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Hazard GA Class III

Pumping Station

Sweetwater Creek - Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River (GA)

Monitor this Rapid
Gauge Conditions
Sweetwater Creek near Austell, GA Upstream Primary
Runnable: 1.6 – 8.2 FT

After the Floods of 2009 a new gauge was installed. Min. 2.4 Max. 9.00 are the old flows. The new levels validated with several frequent local paddlers.

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Pumping Station
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description
During the summer of 2006 the dam at the pumping station was rebuilt. It is now a dangerous low head dam. The left side is particularly deadly. There was a sneak around the hole up against the river right bank.

Pre 2006 description:
The wave, or hole, or ledge at the pumping station is a whole lot of different rapids depending on how high the hooch is and how far it is backing up into sweetwater and how much water sweetwater is sending downstream.

If the hooch is really high, it backs up and covers the entire rapid.

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
3.5 mi
Directions
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Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River
Sweetwater Creek
III-IV(V) 3.9 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater