Buckhorn Creek
Highway 42 to Buckhorn Dam Rd.
April 16, 2023
Higher Water Run
| Reporter | Zach Schiada |
| Gauge Reading | 321 cfs at BUCKHORN CREEK NR CORINTH, NC |
| Flow | High Flow |
I'd consider it high flow since I rarely see this even reaching above 130 cfs. I ran this with the gage at Hwy 42 showing as 321 cfs. At this level, the rapids merged together at the beginning to form some wave trains and the end part I'd consider class II+. There was a mildly entertaining surf wave just before the curve right. I ran the last drop twice, once river right, which was fast and once river left, which had what looked to be sticky holes but it was easy to glide over them. I then drove to the Rollins Mill busted dam above Harris Lake and ran the single drop there. Nice rapids on this creek, just not very many and at high level water, be prepared to run the drops on the fly with very few areas to catch an eddy.