Learn about stars here
A 116 day old warning about this river was added. Click on comments below to read it.

Richland Creek, AR

 Disclaimer

2) Richland Creek Campground to NFR 1201 (Lower)

Class II-III(IV)
8.5 Miles
Avg Gradient 30 fpm
Max Gradient 35 fpm

Gauge Information

Richland Creek
2) Richland Creek Campground to NFR 1201  II-III(IV)
med
2.98
9/7 2:30
[detail]

Min Sug. Level:  2.8 ft Max Sug. Level:  5 ft

River Description

Falling Water Road is closed by a large landslide and downed timber about 2 miles below the Falling Water Creek Bridge.  Must access the campground via the north side of the creek.

 

Most of the rapids are in the first half of the run, with some reaching class IV/IV+ at higher levels. At optimal levels, it is a great class III/III+ run with pool/drop rapids. As you near the take-out, you will pass a 20-ft tall bluff on river left as you enter a willow thicket. Stay left as the creek braids around an island. The take-out road is here. Going right will likely mean paddling the extra mile past your vehicle to the FS road 1201 crossing.

Put-in: Reached by continuing East on Hwy 16 from Ben Hur for 1.5 miles and turning onto Pope County Road 68 (NFS 1205) and following to the NFS Richland Creek Campground. This road will parallel Falling Water Creek most of the way. This can also be reached by taking Pope County Road 18 (Falling Water Road) farther East off Hwy 16.

Take-out: Reached by continuing across the campground bridge and up the mountain to Dickey Junction. Turn right on Pope County Road 37 (NFS 1201). Take-out is located just after descending the hill and passing the impressive bluff line 'Stack Rock'. Park at the intersection of the next road to the right. This road is a short but steep trail to the river. NFS 1201 will cross Richland Creek about a mile past the intersection, but no parking space is available.

 


StreamTeam Status: unverified
Last Updated: 2008-04-02 09:03:05

Search Results

Photos/Videos 1- of 1

Lower Richland


Lower Richland  Richland Creek (lower) AR
(65.30KB .jpeg)

1

This topic does not exist yet

You’ve followed a link to a topic that doesn’t exist yet.

If permissions allow (as a AW Member, you may edit River Wiki, for example) you may create it by using the “Create This Page Button” below by hovering your mouse over the edit wrench.

If you don’t see a wrench, you don’t have permission to edit or edit is turned off.

If you don’t know what you are doing click on the sandbox and instructions link off the create page link.

Gauge

Gauge Description:

Gauge located at NFS Richland Creek Campground bridge. Can be run a little below 2.8 feet but it gets real rocky.(Has been run at 2.3-2.4 with lots of scrapes and a few carries) Starts to get real pushy above 4.5 feet. Big levels offer up a great Big Water run with large waves and holes.

Check out the level predictor chart to help estimate levels up to 2 days later.

Richland Cr nr Witts Springs [ AR ]

Current Conditions

Stage Flow Updated
2.98 282 9/7 2:30

Station Graphs

Linked Reaches

Search Results

Level Legend: Running Below Minimum Recommended Flow Above Maximum Recommended Flow Unknown
Descriptions of reaches with River Name in bold have been verified by a regional StreamTeam member.

State River Name/Section Class Level Rel. Level Updated
AR Barberry Creek— Headwaters to ELFB III-V 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Bear Creek (Big Piney trib)— Headwaters to Big Piney Creek IV-V(V+) 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Big Devil's Fork— Hill Cemetery to Richland Creek III-IV(V) 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Bobtail Creek— (hike in) FS 1219A to Richland Creek III-IV+ 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Boss Hollow— Headwaters to Hurricane Creek III-IV+ 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Dry Creek— Dickey Junction to Eula IV-V+ 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Falling Water Creek— Falling Water Falls to Richland Campground II-III+(IV) 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Falls Branch— Tarlton Flats to NFS Road 1200 near Bass III-V 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Hurricane Creek (Newton & Pope Co.)— Cub Creek to Big Piney II-III+ 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Left Hand Prong— Headwaters to Victor Road II-IV 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Little Buffalo, East Fork— Deer to Murray III-IV(V+) 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Long Branch— Hike in from CR 28 near Wayton to Murray III-V 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Long Devil's Fork— Hike in from CR 32 to Richland Creek III-IV(V) 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Richland Creek— 1) Moore to Richland Creek Campground III-IV+ 2.98 ft   med 9/7 2:30
AR Richland Creek— 2) Richland Creek Campground to NFR 1201 II-III(IV) 2.98 ft   med 9/7 2:30
AR Sandy Springs Hollow— Headwaters to EFLB III-IV+ 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Shop Creek, West Fork— Alum Cove Creek to Parthenon III-IV(V) 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Stepp Creek— Gum Branch to ELFB III-IV+ 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30
AR Sulphur Creek— Southern Fork to Richland Creek III-V(V+) 2.98 ft   low 9/7 2:30

Station Description

AW Gauge ID:3161
USGS Station:07055875
HUC:0
Latitude:35.7969
Longitude:-92.9286
Class:-1

WXPort

News





Guidebooks



A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to the Ozarks
$11.87

User Comments
2008-05-14 09:15:22 (116 days ago)
Downed tmber still blocks road. Edit
2008-04-02 09:03:30 (158 days ago)
Lance JonesDetails
Falling Water Road is closed by a large landslide and downed timber about 2 miles below the Falling Water Creek Bridge. Must access the campground via the north side of the creek.
Add a Comment

Rapid Descriptions

icon of message No rapids entered. If you know names, and locations of the rapids please contact and advise the StreamTeam member for this run.

AW Membership Status

Please join AW.

To enjoy extra features of this website please register by clicking here.No permissions.

Volunteer Opportunities / Activities

StreamTeam

Lance JonesDetails
...

Disclaimer Data Sources

USGS Page for This Station

NPS AR Rivers Inventory


Journal Archive Articles



 River Alert  
 State News  
 River Links  
  (RSS)  
  (KML)help  
  (mobile)  
 River Info (mobile)