Mill Creek

Easy surf wave

did a short run (just the 1/2 mile below PP) at ~540cfs and it was a clean run with a few play waves midway down. I would described the location as when the river starts to turns left toward the road and before it splits around a small island.

water was 38F and the flow was good. Wisconsin backwaters were still ice jammed so we took out at the linwood town hall. Some of the smaller waves washed out at this level. There are also few eddies below PP.

Ran this during the week of the Sept flood at 6'(1350cfs) . A good level with no real danger. Seen it at 8' (2200cfs) and there is more danger as the water is moving through the floodplain with some velocity. Probably not an issue for intermediate boaters, the run from PP down is roadside and easily scouted to assess the risk. The upper rapid has to be good fun with big waves and holes at 7' (3300cfs) and higher. The minimum could be 4' (only ~250cfs) but 5' (700cfs) is much better.

River was still completely flooded when reading 7.07 feet on the USGS gage, viewed from the put in at Robin lane). Water was over the banks and trees were half submerged in water. The river would have been incredibly dangerous to run at this level due to debris and high risk of strainers where the river constricts downstream. I was told by those living close to the river that a bridge down stream was under water. Obviously, this creates a dangerous situation for boaters. I would not recc trying this river (without careful scouting from land) if the USGS gage 05400513 is higher than 5 feet.

this is the dead end rd of robin ln we mostly start at hwy c or even hwy m

At levels of 3.65ft and up on the USGS gage, I've run this river without too much problem in a kayak (Dagger Approach 10). You will scrape rocks and may get hung up occasionally, but with a little navigation skill, you can run this river at 4ft and up without worrying about damaging your boat.

USGS has just recently installed a real-time gauge at the Hwy PP bridge where the painted gauge exists. A rating curve has not been developed and the correlation to the bridge gauge is uncertain. The site number is 05400718

quarter mile down stream of County Hwy PP
small play hole