Gauge Description:
Big Creek does not have a gauge yet but I do plan on making one at the Lynchburg Road bridge.
For now, you can tell what it's doing by looking at the Dan River at Francisco gauge; Big Creek enters the Dan right below Lynchburg Road. I've run it between 2 and 3.5 ft., but I know others who have run from 1.5-4.0 and the higher it is the more fun it is.
It takes a lot of rain to get it up and it usually runs off fairly quick so for instance, if the Dan has been running around 2 ft. for a few days then Big Creek may not be runnable.
Gauge Information
| Name |
Range |
Difficulty |
Updated |
Level |
|
DAN RIVER NEAR FRANCISCO, NC
|
|
usgs-02068500 |
2.00 - 4.00 ft
|
II-III(IV) |
01h14m |
1.74
ft
(rc= -0.1 ) |
|
| Range | Water Level | Difficulty | Comment |
|---|
|
2.00 -4.00
ft |
barely runnable-high runnable |
II-III(IV) |
|
|
Report - Reports of Big Creek (Stokes Co.) Forrest Road to Lynchburg Road 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.
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