North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Division of Water Resources
Instream Flow Unit
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
Tallassee (Tapoco) Project (FERC Project Number 2169)
Cheoah River Recreational Flow Study, July 11 - 14, 2000
T h u m b n a i l G a l l e r y
| Links by Day and Flow | |||
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| Tuesday, July 11 | Wednesday, July 12 | Thursday, July 13 | Friday, July 14 |
| morning (100 cfs) | morning (950 cfs) | morning (670 cfs) | VIEW |
| afternoon (75 cfs) | afternoon (950 cfs) | afternoon (1130 cfs) | |
| July 14, 2000 | |||
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| Morning Study Flow = 1010 cfs | |||
| (Pictures taken from raft) | |||
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| Large pool at put-in below Cochran Creek | View of river below cable bridge | Kayaks below cable bridge ledge | River above Yellow Creek confluence |
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| River above Yellow Creek confluence | Survey tape marks cleared channel | River above Yellow Creek confluence | Just below Yellow Creek confluence |
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| River above pond at Falls Branch | River below pond at Falls Branch | River above big island | River below big island |
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| River near Forest Service bridge crossing | View upstream from crest of big fall | View from the crest of big fall | View of big fall from downstream |
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| Cheoah River between big fall and Tapoco Lodge | View downstream near Tapoco Lodge | View upstream from Tapoco Lodge | Cheoah River just below Hwy 129 bridge crossing |
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| Kayak in big dip above Cheoah power plant bridge crossing | River above Cheoah power plant bridge crossing | Cheoah Dam on Little Tennessee River above confluence with Cheoah River | |
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