Muddy Creek

Just a 'for what it's worth' . . . Virtually every gauge relies upon having a LOCAL funding partner. This may be a city or county, a utility (power company), or any number of other entities. Virtually all river gauges exist for flood prediction/monitoring, for predicting/managing flows for power generation, and various other needs of these LOCAL entities!. Thus, it is not always Federal budget cuts which affect these gauges. Many of these LOCAL co-funding agencies are suffering major budget crises. As a result, opting to de-fund a river gauge is often one of the easier cuts they can make. So . . . when a gauge (useful for a whitewater river such as this) goes unfunded, don't automatically blame the Feds. Look for some local agency and intitiate a campaign to convince them to continue (or pick up) funiding for the gauge.

Welcome to the new Federal government budget cuts. The USGS has defunded the Muddy Creek gauge and they want $10,000/year to keep it going. This is a great loss for local boaters as now it will take someone having to go to the creek, look at the level and then report it.

Surfing on Muddy Creek

Dave blasting a wave
too much fun
Asleep at the wheel
Dustin ripping up a wave
Foggy evening on the muddy
Tyler ripping it up while he is still healing
motley crew on the creek
Dave Leachman surfing it up
Bubba make it look easy

Tyler 'king of the wave' Williams
Mark goes for a stern blast in one of
the dozens of surf spots on this
outstanding creek.
Kelly proving that an RPM can still
surf with the best of those new
fangled flat bottomed boats.
Frank making it look easy in one part
of the hole while Mark side surfs in
the same hydraulic.
Donny, Toby and Phil sharing a surf
in one of the numerous riverwide
holes on the Muddy.
Dan spraying it up in the large central
hydraulic at the bottom of Swinging
Bridge rapid.
Dan and Mark making tandem
moves in the Muddy's 10 Boat Hole
Cynthia coming around on her 2nd
360 in the hole at Swinging Bridge.
It's every boater for himself in the
riverwide hydraulic on the Muddy
Creek.
This image shows only 5 boaters in
a hole that has room for 10.
This telephoto shot of 10 Boat Hole
shows the river right side of this
hugely fun surfing spot on the Muddy
Creek.