Recent Floods

[steve l]

Did the recent floods clean out any of the river above 142? Or was it just more backup of flooding further down river?

There's a gravel bar on the left just below Morgan Spring that could use some serious scouring.

Thanks.

[Brian Sloss]

If it was below Morgan spring, it probably got cleaned pretty good.

[BrianK]

floated from 160 to 142 Fri the 29th and the water had been WAY UP the wknd before. Was already back in pretty good shape though. Looked to me like the hi water mark had been 6-8 feet up below Frederick Ck. Only a couple feet up upstream of that. Not sure exactly where you are talking about since that was my first time on that section.

bk

[steve l]

Thanks for the replies. That gravel is our last night spot, and it (like much of the river) has really been growing in.

While it would have washed some fishing out for a couple of weeks, its too bad that flood didn't hit the upper river & really clean it out.

[Mark]

So, it seems most of the flooding was below Riverton and the 160 bridge. Does anyone have any reports from the Turner to Riverton stretch? We do a lot of fishing and camping in that stretch. I'm kind of hoping the high water cleaned off some of our favorite gravel bars and dug out some favorite holes.

Me and fellow OAF member Snap are making our annual Oct. trip on the weekend of the 20-21, and I'm kind of anxious to see if there are any subtle changes since August. I found an incredible arrowhead (sitting in my lawnchair and happened to look down at my feet) near White's Creek mouth in June. Perfect shape for spearfishing, about 3 inches long. Maybe the floodwaters churned up some more.

THE ELEVEN POINT IS THE HIDDEN JEWEL OF THE OZARKS.