Spring Creek (current beta needed)
Renner Road to Jupiter Road (2.67 miles)
| Difficulty | II |
| Length | 2.7 mi |
| Avg Gradient | 12 fpm |
| Gauge | Rowlett Ck Nr Sachse, Tx |
| Flow Rate as of 33 minutes | 51 cfsbelow recommended |
| Reach Info Last Updated | July 14, 2015 |
River Description
Known to have been run, per Texas Whitewater. Difficulty rating is taken from the book. Source of the range of recommended flows is unknown.
Put-in is approximately 557' elevation.
Take-out is approximately 525' elevation.
Thus total elevation change is approximately 32'.
River Features
Put In
Take Out
Trip Reports
Log in to add a reportLevel 1-2 every 2nd or 3rd turn. Very fun! Theres no meter on this creek, so the only gauge I have is that of Rowlett Creek after it and Spring Creek merge. Rowlett is much larger and is prob 60% of the flow. That said meter was at 6400CFS and dropped by half over the 3.5h we paddled. Were some still some scrapy parts but well worth it. Could do more water safely.
I ran Spring Creek from N Shilo to Holford Rd at 3200cfs and then again at around 2600cfs. This section was fun, kinda short but it was as far as I could stand to carry my kayak from where the take out was.
Watch out for sewer lids in the middle of the creek, they wernt a problem at 3200cfs, but at 2600cfs they started to pop out of the water. They were easily avoidable though.
If anyone wants to run this after the next big rain let me know and we can leap frog our cars at the entrance and exit.
kylezgraham at gmail dot com
Got in at around 3200 cfs and had a blast!! Highly runnable, fast movement all the way, 4 ft. high waves at parts but nothing to dangerous for an experienced kayaker. Bring your spray skirt! Launched under the bridge at Renner rd. and took it all the way to jupiter, took about 30-45 minutes.
This is looking upstream from the bridge over Holford rd