Flood Pics, St. Francis R.

[Al Agnew]

Drove down to the St. Francis River at Tieman Shut-in (Millstream Gardens) this morning. At the time we were there, it had just started to drop slightly from a high of over 17 feet (14.5 feet above normal) at the gage a few miles upstream, and was flowing at 45,000 cubic feet per second at the next gage downstream.

Here is what the river normally looks like:

Here is what it looked like from the same spot today:

Here is the entrance to Tieman Shut-in:

Here is a close-up of the rapids...I'd say at least class 5 at this level, probably class 6 (limit of navigability):

However, this is not the highest I've seen it. Here is a view during low water. Note the arrow pointing to the big rock:

Here is today. Note the arrow pointing to the same rock:

Here it is, same view, during the deer season flood of November, 1994. Note that the arrow points to the same rock...which is entirely submerged!

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[CMAC]

That is one beautiful stretch of river!!! Looks like out WEST.

[delta_queen]

you've done a superb job of documenting. THANKS!