road biking.

While topo maps show additional gradient upstream, (1) there is little convenient access (other than hiking up), (2) the stream is generally narrow and very brushy, and (3) it lacks the bedrock foundation which creates the rapids in the listed reach.

Put-in at the Moon Valley Drive bridge, just off of Baird Creek Road, within eye/ear-shot of I43 passing overhead. A series of short ledges in this little creek will provide busy entertainment for novice boaters. Caution is urged, as deadfalls and snags are common, especially later in this reach. Get out as soon as the gradient peters-out and deadfall becomes plentiful to avoid the worst of it and minimize the hike back to your vehicle.

Special Note: The real HUC for this reach should be 04030204. It has been 'faked' below to allow this reach to 'sort' (when listing is pulled up 'by drainage') into the "Southwestern Lake Michigan" rivers, rather than the already bloated list of "Northwestern Lake Michigan" rivers. If this somehow causes problems for anyone using this listing, please send a message to the Regional StreamTeam Leader (which can be done via the "Add a Comment" button which should appear under the "Comments" tab).


StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2009-11-21 22:44:49

42922.mov

Detail Trip Report Edit  42922.mov  Bairds Creek, AL(10.85MB .mov)

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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

There is a USGS gauge on Baird Creek, just above the recommended put-in. The gauge is quite new, and we do not yet have sufficient experience to be certain of 'good' levels, so the min/max listed is completely tentative. Anyone who has experience with this creek is encouraged to submit comments regarding recommended water levels via the "Add a comment" button which should appear under the "Comments" tab.

Being such a small, upland watershed, this creek will flash up and down quite rapidly, often defying the lag in time for the gauges to be updated online. As a result, the better 'gauge' is to watch weather reports and rainfall patterns, and be ready to jump when there is water.

The currently set 'minimum' of 75 cfs is met or exceeded not even 5% of the time. That is to say, expect this to be boatable an average of no more than about 15 days a year.

 

Gauge/flow analysis (based on data 2003.09.25 - 2008.10.28)
Drainage area at gauge 15.74 sq.mi.
Minimum daily mean flow during cited period (2003-09-25) 0.21 cfs
90% of time mean daily flow exceeds 0.4 cfs
10% of time mean daily flow exceeds 23 cfs
Maximum daily mean flow during cited period (2004-03-03) 299 cfs
10/90 ratio ('flashy-ness')
(under 3 is fairly steady, over 10 is quite 'flashy')		 57.5

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
BAIRD CREEK AT SUPERIOR ROAD AT GREEN BAY, WI
usgs-040851325 75 - 300 cfs III 04h24m 0.81 cfs (rc= -0.6 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
0 - 75 cfs extremely Low-barely Low I Low, scrapey, no fun.
75 - 200 cfs barely runnable-perfect runnable II Reasonable boatable flow.
200 - 300 cfs perfect runnable-high runnable II+ High boatable. Will be pushy! (Watch for strainers.)
300 - 999 cfs barely High-extremely High III Outrageously high for this little stream.

Report - Reports of Baird Creek Moon Valley Drive to end of gradient (0.6 mile) and related gauges

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Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
1y228d05h07m Bairds Creek [AL] 42922.mov II David Konshak

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User Comments
2004-05-27 12:34:03 (2005 days ago)
Contact not found. (6173)
Three of us ran this stretch yesterday at 140 cfs, which was definitely enough water for a run. A
short but very fast and non-stop Class II+ run. We ran it twice. Very fun. Deadfall is definitely a
hazard and eddies are few.
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