Cedar Creek (Floyds Fork trib.)

You can use this white pipe under the bridge as a gauge for upper Cedar Creek. It's at Cedar Creek Road (near Johnson School Road) on the upstream side of the bridge, river left. This photo was taken when the gauge said 2.1 feet and going down. If it was at 2.1 feet and going up then it would most likely have been higher here since the USGS gauge is about 4 miles downstream.

A 500 foot stretch of 3 or more rapids. The first is a wave at 2.1 feet or a small ledge at low levels. The second is a small but decent diagonal ledge. The third is a surf wave (shown in the picture) that might only appear at higher levels. Be careful because the log strainer is right after the third rapid. At high levels you might have to portage the second and third rapid to be safe from the strainer.

This is why running upper Cedar Creek at high water is bad for your health. Then again none of the drops are so steep and the banks are not so confined, that you wouldn't be able to pull over and scout stuff like this. This photo was taken when the gauge said 2.1 feet and going down. If it was at 2.1 feet and going up then it would most likely have been higher here since the gauge is about 3 miles downstream.

I went on a hike starting at Independence School Rd hiking downstream and saw at least 3 giant creekwide strainers. They were hard to hike through and so I definitely wouldn't want to boat through them. I remember back in the day having to portage constantly cause of strainers in this region. Only run this section at a scrapy level or I wouldn't at all.

This rapid is always in and can be seen from the bridge on Cedar Creek Road (near Zoneton Road). This rapid is a lot like Elkhorn's S-turn rapid. After you go through a decent wave, there is an island where the main creek turns hard right. If you accidentally get washed in to the left side of the island it might be too shallow to get through but I made it through at 1.7 feet by going far left and hugging the rock wall. This photo was taken at 1.7 feet.

A metal bridge known for massive log jams but it's never cause a mandatory portage for me. As of 8-25-2017 it was log jam free.

This steel bridge has had massive log jams requiring mandatory portages. Portage river left or right. Left has a better place to put in thanks to the sidewalk like limestone bank. As of 8-25-2017 it was clear.

This is the best drop on the creek. At the beginning of the drop there is two back to back waves in river middle and then it finishes with a rooster tail at the bottom of the drop.

There seams to always be wood at the top of the drop on river right that requires some good paddling to miss,  and then it washes in to a rock shelter. If you go too far left you might hit a shallow area. At 1.7 feet there is a surf wave on river left after the strainer. I have seen it at a low level and what forms the rapid is two ledges side by side so expect to get hit with some WW :)

There is a small surf wave after the cove rapid on river right. I am possitive it's in when the creek is at 1.5 to 1.7 feet. It has good eddy service if you get flushed out of it.