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South Sauty Creek - Intersection of County Roads 41 and 56 to Bucks Pocket


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South Sauty Creek,

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Intersection of County Roads 41 and 56 to Bucks Pocket

Usual Difficulty III-IV (may vary with level)
Length 7.15 Miles
Avg. Gradient 60 fpm
Max Gradient 81 fpm

South Sauty


South Sauty
Photo of Shane Day by Brad Roberts taken April 7, 2001 @ 0.4

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
Town Creek near Geraldine, AL
tva-d6852 350 - 4000 cfs III-IV 03h07m 116 cfs (rc= -0.1 )


River Description

South Sauty is pretty hard to beat, good continous action top to bottom. Plenty of steady class 3 and 4 action ending with your car in view and a hot shower just steps from the take out.

Buck Pocket State Park is a great takeout. Please show your appreciation for this state park and donate a dollar or two for using the facilities. They use the money to help maintain the restrooms and keep the place up. Oh, by the way, if you need a shuttle, ask Bruce what you can do!

All rapids are runnable.
The waterfall (not yet named) at the put in can be run, usually on the right side.
The rapids are:
Initiation
Welcome to Sauty
Johah's Whale
Egg Scrambler
Cliff Left
Mushroom Rock at the bottom of Cliff Left
Drunken Horseman
Upper Minefield
Lower Minefield
The Slot river right, Falls river left
Bonecrusher



StreamTeam Status: Not Verified
Last Updated: 2006-11-19 19:52:57

South Sauty

Detail Trip Report Edit  South Sauty  South Sauty, AL(21.72KB .jpeg)

South Sauty

Detail Trip Report Edit  South Sauty  South Sauty, AL(27.39KB .jpeg)

Bonecrusher

Detail Trip Report Edit  Bonecrusher  South Sauty Creek, AL(1.40MB .mpg)

The Slot

Detail Trip Report Edit  The Slot  South Sauty Creek, AL(1.53MB .mpg)

Upper Minefields

Detail Trip Report Edit  Upper Minefields  South Sauty Creek, AL(1.16MB .mpg)

Cliff Left

Detail Trip Report Edit  Cliff Left  South Sauty Creek, AL(1.39MB .mpg)

Jonah's Whale

Detail Trip Report Edit  Jonah's Whale  South Sauty Creek, AL(589.24KB .mpg)

Welcome To Sauty

Detail Trip Report Edit  Welcome To Sauty  South Sauty Creek, AL(1.55MB .mpg)

1st Rapid on South Sauty

Detail Trip Report Edit  1st Rapid on South Sauty  South Sauty Creek, AL(2.67MB .mov)

[0013] Put-in rapid at South Sauty

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the far left line

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South Sauty

Detail Trip Report Edit  South Sauty  South Sauty, AL(28.59KB .jpeg)

(RM) Welcome To Sauty - Top

Detail Trip Report Edit  (RM) Welcome To Sauty - Top  South Sauty Creek, AL(85.44KB .jpeg)

(RM) Bone Crusher

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(RM) The Slot

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(RM) South Sauty Paddler's Gage

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(RM) South Sauty Falls

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(RM) South Sauty Boogie 2

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(RM) South Sauty Boogie

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(RM) Low Water Bridge Visual Gage

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(RM) Egg Scrambler

Detail Trip Report Edit  (RM) Egg Scrambler  South Sauty Creek, AL(76.30KB .jpeg)

(RM) Welcome To Sauty - Bottom

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(RM) South Sauty Falls

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(RM) Cliff Left

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Put in rapid (SH)

Detail Trip Report Edit  Put in rapid (SH)  South Sauty Creek, AL(88.18KB .jpeg)

Put in rapid (SH)

Detail Trip Report Edit  Put in rapid (SH)  South Sauty Creek, AL(88.17KB .jpeg)

South Sauty

Detail Trip Report Edit  South Sauty  @South Sauty Creek Intersection of County Roads 41 and 56 to Bucks Pocket, AL(828.59KB .jpeg)

Sauty at low water

Detail Trip Report Edit  Sauty at low water  Sauty, AL(806.74KB .jpeg)


Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

There is a new gauge at the takeout.
"0" is bump scrape down the river with Town Creek flows between 500-750 cfs.
0.5 is a good min level, while 2.5' is extremly high with Town Creek at 3500 cfs. The bottom of the gauge has broken off at the 2'mark. We are working on getting it replaced.
Call TVA gauge for Town Creek, over 500 cfs with new rain, and South Sauty may me runable.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
Town Creek near Geraldine, AL
tva-d6852 350 - 4000 cfs III-IV 03h07m 116 cfs (rc= -0.1 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
350 -4000 cfs barely runnable-high runnable III-IV

Report - Reports of South Sauty Creek Intersection of County Roads 41 and 56 to Bucks Pocket and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
South Sauty CreekIntersection of County Roads 41 and 56 to Bucks Pocket [AL] South Sauty n/a Rob Beckman
South Sauty Creek [AL] (RM) The Slot 0.75 Robert Maxwell
South Sauty [AL] the far left line n/a will reeves
South Sauty [AL] [0013] Put-in rapid at South Sauty 0.8-0.9? Chad Spangler
South Sauty Creek [AL] Bonecrusher Med/Low Mark D'Agostino
3y313d22h05m Sauty [AL] Sauty at low water Very Low Rob Beckman
4y360d22h05m South Sauty Creek [AL] Put in rapid (SH) ~800cfs Stephen Hales
5y17d22h05m South Sauty Creek [AL] Put in rapid (SH) ~700cfs Stephen Hales
6y269d22h05m South Sauty Creek [AL] 1st Rapid on South Sauty 1' Take out Gauge John Pruitt
8y224d22h05m South Sauty [AL] South Sauty 0.4 Brad Roberts

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User Comments
2009-03-27 10:35:04 (242 days ago)
Ran the SS afternoon of 3-26-09. Town Creek flow at this time was 952 down to 860. Awesome level!!
Drops at the top were good to go, but watch for the undercuts & crazy eddies. Bottom 1/3 was
very pushy, but clean. A lot of cool holes that can get you if not respected. No noticable wood
(MAYBE WOOD IN THE SLOT, BUT COULDN'T SEE IT AT THIS LEVEL), but stay sharp. Perfect level.
Cfarrell Edit
2009-01-13 09:32:11 (315 days ago)
Matthew CarverDetails
The directions on this page for S.Sauty are wrong. Do not use them.
2009-01-10 09:42:27 (318 days ago)
wood in the slot. scout/port on river right Edit
2005-03-17 17:23:32 (1712 days ago)
Robert MaxwellDetails
Town Creek isn't the best indicator gage for South Sauty, but it's the only one that's even close!
Here's how Town Creek correlates to the South Sauty gage:

Town = Sauty
361-540 = 0.25
480 - 640 = 0.50
540 - 600 = 0.60
612 - 830 = 0.70
552 - 842 = 0.80
777 - 980 = 0.90
601 - 873 = 1.00
799 - 922 = 1.10
1017 - 1024 = 1.25
729 - 1113 = 1.30
1561 = 1.50
1623 = 1.65

I have an Excel 2000 spreadsheet that predicts the levels for South Sauty and several other rivers
in the southeast. If you'd like a copy of this spreadsheet e-mail me at
H2Olevelcheck@boatingbeta.com and I will send it to you. I only check this address weekly, so
pardon me if I don't get back to you right away.

Paddle Safe - Rob Maxwell
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