Guadalupe

On Monday, May 31, 2016, the Lower Guadalupe flooded to a level of 12,500 cfs at Common St., with most of the flow entering the river via contributing creeks below 4th Crossing. One of these (Isaac Creek, at 1st Crossing next to Jerry's) is known to have washed a Jeep into the river. This flood was similar in size and scope to the flood of 2010 but not as large as the Halloween flood of 2015. The navigability of the river is currently unknown, and large debris may exist in some of the rapids. Access may be tricky as the outfitters clean up debris.

On Friday, October 30, 2015, the Lower Guadalupe flooded to a level not seen since July of 2002. Due to heavy rainfall below Canyon Dam, as well as contributions from feeder creeks, the river crested at between 35,000 and 40,000 cfs at Common St. (it was over the road deck) and above 10,000 cfs farther upstream (toward 4th Crossing.) There is a lot of damage below 1st Crossing-- including a shiny yellow Corvette 10 feet up in a tree between Gruene and Common St., near Backyard Hole, and remnants of trailers and such along the bank near the same area. As of this writing, there is also a fairly in-tact motor home splatted against the F.M. 306 bridge at the bottom of The Horseshoe. The river is not officially closed, but none of the outfitters are currently letting people put in or take out at 1st Crossing or Gruene (and probably farther upstream as well.) In general, everything down there is pretty trashed, the outfitters aren't set up for river traffic right now, and they're going to be cleaning up for a while.

The rapids below 1st are all good to go. None of them changed significantly in character. Slant still has good play. Lots of the saplings got mowed down at Clutter, so there are multiple lines like there were back in 2007. There is much less damage upstream toward 4th Crossing-- some debris on the banks, but not the structural damage like there is downstream. It is still possible to paddle all the way down from, say, 4th Crossing or the dam to Common St., but in general, accessing the river through a private outfitter downstream is not currently possible.