Witnessed a bad piton running the rt slot boof @ Gratto Falls while making a low water run on 3/12/06. Had run Short 2 days prior and everyone who ran that line had no problems. I probed the area just below the drop on Sun after the piton and there is a boulder or shelf just under the surface across the entire line of the 8' boof. Take caution while boofing this drop, a pencil would probably not break any bones, but it will put a nasty dent in the front of your boat. The main - double drop of Gratto is good to go at both levels.

Short Creek's Paddlers gage is located on the SR 75 Bridge. There are actually two SR 75 bridges crossing Short Creek. The gauge is on the upstream bridge (NE bound traffic) on river right support. Best seen from river right, upstream side of the bridge.<br /> <br /> Levels: <br /> ELF: 6&quot;<br /> Low: 9&quot;<br /> Medium: 2.0'<br /> High: 3.0'<br /> <br /> Short Creek is best correlated off of the USGS Scarham Creek gage.<br /> <br /> When Scarham is:<br /> <br /> 170-200 cfs Short is 9&quot;<br /> 350-400 cfs Short is about 2 feet.<br /> <br /> As for Town Creek, its not as good an indicator as Scarham, but its a good backup gage:<br /> <br /> When Town is:<br /> <br /> 500-600 cfs Short is 9&quot;<br /> 1400 cfs Short is about 2 feet<br /> <br /> I have an Excel 2000 spreadsheet that predicts the levels for Short Creek 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.<br /> <br /> Paddle Safe – Rob Maxwell

Marty Montana (THE LEGEND!) and I ran Short creek for the first time this weekend. Not sure of the level, but from discriptions' of the 18' I would guess that it was over 14&quot;, just a guess. we ran the high point in the center and there was no scrapping, just big smiles. we put in about 2mi. above the Big one, class II with one or two Class III. At this level Great class III/IV with a couple of Class IV+ bekow the falls. I would say that it is a lot harder than Daddy's Creek, TN at 1.9, Little River(sinks section) up to around 4.5', citico @.5 over bidge(only level run), but not as hard as Five falls, Talluha@500. It is a run that is worth checking out. Town was @ 600, but as I said before compare to the discription of the falls I'd say that it was over 14&quot;. The area is Beautiful. <br /> WARNING: Better have a shuttle driver, No parking safe parking at put-ins'. Water fall put-in: ranger said that we would Get Towed and Possibly charged with Tesspassing, posted no parking. The lake paddle makes you look forward to the Chattooga Paddle, But the ACTION UP STREAM MAKE'S IT WORTH IT! Once you are pass the 18' water fall the action starts and does not let up till the lake.