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Low Head Dam (Portage)

Sugar Creek - Darlington (1.2 miles) (IN)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Sugar Creek at Crawfordsville, IN Downstream Primary
Runnable: 500.0 – 3,000.0 CFS

You will scrape in many areas, but the river may be paddled. Likely to find only very lame/tame whitewater.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Low Head Dam (Portage)
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

This is dam (at the coal power plant, just upstream of the Hwy.43/231/Washington Street bridge) is a 'drowning machine'. Portage on river right.

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class N/A
Mile Marker
17.1 mi
Directions
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Darlington (1.2 miles)
Sugar Creek
I-II 1.1 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution. Portage recommended — scout before running.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater