River Incident Reports

Read these reports to learn from others' mistakes and avoid hardship on your river trip. Note: These are not exhaustive lists, but mere samples of the types of river incidents recorded over the years.

Fatal Incidents:

Date	Location	Flow (CFS)	Age	Sex	Type of Trip
08/30/67	Spanish Bottom	5,140	26	M	Comm
05/31/73	Big Drops	34,800	60	M	Private
08/07/74	Mile 206	6,740	56	M	Comm
06/20/75	Rapid 3	47,700	24	M	Private
06/12/79	Brown Betty Rapid	49,200	20	M	Private
05/25/80	The Slide	38,400	25	M	Private
11/10/82	Big Drop Three	12,480	32	F	Private
05/20/83	Big Drop Two or Three	32,600	48	M	Private
04/27/93	Big Drop Three	18,840	46	M	Private
05/29/93	Big Drop Two	69,900	70	M	Private
06/03/93	Mile Long to Big Drops	63,300	51	M	Private
05/17/95	Big Drop Two	33,900	41	M	Comm
09/27/97	Big Drop Two	16,890	40	M	Private
05/12/00	Big Drop Two	27,000	74	M	Comm

Non-Fatal Injury/Illness Incidents:

Collapsed Siltbank
Airplane Crash
Fall Overboard, Cut by Propeller
Jump into Shallow Water
Woeful Unpreparedness
Capsized, then Started a Wildfire
Attempted Suicide
Capsized Kayaks
Jump from Unstable Sandbank
Capsized, Hypothermia
Miscarriage
Near-Drowning
Hiking Fall
Kidney Stones
Impaired Judgement (Alcohol)
Involuntary Swimming
Preexisting Health Condition
Runaway Canoe
Hiking & Involuntary Swimming
Flooded & Lost Canoe
Flash Flood in Campsite