White River Squirt Spots

more like possible squirt spots, for most of these

To find confluence seams in dynamic equilibrium:

eel-white: have bowling green somewhat near spencer in cfs - best water quality of the three

east-west: have shoals and edwardsport match cfs

white-wabash: have hazleton and vincennes match cfs

scroll down for embedded gauges

Oct 12, 2023 noon  White and Eel

w. white spencer      1.64 ft     471 cfs

eel bowling green    2.18 ft      79 cfs

w. white newberry   1.20 ft   535 cfs - adds up pretty well

spencer https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03357000

bowling green https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03360000

newberry https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03360500

Oct 13, 2023 noon  East and West White

e. white shoals                         2.21 ft     415 cfs above confluence of east and west white

w. white edwardsport        3.26 ft      599 cfs above confluence of east and west white

white above petersburg   0.81 ft    1120 cfs  just below confluence of east and west white  - adds up pretty well

shoals https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03373500

edwardsport https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03360730

above petersburg https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03373980

Oct 13, 2023 noon White and Wabash

white  hazleton         0.98 ft   1430 cfs

wabash vincennes  2.80 ft   2580 cfs

wabash mt carmel  2.47 ft   4070 cfs  - adds up pretty well

hazleton https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03374100

vincennes https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03343010

mt carmel https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03377500

Wabash Whitewater

Kellys Ripple (White River)

something on the White, about a mile upstream of the Wabash

close access on river left, but river right downstream, S. White River Rd, is probably safest regarding property

see Hazleton gauge, above

Grand Rapids 

See vincennes, above

Oct 13 noon vincennes  2.80 ft   2580 cfs - mildly amusing, but too low. 

Much higher will wash out. Probably want 4000 - 6000 cfs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_Rock_(Wabash_River) is just upstream, Illinois side

Old Dam 

new harmony https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/03378500 - probably want 5000-10,000 cfs

Oct 13, 2023 3pm  new harmony  0.75 ft  3960 cfs - not bad, but too low

Mar 12, 2017 2pm  new harmony 11.12 ft 50100 cfs - way flooded over

If this was filmed the week before posting, it shows Old Dam around 7500 -8000 cfs.

If this was filmed the week or two prior to posting, it shows Old Dam around 6000-7000 cfs: 

If this was filmed the week or two prior to posting, it shows Old Dam around 8000-11000 cfs: 

Hard to tell from the gauge without a more specific date, but I will suppose  that around 10000cfs is the upper level.

Old Dam photos from around 1900

More Old Dam photos from around 1920

Grand Chain

See New Harmony for gauge. Probably want whatever is good for Old Dam.

2hr 20 min south of Bloomington

about 6 miles downstream of New Harmony

accessible by Grand Chain Road, or similar, with up to 100 yd walk

has a crisp eddy line off of beach on river right. beach has 4x4 access for sand play

not far downstream is a railroad bridge, which has river access. Here starts a very long set of swirlies.

38.020651427176894, -88.01920649770399

Little Chain

Just downstream of the Grand Chain, after Dogtown Hills, are Little Chain Hills.

 Probably want whatever is good for Old Dam.

There are swirlies at Little Chain at the big bend above Wabash River Memorial Bridge