The East Fork One Hundred and Two River starts just southeast of Lenox, IA. There it is less than a foot across.
All info recorded below was taken when the Bedford river gauge on the East Fork One Hundred and Two river was recording 7.7 cubic feet per second.
At the intersection of Old HWY 49/Tennessee Ave. the river is 6 feet wide passing through a six foot square culvert. Downriver of this crossing is what appears to be a cattle guard. With higher flow rate it would be paddelable, however, at this point on the river it seems quite dangerous due to obstacles in the river.
Where the river first crosses Sherwood Ave. there are two six to eight foot square culverts. Downstream it could be paddleable with sufficient flow but strainers would make it very dangerous. Upstream of the road the water is fairly stagnant.
At 160th Street the river is very shallow. With sufficient flow it would be paddleable. Just south of here, flowing next to Sherwood Ave. the East Fork of One Hundred and Two River has the East River flow into it. The river flows under 170th Street where it is shallow, again a higher flow rate would be needed to make it paddleable.
Rockwell Ave. is a level B road. A higher flow rate would be necessary to paddle here.
The river then flows toward Conway. There is currently construction on the J35 bridge that should be complete in July, 2023. Discussion with the construction crew made it seem like flow rates would have to be higher in order to paddle over whatever rip rap they will be putting in. As the river goes southwest of Conway it is flowing through private property and isn’t accessible by road without permission it seems.
At 220th Street the river is shallow but there are not obstacles to paddle around.
At 230th Street the river is flowing south about a mile or so east of Lexington. It is shallow but with enough flow would be a beautiful section for paddling. At 235th Street the river is wide and shallow still requiring a higher flow rate for paddling.
At Hwy 2 in Bedford the river is wide and deep enough for paddling. Just upriver of Old State Hwy 2 in Bedford you would pass under a pedestrian bridge that goes the the east side where Beemer Fisheries is to what seems to be a tree house on the west side. You would proceed to pass under N44/Linwood Ave. to pass by the Bedford gauge for the river. There you would pass by both the Taylor County Fairgrounds and a water treatment plant.
At J55 the river continues to be deep and wide enough for paddling. From there you will have some shallow areas until you reach 300th street. Though with skill you could paddle a small boat through.
At 308th Street it gets shallow again but is still paddlbeable and deep enough for large (about a foot long) fish to be surviving.
322nd Street is the last road to intersect the river before it passes the Missouri/Iowa boarder. Here it is very shallow once again.