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Show Record Swift water is a relative term. I consider swift water on the San Juan to the rest of the San Juan between the rapids. The maps at which I was looking when I gave my answers with reference to these rapids and their locations were published maps of the United States Geological Survey, and I superimposed on those the positions of the rapids as I recollected them, but mainly by reading over my personal notes which were recorded during 3746 the trip through the canyon. The notations in red lead pencil are mine. They would be substantially the same as the map appearing in my report, water supply paper No. 538, because that map was prepared from the same sources of information that these maps here were prepared from. 3749 The next place we encountered some difficulty was between the mouth of Moon Light Creek and Piute rapids, where the water was shallow enough that the boats grounded at numerous places. I have stated the outstanding difficulties between Chinle Creek and Moon Light Creek. 3750 Between Moon Light Creek and Piute Creek the channel of the river is fairly wide and the water spreads out, so that in a great many places the channel is shallow and the boat grounds in its descent down the river. That would happen a great many times during the day. Between Moon Light Creek and Piute Creek the channel would be braided in some stretches in low water; in other words, there would be low islands of sand in the middle of the channel. 3751 In this stretch I do not that we sounded to find the maximum depths. There would be trouble with the boats grounding in 6 inches of water. Where the water was only about six inches, or a little less, in depth, we have considerable difficulty in getting the boats forward. If the water was less than five inches it was necessary to carry the boats, and that was done on one occasion a few miles above the mouth of Piute Creek. We had to pick up one end of the boat at a time and lift it around until we got that boat in deeper water. I say |
