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Playspot WI Class I

Confluence Deer Creek/Underwood Creek: Drainage area: 16 sq.mi.

Underwood Creek - *2025.07.11 WOOD ALERT* Krueger Park to Hoyt Park (0.5 - 3.5 miles) (WI)

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Gauge Conditions
Underwood Creek at Wauwatosa, WI Downstream Primary
Runnable: 225.0 – 625.0 CFS

Too low. Boat and paddle abuse (scraping down a cement ditch and rocky rapids).

Data from American Whitewater & USGS
Photo
Confluence Deer Creek/Underwood Creek: Drainage area: 16 sq.mi.
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

Immediately after you pass under Bluemound Road (or, using the alternate put-in, immediately after the brief rocky rapids) you reach a confluence.

Some references call one tributary Deer Creek and the other Underwood Creek. Other references label them Underwood and S.Br.Underwood. Still other evidence regarding the non-cement-ditch suggests it may be Indian Creek based upon a street named Indian Creek Parkway (well-upstream near Wirth Park).

If the relative flows (of the two entities at the confluence) happen to be just right, a bit of minor surfs or odd-current play may be possible here (though don't expect too much).

The combined drainage area at this point is about 16 square miles.

Location
Type
Playspot
Difficulty
Class I
Mile Marker
0.4 mi
Directions
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*2025.07.11 WOOD ALERT* Krueger Park to Hoyt Park (0.5 - 3.5 miles)
Underwood Creek
II(III) 3.6 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater