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) morning (950 cfs) VIEW morning (1010 cfs)
afternoon (75 cfs) afternoon (950 cfs) afternoon (1130 cfs)  


July 13, 2000
Morning Study Flow = 670 cfs
(Photographs courtesy of U.S. Forest Service)
View of river and penstock upstream of cable bridge (83kb) View of right side of river channel downstream of cable bridge (181kb) View of left side of river channel downstream of cable bridge (84kb) Raft2 and kayak near Yellow Creek confluence (149kb)
View of river and penstock upstream of cable bridge View of right side of river channel downstream of cable bridge View of left side of river channel downstream of cable bridge Raft2 and kayak near Yellow Creek confluence
Raft2 near Yellow Creek confluence (145kb) Raft2 upstream of FR 445 access bridge crossing (157kb) Raft2 downstream of FR 445 access bridge crossing (146kb) Kayaks at stream gage below FR445 access bridge crossing (166kb)
Raft2 near Yellow Creek confluence Raft2 upstream of FR 445 access bridge crossing Raft2 downstream of FR 445 access bridge crossing Kayaks at stream gage below FR445 access bridge crossing
Stream reach above big fall (142kb) Stream reach above big fall (126kb) Big fall (136kb) Kayak in big fall (129kb)
Stream reach above big fall Stream reach above big fall Big fall Kayak in big fall
Kayak in big fall (114kb) Kayak in big fall (163kb) Raft1 in big fall, stern-first approach (113kb) Raft2 in big fall, stern-first approach (155kb)
Kayak in big fall Kayak in big fall Raft1 in big fall, stern-first approach Raft2 in big fall, stern-first approach
Raft3 in big fall, strern-first approach (139kb) Kayak below big fall (115kb) Raft3 below big fall (133kb) Raft1 below big fall (160kb)
Raft3 in big fall, strern-first approach Kayak below big fall Raft3 below big fall Raft1 below big fall
View of river upstream of Hwy 129 bridge near Tapoco Lodge (110kb) View of river downstream of Hwy 129 bridge near Tapoco Lodge (119kb) Debriefing at take-out after morning recreational float (115kb) Preparing shuttle for trip to put-in for afternoon recreational float (113kb)
View of river upstream of Hwy 129 bridge near Tapoco Lodge View of river downstream of Hwy 129 bridge near Tapoco Lodge Debriefing at take-out after morning recreational float Preparing shuttle for trip to put-in for afternoon recreational float
Participant completes recreational float survey (115kb)      
Participant completes recreational float survey      



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