Left Fork Soque River
An Upper Soque
tributary that drains the northeastern portion of the Soque
Watershed. A portion of this tributary flows through the
Chattahoochee National Forest.
The headwaters
of the Left Fork drain from the Tray Mountain Wilderness. There
are three drainages named the North Prong, Middle Prong, and South
Prong that come together to form the Left Fork at just below 2000
feet. From this confluence the headwaters rise to over 4000 feet
in only a few miles. The peak of Tray Mountain which is actually
in White County and just outside of the Soque Basin stands at
4,430 feet. A slightly lower peak of Tray is the highest point in
Habersham County and the Soque Basin and stands at an elevation of
approximately 4,400 feet.
About three
quarters of a mile below where the three prongs converge to form
the Left Fork of the Soque, Wolfpen Branch joins this fork from
the north. A ridge, called Wolfpen Ridge separates Wolfpen Branch
from the North Prong. These headwaters of the Left Fork occur
entirely within National Forest Lands until the river reaches
private land surrounding Otis Baron Road. The Left Fork has two
additional no-name tributaries below Wolfpen Branch, one is a half
mile below Wolfpen and joins the Left Fork on the north side.
There is a small private pond on this tributary. Then a two
pronged no-named tributary drains the area at the end of Otis
Baron Road enters the Left Fork on the south side.
The Left Fork
then passes under state highway 356. Chimney Mountain, which
stands at 3,357 feet, is clearly visible on the north side of 356
and forms the divide between the upper Soque and the upper
drainages of Chickamauga Creek. |
