North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Instream Flow Unit

Hydropower Dam Relicensing

Tallassee (Tapoco) Project (FERC Project Number 2169)
Cheoah River Recreational Flow Study, July 11 - 14, 2000




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Links by Day and Flow
Tuesday, July 11 Wednesday, July 12 Thursday, July 13 Friday, July 14
morning (100 cfs) VIEW morning (670 cfs) morning (1010 cfs)
afternoon (75 cfs) afternoon (950 cfs) afternoon (1130 cfs)  




July 12, 2000
Morning Flow, Guide Scoping Run = 950 cfs
Put-in below Cochran Creek (153kb) View 1: Boaters above cable bridge (154kb) View 2: Boaters above cable bridge (157kb) View 3:  Raft above cable bridge (152kb)
Put-in at Cochran Creek Kayaks above cable bridge, penstock in background Kayaks above cable bridge, penstock in background Raft above cable bridge, penstock in background
Kayak at ledge below cable bridge (105kb) Pinned raft (117kb) Upstream from Forest Service bridge (57kb) Downstream from Forest Service bridge (49kb)
Kayak at ledge below cable bridge Pinned raft Upstream from FR 445 access bridge crossing Downstream from FR 445 access bridge crossing
View 1: Kayaks above big fall (145kb) View 2: Kayaks above big fall (94kb) View 3: Kayaks above big fall (164kb) View 4: Kayaks above big fall (127kb)
Kayaks above big fall Kayaks above big fall Kayaks above big fall Kayaks above big fall
Big fall near Bear Creek (118kb) Kayak at big fall (121kb) View 1: Kayak in big fall (118kb) View 2: Kayak in big fall (106kb)
Big fall near Bear Creek Kayak at big fall Kayak in big fall Kayak in big fall
Kayaks at big fall (99kb) Kayak in big fall (116kb) Kayak in big fall, alternate approach (150kb) Kayak in big fall (95kb)
Kayaks at big fall Kayak in big fall Kayak in big fall, ALTernate approach Kayak in big fall
View 1: Raft with stern approach to big fall (155kb) View 2: Raft with stern approach to big fall (114kb) View 3: Raft with stern approach to big fall (161kb)  
View 1: raft in big fall, stern-first approach View 2: raft in big fall, stern-first approach View 3: raft in big fall, stern-first approach  



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