Surface Water Supply 

of the United States 

1956

Part 3-B. Cumberland and Tennessee 

River Basins

Prepared under the direction of J. V. B. WELLS, Chief, Surface Water Branch 

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1436

Prepared in cooperation with the States 

of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, 

Tennessee, and Virginia, and with other 

agencies

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1958
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

FRED A. SEATON, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Thomas B. Nolan, Director

For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office 

Washington 25, D. C. - Price $1 (paper cover)
PREFACE

This report was prepared by the Geological Survey in cooperation 

with the States of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, 

and Virginia, and with other agencies, by personnel of the Water 

Resources Division, C. G. Paulsen, chief, succeeded by L. B. Leopold, 

under the general direction of J. V. B. Wells, chief, Surface Water 

Branch, and B. J. Peterson, chief, Basic Records Section, succeeded 

by F. J. Flynn.

The data were collected and computed under supervision of district 

engineers, Surface Water Branch, as follows:

W. R. Eaton________________________Chattanooga, Tenn. 

E. B. Rice_____________________________Raleigh, N. C. 

F. F. Schrader__________________________Louisville, Ky. 

D. S. Wallace______________________Charlottesville, Va. 

M. R. Williams_______________________Montgomery, Ala.

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CALENDAR FOR WATER YEAR 1956

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IV
CONTENTS

Page

Scope of work........................................................................ 1

Cooperation.......................................................................... 1

Division of work..................................................................... 2

Definition of terms and abbreviations................................................ 2

Downstream order of listing gaging stations.......................................... 3

Explanation of data .................................................................. 3

Accuracy of field data and computed results .......................................... 7

Publications......................................................................... 8

Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey.......... 11

Hydrologic conditions................................................................ 12

Gaging-station records............................................................... 14

Cumberland River basin

Poor Pork (head of Cumberland River) at Cumberland, Ky............................. 14

Cumberland River near Harlan, Ky................................................... 15

Cumberland River near Pineville, Ky 

Cumberland River at Barbourville, Ky....

Cumberland River at Williamsburg, Ky....

Cumberland River at Cumberland Palls, Ky 

Laurel River at Corbln, Ky............

Rockcastle River: 

Wood Creek near London, Ky ..................................................... 22

Rockcastle River at Billows, Ky.. ............................................... 23

Buck Creek near Shopville, Ky.................................................... 24

New River (head of South Fork Cumberland River) at New River, Term............... 25

Clear Fork near Robbins, Term.................................................. 26

South Fork Cumberland River near Stearns, Ky..................................... 27

Pitman Creek at Somerset, Ky..................................................... 28

Cumberland River near Rowena, Ky................................................... 29

East Fork Obey River near Jamestown, Tenn........................................ 30

West Fork Obey River near Alpine, Tenn......................................... 31

Wolf River near Byrdstown, Tenn. ............................................... 32

Obey River below Dale Hollow Dam, Tenn........................................... 33

Cumberland River at Celina, Tenn................................................... 34

Roaring River near Hilham, Tenn.................................................. 35

Caney Pork:

Calfkiller River below Sparta, Tenn............................................ 36

Collins River:

Barren Fork near Trousdale, Tenn............................................. 37

Collins River near McMinnville, Tenn........................................... 38

Caney Pork near Rock Island, Tenn................................................ 39

Falling Water River near Cookeville, Tenn...................................... 40

Caney Fork below Center Hill Dam, near Lancaster, Tenn........................... 41

Cumberland River at Carthage, Tenn................................................. 42

Spring Creek near Lebanon, Tenn.................................................. 43

Drakes Creek above Hendersonville, Tenn.......................................... 44

East Fork Stones River:

Bradley Creek at Lascassas, Term............................................... 46

East Fork Stones River near Lascassas, Tenn...................................... 47

West Fork Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tenn................................. 48

Stones River near Smyrna, Tenn................................................... 49

Stewart Creek near Smyrna, Tenn................................................ 51

Stones River above Donelson, Tenn. ............................................... 52

Mill Creek near Antioch, Tenn.................................................... 53

Harpeth River:

West Harpeth River near Leipers Fork, Tenn..................................... 54

Harpeth River at Belleview, Tenn................................................. 55

Harpeth River near Kingston Springs , Tenn........................................ 56

Red River near Adams, Tenn....................................................... 57

Sulphur Fork Red River near Adams, Tenn........................................ 58

Cumberland River at Dover, Tenn.................................................... 59

South Fork Little River at Hopkinsville, Ky...................................... 60

Little River near Cadiz , Ky...................................................... 61

Cumberland River at Smithland, Ky.................................................. 62

Reservoirs in Cumberland River basin............................................... 63

Tennessee River basin

French Broad_River (head of Tennessee River) at Rosman, N. C ....................... 65

Davidson River near Brevard, N. C ................................................ 66

French Broad River at Blantyre, N. C............................................... 67

Mills River near Mills River, N. C ............................................... 68

Cane Creek at Fletcher, N. C. .................................................... 69

French Broad River at Bent Creek, N. C............................................. 70

Hominy Creek at Candler, N. C. ................................................... 71

Swannanoa River:

North Fork Swannanoa River near Black Mountain, N. C........................... 72

Beetree Creek near Swannanoa, N. C ............................................. 73

Swannanoa River at Biltmore, N. C ................................................ 74

French Broad River at Asheville, N. C.............................................. 75

Ivy River near Marshall, N. C.................................................... 76

French Broad River at Marshall, N. C............................................... 77

Big Laurel Creek near Stackhouse, N. C ........................................... 78

French Broad River near Newport, Tenn.............................................. 79
VI CONTENTS

Gaging-station records--Continued 

Tennessee River basin Continued

French Broad River Continued Page

West Fork Pigeon River above Lake Logan, near Hazelwood, N. C.................... 80

West Fork Pigeon River below Lake Logan, near Waynesville, N. C.................. 81

East Fork Pigeon River near Canton, N. C ....................................... 82

Pigeon River at Canton, N. C..................................................... 83

Richland Creek:

Alien Creek near Hazelwood, N. C............................................. 84

Jonathan Creek near Cove Creek, N. C........................................... 85

Pigeon River near Hepco, N. C.................................................... 86

Pigeon River at Newport, Term.................................................... 87

North Toe River (head of Nolichucky River) at Altapass, N. C..................... 88

Cane River near Sioux, N. C. ................................................... 89

Nolichucky River:

North Indian Creek near Unicoi, Tenn........................................... 90

Nolichucky River at Embreeville, Tenn............................................ 91

Nolichucky River below Nolichucky Dam, Tenn...................................... 92

Lick Creek at Mohawk, Tenn..................................................... 93

Nolichucky River near Morristown, Tenn........................................... 94

French Broad River below Douglas Dam, Tenn......................................... 95

Little Pigeon River at Sevierville, Tenn......................................... 96

French Broad River near Knoxville, Tenn............................................ 97

South Fork Holston River: 

Dickey Creek:

Steve Keesling Spring at Sugar Grove, Va..................................... 97

South Fork Holston River at Riverside, near Chilhowie, Va........................ 98

Laurel Creek:

Beaverdam Creek at Damascus, Va.............................................. 99

South Fork Holston River at Vestal, Va........................................... 100

Middle Fork Holston River at Groseclose, Va.................................... 101

Middle Fork Holston River at Sevenmile Ford, Va................................ 102

South Fork Holston River below South Holston Dam, Tenn........................... 103

Beaver Creek near Wallace, Va.................................................. 104

Percy Preston Spring near Wallace, Va........................................ 104

Watauga River near Sugar Grove, N. C........................................... 105

Watauga River below Wilbur Dam, Tenn........................................... 106

Doe River at Elizabethton, Tenn.............................................. 107

Watauga River at Elisabethton, Tenn............................................ 108

South Fork Holston River at Kingsport, Tenn...................................... 109

North Fork Holston River near Saltville , Va.................................... 110

North Fork Holston River at Holston, Va........................................ Ill

Big Moccasin Creek near Gate City, Va........................................ 112

North Fork Holston River near Gate City, Va. .................................... 114

Holston River at Surgoinsville, Tenn............................................. 115

Mossy Creek:

Unnamed tributary:

Mossy Spring near Jefferson City, Tenn..................................... 116

Holston River near Jefferson City, Tenn.......................................... 117

Mill Spring Creek:

Mill Spring near Jefferson City , Tenn........................................ 118

Holston River near Knoxville, Tenn............................................... 119

Tennessee River:

First Creek at Mineral Springs Avenue, at Knoxville , Tenn........................ 120

First Creek at Fifth Avenue, at Knoxville, Tenn,................................. 121

Tennessee River at Knoxville, Tenn................................................. 122

Little River near Maryville, Tenn................................................ 123

Little Tennessee River near Prentiss, N. C....................................... 124

Cullasaja River at Highlands, N. C ............................................. 126

Cullasaja River at Cullasaja, N. C............................................. 127

Little Tennessee River at Needmore, N. C......................................... 128

Nantahala River near Rainbow Springs, N. C ..................................... 129

Nantahala River at Nantahala, N. C............................................. 130

Tuckasegee River at Tuckasegee, N. C........................................... 131

Scott Creek above Sylva, N . C ................................................ 132

Tuckasegee River at Dillsboro, N. C............................................ 133

Oconaluftee River at Birdtown, N. C.......................................... 134

Tuckasegee River at Bryson City , N . C.......................................... 135

Noland Creek near Bryson City, N. C.......................................... 136

Little Tennessee River at Calderwood, Tenn....................................... 137

Tellico River at Tellico Plains, Tenn.......................................... 138

Little Tennessee River at McGhee, Tenn........................................... 139

Clinch River at Richlands, Va.................................................... 140

Cedar Creek near Lebanon, Va................................................... 141

Clinch River at Cleveland, Va.................................................... 142

Guest River at Coeburn, Va..................................................... 143

Copper Creek near Gate City, Va................................................ 144

Plank Camp Creek: 

Alley Valley Creek:

Quillin Spring near Gate City, Va. ....................................... 146

Clinch River at Speers Ferry, Va................................................. 146

North Fork Clinch River at Duffield, Va........................................ 147

Clinch River above Tazewell, Tenn................................................ 148

Powell River at Big Stone Gap, Va.............................................. 149

Powell River near Jonesville, Va............................................... 150

Powell River near Arthur, Tenn................................................. 151

Clinch River below Norris Dam, Tenn.............................................. 152

Clinch River near Scarboro, Tenn................................................. 153

Whiteoak Creek below Oak Ridge National Laboratory, near Oak Ridge, Tenn....... 154
CONTENTS VII

Gaglng-station records Continued 

Tennessee River basin Continued 

Clinch River Continued

Whiteoak Creek Continued Page

Melton Branch near Oak Ridge, Term........................................... 155

Emory River near Wartburg, Term................................................ 156

Obed River:

Daddys Creek near Crab Orchard, Term....................................... 157

Emory River at Oakdale, Term.................".................................. 158

Sewee Creek near Decatur, Term................................................... 159

Hiwassee River at Presley, Ga.................................................... 160

Hiwassee River below Chatuge Dam, near Hayesville, N. C.......................... 161

Hiwassee River above Murphy, N. C................................................ 162

Valley River at Tomotla, N. C.................................................. 163

Nottely River near Blairsville, Ga............................................. 164

Nottely River at Nottely Dam, near Ivylog, Ga.................................. 165

Turtletown Creek at Turtletown, Term........................................... 166

Hiwassee River near McFarland, Tenn,............................................. 167

Toccoa River (head of Ocoee River) near Dial, Ga............................... 168

Toccoa River near Blue Ridge, Ga............................................... 169

Ocoee River at Copperhill, Tenn................................................ 170

Fightingtown Creek at McCaysville, Ga ........................................ 171

Davis Mill Creek at Copperhill, Tenn......................................... 172

North Potato Creek near Ducktown, Tenn....................................... 173

Ocoee River at Emf, Tenn....................................................... 174

Ocoee River at Parksville, Tenn................................................ 175

Hiwassee River above Charleston, Tenn............................................ 176

Oostanaula Creek near Sanford, Tenn............................................ 177

South Chickamauga Creek below Georgia-Tennessee State line....................... 178

South Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga, Term................................... 179

Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Tenn............................................... 180

Chattanooga Creek near Flintstone, Ga............................................ 181

Tennessee River at Hales Bar, near Chattanooga, Tenn............................... 182

Sequatchie River near Whitwell, Tenn............................................. 183

Paint Rock River near Woodville, Ala............................................. 184

Flint River near Chase, Ala...................................................... 185

Tennessee River at Whitesburg, Ala................................................. 186

Flint Creek near Falkville, Ala.................................................. 188

West Fork Flint Creek near Oakville, Ala....................................... 189

Elk River near Pelham, Tenn...................................................... 190

Bradley Creek near Prairie Plains, Tenn........................................ 191

Elk River at Estill Springs, Tenn................................................ 192

Mulberry Creek:

West Fork Mulberry Creek at Mulberry, Tenn................................... 193

Elk River above Fayetteville, Tenn............................................... 194

Bradshaw Creek at Frankewing, Tenn............................................. 195

Richland Creek near Pulaski, Tenn.............................................. 196

Elk River near Prospect, Tenn.................................................... 197

Big Nance Creek at Court land, Ala................................................ 199

Shoal Creek at Iron City, Tenn................................................... 200

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala................................................... 202

Spring Creek:

Tuscumbia Spring at Tuscumbia, Ala............................................. 204

Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala ........................................................ 205

Tennessee River at Savannah, Tenn.................................................. 206

Duck River below Manchester, Tenn................................................ 207

Garrison Fork at Fairfield, Tenn............................................... 208

Wartrace Creek at Bell Buckle, Tenn.......................................... 209

Duck River near Shelbyville, Tenn................................................ 210

Big Rock Creek at Lewisburg, Tenn.............................................. 211

Duck River at Columbia, Tenn..................................................... 212

Rutherford Creek near Carters Creek, Tenn...................................... 213

Big Bigby Creek at Sandy Hook, Tenn............................................ 214

Big Bigby Creek near Mount Pleasant, Tenn...................................... 215

Piney River at Vernon, Tenn.................................................... 216

Duck River above Hurricane Mills, Tenn.....'...................................... 218

Buffalo River near Flat Woods, Tenn............................................ 220

Buffalo River near Lobelville, Tenn............................................ 221

Big Sandy River at Bruceton, Tenn................................................ 222

Tennessee River near Paducah, Ky................................................... 223

East Fork Clarks River at Murray, Ky............................................. 224

East Fork Clarks River near Benton, Ky........................................... 225

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin................................................ 226

Springs in Tennessee ................................................................. 235

Revisions of records for discontinued stations:

Roan Creek at Butler, Tenn......................................................... 236

Watauga River at Butler, Tenn...................................................... 237

Brush Creek at Johnson City, Tenn.................................................. 239

Big Creek near Rogersville, Tenn................................................... 241

Little River near Walland, Tenn.................................................... 241

Nantahala River at Almond, N. C.................................................... 242

North Fork Powell River at Pennington Gap, Va...................................... 246

Emory River at Deermont, Tenn...................................................... 247

Whites Creek at Glen Alice, Tenn................................................... 248

Ocoee River at McHarg, Tenn........................................................ 249

Hiwassee River at Charleston, Tenn................................................. 250

Little Sequatchie River at Sequatchie, Tenn........................................ 250

Elk River near Rogersville, Ala.................................................... 251

Cypress Creek near Florence, Ala................................................... 251

Duck River at Normandy, Tenn....................................................... 252
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ILLUSTRATIONS

Page 

Figure 1. Gaging-statiun structures. A, Tennessee River at Knoxville, Term.; B,

Nantahala River near Rainbow Springs, N. C.............................. 4

2. Map of the United States showing areas covered by the 18 annual volumes

on surface water supply ................................................. 9

3. Comparison of discharge at three key gaging stations during 1956 water

year with median discharge for 25-year period........................... 13
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY OF CUMBERLAND mil TENNESSEE RIVER BASINS, 1956

SCOPE OF WijRK

This volume is one of a series of 1£ reports presenting measurements of stage, discharge, and content of streams, lakes, and reservoirs in the United States during the water 

year ending September 30, 1956. Since 1833, when the United States Geological Survey first 

studied streamflow in relation to problems of irrigation, similar measurements have been 

made at more than 13,5uO gaging stations in the 48 States and at many others in the Territories of Alaska arid Hawaii. On September 30, 1956, the Geological Survey and cooperating 

organizations were maintaining 6.91U gaging stations, including those in Alaska and Hawaii. 

Discharge measurements only were made at many other points in the 1956 water year. The 

name of each stream measured at points other than gaging stations is not listed in the 

index to this report, Only the major river basins in which measurements w^re made are 

listed under the item ''Discharge measurements" in the index.

Many State, municipal, arid private organisations have cooperated with the Geological 

Survey in this work by either furnishing or helping to collect data. Organizations that 

supplied data are acknowledged in station descriptions, and organizations that assisted in 

the collection of data through cooperative agreements with the Survey are; 

Alabama: State Geological Survey, W. B. Jones, State geologist. 

Kentucky: Department of Economic Development, J. H. Taylor, director, succeeded 

by G. W. Hubley, Jr.

North Carolina: State Department of Conservation and Development, B. E. Douglas, 

director, succeeded by W. P. Saunders; city of Asheville, Weldon Weir, city manager; 

city of Waynesville, W. H. Way, mayor.

Tennessee: State Department of Conservation, J. H. Me Cord, commissioner, through 

Division of Geology, W. D. Hardeman, director; State Department of Public Health, 

R. H. Hutcheson, commissioner, through Stream Pollution Control, S. L. Jones, director; city of Knoxville, Department of Public Service, R. I. Gentry, director; city 

of Murfreesboro, Water Department, J. W. Lovell, superintendent.

Virginia: State Department of Conservation and Development, R. V. Long, director; 

State Department of Highways, J. A. Anderson, commissioner.

Under a cooperative agreement covering the Tennessee River basin and the Caney Fork 

basin above Great Falls Dam, the Tennessee Valley Authority furnished financial assistance 

for the operation of 93 gaging stations, of which 6 were in Alabama, i. in Georgia, 1 in 

Kentucky, 23 in North Carolina, 45 in Tennessee, aid 11, in Virginia.

Assistance in the form of funds or services was given by the <^orps of Engineers, 

Department of the Army, in collecting records published herein for 13 gaging stations in 

Kentucky and 19 In Tennessee.

Assistance was also furnishel by the Arnold Engineering Development Center, Department 

of the Air Force, Atomic Energy Commission, and the Weather Bureau, United States Department of Commerce.

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The following organizations aided In collecting records:

North Carolina: Town of Highlands, American Enka Corp., Carolina Power & Light Co. 

Champion Paper & Fibre Co., Ecusta Paper Corp., and the Mead Corp., Sylva Division. 

Tennessee: Aluminum Co. of America and the Tennessee Copper Co. 

Virginia: American Cyanamid Co.

DIVISION OF WORK

The stream-gaging work was done by the Water Resources Division of the Geological 

Survey, under the direction of personnel shown in the preface. The data for stations in 

the several States were collected and prepared for publication in the district offices 

listed below.

State District office Address

Alabama.................. Montgomery............... 513 New Post Office Building.

Kentucky a/.............. Louisville ............... 830 West Broadway.

North Carolina b/........ Raleigh.................. Federal Building.

Tennessee c/............. Chattanooga.............. 823 Edney Building.

Virginia ................. Charlottesville .......... Natural Resources Building, University of Virginia.

a/ Except for the Tennessee River near Padueah.

b/ Including stations In the Tennessee River basin In Georgia except those In the Toccoa River 

basin.

c/ Including stations in the Toccoa River basin in Georgia and Tennessee River near Padueah, Ky., 

Tennessee River at Florence and at Whitesburg, Ala., Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala., and Paint Rook 

River near Woodville, Ala.

Information of a more detailed nature than that published for most of the gaging stations given in this report is on file in the district offices listed above. Provisional 

records of discharge prior to publication, and other unpublished data concerning the 

gaging-station records may usually be obtained from the district office.

DEFINITION OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

The terms of streamflow and other hydrologic data, as used in this report, are defined 

as follows:

Cubic foot per second (cfs) is the rate of discharge of a stream whose channel is 

1 square foot in cross-sectional area and whose average velocity is 1 foot per second.

Cubic feet per second per square mile (cfsm) is the average number of cubic feet of 

water flowing per second from each square mile of area drained, assuming that the runoff 

is distributed uniformly in time and area.

Runoff in inches is the depth to which an area would be covered if all the water draining from it in a given period were uniformly distributed on its surface. The term is used 

for comparing runoff with rainfall, which is also usually expressed in inches.

Acre-foot is the quantity of water required to cover an acre to the depth of 1 foot and 

is equivalent to 43,560 cubic feet. The term is commonly used in relation to storage for 

irrigation.

Cfs-day is the volume of water represented by a flow of 1 cubic foot per second for 24 

hours. It is equivalent to 86,400 cubic feet, 1.983471 acre-feet, or 646,317 gallons, and 

represents a runoff of 0.0372 inch from 1 square mile.

Stage-discharge relation is the relation between gage height and the amount of water 

flowing in a channel, expressed as volume per unit of time.

Control designates a feature downstream from the gage that determines the stagedischarge relation at the gage. This feature may be a natural constriction of the channel, 

a long reach of the channel, or an artificial structure.
EXPLANATION OF DATA 3

Contents is the volume of water in a reservoir. Unless otherwise indicated, volume is 

computed on the basis of a level pool and does not include bank storage.

The drainage area of a stream at a specified location is that area, measured in a horizontal plane, which is so enclosed by a topographic divide that direct surface runoff from 

precipitation normally would drain by gravity into the river above the specified point. 

Figures of drainage area given herein include all closed basins, or noncontributing areas, 

within the area unless otherwise noted.

WSP is used as an abbreviation for "Water-Supply Paper" in references to previously 

published reports.

DOWNSTREAM ORDER OF LISTING GAGING STATIONS

Beginning with the series of reports for the water year ending September 30, 1951, the 

order of listing gaging-station records was changed. In this report, in a downstream direction along the main stem all stations on a tributary entering above a main-stem station 

are listed before that station. If a tributary enters between two main-stem stations, it 

is listed between them. A similar order is followed in listing stations on first rank, 

second rank, and other ranks of tributaries. To indicate the rank of any tributary on 

which a gaging station is situated and the stream to which it is immediately tributary, 

each indention in the listing of gaging stations in the table of contents of this report 

represents one rank. This downstream order and system of indention show which gaging stations are on tributaries between any two stations on a main stem and the rank of the tributary on which each gaging station is situated.

The order of listing used before the publication of the 1951 report listed first all 

stations on the main stem from headwaters toward mouth, then all stations on the uppermost 

tributary to the main stem from the tributary's source to mouth, and then all stations 

from source to mouth of the uppermost tributary to the tributary.

EXPLANATION OF DATA

The base data collected at gaging stations consist of records of stage and measurements 

of discharge. In addition, observations of factors affecting the stage-discharge relation, weather records, and other information are used to supplement base data in determining the daily flow. The records of stage are obtained either from direct readings on a 

nonrecording gage or from a water-stage recorder that gives a continuous record of fluctuations. Measurements of discharge are made with a current meter by the general methods 

adopted by the Geological Survey on the basis of experience in stream gaging since 1888. 

These methods are described in Water-Supply Paper 888 and are also outlined in standard 

textbooks on the measurement of stream discharge. Typical structures in use at gaging 

stations are shown in figure 1.

Rating tables giving the discharge for any stage are prepared from stage-discharge relation curves defined by discharge measurements. If extensions to the rating curves are 

necessary to define the extremes of discharge, they are made on the basis of indirect 

determinations of peak discharge (such as slope-area or contracted-opening determinations, 

computation of flow over dams or weirs, and by other methods), velocity-area studies, and 

logarithmic plotting. The application of the daily mean gage height to those rating tables 

gives the daily mean discharge, from which the monthly and the yearly mean discharge are 

computed. If the stage-discharge relation is subject to change because of frequent or 

continual change in the physical features that form the control, the daily mean discharge
A. TENNESSEE RIVER AT KNOXVILLE, TENN.

FIGURE 1. GAGING STATION STRUCTURES.

B. NANTAHALA RIVER NEAR 

RAINBOW SPRINGS, N. C.
EXPLANATION OF DATA 5

is determined by the shifting-control method, in which correction factors based on individual discharge measurements and notes by engineers and observers are used in applying 

the gage heights to the rating tables. If the stage-discharge relation for a station is 

temporarily changed by the presence of aquatic growth or debris on the control, the daily 

mean discharge is computed by what is essentially the shifting-control method.

At some gaging stations the stage-discharge relation is affected by backwater from 

reservoirs, tributary streams, or other sources. This necessitates the use of the slope 

method in which the slope or fall in a reach of the stream is a factor in determining 

discharge. Information requisite for determining the slope or fall is obtained by means 

of an auxiliary gage set at some distance from the base gage. At some stations the stagedischarge relation is affected by changing stage. If so, the rate of change in stage is 

used as a factor in the determination of discharge.

At most gaging stations in the northern part of the United States and at some in the 

mountainous regions of other parts the stage-discharge relation is affected by ice during 

the winter, and it becomes impossible to compute the discharge in the usual manner. Discharge for periods of ice effect is computed on the basis of the gage-height? record and 

occasional winter discharge measurements, consideration being given to the available information on temperature and precipitation, notes by gage observers and engineers, and 

comparable records of discharge for other stations in the same or nearby basins. If the 

stage-discharge relation is affected by ice, this information is given in a note to the 

table. No mention is made of occasional days of ice effect if the degree of accuracy of 

daily records is not changed.

The data herein presented generally comprise a description of the station, a skeleton 

rating table, and a table showing the daily discharge and monthly and yearly discharge 

and runoff of the stream. Records are published for the water year which begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. A calendar for the water year 1956 is shown on page IV 

for the purpose of finding the day of the week for any date.

The description of the station gives the location, drainage area, records available, 

type and history of gages, average discharge, extremes of discharge, general remarks, and 

notations of revisions of the previously published record. The location of the gaging 

station and the drainage area are obtained from the most accurate maps available. River 

mileage, given under "Location" for some stations, is that determined and used by the 

Corps of Engineers unless otherwise noted. Under "Records available" are given the periods 

for which there are published records generally equivalent to those at the present site. 

Under "Gage" are given the type of gage currently in use and the datum of the present gage 

above mean sea level, and a condensed history of the types, locations, and datums of previous gages used during the period of records available. Under "Average discharge" is 

given the average discharge for the number of years Indicated. It is not given for stations having fewer than five complete years of record or for stations where changes in 

water development during the period of record cause the figure to have little significance. 

Under "Extremes" are given the maximum discharge and gage height; the minimum discharge if 

there is little or no regulation; the minimum daily discharge if there is extensive regulation (also the minimum discharge if useful); and the minimum gage height (unless it is 

of no importance). In the first paragraph, the data given are for the complete current 

water year unless otherwise specified. In the second paragraph, the data given are for 

the periods of record within the calendar year dates in the heading (not necessarily
6 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1956, PART 3-B

those for the complete years indicated by the heading dates). Reliable information concerning major floods that have occurred outside the period of record are given in the 

third or last paragraph under "Extremes." Unless otherwise qualified, the maximum discharge corresponds to the crest stage obtained by use of a water-stage recorder, a creststage indicator, or a nonrecording gage read at the time of the crest. If the maximum 

gage height did not occur at the same time as the maximum discharge, it is given separately. Information pertaining to the accuracy of the records and conditions which affect 

the natural flow at the gaging station is given under "Remarks."

Previously published records of some stations have been found to be in error on the 

basis of data or information later obtained. Revisions of such records are usually published along with the current records in one of the annual reports. In order to make it 

easier to find such revised records, a paragraph headed "Revisions (water years)" has been 

added to the description of all stations for which revised records have been published. 

Listed therein are all the reports in which revisions have been published, each followed 

by the water years for which figures are revised in that report. In listing the water 

years only on^number is given; for instance, 1933 stands for the water year October 1, 

1932, to September 30, 1933. If no daily, monthly, or annual figures of discharge are 

concerned in the revision, that fact is brought out by notations after the year dates as 

follows: "(M)" means that only the instantaneous maximum discharge was revised; "(m)" 

that only the instantaneous minimum was revised; and "(P)" that only peak discharges were 

revised. If the drainage area has been revised, the report in which the revised figure 

was first published is given. It should be noted that for all stations for which cubic 

feet per second per square mile and runoff in inches are published, a revision of the 

drainage area necessitates corresponding revision of all figures based on the drainage 

area. Revised figures of cubic feet per second per square mile and runoff in inches resulting from a revision of the drainage -area only are usually not published in the annual 

series of reports.

Skeleton rating tables are generally published for all stations except those at which 

the daily discharge for the greater part of the open-water period was determined by the 

shifting-control method, the slope method, or other special methods involving an equivalent adjustment to the gage height of more than one-tenth foot. Skeleton rating tables 

are generally not published for stations on canals.

For stations equipped with water-stage recorders, except those on streams subject to 

sudden or rapid fluctuation, the daily table gives the discharge corresponding to the 

daily mean gage height. For stations subject to such fluctuation the daily mean gage 

height may not indicate the true daily mean discharge, which must be obtained by averaging 

the discharge for parts of the day or by using the discharge integrator, an instrument for 

obtaining the daily mean discharge from a continuous gage-height graph and containing, as 

an essential element, a curve representing the stage-discharge relation at the station. 

For stations equipped with nonrecording gages, the table of daily discharge gives the 

discharge corresponding to once-daily readings of the gage, or to the mean of twice-daily 

readings, or to the mean gage height determined from gage-height graphs based on gage 

readings. For periods of rapidly changing stage, the daily mean discharge is determined 

from gage-height graphs based on gage readings, the frequency of which is stated in the 

station description.
ACCURACY OF FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS 7

In the table of daily discharge, the figures for the maximum day and the minimum day for 

each month are underlined. If the figure is repeated, it is underlined only on the first 

day of its occurrence.

In the monthly summary below the daily table, the line headed "Total" gives the sum of 

the daily figures; it is the total cfs-days for the month. The line headed "Mean" gives 

the average flow in cubic feet per second during the month. Runoff for the month may be 

expressed in cubic feet per second per square mile (line headed "Cfsm"), or in inches 

(line headed "In."), or in acre-feet (line headed "Ac-ft"). Figures for cubic feet per 

second per square mile and runoff in inches are omitted if the drainage area includes 

large noncontributing areas, or if the average annual rainfall over the drainage basin 

is usually less than 20 inches.

In the yearly summary below the monthly summary, the figures of maximum are the maximum 

daily discharges, not the momentary discharges when the water was at crest stage. Likewise, the minimums in this summary are the minimum daily discharges.

Peak discharges and the times of their occurrence and corresponding gage heights of 

most stations are listed below the table of daily and monthly discharge. All independent 

peaks above the selected base are given. The base discharge, which is given in parentheses, is selected so that an average of about three peaks a year will be presented. 

Peak discharges are not published for canals, ditches, drains, or for any stream for which 

the peaks are subject to substantial control by man.

Footnotes to the table of daily discharge indicate periods when discharge was computed 

or estimated by unusual or special methods during periods of no gage-height record and ice 

effect, or by other effects that reduce the degree of accuracy of the records. Days on 

which discharge measurements were made are indicated by asterisk and footnote unless they 

were made at frequent regular intervals, in which instance the general frequency of discharge measurements is given under "Remarks" in the station description.

For most gaging stations on lakes and reservoirs the data presented comprise a description of the station and a monthly summary table of stage and contents. For some reservoirs a table showing daily contents or stage is given. A skeleton table of capacity at 

given stages is published each year for all reservoirs for which records are published on 

a daily basis, but is not published for reservoirs for which only monthly data are given.

Discharge measurements and determinations of peak flows made at sites other than gaging 

stations are listed at the end of each report.

ACCURACY OP FIELD DATA AND COMPUTED RESULTS

The accuracy of streamflow data depends primarily on (1) the stability of the stagedischarge relation or, if the control is unstable, the frequency of discharge measurements, 

and (2) the accuracy of observations of stage, measurements of discharge, and interpretation of records.

The station description states the degree of accuracy of the records. "Excellent" indicates that, in general, the error in the daily records is believed to be less than 5 percent; "good," less than 10 percent; "fair," less than 15 percent; and "poor," probably 

more than 15 percent. The records of monthly and yearly mean discharge and runoff are, in 

general, more nearly accurate than the daily records.
8 SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1956 , PART 3-B

Runoff at some stations, as indicated by the monthly mean, may vary widely from natural 

runoff, owing to diversion, consumption, regulation by storage, increase or decrease in 

evaporation due to artificial causes, or to other factors. For such stations, figures of 

cubic feet per second per square mile and runuff in inches are not published unless 

storage or diversion records are included to indicate the extent of the regulation or diversion or unless satisfactory adjustments can be made far changes in contents of reservoirs or for other changes incident to use and control. Evaporation from a reservoir is 

not included in the adjustments for changes in reservoir contents, unless it is so stated. 

Even at thi ise stations where adjustments are made, large errors in computed runoff may 

occur when relatively large negative adjustments are made or when evaporation is large in 

comparison with the observed discharge.

Many gaging stations on streams in the irrigated areas of the United States are situated abuve most of the diversions from those streams, and therefore the discharge recorded 

does not actually show the water supply available at the stations for further development, 

because water must first be sup t lied to existing irrigation systems.

PUBLICATIONS

To facilitate publication of the annual series of reports, the area of the United 

States is divided into 14 parts whose boundaries coincide with certain natural drainage 

lines. Formerly, the results of streamflow measurements were published in 14 volumes, one 

for each of the 14 parts. Beginning with the reports for 1951, the records are published 

in 18 volumes, there being 2 volumes each for Parts 1, 2, 3, and 6. The boundaries of the 

various parts are indicated by the following list and the map in figure 2.

Part 1. North Atlantic slope basins, in two volumes:

A, North Atlantic slope basins, Maine to Connecticut. 

B, North Atlantic slope basins, New York to York River.

2. South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, in two volumes: 

A, South Atlantic slope basins, James River to Savannah River. 

B, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins, Ogeechee River 

to Pearl River.

3. Ohio River basin, in two volumes:

A, Ohio River basin except Cumberland and Tennessee River basins. 

B, Cumberland and Tennessee River basins.

4. St. Lawrence River basin.

5. Hudson Bay and upper Mississippi River basins.

6. Missouri River basin, in two volumes:

A, Missouri River basin above Sioux City, Iowa. 

B, Missouri River basin below Sioux City, Iowa.

7. Lower Mississippi River basin.

8. Western Gulf of Mexico basins.

9. Colorado River basin.

10. The Great Basin.

11. Pacific slope basins in California.

12. Pacific slope basins in Washington and upper Columbia River basin.

13. Snake River basin.

14. Pacific slope basins in Oregon and lower Columbia River basin.

Water-supply papers and other publications of the Geological Survey containing data on 

the water resources of the United States may be purchased or consulted as follows:

1. Copies may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing 

Office, Washington 25, D. C., who will, on application, furnish lists giving prices. A 

list of Geological Survey publications maj< also be obtained by applying to the Director, 

Geological Survey, Washington, D. C.

2. Sets of the reports may be consulted in the libraries of the principal cities in 

the United States.

3. Sets are available for consultation in the offices of the Water Resources Division 

of the Geological Survey. Addresses of the offices in the area covered by this report are 

given on page 2.

Early records of the flow of streams in the United States are puDlished in the reports 

listed on page 10. In many of these reports records for years earlier than those indicated 

have been included for some streams.
PUBLICATIONS

463897 O -58 -2
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1956, PART 3-B

Streamflow data for the years 1864-1901, In reports of the Geological Survey 

(A = Annual Report; B = Bulletin)

Report

10th A, pt. 2 

llth A, pt. 2 

12th A, pt. 2 

13th A, pt. 3 

14th A, pt. 2 

B 131........ 

16th A, pt. 2

18th A, pt. 4 

WSF 15.......

19th A, pt. 4

WSP 28.......

20th A, pt. 4 

WSP 35 to 39. 

21st A, pt. 4 

WSP 47 to 52. 

22d A, pt. 4 

WSP 65, 66... 

WSP 75 .......

Character of data

Descriptive information only. 

Monthly discharge and descriptive information. ...............

Descriptive information only. 

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, ratings, and 

monthly discharge.

Descriptions, measurements ratings, and monthly discharge... 

Descriptions, measurements and gage heights of streams east 

of the Mississippi River and Missouri River and tributaries above Kansas River. 

Descriptions, measurements and gage heights of streams west 

of the Mississippi River except Missouri River and tributaries above Kansas River. 

Descriptions, measurements, ratings, and monthly discharge... 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights of streams east of 

the Mississippi River, and Missouri River and tributaries. 

Measurements, ratings, and gage heights of streams west of 

the Mississippi River, except Missouri River and tributaries .

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings. .......

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings. .......

Descriptions, measurements, gage heights, and ratings. ....... 

Monthly discharge ............................................

Year

1684 to September 1890. 

1884 to June 30, 1891. 

1884-92. 

1866-93. 

1893-94.

1895.

1896. 

1895-96. 

1897.

1897.

1897. 

1898.

1898.

1898. 

1899. 

1899. 

1900. 

1900. 

1901. 

1901.

Reports on surface-water supply containing records from 1899 to date for drainage basins In this report are listed below. The data for any particular gaging station will, 

in general, be found in the reports covering the years during which the station was maintained. Before 1951, records for the Cumberland and Tennessee River basins were included 

with those of the other rivers of the Ohio River basin.

Numbers of water-supply papers containing results of stream measurements in Cumberland and 

Tennessee River basins, 1899-1956

Year

1899

19OO

1901

1902

19O3

19O4

1905

1906

1907-8

1909

1910

1911

WSP

36

48

65, 75

83

98

128

169

205

243

263

283

303

Year

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919-20

1921

1922

1923

1924

WSP

323

353

383

403

433

453

473

503

523

543

563

583

Year

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

WSP

603

623

643

663

683

698

713

728

743

758

783

803

Year

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

WSP

823

853

873

893

923

953

973

1003

1033

1053

1063

1113

Year

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

1955

1956

WSP

1143

1173

1206

1236

1276

1336

1386

1436

The records at most of the stations discussed in these reports extend over many years. 

Discharge measurements at many points other than regular gaging stations have been 

made each year and are published at the end of each report. The streams and points of 

measurement are listed in the same order as the streams and gaging stations in the body 

of the report. An index of the records obtained before 1904 has been published in WaterSupply Paper 119.

Each of the reports on the surface-water supply for the year 1939 (Water-Supply Paper 

873 for the Cumberland and Tennessee River basins) contains, for the area included in that 

report, a summary of yearly discharge at gaging stations at which 10 or more complete 

years of record had been collected. These summaries were reprinted separately.

Reports also have been published that are compilations of records for various areas, 

usually a single State or drainage basin. These reports contain records previously published (some of which may have been revised), as well as some records not contained in the 

annual series of water-supply papers. The only such report for any part of the area 

covered by this report is Water-Supply Paper 197, "Water resources of Georgia, 1895-1905."

Records of discharge have been published also in State reports. Some of these are not
RECORDS OF DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 11

contained in the publications of the Geological Survey or are revisions of records previously published in its water-supply papers. The following table contains a list of 

these reports for the area covered by this report.

State reports containing compilations of records of discharge

State

Qeorgla. ...... 

Do. ........

North Carolina 

Do

Tennessee. .... 

Do..... ....

Do

Do. ........

Period

1895-1906

1889-1923

1874-1924

1951-55

Report

Bull. 16, Water powers of Qeorgla. ........

Bull. 34, Discharge records of North Carolina streams.

Una streams. 1

basin. 

Bull. 34, Water resources of Tennessee2 ...

(New, Tennessee, and Big Sandy River 

basins) .

(New, Big Sandy, and Tennessee River 

basins). 

Bull. 19, Surface water supply of Virginia 

(New, Big Sandy, and Tennessee River 

basins) .

Issued by

Qeologlcal Survey of Qeorgla. 

Do.

Department of Conservation 

and Development. 

Do.

Department of Education. 

Do.

Do

Do.

Department of Conservation 

and Development

1 Contains maximum and minimum daily, weekly, and monthly discharge and yearly mean''discharge.

2 Includes records of discharge for all stations in North Carolina in the Tennessee River basin.

The reports listed in the foregoing tables contain the customary records of discharge 

collected during the systematic operation of gaging stations. Detailed information on the 

stage and discharge of many streams during major floods has been included in special reports on these floods published by the Geological Survey. The more recent of these special reports also contain other pertinent hydrologic information and analyses and compilations of data relating to earlier notable floods. The following is a list of these 

reports:

Report

WSP 334: The Ohio Valley flood of March-April 1913.

WSP 771: Floods in the United States, magnitude and frequency.

WSP 800; The floods of March 1936, Part 3, Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers.

WSP 838: Floods of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, January-February 1937.

WSP 847: Maximum discharges at stream-measurement stations through September 1938.

WSP 1066: Floods of August 1940 in the southeastern States.

WSP 1137-1: Summary of floods in the United States during 1950.

WSP 1227-A: Floods of March-April 1951 in Alabama and adjacent States.

Cir. 100: Floods in Georgia, frequency and magnitude.

Cir. 342: Floods in Alabama, frequency and magnitude.

RECORDS OF DISCHARGE COLLECTED BY AGENCIES OTHER THAN THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

The table below contains a list of gaging stations for the area covered by this report, 

at which records of discharge were collected during the water year October 1955 to September 1956 by agencies other than the Geological Survey. The records of these stations 

are not contained in publications of the Geological Survey, nor have they been published 

elsewhere.

Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey

Stream

Beech River. ........... 

Do.. .................

Birdsong Creek. ........

Chambers Creek. ........ 

Chestuee Creek. ........ 

Do ................... 

Do ........... . ...

Location

Hear Darden, Tenn. ...............

Near Holliday, Tenn. .............

Opposite Kendrick, Miss . ......... 

Above Englewood, Tenn. ........... 

Zlon Hill, Tenn. ................. 

Dentvllle, Tenn. .................

Period

1954-56

1940-56

1939-56a/ 

1944-56 

1944-56 

1944-56

Tennes

Do.

Do. 

Do. 

Do. 

Do.

Collected by

see Valley Authority.

a/ Records observed near Kendrick fr 

1942 to 1956.

November 1939 to May 1942 and opposite Kendrick from May
SURFACE WATER SUPPLY, 1956, PART 3-B

Records of discharge collected by agencies other than the Geological Survey Continued

Stream

Coweeta Creek basin b/.

Cypress Creek (drainage 

ditch).

Flat Creek. ............

Horse Creek. ...........

Little Chestuee Creek. . 

Middle Creek. ..........

Millican Creek. ........

Persimmon Creek. .......

Pigeon River basin d/.. 

Pinetree Branch. ....... 

Piney Creek. ...........

Rushing Creek. .........

River tributary).

River tributary) . 

West Flint Creek £/....

Wolf Creek. ............ 

Yellow Creek. ..........

Location

Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory 

near Franklin, N. C. 

Near Gilbertsville, Ky. ...........

Near Middlesburg, Tenn. ...........

Near Savannah, Tenn. ..............

Below Wilson Station, Tenn. ....... 

Below Highway 39 near Englewood, 

Tenn.

Near Douglas Dam, Tenn. ...........

At Persimmon Creek Dam, near 

Letitia, N. C. 

Near Waynesville, N. C. ........... 

Near Lexington, Tenn. .............

At Highway 104 near Lexington, 

Tenn.

Near Decaturville, Tenn. ..........

Near Hartselle, Ala. ..............

At Graper Springs, Tenn. .......... 

At Moser Bridge near Doskie, Miss.

Period

1934-56 

1943-56

1953-56

1939-56

1947-56 

1944-56

1939-56

1942-56

1942-56

1949-56 

1941-56 

1953-56

1948-56

1953-56

1939-56

1941-56

1953-56 

1937-56

U. S. 

Tennes 

Do

Do 

Do

Do

Do

Do 

Do

Do

Do 

Do

Do

Do 

Do

Do

Do 

Do 

Do

Do

Do

Do

Do

Do

Do

Do 

Do

Do

Do

Do

Collected by

Forest Service, 

see Valley Authority.

b/ The Southeastern Forest Experiment Station of the U. S. Forest Service operates 31 stations 

in Coweeta Creek basin in order to obtain records of runoff from small areas.

c/ Gage heights only when affected by backwater from Wheeler Reservoir.

d/ The Tennessee Valley Authority operates stations on 6 small watersheds ranging in area from 

3.5 to 5.6 acres in the Pigeon River basin.

HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS

During the water year 1956, streamflow was deficient for about half the time In nearly 

all of the area covered by this report. Monthly mean discharge of French Broad River at 

Asheville, N. C., was record-low for the month in December and January, and the yearly 

mean was the lowest In a record beginning in 1895. Excessive streamflow occurred in parts 

of western Tennessee during February, and in southwestern Virginia during April. For 

three key gaging stations in the area covered by this report, a comparison of monthly and 

yearly mean discharges during the 1956 water year with the median discharges for the 

25-year period (1921-45) is shown in figure 3 on the opposite page.
HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS 13

 § 2000 

.9

French Broad River at Asbeville, N. C. 

Drainage area, 945 sq mi.

Oct NOT. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. The

600

 § 600

.9

| 400

1

S 300

North Fork Holston River near Saltville, Va. 

Drainage area, 222 sq mi.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept The

year

18,000

16,000

14,000

12,000

fl

.9 10,000

I 8000 

6000 

4000 

2000

20,440

Duck River above Hurricane Mills, Term. 

Drainage area 2,657 sq mi.

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept The

year 

Explanation

Median of monthly mean discharge for 25-year period 1921-45. 

Monthly mean discharge during water year 1956.

Figure 3. Comparison of discharge at three key gaging stations during 1956 water year with 

median discharge for 25-year period.
GAGING-STATION RECORDS

CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Poor Fork at Cumberland, Ky.

Location. Lat 36°58'25", long 82°59'35", at left end downstream side of Second Street 

Bridge at Cumberland, Harlan County, 0.1 mile upstream from Cloverlick Creek and 

0.5 mile downstream from Looney Creek.

Drainage area. 82.1 sq mi.

Records available. March 1940 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,415.15 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 16 years, 139 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,140 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 7.24 ft); minimum, 5.5 cfs Oct. 25, 26 (gage height, 0.16 ft).

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 7,500 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 {gage height, 9.65 ft); from rating curve extended above 2,900 cfs by logarithmic plotting; no flow for part of Oct. 28, 

1952.

Flood in January 1927 reached a stage about 0.5 ft higher than that of Jan. 7, 1946 

{discharge, 12,000 cfs, estimated by Corps of Engineers). Flood in July 1939 reached 

a stage of 9.3 ft, from floodmarks.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record and those for 

period of indefinite stage-discharge relation, which are poor.

Revisions (water years). WSF 923: 1940(M). WSP 1336: 1949-51, 1953(P).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except period of Indefinite stage-discharge

relation (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 6-25)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 29 Jan. 30 to Sept. 3O

0.1 

.2

1.0 118

1.5 245

2.0 420

2.5 660

-0.1

0.0.1

.2 

.3

.6

27

35

47

103 6.0

206

530

950

1,560

2,440

3,640

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

15

10

8.0

7.0

*6.5

6.5

12

23

T4

10

8.5

7.0

8.5

8.5

9.0

9.0

7.5

8.0

9.5

8.0

7.5

7.5

7.0

7.0

6.5

6.5

7.0

7.0

8.0

7.5

7.5

274.5

8.85

0.108

0.12

Nov.

8.0

8.0

8.0

7.5

8.0

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.0

7.5

8.5

8.0

9.0

9.0

8.5

*12

19

14

32

33

21

15

14

14

12

12

11

11

10

*10

359.5

12.0

0.146

0.16

Dec.

10

12

12

90

140

110

75

50

70

60

50

45

35

31

30

28

28

33

40

48

42

38

35

32

30

28

26

24

22

b22

1,318

42.5

0.518

0.60

Jan.

21

21

a23

a22

*18

18

19

18

17

17

a 18

17

16

16

a!8

19

16

18

24

a31

a36

30

27.

30

28

*26

25

25

536

512

2,622

84.6

1.03

1.19

Feb.

319

325

1.120

950

782

860

*920

509

358

286

259

229

209

206

27T

289

518

~875 2,890

885

666

439

328

442

930

774

481

369

286

17,775

613

7.47

8.05

Mar.

250

3TC

404

622

456

343

355

2.080

746

460

349

289

292

1,580

*834

538

436

408

411

369

328

301

268

328

397

352

295

259

422

422

337

15 , 241

492

5.99

6.90

Apr.

274

238

209

203

184

627

798

542

394

322

271

292

271

262

2,230

2,600

*819

530

386

307

250

215

212

178

162

151

141

128

117

IPS

13,441

448

5.46

6.09

May

167

195

802

&46

394

301

250

200

167

146

126

108

97

90

101

112

86

78

71

63

*55

50

46

41

36

33

37

52

46

40

46

4,679

151

1.84

2.12

June

271

a235

a!30

alOO

a80

a65

a 50

a39

37

33

30

28

26

26

29

27

26

26

27

30

37

109

144

154

92

*55

40

33

29

26

2,034

67.8

0.826

0.92

July

24

24

22

22

21

21

26

43

43

32

25

22

45

247

146

138

366

232

119

119

186

131

90

80

238

253

141

128

397

?^0 178

3,839

124

1.51

1.74

Aug.

*117

86

63

52

45

37

32

29

26

25

24

22

22

22

22

21

20

20

239

247

170

124

76

52

36

32

28

26

25

25

25

1,790

57.7

0.703

0.81

Sept.

26

32

53

35

26

»111

453

220

117

74

52

37

31

27

28

26

33

33

31

22

21

20

22

27

22

21

22

22

21

20

1,685

56.2

0.685

0.76

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,4OO Mln 6 Mean 134 Cfsm 1.63 In. 22.10

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,890 Mln 6.5 Mean 178 Cfsm 2.17 In. 29.46

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 cfs).--Jan. 29 (8 p.m.) 1,220 cfs (3.49 ft); Feb. 3 (3:30 p.m.) 1,570 cfs 

4.O1 ft;; FebT 6 (11--3C) p.m.] 1,250 cfs (3.54 ft); Feb. 18 (8 a.m.) 4,02O cfs (6.32 ft); Mar. 8 

9:30 a.m.) 3,180 cfs (5.62 ft); Mar. 14 (2 p.m.) 2,450 cfs (s.Ol ft); Apr. 6 (8:30 p.m.) 1,240 ofs 

3.52 ft); Apr. 15 (8 p.m.) 5,140 cfs (7.24 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage when available, 

2 discharge measurements, weather records, and records for Cumberland River near Harlan.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

Note.--Stage-discharge relation Indefinite Dec. 4-29; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for Cumberland River near Harlan.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 15

Cumberland River near Harlan, Ky.

Location.--Lat 36°50'55", long 83°21'20", on left bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on 

U. S. Highway 119 at Loyall, 1.6 miles upstream from Fourmile Branch, 2.0 miles downstream from confluence of Poor and Clover Forks, and 2 miles west of Harlan, Harlan 

County.

Drainage area.--374 sq mi.

Records available. March 1940 to September 1956.

Gage,--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,140.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Mar. 4, 1941, staff gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 647 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,000 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 15.75 ft); 

minimum, 18 cfs Nov. 2 (gage height, 0.35 ft).

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 37,900 cfs Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, \22 .81 ft); minimum, 3.0 cfs Oct. 9, 1953.

Floods of 1918 and 1929 reached stages of about 22 and 20.0 ft respectively, from 

information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful gage-height record, which are 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 953: 1940(M). WSP 1173: 1947(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

0.3 

.4 

.6

Oct. 1 to Dec. 4

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

150

320

550 1.0 

1.5 

2.0

Dec.

53

90

165

330

590

5 to Sept. 3O

2.5 

3.0 

5.0 

8.0 

12.0

920

1,350

3,550

7,750

14,500

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

91

78

49

37

30

26

30

74

~76 112

56

42

37

49

44

36

*34

32

33

37

33

32

30

25

23

20

23

20

20 

22

20

1,271

41.0

0.110

0.13

Nov.

20

2CF

22

22

20

22

22

23

22

27

37

34

34

40

53

*54

98

115

168

266

183

125

105

120

115

105

91

76

64 

*54

2,157

71.9

0.192

0.21

Dec.

"5T 47

66

370

1.020

460

280

213

219

198

156

120

102

115

120

88

92

120

180

204

204

180

171

156

147

144

138

130

118 

118

118

5,848

189

0.505

0.58

Jan.

104

106

110

102

*94

88

94

76

60

82

86

88

84

60

67

80

65

63

90

118

153

135

144

138

130

122

102

106

1,750 

5.770

2,750

13,017 420"

1.12

1.29

Feb.

1,240

1,190

4,960

4,880

4,230

5,140

6,110

*2,340

1,430

976

860

775

723

723

1,140

1,110

3,460

14.100

4,820

4,680

2,970

1,860

1,290

1,450

4,960

4,520

2,250

1,660

1,230

87,077

3,003

8.03

8.66

Mar.

1,050

1,390

2,420

4,170

2,270

1,670

1,400

7,310

3,820

2,040

1,960

1,620

1,640

8.440

*5,020

2,610

2,130

1,940

1,840

1,580

1,300

1,110

1.000

1,080

1,310

1,300

1,160

1,060

3,010

1 * 88O

73,460

2,370

6.34

7.30

Apr.

1,430

1,210

1,210

1,290

1,590

3,730

5,210

2,630

1,820

1,420

1,190

1,080

976

920

6,160

15. 600

*4,000

2,340

1,620

1,200

936

789

749

638

566

519

486

445

410 

405

60,569

2,019

5.40

6.02

May

638

674

5.240

3,120

1,680

dl,000

dSOO

d700

d560

dSOO

d430

d340

348

330

d430

dSOO

d300

d260

d240

d230

*d215

d210

d270

d!90

168

153

147

192

375 

269

258

18,767

605

1.62

1.87

June

1,920

1,390

756

519

390

310

262

225

204

180

156

141

128

125

159

128

141

135

112

T20

147

395

475

370

*400

290

213

159

130

112

10,192

340

0.909

1.01

July

106

98

153

115

98

106

108

201

357

240

165

120

138

2,100

1,190

*6.550

2,570

1,420

810

590

590

470

375

375

445

608

420

310

508 

497

339

21,972

709

1.90

2.18

Aug.

*258

234

213

180

162

150

132

122

110

102

96

100

96

96

92

84

76

76

633

875

"530 905

314

225

174

138

118

108

104

96

6,697

216

0.578

0.67

Sept.

92

122

141

266

150

*234

959

650

357

240

189

153

128

110

96

90

84

100

94

78

70

67

65

94

92

80

72

76

74 

68

5,071

169

0.452

0.50

Calendar year 1955: Max 13,500 Min 7.8 Mean 615 Cfsm 1.64 In. 22.32

Water year 1955-56: Max 14,100 Min 20 Mean 836 Cfsm 2.24 In. 30.42

Peak dlscharne (base. 8,200 cfs). Feb. 6 (11:30 p.m.) 9.880 cfs (9.33 ft); Feb. 18 (10:30 a.m.)

19,400 cfs (14.50 ft); Mar. 8 (1 p.m.) 9,830 cfs (9.30 ft); Mar. 14 (l p.m.) 12,200 cfs (10.72 ft);

Apr. 16 (1 a.m.) 22,000 cfs (15.75 ft); July 16 (7 a.m.) 11,800 cfs (10.47 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

d Doubtful gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement, appearance 

of recorder chart, weather records, and records for stations on nearby streams.
16 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Yellow Creek near Middlesboro, Ky.

Location (revised). Lat 36°39'05", long 83°42'05", on right bank on U. S. Highway 25E, 

0.4 mile upstream from Low Ash Hollow, 3 miles north of Middlesboro, Bell County, and 

6.0 miles upstream from Clear Pork.

Drainage area.--58.2 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--August 1940 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,104.20 ft above 

mean sea level, Sandy Hook datum. Prior to Jan. 7, 1941, staff gage at same site and 

datum.

Average discharge.--16 years, 102 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,000 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 13i36 ft); 

minimum, 3.2 cfs Oct. 25 or 26.

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 6,160 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 20.92 ft); no 

flow for part of Sept. 26, 1952 (caused by construction work above gage).

Flood in March 1929 reached a stage of about 19.6 ft; flood of Feb. 3, 1939, reached 

a stage of 18.5 ft, from floodmarks.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 10 cfs and those for periods of no gage-height 

record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years). W3P 953: 1941(M) . WSP 973: 1942(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.4

11

30

Discharge, in

1.7 

2.0 

2.5

3.0

110

185

1.0

1.1

1.15

1.2

1.5

3.0

6.3

9.0

13

44

2.0 119

3.0 281

6.0 750

9.0 1,450

12.0 2,420

ubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf am

In.

Ocb.

11

5.5

5.2

4.9

4.9

5.2

16

25

8.6

6.2

5.2

5.2

7.0

8.6

5.8

5.2

*5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

4.6

a4

a4

a4

a5,5

a4.5

a4

a4

*4.0

3.7

4.0

194.6

6.28

0.108

0.12

Nov.

4.0

4.0

4.3

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.9

4.6

a4

a5.5

a6

a5

a4

a4

a8

a7

all

a8

a32

a30

a23

a20

a!7

a!5

a!5

a!4

a!4

*13

11 

9.2

309.3

10.3

0.177

0.20

Dec.

lT~ 8.6

17

260

156

68

45

36

64

50

41

34

28

26

24

20

20

30

37

35

32

30

28

26

24

20

18

16

16 

18

16

1,257.6

40.6

0.698

0.80

Jan.

16

16

16

*14

14

14

13

9.7

9.7

12

11

12

10

8.4

10

10

9.7

8.4

22

26

22

22

24

30

23

26

26

28

528

1. 180

446

2,621.9

84.6

1.45

1.68

Feb.

228

319

795

776

610

691

601

331

218

144

178

160

158

173

239

210

679

*2,090

721

774

437

282

194

234

540

593

336

256

175

13,142

453

7.78

8.40

Mar.

124

165

401

634

351

242

180

558

414

274

201

162

212

*1.620

674

419

338

292

223

167

136

116

100

153

129

122

109

97

196

173

141

9,123

294

5.05

5.83

Apr.

114

125

124

260

256

809

642

354

242

177

151

116

93

87

535

1,190

492

*316

220

160

125

109

103

84

75

69

68

62

57

5i

7,269

242

4.16

4.64

May

57

70

389

366

223

150

119

95

80

70

63

53

48

43

48

45

36

32

30

28

24

24

*26

28

22

20

20

24

24

20

35

2,312

74.6

1.28

1.48

June

268

108

66

47

36

30

26

22

20

18

16

14

13

12

11

12

10

14

33

306

95

185

654

258

254

132

*87

58

48

37

2,890

96.3

1.65

1.85

July

32

35

44

32

30

26

22

18

20

16

14

13

31

32

26

45

98

54

34

36

30

22

20

50

63

32

26

20

14

14 

*12

961

31.0

0.533

0.61

Aug.

68

58

42

26

20

16

14

11

10

9.0

8.4

8.4

7.8

SlTf

18

10

7.8

15

76

196

223

62

39

28

22

18

16

16

16

14

11

1,096.1

35.4

0.608

0.70

Sept.

10

18

10

9.0

10

80

*119

56

34

26

20

18

14

13

11

9.0

8.4

7.8

7.3

6.8

6.3

5.9

7.3

13

7.3

6.8

6.3

6.3

5.9

r5J5

557.9

18.6

0.320

0.36

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,050 Min 1.5 Mean 99.4 Cfsm 1.71 In. 23.18

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,090 Mln 3.5 Mean 114 Cfsm 1.96 In. 26.67

Peak discharge 

2,350 cfs (11.83 ft).

(base. 1,800 cfs). Feb. 18 (9:30 a.m.) 3,000 cfa (13.36 ft); Mar. 14 (12:30 p.m.)

. f 1-1 ..

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, 2 discharge 

asurements, weather records, and records for stations on nearby streams.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 17

Cumberland River near Pineville, Ky.

Location. Lat 36°48'48", long 83°45'58", on downstream side of bridge on U. S. Highway 25E, 0.5 mile south of Flat Lick, 2.4 miles downstream from Greasy Creek, 4.7 miles 

upstream from Stinking Creek, and 5.0 miles northwest of Pineville, Bell County. Prior 

to Mar. 19, 1956, on downstream side of center pier of bridge on former location of 

U. S. Highway 25E, 200 ft upstream.

Drainage area. 809 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--August 1938 to September 1956.

Gage. Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 955.45 ft above mean sea level, 

Sandy Hook datum. Prior to June 23, 1939, wire-weight gage at same site and datum. 

June 23, 1939, to Mar. 19, 1956, water-stage recorder at bridge 200 ft upstream at same 

datum. Since May 26, 1943, auxiliary staff gage, read twice daily, 1.9 miles upstream 

from base gage.

Average discharge. 18 years, 1,293 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 30,600 cfs Feb. 18; maximum gage height, 40.98 

ft Feb. 18; minimum discharge, 23 cfs Oct. 29 (gage height, 5.02 ft).

1938-56: Maximum discharge, 57,900 cfs Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 49.31 ft); from 

rating curve extended above 36,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determinations at gage 

heights 44.34, 47.3 and 49.31 ft; minimum, 6.0 cfs Oct. 6, 1952, Oct. 18 1953. 

Flood in March 1929 reached a stage of 47.3 ft (discharge, 51,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Low flow regulated by powerplant 1.9 miles upstream from station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 953: Drainage area. WSP 1053: 1939.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Fall used as a factor Dec. 4-6, Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, Feb. 3-13, 16-29, 

Mar. 3-12, 14-20, 29, 30, Apr. 10, 11, 15-19, May 3-5, June 23-25, 

July 15-18)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17 Feb. 18 to Sept. 30

5.1 29

5.4 54

5.8 108

6.4 232

7.0 410

9.0 1,350

11.0 2,550

15.0 5,300

2O.0 9.8OO

26.0 15,200

5.7 

6.O 

6.5 

7.0 

8.0

112 

176 

E95 

450 

880

1,380 

2,550 

5,300 

9,800 

22,OOO

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

72

78

91

77

58

46

49

95

126

IM

112

81

74

74

73

71

68

61

53

58

48

54

55

*44

41

40

39

To" 30

GO

42

2,020

65.2

0.081

0.09

Nov.

32

35

32

36

35

35

36

37

38

42

44

43

51

64

61

77

117

146

403

430

292

237

244

244

232

206

*181

150

124

3,948

132

0.163

0.18

Dec.

105

103

ToF

411

1,590

1,080

714

462

430

418

350

278

221

192

197

192

158

160

322

358

331

292

272

248

230

212

199

186

188

186

10,215

330

0.408

0.47

Jan.

181

166

160

*160

150

141

132

128

121

105

103

1£2

121

105

98

102

95

IDS- 92

ISO

192

2£5

237

248

246

237

219

201

1,770

11,500

8, 820

26,432

853

1.05

1.22

Feb.

3,140

2,770

8,560

11,400

10,600

8,460

14,600

*6,880

3,110

2,120

1,900

1,830

1,760

1,750

2,670

2,800

5,910

£1,400

12,000

8,240

4,380

2,490

2,510

6,150

8,850

5,110

3,300

2,580

186,450

6,429

7.95

8.57

Mar.

2,110

2,110

4,500

5,680

3,960

3, £00

2,590

9,000

10,300

3,660

2,730

2,370

2,410

11,900

14,700

6,590

4,730

3,930

*3,420 

2,810

2,430

2,050

*1,740

1,720

1,900

1,960

1,830

1,620

3,790

4,900

2,920

129,560

4,179

5.17

5.96

Apr.

2,330

1,940

1,950

a2,300

a3,500

a6,000

alO.OOO

a6,000

a3,500

2,640

2, £10

1,880

1,570

1,380

3,400

17,900

11,900

*6 , 160

3,700 

2,670

2,060

1,690

1,570

1,360

1,180

1,070

985

905

830

786

105,366

3,512

4.34

4.84

May

799

1,070

4,720

7,220

3,650

2,620

2,000

1,540

1,250

1,050

900

*772

673

606

594

736

a 500

a 400

a350 

a300

a275

*308

300

305

295

260

235

265

308

450

794

35,545

1,147

1.42

1.63

June

2,220

2,740

*1,480

1,020

776

570

474

374

332

295

270

238

207

187

174

a!70

a!60

180

225 

470

655

602

2,070

1,420

1,640

848

*812

530

458

315

21,912

730

0 . 902

1.01

July

250

216

222

300

250

250

245

216

272

401

310

238

218

846

2,520

7,600

8,760

3,300

1,900 

1,440

1,710

1,100

790

844

1,110

910

844

624

632

830

*655

39,803

1,284

1.59

1.83

Aug.

498

538

408

350

290

255

228

207

189

167

154

145

154

172

154

154

130

114

285 

a2,500

*a5,000

1,810

995

624

450

338

285

245

235

220

198

15,492

500

0.618

0.71

Sept.

180

172

208

567

566

466

al,850

al,520

a930

*610

436

344

295

250

218

189

169

152

141 

147

141

116

116

338

205

180

145

132

124

114

11,021

367

0.454

0.51

Calendar year 1955: Max 26,400 Min 7.0 Mean 1,308 Cfsra 1.62 In. 21.96

Water year 1955-56: Max 21,400 Min 30 Mean 1,606 Cfsra 1.99 In. 27.02

Peak discharge (base, 16,000 cfs). --Feb. 18 (8 p.m.) 30,600 cfs (40.98 ft at 10 p.m.); Mar. 14

(11:30 p.m.) 19,900 cfs (33.21 ft at 2:30 a.m., Mar. 15); Apr. 16 (11 a.m.) 20,800 cfs (37.68 ft

8 to J 9 p.m.).) . Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records

for stations earby streams.
18 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Cumberland River at Barbourville, Ky.

Location.--Lat 36°51'45", long 83°53'13 M , near center of span on upstream side of bridge 

on State Highway 11, at Barbourville, Knox County, 0.4 mile upstream from Richland Creek.

Drainage area.--960 sq mi (revised).

Records available. October 1922 to September 1931, July 1948 to September 1956.

Gage.--Wire-weight gage and crest-stage indicator; gage read twice daily. Datum of gage 

is 943.23 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook datum. Prior to Oct. 1, 1931, staff or 

chain gage at same site and at datum 4.0 ft higher.

Average discharge.--17 years, 1,721 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28,500 cfs Feb. 19; maximum gage height, 35.81 

ft Feb. 19; minimum discharge not determined.

1922-31, 1948-56: Maximum discharge, 47,900 cfs May 31, 1927, from rating curve 

extended above 20,000 cfs on basis of runoff comparisons with nearby stations; maximum 

gage height, 40.25 ft Feb. 2, 1951; minimum discharge observed, 0.2 cfs Oct. 5, 1930 

(gage height, -0.25 ft, datum then in use).

Flood in January 1946 reached a stage of 42.8 ft, present datum.

Remarks.--Records good above 1,000 cfs and fair below.

Revisions (water years) . VISP 603: 1923-24. WSP 1336: 1923(M), 1925(M), 1927, 1929, 1950-51.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 2-9, 15-23, 25-28, Mar. 3-12, 14-20,

29-31, Apr. 6-9, 15-20, May 3-5; rate of change in stage used as a

factor for most days above 4,100 cfs)

1.4

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

29

64

117

197

790

1,530

6.0 

10.0 

20.0 

30.0 

4O.O

3,560

5,350

10,700

20,700

40,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

74

94

83

86

69

58

74

117 

128

124

131

100

76

81

81

76

66

78

76

71

62

54

58

54

*54

47

47

54 

51

51

39

2,300

74.2

O.O77

0.09

Nov.

37

39

34

a37

37

34

34

39 

39

45

a46

a45

45

60

69

a75

allO

131

246

478

508

400

334

304

268

250

229

171 

*153

146

4,443

148

0.154

0.17

Dec.

105

105

121

286

1,730

1,430

838

628 

574

514

490

406

322

250

262

245

218

197

274

382

436

394

406

370

322

274

a250

239 

239

229

229

12,765

412

0.429

0.49

Jan.

2Z9

197

a!85

a!85

184

*171

171

149 

a!40

a!30

a!25

128

149

131

a!15

a!20

a!15

allO

TIT

142

256

280

352

340

334

496

304

1,610

12,000

11,400

30,633

988

1.03

1.19

Feb.

5,220

3,070

6,650

12,500

13,500

9,960

13,800

9,220 

*4,640

2,420

1,900

al.850

al,800

1,880

3,400

3,870

6,940

23,400

*26,500

19,900

13,900

7,300

4,180

2,960

6,200

9,650

5,920

4,060 

3,050

229,640

7,919

8.25

8.90

Mar.

a2,750

2,240

3,380

7,480

6,020

4,450

3,340

9,350 

11,500

5,830

3,880

3,060

*2,880

11,400

18,200

9,220

6,660

4,700

3,920

3,400

2,810

2,330

1,820

1,750

1,960

2,020

1,930

1,670 

2,920

4,710

3,650

151,230

4,878

5.08

5.86

Apr.

2,530

2,050

2,020

2,010

2,750

4,960

13 , 200

6,910 

4,490

3,290

2,490

1,950

1,560

1,380

3,760

19,700

* 18, 900

10,600

5,380

3,460

2,190

1,770

1,610

1,400

1,210

1,080

1,000

923 

874

832

126,279

4,209

4.38

4.89

May

814

1,010

3,540

6,940

4,470

3,050

1,990

1,620 

1,290

1,010

942

844

730

670

646

652

598

526

448

a400

376

*352

328

340

322

280

245

268 

328

538

a8 00

36,367

1,173

1.22

1.41

June

1,340

3.350

1,730

1,020

784

604

508

418

352

316

280

239

218

208

188

a!80

a!75

a!70

274

352

568

592

2,050

1,420

*1,560

1,460

862

598 

442

352

22,610

754

0.785

0.88

July

280

245

322

310

286

286

250

229 

239

436

364

256

250

706

2,580

*6,180

10,400

*5,300

2,310

1,450

1,590

1,170

862

790

1,120

936

910

706 

706

*796

712

42,977

1,386

1.44

1.66

Aug.

562

514

460

412

298

280

a250

a220 

a200

a!80

a!60

al50

a!60

al75

al60

al60

a!40

a!25

a200

*2,740

*5.530

1,960

1,000

664

478

364

292

a270 

a250

a240

a220

16,814

542

0.565

0.65

Sept.

a205

a!90

179

340

622

424

1,390

2,210 

1,030

*670

478

394

304

250

a230

a200

a!80

a!65

a!55

a!50

a!55

a!30

a!25

376

245

a!90

a!60

a!40 

a!30

a!25

11,542

385

0.401

0.45

Calendar year 1955 : Max 25,400 Mln 7 Mean 1,555 Cfsm 1.62 In. 21.99

Water year 1955-56 : Max 26,500 Mln 34 Mean 1,879 Cfsm 1.96 In. 26.64

Peak discharge (base, 18,000 cfs).--Peb. 19 (1:30 a.m.) 28,500 cfa (35.81 ft at 12 m. ); Mar 14

(9 p.m. ) 22,500 cfs (29.81 ft at 10:30 to 12:30 p.m.. Mar. 15); Apr. 16 (6:3O p.m.) 22,700 cfs (32.24 

ft at 5-:30 to 7:30 a.m., Apr. 17).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for station 

near Pineville.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 19

Cumberland River at Williamsburg, Ky.

Location.--Lat 36°44'38", long 84°09'30", on left bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on 

U. S. Highway 25W and State Highway 92 at Williamsburg, Whitley County, and 2.1 miles 

downstream from Clear Fork.

Drainage area. 1.607 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--October 1950 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected in 

this vicinity since 1908 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 891.52 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Prior to July 2, 1951, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 6 years, 2,631 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 29,800 cfs Feb. 19 (gage height, 25.79 ft); 

minimum, 41 cfs Nov. 9 (gage height, 1.97 ft).

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 37,200 cfs Feb. 2, 1951 (gage height, 29.85 ft); minimum, 6.1 cfs Oct. 23, 25, 26, 27, 1953 (gage height, 1.64 ft).

Maximum stage since at least 1918, 34.2 ft Jan. 10, 1946 (present datum), from 

graph based on U. S. Weather Bureau gage readings. Flood of Mar. 25, 1929, reached 

a stage of 32.7 ft, from graph based on U. S. Weather Bureau gage readings.

Remarks. Records good. Records of chemical analyses, suspended sediment loads, and water 

temperatures for the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 27-3O, Dec. 8 to Jan. 29, Apr. 30 

to May 2, May 12 to June 1, Aug. 26 to Sept. 5, Sept. 12-26)

1.9 

2.1 

2.5

3.0 

4.0

60

145

310

810

6.0

10.0

20.0

26.0

2,410

6,500

19,900

30,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

184

169

130

120

118

109

96

128

268

247

216

175

175

151

142

140

130

120

113

109

105

102

94

*90

80

74

73

69

62

60

SS

3,905

126

0.078

0.09

Nov.

54

52

48

48

48

46

45

42

42

44

48

48

51

60

65

82

125

151

226

565

'630 655

520

545

515

470

404

350

*300

258

6,537

218

0.136

0.15

Dec.

226

208

205

317

2,510

5.020

2,120

1,330

1,110

1,240

1,160

979

810

675

600

535

480

382

470

525

640

714

696

655

615

560

500

460

422

413

413

24,990

806

0.502

0.58

Jan.

418

400

382

359

342

*334

322

300

282

254

254

244

258

268

244

236

226

*219

236

286

431

560

620

665

680

675

650

615

1,930

12,200

18.400

43,290

1,396

0.869

1.00

Feb.

15,100

9,450

11,200

17,900

20,700

20,000

*19,800

17,700

14,600

7,600

4,060

3,820

3,740

5.560

5,360

7,120

8,940

22,400

28,600

*29.300

27,300

22,700

15,800

7,020

7,150

12,300

13, 500

10,200

6,060

392,980

13,550

8.43

9.09

Mar.

4,140

3,540

4,280

10,900

13,000

9,640

6,360

8,730

14,800

15, 300

10,900

5,720

*4, 710

10, 900

21.000

20,900

18,100

12,400

7,530

5,680

4,600

3,770

3,170

2,820

2,940

2,950

2,950

2,770

2,810

5,650

6, 240

249,200

8,039

5.00

5.77

Apr.

4,300

3,260

3,160

3,650

5,070

7,150

15,000

16,400

13,000

7,O40

4,500

3,600

2,930

2,490

3,350

15,200

21.000

20,900

18, 300

*10,900

4,540

3,260

2,840

2,580

2,230

1,940

1,750

1,620

1,480

1,580

204,820

6,827

4.25

4.74

May

1,340

1,310

2,670

8,160

8.920

5,720

3,720

2,890

2,330

1,900

1,610

1,400

1,220

1,080

1,010

1,040

1,050

937

804

702

640

585

540

510

*515

495

445

455

625

650

726

55, 999

1,806

1.12

1.30

June

918

2,900

5.340

1,890

1,270

951

750

615

520

445

386

338

303

282

*258

250

230

240

226

334

575

645

702

2,490

1,750

1,960

1,590

*993

696

525

28,372

946

0.589

0.66

July

465

415

680

545

555

480

418

426

415

359

470

436

346

436

1,820

3,590

8,820

11,200

6,760

2,680

,850

,920

,390

,080

,380

,740

,310

,120

858

*834

918

55, 692

1,797

1.12

1.29

Aug.

810

630

690

615

505

400

326

282

250

226

199

190

175

175

190

181

172

160

145

*1,010

3,580

5.620

1,960

1,100

744

555

436

382

342

310 

292

20,652

666

0.414

0.48

Sept.

272

244

233

233

395

680

900

2.190

1,880

1,120

744

*555

445

372

322

278

244

*216

*196

178

166

178

160

175

*289

289

208

187

166

148

13,665

455

0.283

0.32

Calendar year 1955: Max 29,500 Min 13 Mean 2,441 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.63

Water year 1955-56: Max 29,300 Min 42 Mean 3,006 Cfsm 1.87 In. 25.47

Peak discharge (base. 20.000 cfs). Feb. 5 (3 p.m.) 21,OOO cfs (20.68 ft); Feb. 19 (11 p.m.) 

29,800 cfs (25.79 ft); Mar! 15 (7 p.m.) 22,5OO cfs (21.60 ft); Apr. 17 (2:30 p.m.) 21,200 cfs 

(20.79 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
20 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Cumberland River at Cumberland Falls, Ky.

Location.--Lat 36°50'14", long 84°20'36", on left bank 700 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 90 and 1,200 ft upstream from Cumberland Falls, Whitley County.

Drainage area.--1,977 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--August 1907 to December 1911, April 1915 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 825.49 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

datum. Aug. 15, 1907, to Dec. 10, 1911, staff gage at site 300 ft downstream at different datum. Apr. 3, 1915, to Sept. 1, 1933, staff gage at site 500 ft downstream at 

same datum.

Average discharge.--44 years (1907-11, 1915-31, 1932-56), 3,126 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 35,100 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 11.16 ft); 

minimum not determined.

1907-11, 1915-56: Maximum discharge, 59,600 cfs Jan. 28, 1918 (gage height 15.5 

ft, present site and datum); minimum, 4 cfs Sept. 19, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1386: 1919.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.1

1.2 

1.4 

1.8 

2.5

32

70

200

580

1,520

3.0

4.5

6.0

8.0

11.0

2,430

6,120

11,000

18,800

34,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

264

272

240

186

165

151

165

158

208

545

325

272

256

248

232

200

186

172

158

144

137

130

124

112

100

88

*82

76

76

70

60

5,400

174

0.088

0.10

Nov.

60

55

51

51

a50

a48

a 46

a45

a45

a47

a50

a50

a 54

a60

65

70

88

137

aEOO

a500

a700

a550

a570

a600

a620

a560

a 500

a460

a430

*a400

7,162

239

0.121

0.13

Dec.

370

325

298

380

1,840

5,150

2,630

1,710

1,260

1,260

1,300

1,150

966

796

676

616

525

492

492

492

547

652

724

712

364O

a580

a540

a480

a450

a430

a420

26,883

867

0.439

0.51

Jan.

420

420

410

400

380

361

343

325

b300

289

*272

272

272

b280

289

b265

b230

b225

240

264

543

514

616

676

724

736

724

700

2,410

14,600

18, 800

47,100

1,519

0.768

0.89

Feb.

16,100

11,700

14,400

21,800

23 , 000

21,600

21,700

*18,400

15,600

9,590

5,150

4,730

4,550

4,450

7,050

8,920

14,400

32,200

31,300

*52.900

29,100

24,000

17,800

9,590

7,980

13,200

14,500

12,200

7,390

-------

455,280

15,700

7.94

8.56

Mar.

5,130

4,300

4,600

11,100

14,100

11,300

7,830

10,200

15,500

16,000

12,700

7,490

*5,620

15,100

25.200

22,500

20,000

14,900

9,250

6,550

5,370

4,420

3,740

3,350

3,510

3,510

5,510

3,180

5.080

4,760

6,700

281,900

9,094

4.60

5.30

Apr.

5,070

5,880

5,760

4,580

6,210

11,500

17,800

17,500

14,800

8,960

5,550

4,580

5,540

2,970

5,640

16,800

22.500

*21,600

19,100

12,600

5,810

5,950

3,400

5,060

2,650

2,540

2,150

1,960

1,800

1,660

255,480

7,849

3.97

4.45

May

1,590

1,590

2,110

7,120

9,490

6,790

4,480

5,420

2,740

2,240

1,910

1,640

1,440

1,260

1,140

1,100

1,150

1,080

990

880

*796

724

640

569

525

525

514

481

569

652 

664

60,799

1,961

0.992

1.14

June

760

1,690

5.760

2,590

1,570

1,180

940

784

664

547

470

440

a370

a325

a500

a270

a250

a260

a255

a500

547

756

640

1,750

2,140

1,750

*1,920

1,280

904

688

29,840

995

0.505

0.56

July

556

616

580

772

640

756

525

514

547

481

450

558

525

628

920

3,400

6,880

10.900

8,020

5,570

1,970

2,010

1,690

1,280

1,340

1,850

1,570

1,280

1,070

940 

923

57,706

1,861

0.941

1.09

Aug.

*979

856

760

820

676

556

440

570

525

280

256

252

200

216

200

216

200

195

195

264

2,510

5,860

2,590

1,460

992

736

569

481

460

390 

345

22,603

729

0.369

0.43

Sept.

507

280

256

240

252

585

756

1,660

2,160

1,490

1,000

*664

558

450

580

516

272

240

208

186

172

158

158

151

T51

288

272

216

186

165

14,155

471

0.258

0.27

Calendar year 1955: Max 37,700 Min 15 Mean 2,826 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.40

Water year 1955-56: Max 32,900 Min 45 Mean 3,400 Cfsm 1.72 In. 23.41

Peak discharge ,24,OOP efs).--Feb. 4 (5 to 4 p.m.) 25,200 efs (9.55 ft)j Feb. 18 (10 a.m.)

55,100 cfs (11.16 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basi 

measurement, weather records, and records for stations

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

of recorded range in stage, 1 discharge 

on nearby streams.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 21 

Laurel River at 0orbIn, Ky.

Location.--Lat 36°58 I 09", long 84°07'38", on left bank 200 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 312, three-quarters of a mile northwest of Corbin, Whitley County, and 

1.0 mile downstream from Lynn Camp Creek.

Drainage area. 201 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--October 1922 to September 1924, July 1942 to September 1956. Prior 

to October 1953, published as Laurel River near Otas.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 956.05 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

datum. Oct. 2, 1922, to Sept. 30, 1924, staff gage at site 200 ft upstream at datum 

C.08 ft higher.

Average discharge.--16 years, 344 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,500 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 14.19 ft); no 

flow for part of Sept. 19.

1922-24, 1942-56: Maximum discharge, 18,600 cfs Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 17.94 

ft), from rating curve extended above 9,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; no flow 

Oct. 5, 6, 1922, Nov. 3, 1923, part of Sept. 19, 1956.

Maximum stage known, 19 ft in 1911, 1913, 1922, present datum, from information by 

Corps of Engineers.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low flow by city water-supply reservoir.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic 

feet per second)

1.07

1.1

1.15

1.2

1.3

1.4

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18 Feb. 19 to Sept. 30

0.8

1.1 

1.7 

2.4 

4.1 

6.1

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9 

2.2

2.5

3.0

4.0

7.0

10.0

14.0

102

213

540

2,100

4,130

9,200

1.02

1.05

1.1

1.15

1.2

1.3

1.4 

2.2 

3.2 

5.2

1.5 10

1.7 18

1.9 32

2.2 62

2.5 102

Note. Same as preceding table above 2.5 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

 274 6.3

1.4

1.8

1.2

1.1

1.8

5.3

2.2

1.0

.8

1.0

3.8

3.7 

2.3

1.6

1.3

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.1

1.1

1.4

1.7

*1.8

1.8

2.2

2.8

2.8

2 . 4

2.4

65.5

2.11

0.010

0.01

Nov.

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.6

2.4

2.6

2.4

2.6

3.4

3.7

2.9

2.4

2.4 

3.5

3.9

4.9

2.4

6.5

4.9

3.2

2.8

6.0

6.1

4.9

6.3

6.1

5.5

3.9

3.0

111.1

3.70

0.018

0.02

Dec.

2.8

*3.9

5.9

26

45

32

21

18

28

33

28

22

19

15 

14

13

11

16

21

21

19

17

17

17

17

16

14

12

11

14

14

563.6

18.2

0.091

0.10

Jan.

14

13

13

13

11

10

10

8.8

7.6

7,4

*8.2

9.7

10

10

9.7

10

10

9.1

16

28

41

39

43

41

39

37

31

33

792

2j660

1 , 820

5,804.5

187

0.930

1.07

Feb.

915

1,080

2,520

3,780

3,380

2,410

2,100

*1,290

683

465

682

925

728

784 

1,670

1,460

2,750

8,920

4,540

2,140

1,160

724

516

1,030

2,240

1,790

1,050

719

476

52,927

1,825

9.08

9.79

Mar.

364

440

540

980

773

552

922

2,190

1,750

995

596

479

786

3^290

1,810

1,360

1,080

*830

572

444

364

303

324

321

*255

226

200

2¥7

258

200

27,191

877

4.36

5.03

Apr.

174

200

454

990

1,040

2,440

3,300

1,730

800

536

423

324

255

252 

1,640

4,050

*2,500

1,270

683

465

342

288

345

300

237

210

184

160

136

126

25,854

862

4.29

4.78

May

172

255

746

604

348

255

205

162

124

100

84

70

58

48 

42

42

41

33

24

20

*17

14

14

17

10

11

15

18

46

50

3,714

120

0.597

0.69

June

59

52

37

24

18

13

9.8

7.3

6.1

5.0

3.6

2.8

2.8

2.6 

3.8

2.2

1.7

T78

4.7

31

27

15

14

15

50

37

*18

11

6.3

10

491.5

16.4

0.082

0.09

July

75

89

79

39

29

36

48

39

48

34

24

16

46

425 

552

1^110

940

580

288

151

111

151

79

134

556

564

357

169

120

122

80

7,091

229

1.14

1.31

Aug.

*50

37

42

37

23

16

11

7.8

6.3

4.4

3.8

3.4

2.2

6.3 

5.4

3.4

2.6

1.6

1.2

25

21

10

5.6

3.4

2.4

1.7

1.0

172

3.6

5.0

3 2

347.5

11.2

0.056

0.06

Sept.

2.4

7.7

13

12

7.3

16

67

42

18

9.8

6.1

*4.2

2.8

1.8 

1.2

.6

.2

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

.5

1.0

1.1

1.6

1.1

1.1

221.5

7.38

0.037

0.04

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,160 Mln 0.8 Mean 288 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.42

Water year 1955-56 : Max 8,920 Mln 0.2 Mean 340 Cfsm 1.69 In. E2.99

Peak discharge (base, 4,800 cfs].--Feb. 4 (2:50 p.m.) 4,800 cfs (10.64 ft); Feb. IS (5:30 p.m.) 

9,500 cfs (14.19 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
22 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Wood Creek near London, Ky.

Location. Lat 37°09'40", long 84°06'45", on left bank 50 ft downstream from bridge on 

0. S. Highway 25, 0.2 mile upstream from Peacock Branch, 2.8 miles northwest of London, 

Laurel County, and about 12 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--3.89 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--September 1953 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,123.50 ft above 

mean sea level, unadjusted.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 506 cfs Feb. 17 (gage height, 6.23 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 160 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 0.2 cfs Nov. 9- 

14, 16 (gage height, 1.12 ft).

1953-56: Maximum discharge, that of Feb. 17, 1956; minimum, 0.2 cfs for several 

days each year; minimum gage height, 1.09 ft Aug. 22, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet

per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 16 Feb. 17 to July 5 July 6 to Sept. 30

1.1 0.2

1.15 .3

1.2 .6

1.25

1.3

1.4

1.0 

1.5 

2.8

Note.--Same aa following table above 1.4 ft.

1.15

1.2

1.25

1.3

1.4

0.3

.5

.9

1.4

2.8

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

4.8

11

27

92

185

1.15

1.2

1.25

1.3

0.3 

.5 

.9

1.4

1.4

1.5 

1.7 

1.9

3.1

5.1

12

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

0.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

1.8

.6

.4

.4

.3

.3

1.4

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

*.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

13.5

0.44

0.113

0.13

Nov.

0.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.3

.3

.3

.3

1.1

.4

.3

.3

"76 1.9

.5

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

11.8

0.39

0.100

0.11

Dec.

0.5

* . 6

1.6

3.0

TTs

1.0

.9

.7

.7

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.6

.5

21.3

0.69

0.177

0.20

Jan.

0.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.3

74

.4

*.4

.3

.3

.3

.4

.3

.3

2.0

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.6

11

33

5. 9

63.9

2.06

0.530

0.61

Feb.

20~5.7

*36

47

22

35

20

12

9.5

7.9

13

10

9.2

13

17

14

103

~44 143

25

16

12

10

35

39

24

16

12

9.5

779.8

26.9

6.92

7.46

Mar.

8.6

8.6

11

9.2

8.2

7.6

26

34

19

13

10

11

15

103

35

*27

18

16

12

9.8

8.9

7.6

6.8

7.6

6.2

5.6

5.1

5.9

5.1

4.4

4.2

469.4

15.1

3.88

4.49

Apr.

4.0

6.4

7.1

19

9.8

50

30

17

12

9.8

8.2

7.0

6.2

7.2

94

59

*29

17

12

9.2

7.6

7.0

6.5

5.6

4.8

4.4

4.0

3.6

3^4

4.3

465.1

15.5

3.98

4.45

May

5.6

35

22

12

9.2

7.9

7.0

6.2

4.8

4.2

3.8

3.4

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.6

2.2

2.1

2.0

1.8

1.5

*1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

3.6

3.6

2.0

1.6

160.5

5.18

1.33

1.53

June

3.2

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.1

.9

.9

.9

.8

.7

.7

.7

.6

.6

.5

.5

1.4

1.8

.9

1.1

.9

.6

.5

1.3

*.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

28.3

0.94

0.242

0.27

July

8.7

1.2

.8

.7

*4.7

1.8

1.1

.9

1.0

.9

.6

.5

11

*14

3.9

8.6

6.6

4.7

3.5

5.8

6.5

2.7

15

Ta- 22

li

10

8.6

11

7.8

5.7

202.3

6.53

1.68

1.93

Aug.

4.7

*4.3

3.7

3.3

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.0

1.6

1.5

1.6

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.2

1.1

.9

.9

.9

2.0

1.5

1.2

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.8

.7

77

.7

.7

51.9

1.67

0.429

0.50

Sept.

3.5

1.2

.7

.6

.6

ITT

1.2

.8

.7

.6

.6

.5

*.4

.5

.5

,4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.6

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

26.5

0.88

0.226

0.25

Calendar year 1955: Max 114 Min 0.2 Mean 5.15 Cfsm 1.32 In. 17.97

Water year 1955-56: Max 143 Min 0.2 Mean 6.27 Cfsm 1.61 In. 21.93

Peak discharge (base, 100 cfs). Feb. 4 (9 a.m.) 100 cfs (3.10 ft); Feb. 17 (11:15 p.m.) 506 ofs

(6.23 ft); Mar. 14 (6 a.m.) 264 cfs (4.69 ft); Apr. 6 (10 a.m.) 133 cfs (3.48 ft); Apr. 15 (9 a.m.) 

227 cfs (4.42 ft); May 2 (Z p.m.) 166 cfs (3.81 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 23

Rockcastle River at Billows, Ky.

Location. Lat 37°10'05", long 84°17'25", on left bank 200 ft upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 80 at Billows, Rockcastle County, 1.0 mile downstream from Hawk Creek, 

1.0 mile upstream from Pine Creek, and 13 miles west of London.

Drainage area. 604 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--July 1936 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 802.90 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Nov. 19, 1940, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 20 years, 890 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 27,800 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 33.96 ft); minimum, 7.5 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 0.80 ft).

1936-56: Maximum discharge, 46,800 cfs June 29, 1947 (gage height, 45.48 ft); minimum, 1.0 cfs Sept. 19, 20, 1954.

Flood of January 1913 reached a stage of about 40 ft, from information by Corps of 

Engineers.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions. WSP 953: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 12 to Jan. 9, Jan. 14-21, 28)

3.0

7.5

20

55

128

220

340

4.0

6.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

32.0

680

1,560

3,580

6,950

11,300

25,100

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

26

34

36

17

14

11

12

20

43

40

26

26

29

27

30

31

28

26

25

25

23

22

19

17

15

*13

11

11

11

11

10

679

21.9

0.036

0.04

Nov.

10

11

12

13

14

17

22

20

19

18

17

17

17

17

19

96

114

93

84

101

115

104

100

110

104

104

88

76

65

57

1,654

55.1

0.091

0.10

Dec.

49

*48

54

183

568

385

258

196

160

128

106

87

69

59

56

53

49

49

51

54

56

53

50

59

51

53

52

49

45

45 

44

3,219

104

0.172

0.20

Jan.

44

44

45

43

42

41

40

38

35

34

33

*33

34

34

36

37

37

35

38

50

74

106

104

104

99

100

91

82

250

8,240

7,660

17,683

570

0.944

1.09

Feb.

1,780

5,270

13,100

9,800

8,630

4,700

6,000

2,880

*1,800

1,230

1,290

1,960

1,580

1,390

5,090

5,110

6,090

24,000

18,700

3,770

2,240

1,630

1,220

1,910

7,540

6,520

2,860

2,210

1,540

151,840

5,236

8.67

9.35

Mar.

,150

,120

,150

,350

,370

,240

,720

,680

,760

,240

,600

,320

2,100

13,200

14,200

*3,700

3,400

2,710

2,580

1,940

1,490

1,190

940

848

808

680

624

560

564

539

472

75,245

2,427

4.02

4.63

Apr.

442

424

475

2,440

3,040

4,360

8,660

3,670

2,280

1,640

1,270

972

760

668

5,610

15,900

6 320

*2^950

1,980

1,420

1,040

864

852

760

640

572

522

469

421 

400

71,821

2,394

3.96

4.42

May

568

1,070

4 , 460

2,660

1,660

1,170

936

760

588

490

424

358

305

268

238

230

218

188

160

142

127

*117

108

97

88

82

78

83

128 

450

250

18,501

597

0.988

1.14

June

216

210

184

137

115

101

89

77

68

62

55

50

45

48

55

89

91

90

128

128

114

176

224

160

152

*132

115

94

72 

57

3,334

111

0.184

0.21

July

79

254

682

262

238

178

138

105

77

63

57

44

72

800

776

834

1,740

1,260

600

376

680

596

464

1,630

1,690

1,180

800

494

454 

460

364

17,447

563

0.932

1.07

Aug.

254

*200

157

132

114

99

85

74

66

57

53

49

45

44

43

40

35

32

29

33

60

106

82

54

41

34

30

26

23 

22

24

2,143

69.1

0.114

0.13

Sept.

23

23

30

23

21

22

49

45

26

28

32

*26

22

18

16

16

16

16

16

15

13

11

11

12

11

12

12

11

10

594.0

19.8

0.033

0.04

Calendar year 1955: Max 19,500 Mln 3.4 Mean 848 Cfsm 1.40 In. 19.05

Water year 1955-56: Max 24,000 Mln 8.0 Mean 995 Cfsm 1.65 In. 22.42
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Buck Creek near Shopvllle , Ky.

Location. Lat 37°12'38", long 84°27'52", on right bank on downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 461, 0.2 mile downstream from Brushy Creek, 3.7 miles north of Shopville, 

and 11.5 miles northeast of Somerset, Pulaski County.

Drainage area. 165 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--December 1952 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 835.35 ft above mean 

sea level, unadjusted. Prior to Dec. 1, 1953, wire-weight gage and crest-stage indicator at same site and datum.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,800 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 15.72 ft); no 

flow Sept. 29, 30.

1952-56: Maximum discharge, that of Feb. 18, 1956; no flow at times each year.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan

3.0

4.0 

5.0 

8.0

150

480

980

3,380

Note.--Sam 

following table 

below 3.0 and 

3.0 ft.

as

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

Jan. 31 to Sept. 30

.2

.6

1.3

2.7

4.5

7.2

11

8.0 

13.0

1,090

3,380

7,900

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

14

5.2

2.2

1.4

.8

.6

8.2

32

19

10

6.6

4.3

4.1

4.3

3.9

4.5

4.3

3.7

3.0

2.6

2.2

1.8

1.3

1.0

.8

.6

*.6

.6

.8

.6

. 6

145.6

4.70

0.028

0.03

Nov.

0.6

.9

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.5

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4 i.e

2.0

2.4

19

37

22

26

43

43

31

29

23

24

22

19

17

15

13

402.8

13.4

0.081

0.09

Dec.

*11

12

17

52

22

57

44

36

32

27

24

22

18

17

16

15

14

15

16

17

17

16

16

15

15

15

14

13

13

13 

13

699

22.5

0.136

0.16

Jan.

13

13

13

12

12

11

11

10

9.5

9.1

+ 9.5

9.9

10

10

11

11

11

10

13

17

22

26

26

26

25

24

22

22

433

6,020

1,250

6,122.0

262

1.59

1.83

Feb.

533

4,460

3,300

2,880

1,520

2,040

1 , 150

596

*425

312

47O

371

274

731

2,240

1,080

3,960

*7,440

1,540

811

520

389

317

1,760

3,320

1,410

690

596

398

45,533

1,570

9.52

10.26

Mar.

308

434

358

340

270

243

830

1,050

592

412

308

470

646

5,660

1,560

*1,210

882

7OO

515

376

304

258

215

236

208

177

156

142

171

138

1 18

19,287

622

3.77

4.35

Apr.

105

108

135

850

402

2,330

1,610

685

443

335

274

215

177

201

5,170

*2,740

1,000

596

416

304

236

204

208

180

153

138

125

110

95

95

17,640

588

3.56

3.98

May

140

819

921

376

243

187

165

145

118

98

84

71

61

52

48

53

44

36

33

27

23

20

19

*17

15

14

13

63

96

73

44

4,118

133

0.806

0.93

June

112

65

43

32

25

21

16

14

11

9.5

7.6

6.0

5.0

4.1

3.5

2.8

3.0

3.9

2.7

2.7

13

69

34

19

*13

10

8.0

5 *'.$5

3 2

568.8

19.0

0.115

0.13

July

2.4

1.6

16

9.1

16

20

7.2

4.3

3.2

2.6

1.4

.8

150

231

214

256

266

82

46

33

335

93

1,460

524

326

242

187

127

402

165 

100

5,323.6

172

1.04

1.20

Aug.

67

52

*41

32

26

22

20

16

14

11

8.7

7.2

6.0

7.2

7.0

*4.1

3.3

2.8

2.4

7.9

19

19

12

6.9

4.5

3.2

2.4

1.6

1.3

1.4 

2.6

431.5

13.9

0.084

0.10

Sept.

1.3

1.0

2.0

3.5

2.1

5.9

15

4.8

2.4

1.3

.8

.6

* . 5

.3

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

0

0

43.2

1.44

0.0087

0.01

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,270 Min 0 Mean 215 Cfsm 1.30 In. 17.65

Water year 1955-56: Max 7,440 Min 0 Mean 280 Cfsm 1.7O In. 23.07

Peak discharge (bas 2,600 cfs).--Jan. .--. 30 (1 p.m.) .. 8,1, cfs (13.22 . ft); Feb. . 2 (6 .. , 

cfs (12.05 ft); Feb. .) 10,800 cfs (15.72 ft); Feb. . 25 (4 p.m.) .. 4,240 , cfs (8.97 . ft);

.) 3,980 cfs (8.75 ft); Apr. 15 (9 p.m.) 5,150

. .. , 

.) 8,050 cfs (13.15 ft); Apr. 6 (4

. 23 ^.(7:30 , , . p.m.) y.,,,., 5,270 cfs

Discharge measurement made on thi
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

New River at New River, Term.

25

Location. Lat 36°23'08", long 84°33'17", on left bank at town of New River, Scott County, 

700 ft downstream from Phillips Creek, 1,000 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 

27, 1.7 miles downstream from Brimstone Creek, and at mile 8.6.

Drainage area. 382 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--August 1934 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected in this 

vicinity 1908-52 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,092.67 ft above mean sea level, datum of T929.

Average discharge.--22 years, 701 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 21,000 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 21.62 ft); 

minimum, 3.6 cfs Sept. 22, 23 (gage height, 1.33 ft).

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 44,300 cfs Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 33.58 ft); no 

flow for part of each day Aug. 12-15, 1944.

Maximum stage known, 41.2 ft Mar. 23, 1929, on old U. S. Weather Bureau gage 1,200 ft 

upstream and at datum 3.41 ft higher.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Cooperation.--One discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. I to Mar. 14 15 to Sept. 30

1.7 

1.9 

2.3

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

130

238

435

4.0

6.0

10.0

14.0

17.0

68E 

1,970 

5,200 

9,500 

13,700 2.0

2.5

3.0

4.0

5.0

7.0

10.0

14.0

260

695

1,180

2,630

5,200

9,500

ubic feet per cond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

647

208

112

77

58

46

67

872

510

256

156

112

93

87

77

65

55

52

51

50

45

40

35

29

26

*24

22

ZZ

23

23

23

3,963

128

0.335

0.39

Nov.

22

21

23

22

20

19

IB

18

18

18

19

20

22

26

42

*7S

223

314

769

1,110

590

390

358

840

615

515

422

366

288

225

7,429

248

0.649

0.72

Dec.

184

178

186

4,520

5,020

1,680

956

663

848

746

560

440

*362

310

273

238

206

212

334

378

354

334

310

284

256

219

189

173

158

156

173

20,900

674

1.76

2.03

Jan.

156

153

151

144

137

130

128

120

105

102

*10B

110

110

95

93

93

93

88

107

163

206

206

225

266

273

292

280

338

5,270

13,600

4,360

27,702

894

2.34

2.70

Feb.

2,000

3,420

9,920

8,190

6 , 300

5,150

a3,500

a2,500

al,500

a900

al,200

al,400

al,300

al,200

al,200

a2,500

a7,000

al6,000

a7,000

a4,000

*2,560

1,660

1,150

1,090

2,750

3,700

2,090

1,580

1,120

103,880

3,582

9.38

10.11

Mar.

914

1,140

3,390

5,810

2,450

1,550

1,190

4,340

2,950

1,760

1,220

1,180

2,260

11,500

4,670

a2 , 800

a2,000

1,490

1,100

*B70

726

632

551

528

506

438

420

384

502

731

632

60,634

1,956

5.12

5.90

Apr.

551

909

2,090

5,180

3,580

4,190

4,880

2,140

1,240

935

995

1,190

911

767

2,180

9,580

*3,370

1,800

1,160

880

708

605

551

456

389

348

320

288

256

246

52,495

1,750

4.58

5.11

May

250

335

2,020

2,550

1,160

826

744

600

484

412

344

288

250

216

239

*344

242

190

165

143

127

113

107

158

150

111

96

96

195

160

130

13,245

427

1.12

1.29

June

620

574

348

239

182

141

115

94

79

65

58

48

40

37

34

28

26

25

*21

37

96

74

56

49

267

182

113

75

54

39

3,816

127

0.332

0.37

July

35

28

23

51

39

45

38

29

29 *28

33

43

38

127

304

385

1,000

650

348

204

150

115

85

68

62

54

45

41

33

28

24

4,182

135

0.353

0.41

Aug.

22

25

54

48

65

33

23

IB

*14

12

11

9.7

8.1

16

15

a!2

alO

a8.5

allO

alOO

a80

a55

a35

a25

a20

a!7

a!5

a40

a55

a45

a35

1,036.3

33.4

0.087

0.10

Sept.

a25

a20

a!7

a!5

a!4

a90

a!50

alOO

a70

a50

a35

a25

*20

17

14

11

9.3

7.4

6.2

5.6

4.4

3.8

472

5.3

8.1

6.5

5.3

11

11

9.3

770.4

25.7

0.067

0.08

Calendar year 1955: Max 22,500 Min 2.2 Mean 698 Cfsm 1.83 In. 24.80

Water year 1955-56: Max 16,000 Min 3.8 Mean 820 Cfsm 2.15 In. 29.21

Peak discharge (base. 16.000 cfs). Feb. 18 (time unknown) 21,OOP efs (21.62 ft); Mar. 14 (2 p.m.; 

16,000 cfs (18.63 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage, 

and records for Clear Pork near Robblns.

463897 O -58 -3
26 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Clear Fork near Robbins, Term.

Location. Lat 36°23'18", long 84°37'49", on right bank 300 ft downstream from Burnt Mill 

Bridge, 3.3 miles northwest of Robbins, Scott County, and at mile 3.7.

Drainage area. 272 sq mi (revised).

Records available. October 1930 to September 1956. Published as Clear Fork River near 

Robbins October 1951 to September 1954.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,081.46 ft above mean sea level, Sandy 

Hook datum. Prior to Aug. 10, 1940, staff gage at site 300 ft upstream at datum 

1.00 ft higher.

Average discharge. 26 years, 453 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,800 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 12.44 ft); 

minimum, 5.1 cfs Sept. 22, 23 (gage height, 1.02 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 34,000 cfs Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 18.5 ft, from 

floodmarks, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 14,000 cfs 

on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum observed, 0.2 cfs Sept. 19- 

21, 1932; minimum gage height observed, 0.28 ft Oct. 1-3, 1936, site and datum then in 

use.

Remarks. Records good except those below 10 cfs, which are fair. 

Cooperation.--One discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 4 Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

1.3 

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

84

128

2.5 285

3.0 480

4.0 1,070

6.0 2,700

87 12.0

131

470

1,890

2,740

5,36O

12,700

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

£0

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

672

218

114

76

55

44

51

154

180

109

77

60

56

64 

61

54

48

44

42

44

40

35

32

Z9

26

*25

23

23

26

33

2,543

82.0

0.301

0.35

Nov.

31

28

27

26

25

24

23

23

23

23

24

25

26

30

40

*67

74

7O

430

596

348

250

400

690

462

411

344

292

234

177

5,243

175

0.643

0.72

Dec.

148

171

205

2,250

2.600

1,290

776

543

630

611

481

393

*318

282 

250

220

195

211

276

241

226

220

214

205

192

172

155

143

133

136

150

14,037

453

1.67

1.92

Jan.

148

138

131

124

117

112

109

103

78

97

97

99

101

82 

97

91

*82

82

91

138

145

133

141

168

175

180

175

220

3,770

9.590

3,560

20,374

657

2.42

2.79

Feb.

1,760

2,880

6,190

6,050

4,470

3,290

2,740

1,670

1,180

881

993

1,080

986

1,010 

1,840

1,990

4,650

11.000

4 31O

3,310

*1,950

1,370

993

1,040

1,950

2,180

1,520

1,310

972

75,565

2,606

9.58

10.33

Mar.

769

958

2,970

3,930

1,720

1,310

1,020

1,580

1,460

1,040

797

678

1,310

4.960 

3,100

1,870

1,600

1,250

972

*699

555

460

388

384

398

335

310

286

293

296

256

37,954

1,224

4.50

5.19

Apr.

238

1,530

3,010

3,470

2,270

4,140

3,66O

1,830

1,230

895

888

867

644

525

1,080

4,410

*2 ,36O

1,490

1,030

748

549

450

398

343

286

259

238

214

192

ISO

39,424

1,314

4.83

5.39

May

185

200

416

598

420

328

748

585

430

335

272

226

192

170 

155

*200

168

133

107

93

82

73

70

151

141

95

78

7O

72

114 

103

7,010

226

0.831

0.96

June

132

253

150

112

89

73

62

50

44

38

34

29

26

23 

22

21

18

17

*16

20

27

29

38

27

241

133

64

38

28

22

1,876

62.5

0.230

0.26

July

20

27

48

62

41

38

29

29

29

*28

29

25

23

121 

380

822

2.420

839

347

208

155

119

97

77

75

68

57

46

38

31 

28

6,356

205

0.754

0.87

Aug.

50

117

97

82

57

44

30

25

*20

17

14

14

13

11 

10

8.6

7.6

7.2

58

411

262

155

87

57

41

32

27

39

137

109

7O

2,109.4

68.0

0.250

0.29

Sept.

49

40

41

32

26

24

24

57

44

32

25

21

*17

15 

13

11

9.6

8.0

7.2

6.0

5.7

5.1

5.1

5.4

5.4

6.8

13

13

11

8.6

580.9

19.4

0.071

0.08

Calendar year 1955: Max 14,100 Min 4.8 Mean 489 Cfsm 1.80 In. 23.95

Water year 1955-56: Max ll.OOO Min 5.1 Mean 582 Cfsm 2.14 In. 29.15

Peak discharge (base, 6,500 cfs). --Jan. 3O (7 a.m.) 11,000 ofs (11.23 ft); Feb. 4 (7 p.m.) 7,98O

cfs (9.60 ft); Feb. 18 (9:30 a.m.) 13,800 cfs (12.44 ft); Mar. 3 (9:30 p.m.) 6,610 cfs (8.78 ft);

. . ,3.90'ft); Ap . 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 27

South Fork Cumberland River near Stearns, Ky.

Location. Lat 36°37'37", long 84°32'00", on right bank at mouth of Bear Creek, 1,600 ft 

upstream from Salt Branch and 5.5 miles southwest of Stearns, McCreary County. Records 

include flow of Bear Creek.

Drainage area.--954 sq mi (revised), includes that of Bear Creek. 

Records- available.--September 1942 to September 1956.

&age.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 764.81 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--14 years, 1,731 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 42,200 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 29.62 ft); 

minimum, 34 cfs Sept. 29 (gage height, 1.79 ft).

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 69,600 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 38.50 ft); minimum, 11 cfs Oct. 4, 1948, Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20, 1954; minimum gage height, 1.53 ft 

Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 52.9 ft in March 1929, from information by local residents.

Remarks. Records good except those below 50 cfs, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 1113: 1946(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 5-7, Oct. 1O to Nov. 19, Nov. 29 to 

 Dec. 3, Dec. 15-19, Dec. 21 to Jan. 28)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18

2.2 

2.5 

2.5

108

165

Note.--Same as 

following table 

above 2.5 ft.

1.8 

2.0 

2.2 

2.5 

4.0 

6.0

Feb. 19 to Sept. 50 

55

165

800

2,000

10.0

15.0

19.0

24.0

29.0

5,500

12,000

18,500

28,500

40,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2,6SQ

990

544

392

304

244

220

495

1,210

680

484

380

336

328

308

280

248

224

208

196

186

176

162

150

158

124

111

*106

111

122

122

12,239

595

0.414

0.48

Nov.

116

116

113

108

104

104

104

104

99

99

104

106

108

111

144

182

252

452

840

2,260

1,490

1,000

885

1,630

1,600

1,300

1,100

935

780

625

16,971

566

0.593

0.66

Dec.

544

528

556

3,100

11,500

*4,340

2,560

1,770

1,630

1,870

1,520

1,250

1,030

915

820

920

630

640

740

880

835

800

775

740

685

620

568

524

492

484

500

44,566

1,431

1.50

1.73

Jan.

516

496

480

464

444

436

428

408

368

348

376

380

388

356

340

364

344

336

360

420

520

540

*544

580

640

650

655

680

6,630

55,600 

14,600

67,691

2,184

2.29

2.64

Feb.

5,610

7,250

19,200

19,700

18,000

10,500

11,600

6,090

4,000

2,990

2,820

3,590

*3,320

3,400

5,780

5,980

9,440

58,700

16,700

12 , 500

7,250

4,670

3,560

3,340

6,530

8,720

5,450

4,180

3,180

253,650

8,747

9.17

9.89

Mar.

2,640

2,530

4,510

13,600

6,500

4,150

*5,260

5,600

6,580

4,130

3,080

2,520

5,560

15,700

14,900

6,530

5,560

4,560

3,380

2,610

2,020

1,680

1,450

1,360

1,570

1,190

1,110

1,040

1,050

1,330 

1,330

130,630

4,214

4.42

5.09

Apr.

1,160

1,200

6,050

8,050

9,540

10,800

14,600

6,490

4,000

2,940

2,460

2,910

2,340

1,890

2,260

15,800

9,200

5,160

*3,510

2,620

1,990

1,630

1,460

1,280

1,080

955

870

790

715

650

124,200

4,140

4.34

4.84

May

635

670

1,400

5,990

2,570

1,680

1,650

1,570

1,269

1,020

865

730

625

560

750

750

705

548

460

408

564

552

512

528

*440

580

512

280

268

568

26,650

859

0.900

1.04

June

592

1,140

745

528

424

548

292

248

212

182

159

158

125

118

106

98

91

88

85

95

95

141

162

144

596

600

576

*256

179

155

8,092

270

0.285

0.52

July

116

155

111

156

220

165

155

162

190

155

118

102

109

147

615

880

5,820

2,550

1,180

675

476

580

508

264

240

216

182

156

155

125

*106

14,501

461

0.485

0.56

Aug.

91

95

200

190

195

186

135

102

83

72

65

58

52

52

54

48

47

49

48

77

576

368

252

186

155

107

95

116

121

224

200

4,275

158

0.145

0.17

Sept.

165

172

141

118

104

109

176

200

256

176

*155

107

95

82

74

66

59

54

48

44

40

58

56

58

58

58

58

56

55

4T

2,756

91.2

0.096

0.11

Calendar year 1955: Max 47,000 Min 29 Mean 1,645 Cfsm 1.72 In. 23.41

water year 1955-56: Max 38,700 Min 35 Mean 1,928 Cfsm 2.02 In. 27.53

Peak discharge (base. 29,000 cfs).--Jan. 50 (10:50 a.m.) 54,400 cfs (26.50 ft); Feb. 18 (Z p.m.) 

42,200 cfs (29.62 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
28 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Pitman Creek at Somerset, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°07'05", long 84°35'30", on right bank 0.1 mile downstream from Dry

Branch, 0.5 mile upstream from Caney Pork, and 1.9 miles northeast of Somerset, Pulaski 

County.

Drainage area.--31.3 sq mi (revised).

Records available. October 1953 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 867.34 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929 (corrected). Prior to Oct. 28, 1953, staff gage at same site 

and datum.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,260 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 7.19 ft); minimum, 0.2 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 0.69 ft).

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 2,430 cfs Mar. 21, 1955; minimum, 0.1 cfs Sept. 2-7, 

11-19, 20, 1954, Sept. 19, 1955; minimum gage height, 0.60 ft Sept. 12-19, 20, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 5 cfs, which are fair, and those for periods of 

no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

0.3

.8

1.7

3.2

5.2

7.7

11

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

22

42

85

210

370

820

1,220

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4.2

1.4

.8

.6

.5

.5

9.1

^0

3.6

2.2

1.6

1.2

2.2

3.6

2.4

1.7

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.0

.8

.9

.7

.7

*.8

.7

.7

.8

1.1

1.0

59.3

1.91

0.061

0.07

Nov.

0.9

.9

1.3

1.7

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.0

.8

78

.9

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

5.2

5.7

3.8

3.0

6.9

6^

4.6

3.6

3.0

2.6

2.1

1 . 8

68.3

2,28

0.073

0.08

Dec.

*1.8

2.8

4.8

20

13

9.4

7.7

7.0

6.4

5.4

4.6

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.4

a3.o

a2.8

a3.5

a4.5

a3.7

a3.0

a3.6

a3.4

a3,.0

a2.8

a2.8

a2.7

a2.7

2.8

3.6

3.6

149.0

4.81

0.154

0.18

Jan.

3.6

3.4

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.7

2.4

2.1

2.2

*2.6

2. 7

2.7

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.2

3.6

5.7

5.4

4.8

4.6

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.2

4.4

187

87O

170

1,320.4

42.6

1.36

1.57

Feb.

115

876

*510

681

255

460

204

122

89

70

103

70

60

120

228

162

944

1,000

264

160

105

80

67

456

398

192

155

120

79

8,145

281

8.98

9.68

Mar.

67

82

66

54

48

45

331

282

138

95

74

101

162

988

240

237

165

148

95

74

62

55

46

52

39

35

31

28

26

22

Z0_

3,908

126

4.03

4.64

Apr.

18

5T

45

203

78

484

222

120

82

67

55

43

36

58

854

*382

183

118

82

66

52

47

45

39

33

28

26

22

20

23

3,555

118

3.77

4.22

May

45

168

99

64

47

38

38

27

22

20

17

15

14

11

11

12

9.4

8.7

7.4

7.2

6.4

6.2

*5.4

4.8

4.4

4.2 4~4

9.3

11

6.0

5 7

748.5

24.1

0.770

0.89

June

24

8.7

7.0

5.7

4.6

4.0

3.4

2.8

2.7

2.4

2.0

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

.9

.9

4.5

3.2

2.6

1.8

*4.3

2.0

1.4

1.1

.8

.7

101.4

3.38

0.108

0.12

July

1.1

2.6

5.2

2.0

2.0

1.5

1.1

1.0

.8

.7

.5

TF

49

56

11

30

48

15

8.7

8.9

36

10

206

89

62

30

19

299

192

58

32

1,278.6

41.2

1.32

1.52

Aug.

21

16

*13

10

8.4

7.O

6.0

5.4

4.4

3.6

3.2

2.7

2.4

2.6

2.7

2.1

1.7

1.7

2.0

2.7

5.0

3.2

2.0

1.5

1.2

1.1

1.0

.9

.9

. 8

.7

136.9

4.42

0.141

0.16

Sept.

0.7

.8

.6

.6

.5

3.0

172- 5.5

.8

.6

.6

.5

*.5

.4

.4

.5

.3

.4

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

22.3

0.74

0.024

O.O3

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,040 Min 0.2 Mean 45.5 Cfsm 1.45 In. 19.72

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,000 Min 0.3 Mean 53.3 Cfsm 1.70 In. 23.16

12 m.) 1,290 cfs (5.18 ft): Mar. 14 (4:30 a.m.5 1,820 cfs (6.45 ft); Apr. 6 (11:30 a.m.) 1,27O cfs 

5.12 ft); Apr. 15 (ll a.m.) 1,950 cfs (6.73 ft); July 23 (3 p.m.) 996 cfs (4.44 ft); July 28 (lo 

.m.) 2,250 cfs (7.18 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

)bserver's notes, and records for stations on nearby streams.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 29

Cumberland River near Rowena, Ky.

Location. Lat 36°53'02" long 85°08'22 M , on right bank 1.5 miles downstream from Wolf 

Creek Dam, 1.9 miles (revised) upstream from Blaokfish Creek, 1.9 miles (revised) 

west of Rowena, Russell County, and at mile 459.4.

Drainage area. 5,790 sq mi.

Records available. November 1939 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 540.81 ft above mean sea level, Sandy 

Hook datum. Prior to Oct. 24, 1940, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years (1940-56), 8,696 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 31,100 cfs Mar. 15 (gage height, 23.47 ft); 

minimum daily, 68 cfs June 17.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 162,000 cfs Jan. 9, 1946; maximum gage height, 64.82 

ft Jan. 9, 1946; no flow at times.

Maximum stage known, 69.5 ft in March 1826, from profile of Cumberland River.

Remarks. Records good except those below 300 cfs, which are poor. Flow regulated by 

Lake Cumberland (see p. 63).

Revisions (water years). WSP 953: Drainage area. WSP 1336: 1940.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1Z

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

ZO

Zl

22

Z3

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

a95

aB5

alOl

115

828

1,62O

1,740

3,760

4,780

3,820

6,080

6,040

7,380

3,370

6,070

5,050

8,460

9,660

8,780

9,120

6,480

5,470

380

4,660

6,730

5,500

11,000

13,600

8,960

8, 220

9,440

173,394

5,593

Nov.

12,100

6,500

7,74O

12,500

14 , 50O

7,890

13, 600

11,100

12 , 600

10,100

3,350

5,280

230

4,840

5,240

8,160

11,300

11,300

10,400

7,350

7,810

6,960

4,090

186

4,750

2,580

£,640

13,500

12,200

12 70C

 '....

243,296

8,110

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

8,340

2,140

1,240

2,260

13,400

6,920

5,230

*5,390

13,100

432

2,790

13,100

16,800

14, 100

11,300

5,660

3,900

207

1,560

213

3,330

3,560

217

a85

a70

a425

1,380

830

6,920

7,320

16,200

168,419

5,433

Jan.

2,090

a87

a75

aT5

a!68

a90

a75

a75

700

4 , 300

1,780

*2,070

508

a92

a387

a!74

a!20

a271

a!30

*a80

*a~75

a75

a75

a75

a75

a75

a75

a75

a!46

569

3,320

18,582

599

Feb.

6,980

8,260

9,400

5,920

1.110

6,910

11,300

14,000

21,100

*2 1,600

19,700

13,4QO

17,400

17,700

15,300

14,800

14,400

13,900

18,600

24,400

25,700

25,800

25,700

25,900

2_6,100

25,600

25,600

25,800

25,700

 . 

508,080

17,520

Mar.

25.700

25,900

25,900

25,800

25,900

25,900

26,500

27,100

*26,100

25,700

25,700

25,700

25,900

28,800

50,900

30,600

30,600

30,200

30,200

30,400

30,200

30,200

30,000

30,100

30 , 300

30,200

29,900

29,900

29,800

30,100

29,500

879,700

28,380

Apr.

27.700

24,100

20,5OO

22*100

23,000

22,200

21,600

21,400

21,300

21,600

*22,600

22,800

22,800

22,300

21,700

21,600

22,300

22,300

22,300

£2,300

22,300

22,400

22,200

22,300

22,300

22,500

22,700

22,800

22,800

672,000

22,400

May

21.90O

21,800

21,900

21,700

21,700

21,700

21,700

21,700

21,600

20,200

19,700

18,900

9,400

5,460

5, ZOO

7,680

6,370

4,820

1,570

162

5,730

6,090

6,490

4,380

5,510

315

a!90

2,150

1,830

458

2,320

330,625

10,670

June

2,620

595

1,260

10,800

11,900

11,900

10,100

11,400

3,590

455

10,500

11,400

8,660

8,070

5,280

a511

a68

9,540

8,080

9,440

8,480

8,580

5,000

8,060

8,920

7,920

11,200

11,000

6,250

5,490

217,069

7,236

July

470

10,500

6,110

2,950

6,220

5,900

479

a!09

7,920

*9,210

825

a!64

alSO

a!70

a!60

alSO

a!40

a!30

a!20

allO

a 100

a95

a90

a85

a80

a75

a245

805

192

1,360 

1,250

56,394

1,819

Aug.

1,930

2,040

2,120

1,260

148

5,750

6,100

*6,950

6,620

6,790

6,810

343

9,930

7,900

7,790

7,880

8,470

417

a97

3,630

4,580

7,530

15,600

9,300

9,330

1,010

11,100

12,300

9,380

9 , 860 

2,670

183,655

5,924

Sept.

170

a!02

6,340

11,200

11,600

7,100

8,180

5,850

1,730

12,400

12 , 900

12,000

11 , 900

14,100

2,200

176

9,180

8,460

13,500

15,000

9,620

233

a!02

8,500

6,880

10,700

8,980

7,370

3,480

174

220,127

7,338

Observed Adjustedt

lax 33,900 Min 70 Mean 9,643 Mean 8,754 Cfsm 1.51 In. 20.52

lax 30,900 Min 68 Mean 10,030 Mean 10,320 Cfsm 1.78 In. 24. E6

nd standard
30 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

East Fork Obey River near Jamestown, Term.

Location. Lat 36°24'58", long 85°01'24", on right bank 200 ft upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 52, half a mile upstream from Poplar Cove Creek, 5 miles west of Jamestown, Pentress County, and 12| miles upstream from confluence with West Pork.

Drainage area. 204 sq mi.

Records available. February 1943 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 680.30 ft above mean sea level, Sandy 

Hook datum.

Average discharge. 13 years, 386 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,300 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 17.70 ft); 

minimum, 7.5 cfs Sept. 29, 30 (gage height, 0.70 ft).

1943-56: Maximum discharge, 28,300 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 27.20 ft); 

minimum, 3.6 cfs Sept. 26-28, 1948; minimum gage height, 0.55 ft Sept. 12-17, 1954.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1003: 1943. WSP 1276: 1944, 1946(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, In cubic 

feet per second)

0.8

1.0 

1.3 

1.5

Oct. 1 t

11

195

320

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

11.0

14.0

485

940

1,530

6,500

9,600

.9

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

1.7

Feb. 18 to Aug. 19

8.2 2.0

11 2.5

16 3.0

24 4.0

43 6.0

11.0

14.0

70

130

205

330

495

940

2,340

6,500

9,600

Aug. 20 to Sept. 30 

0.7 7.5

9.7

.9 13

1.0 20

1.2 40

1.4 70

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

252

104

63

47 

35

29

29

44

45

36

31

28

27

28

26

25

23

23

23

23

21

21

20

20

18

18

*17

TT

17

18

18

1,146

37.0

0.181

0.21

Nov.

18

18

18

17 

17

17

16

16

IB- 15

15

15

15

16

22

*25

28

32

176

272

182

127

148

390

268

218

177

149

117

93

2,652

88.4

0.433

0.48

Dec.

81

83

95

1.650 

1,440

650

432

320

305

278

232

*198

175

162

153

139

125

125

166

169

158

151

145

137

129

115

104

97

88

90

102

8,274

267

1.31

1.51

Jan.

100

93

91

86 

83

79

78

73

66

*62

66

68

68

62

59

65

60

5462"

95

100

91

93

111

119

123

123

149

4,690

8.840

2,260

18,169

586

2.87

3.31

Feb.

1,100

2,320

4,190

5,280 

2,970

2,410

1,660

985

722

565

582

570

513

734

1,430

1,330

3,880

9.050

3,160

*2,880

1,440

865

664

750

1,400

1,330

890

800

631

55,101

1,900

9.31

10.04

Mar.

535

660

2,610

2,530

1,140

772

643

714

619

539

478

414

535

5.140

1,810

1,280

1,120

835

660

535

453

397

345

345

333

*305

285

265

270

258

232

25,057

808

3.96

4.57

Apr.

218

2,910

2,200

2,850 

1,550

4.490

2,690

1,230

772

619

615

571

492

442

728

*2 , 700

1,530

910

664

539

453

397

360

318

282

252

230

210

192

175

31,589

1,053

5.16

5.76

May

168

175

238

488 

397

330

308

280

240

202

178

155

140

124

132

152

*162

122

104

92

80

70

190

88

82

70

62

58

55

60

54

5,056

163

0.799

0.92

June

118

104

74

58 

50

45

40

37

32

28

27

25

33

29

25

21

19

18

*17

20

28

29

22

21

27

24

20

IB

16

16

1,041

34.7

0.170

0.19

July

14

26

16

20 

21

18

16

16

19

*18

16

15

15

118

138

448

640

215

118

74

54

43

37

34

30

29

27

24

24

38

55

2,376

76.6

0.375

0.43

Aug.

41

36

28

26 

21

19

18

16

*15

13

12

10

9.6

9.6

12

13

12

11

14

56

46

29

19

16

13

12

11

25

70

40

26

699.2

22.6

0.111

0.13

Sept.

22

20

17

21 

23

48

43

29

22

19

*17

16

14

12

12

11

9.7

9.1

8.7

8.7

8.3

8.1

8.1

8.3

8.9

8.7

8.3

7.9

7.7

7 5

464.0

15.5

0.076

0.08

Calendar year 1955: Max 9,560 Win 4.7 Mean 395 Cfsm 1.94 In. 26.27

Water year 1955-56: Max 9,050 Win 7.5 Mean 414 Cfsm 2.03 In. 27.63

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 cfs).--

8,070 cfs (12.57 ft); Feb. 18 (5 a.m

Jan. 30 (1:30 a.m.) 12.300 cfs (16.24 ft); Feb. 4 (3 p.m.) 

) 14,300 cfs (17.70 ft); Apr. 6 (2:30 p.m.) 9,090 cfs (13.54 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 31

West Fork Obey River near Alpine, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36 0 23'50", long 85°10'30", on upstream side of left pier of bridge on State 

Highway 52, a quarter of a mile upstream from Nettlecarrier Creek, 2| miles east of 

Alpine, Overton County, and 8 miles east of Livingston.

Drainage area. 108 sq mi (includes 19 sq mi without surface drainage). 

Records available. December 1942 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 684.81 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

Saturn.

Average discharge.--13 years (1943-56), 167 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year. 6,900 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 10.67 ft); minimum, 3.5 cfs Sept. 18-21, 27, 28, 30 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 15,100 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 16.30 ft); minimum, 2.6 cfs Sept. 13-19, 1954; minimum gage height, 0.41 ft Sept. 9, 10, 19-22, 1951, 

Sept. 13-19, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those below 10 cfs and those for periods of no gage-height 

record, which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1386: 1943-45(P), 1946, 1948, 1952(P).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

.9 

1.1 

1.4

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17

1.8 

2.5

6.0 

8.0

Peb. 18 to Sept. 30

148

370

575

2,250

3,900

3.5

6.5

15

1.0 

1.3 

1.7

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

6.0 

8.0 

9.0

190

320

510

2,160

3,860

4,960

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

114

39

22

17

14

12 

~66 240

37

22

18

15

16

16

16

15

14

13

13

12

11

10

10

9.8

*9.6

9.6

9.6

9.8

12

12

12

846.4

27.3

0.253

0.29

Nov.

11

11

10

10

10

10 

10

10

9.8

9.8

9.8

9.6 976-

10

13

*20

18

18

188

126

69

47

82

126

82

62

52

43

34

26

1,146.6

38.2

0.354

0.39

Dec.

23

24

25

734

386

175 

123

92

78

62

54

*4S

43

39

36

32

29

32

33

33

32

30

30

29

27

25

22

22

20

27

22

2,382

76.8

0.711

0.82

Jan.

22

22

22

21

20

20 

20

20

19

*18

18

18

18

17

!§.

17

16

16

18

26

28

25

26

37

41

48

49

70

2,560

5,000

845

7,113

229

2.12

2.45

Feb.

445

990

1,810

2,290

1,170

1,530 

835

461

318

235

272

259

220

443

855

735

2,090

4,080

1,520

*1,300

596

355

252

276

564

524

355

287

216

25,283

872

8.07

8.71

Mar.

190

236

1,080

1,000

462

302

245

290

238

207

185

164

236

1,760

780

578

474

344

252

202

176

155

136

132

122

*114

108

102

97

93

86

10,546

340

3.15

3.63

Apr.

81

1,840

870

1,090

546

2,000 

1,040

470

290

231

233

214

188

173

344

*860

523

341

250

204

173

155

138

120

108

100

93

36

78

72.

12,916

431

3.99

4.45

May

67

73

86

90

78

70 

67

64

57

52

49

44

42

45

43

40

*36

32

30

29

27

26

28

28

26

24

23

24

23

20

20

1,363

44.0

0.407

0.47

June

56

31

24

21

18

18 

16

16

15

15

14

13

14

13

12

12

11

11

*9.6

9.6

10

10.5

11

13

10

10

9.5

9

8.5

8_

448.7

15.0

0.139

0.15

July

7.5

7

7

8

11

10 

9.5

9

9

*9.6

8.4

8

9

35

40

80

50

35

25

18

14

12

11

9.5

10

9.5

9

8.5

8

8

8 . 5

504.0

16.3

0.151

0.17

Aug.

9

8.5

7.5

6.5

6

5.5 

5.0

4.8

*4.6

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

6

5.5

5

4.8

4.8

4.8

7

12

10

8.4

6.5

5.5

4.9

23

~4T 116

20

13

372.8

12.0

0.111

0.13

Sept.

13

15

8.4

7.3

16

28 

23

16

11

8.8

*7.3

6.5

5.8

5.2

4.9

4.3

4.0

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.7

4.0

4.3

4.3

4.0

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.5

233.4

7.78

0.072

0.08

Calendar year 1955 : Max 4,090 Mln 3.8 Mean 177 Cfsm 1.64 In. 22.27

Water year 1955-56 : Max 4,080 Mln 3.5 Mean 173 Cfsm 1.60 In. 21.74

Peak discharge (base, 3,400 cfs). --Jan. 29 (11 p.m.) 4,780 cfs (8.84 ft); Feb. 4 (12 m.) 3,630 cfs

(7.73 ft); Feb. 18 (5 a.m.) 6,900 cfs (10.67 ft); Apr. 2 (12 m.) 5,960 cfs (9.88 ft); Apr. 6 (12:30

p.m.) ).m.)3,930 cfs (8.063 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--No gage-height record June 21 to July 9, July 12 to Aug. 8, Aug. 12-21; discharge estimated 

in basis of weather records, recorded range in stage, and records for East Fork near Jamestown and 

Jolf River near Bvrdstown.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Wolf River near Byrdstown, Tenn.

Location (revised). Lat 36°33'40", long 85"04"20", on right bank a quarter of a mile upstream from ford on county road, half a mile upstream from Widow Creek, 3 miles east of 

Byrdstown, Pickett County, and 5 miles upstream from Lick Creek.

Drainage area.--105 sq mi.

Records available. June 1943 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 707.54 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

datum.

Average discharge. 13 years, 173 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,970 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 7.39 ft); minimum, 6.7 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 0.77 ft).

1943-56: Maximum discharge, 14,100 cfs Mar. 22, 1955 (gage height, 9.06 ft); minimum, 2.0 cfs Sept. 17, 1954 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those below 10 cfs and those for periods of no gage-height 

record, which are fair. Some regulation at low flow caused by small mills above 

station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1276: 1943.

Rating tables, wate year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and dis 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18 Feb. 19 to Sept. 30

1.1

1.2 

1.5

3.0 400

3.8 880

5.0 2,040

6.0 3,460

7.0 5,840

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

23

48

110

2,040

3,460

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

~80 162

53

38

31

25

39

50

38

28

24

21

27

27

27

23

21

22

19

a!9

a!7

a!7

a!7

a!6

a!6

*a!6

a!6

a!6

a!5

a!5

a!6

951

30.7

0.292

0.34

Nov.

a!6

a!6

a!5

a!4

a!4

a!4

a!4

14

14

14

14

13

14

18

19

*22

21

20

74

81

59

46

80

98

80

66

55

49

40

33

1,047

34.9

0.332

O.37

Dec.

30

31

35

4O6

355

190

142

116

98

83

72

64

*58

54

51

48

44

45

53

53

52

51

50

48

45

41

38

35

33

37

38

2,496

80.5

0.767

0.88

Jan.

38

38

38

36

35

33

33

31

29

29

30

30

29

27

27

27

*27

25

31

46

46

42

44

48

48

48

45

49

1,840

2,680

743

6,272

202

1.92

2.22

Feb.

440

896

1,870

2,540

1,210

1,260

817

500

341

255

264

243

215

390

976

782

1,720

*4,070

1,860

1,870

803

540

368

665

1,310

880

540

444

344

------

28,413

980

9.33

10.06

Mar.

284

300

435

600

448

364

392

595

485

388

316

264

320

2,140

904

796

728

550

412

324

264

216

183

180

159

*146

136

128

122

114

106

12,799

413

3.93

4.53

Apr.

102

198

328

563

452

2,560

1,160

590

416

336

284

222

186

165

177

525

*530

400

304

237

198

177

159

140

126

118

109

100

95

90

11,047

368

3.50

3.91

May

88

100

116

130

120

109

*102

97

a90

a80

a75

68

64

59

200

122

96

80

68

59

52

45

42

40

38

36

36

34

33

32

32

2,343

75.6

0.720

0.83

June

44

48

35

31

27

25

24

22

22

20

20

2O

18

18

16

16

15

14

14

*14

15

16

22

28

20

20

19

16

15

14

648

21.6

O.2O6

0.23

July

13

12

12

13

22

21

20

18

18

20

*16

a!6

a!8

45

52

271

207

106

69

47

34

29

24

22

24

23

21

18

16

15

14

1,256

40.5

0.386

0.44

Aug.

14

13

13

12

12

11

11

10

*10

9.6

9.6

9.1

8.8

13

12

10

9.6

9.6

9.6

12

19

14

12

10

9.6

9.1

10

13

15

18

13

361.6

11.7

0.111

0.13

Sept.

12

14

13

12

16

33

43

25

18

14

*12

11

11

10

9.8

9.6

9.1

8.4

8.2

8.2

8.0

8.0

8.4

8.2

7.8

7.4

7.2

7.0

7.0

6.9

373.2

12.4

0.118

0.13

Calendar year 1955; Max 4,910 Mln 4.2 Mean 169 Cfsm 1.61 In. 21.90

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,070 Min 6.9 Mean 186 Cfsm 1.77 In. 24.07

Peak discharge (base, 3,600 cfs). Jan. 29 (7 p.m.) 3,840 cfs (6.19 ft); Feb. 4 (3 p.m.) 4,190 cfs

(6.35 ft); Feb. 18 (7 a.m.) 6,370 cfs (7.39 ft); Mar. 14 (11 a.m.) 3,600 cfs (6.07 ft); Apr. 6

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of 1 discharge measurement, weather recc 

recorded range in stage, and records for East Fork Obey River near Jamestown and West Fork Obey 

River near Alpine.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 33 

Obey River below Dale Hollow Dam, Term.

Location. Lat 36°32'12", long 85°27 I 22", on right bank 1,200 ft downstream from Dale 

Hollow Dam, 3 miles east of Celina, Clay County, 7.1 miles upstream from mouth, and 

24 miles downstream from Wolf River.

Drainage area. 935 sq ml.

Records available. January 1939 to September 1942 (published as "near Celina"), September 1943 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 500.00 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

datum. Jan. 25, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1942, wire-weight gage at site 5.2 miles upstream 

at datum 12.46 ft higher. Water-stage recorder for station on Cumberland River at 

Celina is used as a auxiliary gage for this station.

Average discharge. 16 years, 1,307 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6.210 cfs Aug. 13; maximum gage height, 19.83 ft 

Mar. 14 (backwater from Cumberland River); minimum discharge not determined; minimum 

gage height, 4.57 ft Jan. 14, 15, 18.

1939-42, 1943-56: Maximum discharge, 41,400 cfs Feb. 4, 1939, site and datum then 

in use, from rating curve extended above 20,000 cfs; maximum gage height, 43.40 ft 

Jan. 12, 1946 (backwater from Cumberland River); minimum discharge not determined.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater from Cumberland River and 

those were computed releases for Dale Hollow Reservoir were used, which are fair. Flow 

completely regulated by Dale Hollow Reservoir, beginning Aug. 30, 1943 (see p. 63). 

Figures of daily discharge shown only when there is flow from Dale Hollow Reservoir; 

when not shown, discharge is negligible.

Cooperation. Records of release from Dale Hollow Reservoir furnished by Corps of Engineers .

Rating tatles, water year 1955-56, except periods of backwater from Cumberland 

River (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 30 Dec. 31 to Sept. 30

5.1 

5.5 

6.0 

7.0

170

295

600

9.0

12.0

15.0

1,470

3,090

5,320

5.1 

5.5 

6.0 

7.0

170

295

600

9.0 1,420

12.0 3,190

16.0 6,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

_

_

-

e8

758

112

-

-

993

1,540

1,360

1,280

1,320

2,030

1,380

396

1,760

2,03O

1,520

1,550

925

598

-

1,640

1,560

1,510

1,570

1,700 

2.O80

1, 830

31,450

1,015

Nov.

2,680

2,180

1,780

2,160

1,44O

117

2,800

1,440

1,890

1,340

1,200

894

-

_

*226

1,670

1,500

1,380

2,070

515

_

-

-

-

-

.

631

5,160 

2,370

1,370

34,813

1,160

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

2,760

_

-

-

2,550

260

1,140

302

2,520

-

_

4,580

4,860

*c4,930

C4,990

1,960

_

-

109

-

718

1,050

-

-

-

106

654

292 

2,180

2,440

2,240

40,641

1,311

Jan.

_

_

626

374

2,720

_

-

-

1,740

E,210

956

450

e38

_

114

_

(*)

-

-

.

-

-

-

_

_

'-

~

~

9,228

298

Feb.

_

_

C568

-

-

954

1,420

3,460

c3,580

C4.130

03,410

C3.600

c4,550

c2,840

c2,780

02,460

e23

o3,600

c2,880

c4,000

04,440

C4.000

C3,400

c4,760

C494

c4,920

c6,05O 

c6,020

78,339

2^701

Mar.

c6,040

c6,050

02,980

c2,020

cl,760

c3,170

C6,010

C6,080

c6,100

C6,04O

c6,010

c5,710

C6,070

c4,650

C4,400

06,000

c6,030

c6,020

C6.020

C6.010

c4,310

cl,760

cl,120

cl,390

C3.570

*c3,470

-

C816

c3,350

c2,880

125,836

4,059

Apr.

e!44

0799

c2,100

c4,25O

06,000

e5,810

c6,160

c6,000

c5,860

c6,040

c5,980

c6,030

06,050

c6,070

c6,090

c6,090

c6,050

c6,030

c6,060

c5,380

cl,390

-

cl,04O

cl,030

cl,130

C931

cl.llO

cl,020

C935

111,579

3,719

May

C960

cl.OOO

cl,080

03,600

cl,400

cl,070

*c 1,670

c4,OOO

c2,87O

03,860

c3,430

C539

536

1,260

2,960

1,320

1,360

1 , 280

_

-

1,470

2,260

2,640

2,360

1,770

426

_

1,750 

1,580

1,360

49,811

1,607

June

613

_

-

e!7

-

_

_

654

1,170

-

1,660

1,400

925

942

1,560

_

_

2,670

3,140

3,900

3,170

el, 130

el, 850

2,100

3,600

2,440

2,670

4,380 

2,700

e23

42,714

1,424

July

_

2,520

1,030

1,180

2,180

868

_

-

1,06O

el, 020

el, 000

-

109

112

112

e!7

106

-

112

-

104

-

118

(*)

108

_

_

116

e54

11,926

385

Aug.

_

114

110

-

1,480

1,450

*1,630

1,690

1,600

1,600

_

2,480

361

1,120

1,020

1,080

-

_

415

214

252

2,020

1,060

5,580

378

609

1,100 

1,160

2 , 870

138

29,531

953

Sept.

126

_

148

1,420

1,720

556

1,440

-

114

1,380

2,330

1,900

2,260

2,440

277

146

1,350

1,560

3,750

5,980

1,280

-

200

-

229

1,880

1,280

220 

210

~

32,196

1,073

Observed Adjusted t

Max 6,310 Min - Mean 1,766 Mean 1,541 Cfsm 1.65 In. 22.37

Max 6,160 Min - Mean 1,634 Mean 1,710 Cfsm 1.83 In. 24.89

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Adjusted for change in contents in Dale Hollow Reservoir.

c Backwater from Cumberland River; discharge computed by using fall as determined by 

 ecord at auxiliary gage as a factor, 

e Discharge is computed release from Dale Hollow Dam. 

Note.--Discharge negligible on days where no discharge is shown.
34 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Cumberland River at Celina, Term.

Location. Lat 36"33"20", long 85°30'47", on right pier of bridge on State Highway 52 at 

Celina, Clay County, 600 ft downstream from Obey River and at mile 380.8.

Drainage area.--7.320 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1922 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected at same 

site, 1903-54, are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 488.97 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 20, 1930, staff gage at site 

400 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--34 years, 11,180 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 52,400 cfs Feb. 18; maximum gage height, 28.79ft 

Feb. 18; minimum discharge, 220 cfs July 22; minimum gage height, 1.52 ft Oct. 6, 

July 22.

1922-56: Maximum discharge, 145,000 cfs Dec. 29, 1926; maximum gage height, 57.25 

ft Dec. 29, 1926, from graph based on gage readings; minimum discharge observed, 69 cfs 

Sept. 2, 11-14, 26, 1925 (gage height, 0.20 ft).

Maximum stage known, 59.2 ft in March 1826, from Cumberland River profile.

Remarks. Records good except those below 700 efs, which are fair. Flow regulated by Lake 

Cumberland and Dale Hollow Reservoir (see p. 63).

Revisions (water years1.--WSP 893: 1923-38. WSP 1276: 1924.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Rate of change in stage used as a factor Oct. 16, 18, 28, Nov. 1, 

5, 6, 12, 21, 29, Dec. 2, 7, 9, 13, 15, 17, 30, 31, Jan. 29, 

31, Feb. 2, 5, 7, 9, 17-19, 26, Mar. 7, 9, 14, 15, Apr. 6-8, 

May 13, 14, June 5, 12, 16, 19, 28, 30, July 3, Aug. 14, 23, 

26, 51, Sept. 5, 11, 15, 16, 18-20, 22)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18 Feb. 19 to Sept. 30

1.5 

2.0

5.0

200

760

4,750

10.0

20.0

27.0

11,700

31,600

46,300

1.5 

2.0 

5.0

200

720

4,300

10.0 11,700

20.0 31,600

27.0 46,300

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

5,390 

1,220

660

460

750

*570

2,770

5,710

4,610

6,690

5,520

6,390

7,920

9,180

10,500

7,690

7,040

9,600

10,800

10,300

9,920

8,340

6,000

3,990

4,300

7,960

7,720

11,800 

14,900

11,700

8 , 830

209,180

6,748

Nov.

11,900 

13,300

9,600

9,660

13,800

13,900

11,400

14,100

13,600

13,800

13,500

6,030

5,560

2,780

2,400

6,910

9,540

12,100

13,700

12,800

9,070

8,130

8,140

5,580

3,090

3,260

4,180

5,340 

14 , 100

14,400

_______

285,670

9,522

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

15,000 

9,410

4,550

3,090

5,190

12,700

9,120

6,170

8,210

12,200

4,650

5,660

17,100

*22,100

19.300

14,600

7,850

4,250

2,650

952

2,090

2,380

4,290

2,720

880

530

993

910 

3,370

7,040

11,200

221,155

7,134

Jan.

14,300 

5,850

1,810

830

2,450

1,040

400

370

1,780

2,400

3,580

3,850

2,450

1,690

916

530

400

*288

288

288

321

332

310

299

288

288

288

288 

13,600

55,000

13,300

107,824

3,478

Peb.

6,050 

16,300

25,500

25,000

15,500

8,000

11,100

16,200

21,100

25,700

26,000

24,000

21,500

22,800

24,000

22,900

33,700

45,900

32,600

30,500

31,000

32,500

31,200

32,900

36,000

30,900

31,800

35,600 

35,500

_______

744,550

25,670

Mar.

53,000 

33,100

31,200

29,900

29,500

29,600

36,400

42,200

37,800

34,900

33,500

33,000

34,000

45,600

42,100

40,900

40,000

39,000

37,800

37,400

56,600

33,200

32,500

30,800

33,900

34,600

31,700

*30,900 

31,600

35,200

35,400

1 1,083. 3

34,950

Apr.

31,500 

30,700

29,000

30,800

31,200

40,800

39,200

32,000

29,700

28,700

28,500

28,700

29,400

29,500

29,900

32,100

30,800

29,600

29,500

29,100

25,500

25.500

23, 900

24,000

24,000

24,000

24,000

24,100 

23,500

24,100

861,100

28,700

May

24,500 

24,700

27,400

27 , 200

25,100

22,400

*25,900

25,800

25,600

25,500

24,300

20,800

18,300

11,100

8,960

6,680

7,960

8,020

5,440

2,950

2,220

4,740

8,200

8,820

6,220

5,740

2,500

2,080 

2,100

2 , 080

2,620

415,930

13,350

June

1,650 

2,770

1,820

720

8,070"

11,400

11,500

10,700

11,300

5,180

3,380

8,970

11,700

9,520

9,560

5,850

2,740

2,870

8,770

11,800

12,100

9,970

10,500

7,800

10,100

11,200

10,600

14,800 

13,700

7,230

248,870

8,296

July

5,260 

4,770

8,500

7,930

5,890

6,200

5,640

2,820

1,710

4,980

9,510

3,680

1,020

1,000

750

1,540

1,260

650

420

290

540

240

*350

*270

470

450

360

290 

340

665

676

78,251

2,524

Aug.

1,270 

1,610

2,090

2,140

2,030

2,540

3,930

7,150

8,080

8,160

8,380

6,920

5,260

6,710

9,040

8,720

8,770

8,580

3,690

2,430

2,890

3,810

9,380

12,700

15,700

9,720

4,130

9,000 

13,300

12,600

10,600

209,130

6,746

Sept.

5,080 

1,730

630

3,800

12,000

12,900

9,720

8,110

6,870

4,130

12,400

14,700

14,700

14,400

14,200

5,370

2,580

7,010

12,200

17,200

16,700

10,200

3,100

*709

4,870

8,720

11,200

9,780 

8,110

4,510

257,629

8,588

Observed Adjustedt

Vlax 58,500 Min 460 Mean 12,570 Mean 11,450 Cfsm 1.56 In. 21.23

 lax 45,900 Min 240 Mean 12,900 Mean 13,260 Cfsm 1.81 In. 24.66

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change in contents in Lake Cumberland and Dale Hollow Reservoir, 

t Expressed in thousands.

Note . Discharge computed from graph based on four times daily radio gage readings Mar. 16-27, 

Apr. 1 to May 6.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 35

Roaring River near Hilham, Tenn.

Location (revised) . Lat 36°20'27", long 85"25"35", on left bank 700 ft upstream from Cleek 

Branch, 800 ft downstream from old Crawford Mill site, 0.2 mile downstream from bridge 

on State Highway 136, 1.4 miles upstream from Plat Creek, 5.0 miles south of Hilham, 

Overton County, and 13 miles north of Cookeville.

Drainage area. 78.7 sq mi (includes 27.1 sq mi without surface drainage), revised. 

Records available. June 1932 to September 1956.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Concrete control since Sept. 21, 1940. Altitude of gage is 

770 ft (by barometer). June 23, 1932, to July 24, 1933, staff gage at site 800 ft upstream at different datum. July 25 to Nov. 7, 1933, staff gage 150 ft downstream at 

different datum: Nov. 8, 1933, to Sept. 23, 1940, staff gage at present site and 

datum.

Average discharge. 24 years, 107 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year 4,440 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 8.28 ft); minimum, 5.8 cfs Aug. 12, 13, Sept. ?7-30 (gage height, 0.75 ft).

1932-56: Maximum discharge, 5,550 cfs Mar. 22, 1955 (gage height, 9.39 ft); minimum, 1.9 cfs Oct. 19, 24, 26, 28, Nov. 9, 1940; minimum daily, 2.4 cfs Sept. 12, 13, 

15-19, 1954; minimum gage height, 0.16 ft Oct. 5, 1936.

Remarks. Records good except those below 10 cfs, which are fair. Some diurnal fluctuation 

at low flow caused by mills above station prior to 1951.

Revisions (water yearsJ.--WSP 1033: 1939(M). WSP1143: 1948. WSP 1276: 1942.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except period of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. I to Jan. 29 Jan. 30 to Sept. 30

0.8

1.0 

1.3 

1.6

2.0 140

3.0 510

4.0 945

5.0 1,500 1.0 

1.3 

1.6 73

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

140

510

890

1,500

2,270

3,170

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

I

2

3

4

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

50

24

18

15

13

11 

32

37

23

18

16

14

16

19

18

17

14

14

14

13

11

10

10

9.0

*8.0

8.0

8.5

9.0

11

12

10

502.5

16.2

0.206

0.24

Nov.

9.5

9.5

9.0

8.5

8.5

8.0 

£75

8.0

8.0

8.0

8.5

9.0

9.0

12

15

13

16

13

60

46

30

25

40

44

35

30

28

24

21

19

583.0

19.4

0.247

0.28

Dec.

18

19

19

228

T74

94 

73

58

51

b41

b35

*b33

b30

b30

29

28

26

28

28

25

24

24

23

23

22

21

20

20

19

20

21

1,304

42.1

0.535

0.62

Jan.

20

20

19

19

19

18 

18

17

15

*17

17

17

17

16

16

16

16

15

19

22

20

19

20

21

22

23

23

28

1,050

1,600

545

3,724

120

1.52

1.76

Feb.

365

626

996

1,430

817

748 

548

377

310

214

230

182

151

333

548

482

1,430

3,120

1,330

*1,03O

594

408

329

349

542

430

361

315

218

18,813

649

8.25

8.89

Mar.

184

235

345

464

333

260 

250

300

218

184

162

156

203

1,150

601

458

377

345

265

200

162

140

129

122

110

*99

94

86

83

76

T2_

7,843

253

3.21

3.71

Apr.

69

1,340

636

632

419

1,600 

835

458

345

265

260

- 204

165

142

228

*426

337

285

214

176

147

131

122

110

99

91

83

76

70

66_

10,031

334

4.24

4.74

May

63

73

78

70

63

59

*65

58

51

48

45

42

40

41

51

40

35

33

31

31

30

29

30

32

28

29

29

27

27

26

25

1,329

42.9

0.545

0.63

June

154

44

34

30

27

26 

25

23

23

22

21

20

19

19

18

17

17

*16

16

16

26

18

25

28

18

17

16

14

14

IS

775

25.8

0.328

0.37

July

12

16

17

14

23

14 

15

17

18

*15

12

11

14

66

31

27

21

16

14

12

12

11

11

22

40

15

12

11

10

18

11

558

18.0

0.229

0.26

Aug.

24

15

13

10

9.4

8.6 

8.1

*7.3

6.9

6.5

6.1

67T

17

26

12

9.0

7.7

7.3

9.6

20

14

9.4

8.1

7.3

6.5

6.1

6.1

94

42

21

16

460.1

14.8

0.188

0.22

Sept.

17

41

14

11

15

35 

25

18

13

11

*11

11

10

9.4

9.0

8.1

7.7

7.3

6.5

6.9

6.9

6.9

6.9

7.3

6.9

6.5

5.8

578

5.8

5.8

351.5

11.7

0.149

0.17

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,120 Min 4.8 Mean 120 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.78

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,120 Min 5.8 Mean 126 Cfsm 1.60 In. 21.89

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
36 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Calfkiller River below Sparta, Tenn.

Location (revised). Lat 35°54'31", long 85°28'46", on right bank three-quarters of a 

mile downstream from abandoned hydroelectric powerplant of Tennessee yalley Authority, 

li miles downstream from Town Creek, lj miles southwest of Sparta, White County, and 

9 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--178 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1940 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 820 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge.--16 years, 363 cfs.

Extremes..--Maximum discharge during year, 7,970 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 16.64 ft); minimum not recorded; minimum daily, 21 cfs Sept. 30.

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 14,600 cfs Jan. 5; 1949 (gage height, 25.80 ft); minimum, 11 cfs Oct. 18, 1953.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1,1 

1.3

1.5 

2.0

53

101

280

4.0

10.0

16.0

1,140

4,140

7,550

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

2B

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

98

80

53

45

43

41

51

60

80

62

49

43

43

39

37

35

33

33

32

*30

28

27

27

27

27

26

26

24

27 

27

27

1,280

41.3

0.232

0.27

Nov.

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

26

33

*32

32

35

37

152

272

156

107

182

416

244

178

146

123

101 

85

2,669

89.0

0.500

0.56

Dec.

78

75

M

1,170

1,660

690

416

296

236

210

174

156

139

126

*12o

116

107

113

178

1S1

164

150

136

126

116

107

98

91

88

83

7,576

244

1.37

1.58

Jan.

83

78

78

73

73

71

68

64

62

62

62

62

60

57

5_5

55

55

*55

57

68

88

80

80

116

139

160

164

170

1,880 

*6,670

3,230

14,075

454

2.55

2.94

Feb.

1,300

1,680

3,450

3,880

3,620

2,830

2,270

1,400

996

766

812

834

676

572

5 IS

568

2,380

7.550

3,620

2,020

*1,370

1,050

812

758

1,000

870

744

650

548

49,318

1,701

9.56

10.30

Mar.

480

476

636

1,540

910

699

588

614

596

520

460

412

460

1,630

1,720

1,220

1,140

920

708

560

468

*412

368

340

312

288

272

252

240 

236

221

19,498

629

3.55

4.07

Apr.

206

236

604

1,520

1,360

1,630

2,200

1,150

784

609

520

456

588

348

820

2,940

1,560

1,000

726

568

468

416

368

*328

296

272

252

256

221 

206

22,688

756

4.25

4.74

May

195

188

256

456

368

300

288

288

256

217

198

181

164

153

332

384

292

221

184

160

142

*136

129

125

123

116

107

101

103 

103

6,322

204

1.15

1.32

June

107

T5T

95

85

80

75

75

71

66

62

62

55

55

55

55

55

53

*53

49

49

47

45

47

49

49

49

47

45

45 

45

1,820

60.7

0.541

0.38

July

41

53

60

62

75

66

57

55

60

57

57

57

55

57

105

*575

802

312

160

107

96

88

75

99

178

139

96

80

88 

188

116

3,914

126

0.708

0.82

Aug.

83

7T

62

57

57

55

55

47

45

59

35

33

32

52

52

*32

32

55

33

33

33

32

50

30

28

28

27

30

39

33

32

1,236

59.9

0.224

0.26

Sept.

28

27

26

26

26

27

52

32

30

28

27

*26

24

24

24

24

a24

a22

a22

a22

a22

a 22

a 22

a 24

a50

a28

a26

a24

a22 

a21

762

25.4

0.145

0.16

Calendar year 1955 : Max 9,700 Min 22 Mean 389 Cfsm 2.19 In. 29.68

Water year 1955-56 : Max 7,330 Min 21 Mean 358 Cfsm 2.01 In. 27.40

Peak discharge (base. 4.400 efs).--Jan. 50 (l p.m.) 7,290 cfs (15.57 ft); Feb. 5 (12:50 a.m.) 

5,160 cfs (11.85 ft); Feb. 18 (1 p.m.) 7,970 cfs (16.64 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

s No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on nearby streams.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 37

Barren Pork near Trousdale, Term.

Location.--Lat 35°39'55", long 85°53 I 00", on left bank 15 ft downstream from highway bridge 

on Trousdale-McMinnville pike, 3-f miles east of Trousdale, Warren County, 4.5 miles 

downstream from Bullpen Creek, 6 miles west of McMinnville, and 6.2 miles upstream from 

Hickory Creek.

Drainage area. 132 sq mi.

Records available.--June 1932 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 925.61 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to May 27, 1940, staff gage at site 200 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--24 years, 218 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,580 cfs Jan. 30 (gage height, 10.99 ft); minimum, 46 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 1.08 ft).

1932-56: Maximum discharge, 32,000 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 16.99 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 9,300 cfs on basis of slope-area and contracted-opening 

determinations of peak flow; minimum, 32 cfs Oct. 13, 1941; minimum gage height, 0.98 ft 

Sept. 22, 23, 1941.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1083: 1937(M), 1944(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 13-15)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 29 Jan. 30 to Sept. 30

1.1 

1.4 

2.1 

2.6

230

375

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

510 

1,340 

2,62O

1.09

1.5

2.0

3.0

110

220

510

5.0 1,340

7.0 2,620

8.0 3,550

10.0 6,450

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

70

59

56

55

54

54

108

105

69

60

57

55

55

54

53

53

52

52

*52

52

51

51

52

52

52

52

53

55

61 

57

57

1,818

58.6

0.444

0.51

Nov.

56

56

57

57

56

57

57

57

56

59

60

59

168

*492

180

120

130

96

518

216

142

116

183

169

132

128

110

99

89

3,856

129

0.977

1.09

Dec.

28

82

91

1.590

738

331

243

200

171

149

132

120

110

*105

99

94

90

109

132

112

105

99

98

94

92

89

84

84

81

81 

81

5,564

179

1.36

1.57

Jan.

61

81

80

76

76

76

75

74

72

70

72

72

70

70

70

70

70

69

*78

91

86

80

82

96

99

107

107

134

2,110

5.100 

912

10,406

336

2.55

2.93

Feb.

623

1,260

*3,560

3,580

1,4-10

1,140

731

472

400

340

442

373

288

272

313

406

1,390

5,780

976

*631

439

358

310

382

524

421

322

288

250

25,681

886

6.71

7.24

Mar.

230

319

370

391

285

258

248

290

248

222

215

196

268

921

496

492

418

322

275

245

222

208

*198

189

178

172

165

161

163

159 

150

8,674

280

2.12

2.44

Apr.

143

154

163

684

325

1,040

636

334

262

232

245

242

208

192

1,150

1,680

492

346

280

245

220

206

196

*183

174

165

159

152

143

14JL

10,792

360

2.73

3.04

May

143

150

213

218

163

145

139

141

130

120

112

110

106

1O6

207

174

134

118

108

106

105

*103

118

137

106

103

99

106

108

105 

91

4,030

130

0.985

1.14

June

106

94

90

89

87

85

84

62

80

78

77

77

77

82

82

90

101

80

*75

75

103

124

90

85

80

78

75

72

74

20

2,542

84.7

0.642

0.72

July

84

196

110

106

106

154

164

99

388

179

108

94

112

94

89

85

*80

80

75

72

121

80

70

68

66

64

69

78

148

126 

84

3,449

111

0.841

0.97

Aug.

74

93

78

70

81

94

68

64

63

60

59

54

59

56

55

54

*56

54

86

166

89

68

62

59

56

55

101

482

120

89 

75

2,700

87.1

0.660

0.76

Sept.

69

64

62

60

59

87

82

64

59

56

55

54

*54

53

53

50

49

49

48

48

48

48

48

52

50

48

47

47

47

47

1,657

55.2

0.418

0.47

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,920 Min 50 Mean 233 Cfsm 1.77 In. 23.95

Water year 1955-56: Max 5,100 Min 47 Mean £22 Cfsm 1.68 In. 22.88

Peak discharge (base. 5,200 cfs). Jan. 30 (1 a.m.) 8,580-cfs (10.99 ft); Feb. 4 (3 p.m.) 5.78O 

cfs (9.60 ft); Feb. 18 (9 a.m.) 5,620 cfs (9.50 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
38 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Collins River near McMinnville, Term.

Location.--Lat 35°42'32'' long 85 0 43'46", oa left bank 10 ft downstream from bridge on 

U. 3. Highway 70S, If miles downstream from Barren Fork, and 2-| miles northeast of 

McMinnville, Warren County.

Drainage area.--624 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1924 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 825.78 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

datum. Prior to Oct. 16, 1926, chain gage on upstream side of bridge at same datum.

Average discharge .--32 years, 1,119 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 21,200 cfs Feb. 4 (gage height, 21.17 ft); minimum, 73 cfs Oct. 28 (gage height, 1.13 ft).

1924-56: Maximum discharge, 75,300 cfs Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 39.1 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 32,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak 

flow; minimum, 35 cfs Sept. 21, 1930; minimum gage height, 0.70 ft Oct. 16, 1931. 

Maximum stage known, that of Mar. 23, 1929.

Remarks.--Records excellent.

Revisions (water years). tfSP 873: 1929, 1932 (M), 1934-35, 1936(M), 1937. WSP 1276- 

1925-26, 1928(M), 1933, 1936, 1940.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and dischar

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 15, 17, 19-21, 23-27)

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

5.0

52

149

274

650

1,750

8.0

12.0

15.0

21.0

4,060

8,510

12,300

20,900

Discharge ubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

116

112

106

106

102

100

123

165

167

138

127

121

116

112

108

104

100

98

94

94

*90

90

86

82

78

75

75

80

84

86

84

3,219

104

0.167

0.19

Nov.

80

80

80

82

82

80

80

80

82

80

82

82

123

1,590

*915

490

666

526

1,100

890

606

470

754

1.650

1,080

752

630

550

466

386

14,614

487

0.780

0.87

Dec.

331

318

356

5,750

9.090

3,910

2,210

1,520

1,150

905

752

670

598

542

*498

450

410

426

578

646

610

578

542

510

470

430

390

356

328

318 

508

35,950

1,160

1.86

2.14

Jan.

308

299

285

277

266

258

250

239

231

224

221

218

216

208

206

206

204

194

*204

214

260

260

258

291

402

530

598

650

3,110

17.600 

9,170

37,857

1,221

1.96

2.26

Feb.

4,500

4,430

14,600

*20.300

14,500

8,780

6,430

4,150

3,050

2,450

2,460

2,540

2,210

1,880

1,700

2,030

4,310

15,700

10,700

*5,360

3,730

2,860

2,300

2,O90

2,500

2,370

2,030

1,930

1 . 590

153,480

5,292

8.48

9.15

Mar.

1,360

1,540

2,020

2,580

2,420

1,950

1,610

1,970

2,180

1,860

1,560

1,320

1,400

2,880

4,020

4,970

5.680

3,700

2,530

1,910

1,510

1,290

*1,110

992

880

802

744

698

686

710 

690

59,572

1,922

3.08

3.55

Apr.

638

626

634

4,180

4,240

4,010

4,880

3,150

2,180

1,670

1,440

1,400

1,180

1,030

3,800

10.800

5,360

3,160

2,270

1,740

1,410

1,200

1,060

*920

816

744

690

634

590

556

67,010

2,234

3.58

3.99

May

530

538

714

975

975

784

840

1.250

1,220

964

780

662

582

522

522

558

450

390

345

315

291

*280

371

446

288

271

255

244

242

242 

244

17,090

551

0.883

1.02

June

280

324

386

318

269

234

218

201

194

184

177

227

198

234

250

234

231

208

*196

184

182

172

179

271

252

226

211

206

196

182

6,824

227

0.364

0.41

July

179

2,200

5.260

926

744

714

1,130

1,080

1,840

2,560

2,090

1,190

820

730

622

550

*494

450

402

341

328

308

247

231

216

204

196

196

204

237

198

24,887

803

1.29

1.48

Aug.

179

174

172

167

163

165

167

167

158

149

142

138

134

131

127

*125

123

123

129

158

147

140

136

129

129

123

121

356

290

174 

170

4,906

158

0.253

0.29

Sept.

158

142

140

134

129

160

418

231

179

163

151

145

*138

134

129

123

116

110

106

100

96

94

116

123

106

102

98

96

92

90

4,119

137

0.220

0.25

Calendar year 1955: Max 35,700 Mln 75 Mean 1,276 Cfsm 2.04 In. 27.76

Water year 1955-56: Max 20,300 Mln 75 Mean 1,174 Cfsm 1.88 In. 25.60

Peak discharge (base. 11.000 cfs).--Dec. 5 (3 a.m.) 11,500 cfs (14.36 ft); Jan. 30 (l p.m.) 

20,400 cfs (20.70 ft); Feb. 4 (11 p.m.) 21,200 cfs (21.17 ft); Feb. 18 (7 p.m.) 18,800 cfs (l9.58ft)j 

Apr. 16 (9 a.m.) 12,400 cfs (15.02 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 39 

Caney Pork near Rock Island, Term.

Location. Lat 35"48 '26", long 85°37'44", on right bank 180 ft downstream from powerhouse of Tennessee Valley Authority, half a mile downstream from dam at mouth of 

Collins River, 1 mile northwest of Rock Island, Warren County, 64 miles upstream from 

Center Hill Dam, and at mile 90.3.

Drainage area. 1,640 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. November 1911 to March 1924, April 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 650.09 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Nov. 14, 1911, to Mar. 30, 1924, at sites from half a mile upstream to 100 ft 

downstream from powerplant at various datums. Apr. 12, 1925,to Sept. 9, 1930, at 

present site at datum 2.00 ft higher.

Average discharge.--37 years (1914-20, 1925-56), 3,197 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 54,400 cfs Jan. 30 (gage height, 20.90 ft); 

minimum, 28 cfs Oct. 5, 6 (gage height, -1.08 ft); minimum daily, 36 efs Jan. 15.

1911-56: Maximum discharge, 210,000 cfs Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 40.6 ft, present datum, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 110,000 cfs; minimum 

daily, 25 cfs Aug. 25, 26, Sept. 1-3, 8, 9, 15, 23, 29, 30, Oct. 6, 7, 13, 14, 1951.

Maximum stage known, that of Mar. 23, 1929.

Remarks.--Records good. Plow regulated by Great Palls Lake beginning Dec. 8, 1916 

(see p. 63).

Revision? iter years). WSP 1276: 1934, 1937.

Bating table, water

-1.0

-.5

0.0

.5

1.0

2.0

3.0

year 1955-56 (gage

in cubic feet pe

32

62

133

225

358

654

1,170

height, in

r second)

5.0

7.0

10.0

15.0

18.0

20.0

feet, and

2,610

4,500

9,190

17,200

57,000

48,500

discharge,

September

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

47

47

278

351

357

373

451

42

11

261

526

504

429

540

41

41

254

280

261

293

210

41

41

216

214

212

220

220

42

42

228

7,103

229

Nov.

272

225

212

216

11

41

208

224

219

224

262

42

42

1,010

*1,280

2,020

1,550

2,350

2,850

1,400

2,240

1,830

2,480

3,110

3,120

3,110

5.130

3,070

3,050

1,540

41,368

1,379

Calendar year 1955 :

Water year 1955-56 :

Dec.

1,240

1,340

781

2,650

22.2QO

9,600

5,200

4,030

3,700

3,490

3,470

3,430

3,410

3,380

3,360

3,320

3,260

3,240

2,940

1,670

2,180

2,620

2,530

1,530

817

1,390

1,490

1,090

1,800

820

804

102,782

3,316

Jan.

770

661

793

988

1,040

658

674

624

660

799

1,420

1,320

1,710

270

li

129

165

*174

212

175

39

39

1,700

2,060

1,970

1,920

1,950

41

2,170

44 300

26 ,' 000

95,467

3,080

Feb.

12,100

12,600

40,300

38,300

30,700

22,800

18,200

11,000

7,990

6,600

6,750

7,540

5,800

4,940

4,590

5,140

15,900

45.700

25,800

15,400

10,400

8,720

5,840

5,780

7,740

7,420

6,370

5,660

4.450

598,510

15,740

Mar.

4,160

4,150

5,660

6,890

6,060

5,050

4,560

5,020

5,900

5,150

5,900

3,920

3,850

10,000

12,300

12,800

14.000

9,150

6,150

4,920

4,150

*3,880

3,580

3,500

3,490

3,480

3,460

3,450

3,410

3,590

5.560

172,480

5,564

Apr.

3,540

5,310

5.280

5,540

8,460

11,700

14,100

8,080

7,230

4,450

4,070

3,990

3,700

3,500

12,000

39,900

14,900

8,700

6,540

4,970

4,180

5,840

3,570

3,490

3,480

5,440

5,420

5,590

5,570

5,540

194,880

6,496

May

5, SCO

5,280

5,260

5,260

5,280

3,280

3,280

5,510

5.550

3,350

3,350

5,520

5,290

3,260

3,240

3,200

5,180

5,180

1,740

40

2,640

903

*716

594

1,070

995

41

978

773

725

675

70,820

2,285

June

834

41

39

990

1.150

1,150

901

889

59

59

567

667

654

868

788

41

41

626

661

678

622

512

41

41

555

899

961

964

842

40

17,060

569

July

42

594

2,090

5.140

2,520

2,450

1,310

1,520

690

1,160

2,550

3,130

3,000

2,920

510

*1,100

1,650

1,760

2,440

1,950

2,520

11

922

862

656

625

692

42

41

678

667

45,612

1,407

Aug.

724

809

720

45

45

470

509

520

558

542

42

42

424

386

367

265

260

42

42

245

358

352

419

522

11

41

313

308

577

650

570

11,182

361

Sept.

42

42

42

422

418

368

435

42

42

539

477

*426

424

255

41

41

272

254

246

260

284

.29-

41

204

196

300

540

516

41

41

6,890

230

Observed Adjustedt

tex 75,800 Min 41 Mean 3,367 Mean 3,322 Cfsm 2.03 In. 27.49

 lax 44,300 Mln 36 Mean 3,175 Mean 3,175 Cfsm 1.94 In. 26.35

* Discharge measureme 

t Adjusted for change

made on this day. 

contents in Great Falls Lake.
40 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Palling Water River near Cookeville, Term.

Location_(revised). Lat 36°04 I 38", long 85°31'17", on left bank at old Burgess Mill site, 

0.6 mile upstream from Post Oak Creek and 6.0 miles south of Cookeville, Putnam County.

Drainage area.--67.0 sq mi (revised), of which 21.1 sq mi does not contribute directly to 

surface runoff.

Records available.--June 1932 to September 1956 (discontinued).

Gage.--Staff gage read twice daily. Datum of gage is 893.49 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Average discharge .--24 years, 112 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3.U20 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 18.7 ft, from 

high-water mark on gage section); minimum, 3.6 cfs Sept. 17, 18 (gage height, 2.26 ft).

1932-56: Maximum discharge, 5.42U cfs Mar. 22, 1955 (gage height, 23.65 ft, from 

high-water mark on gage section); minimum observed, 0.9 cfs Oct. 15, 1936 (gage height, 

1.13 ft).

Floods of June 28, 1928, and Mar. 23, 1929, reached stages of 24.1 ft (discharge, 

5,630 cfs) and 23.5 ft (discharge, 5,330 cfs), from floodmarks, respectively.

Remarks.--Records fair. Low flow affected by storage in Cookeville City Lake. Some 

diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by Burgess Mill, prior to 1953.

Rating table, water 

(Shifting-c

1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

cubic feet per second) 

l method used July 11, 12, Aug. 2-26)

3.0 

3.5

4.0

5.0

7.0

11.0

14.0

16.0

18.0

172

2BB

464

940

1,360

1,860

2,700

Discharge ubie feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

2B

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3±

17

7.6

5.9

4.9

4.9

9.5

15

23

19

8.3

7.3

7.6

7.3

7.3

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.1

6.1

5.9

5.9

4.9

4.9

*5.6

4.9

4.9

4.9

7.3

7.0

6.1

271.4

8.75

0.131

0.15

Nov.

6.7

6.7

6.7

7.3

7.3

7.3

7.0

7.0

7.0

7.3

7.0

7.3

7.3

9.5

*10

11

12

11

64

68

35

25

48

70

46

33

26

24

23

20

627.4

20.9

0.312

0.35

Dec.

17

14

15

205

541

125

82

65

53

44

34

*32

27

26

24

24

21

26

25

24

24

23

22

20

20

20

18

17

18

18 

18

1,442

46.5

0.694

0.80

Jan.

18

18

18

18

18

17

15

15

14

*14

14

15

15

14

15

15

14

14

19

18

22

20

22

25

28

31

34

45

690

2.290 

971

4,496

145

2.16

2.50

Feb.

441

610

1,180

1,540

1,300

955

696

434

317

257

272

256

195

152

195

256

609

1.940

1,260

*918

544

366

290

293

353

371

303

311

240

16,854

5B1

8.67

9.36

Mar.

185

175

839

1.570

546

340

266

226

172

134

119

110

180

977

621

444

380

309

254

1B9

145

120

107

102

94

*85

82

76

77

72

67.

8,863

286

4.27

4.92

Apr.

64

202

373

509

346

771

752

360

260

182

158

150

110

98

220

650

349

252

172

140

109

101

95

84

77

70

68

63

59

57

6,861

229

3.42

5.81

May

54

55

57

60

56

61

68

59

55

46

43

37

34

49

49

*63

55

42

35

32

39

30

£4

55

30

26

24

24

21

20 

21

1,300

41.9

0.625

0.72

June

39

29

23

21

18

17

15

15

15

14

14

15

13

11

11

12

11

*11

11

33

15

18

30

30

20

15

11

13

7.6

7.0

512.6

17.1

0.255

0.28

July

14

199

50

28

50

28

23

16

32

*22

15

13

31

46

51

215

14O

63

45

34

27

23

23

23

27

23

20

20

37

20 

20

1,376

44.4

0.663

0.76

Aug.

17

14

14

13

12

15

11

*10

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

8.

9.

9.

8.

8.

8.

9.

9.

9.

8.

9.

9.1

14

11

11

8.0 

7.6

353.0

11.4

0.170

0.20

Sept.

7.3

7.0

7.0

7.3

7.3

7.6

8.0

7.3

7.3

7.0

7.0

*6.7

5.1

4.4

4.0

4.2

5.6

4.0

4.2

5.8

5.8

3.8

4.0

4.4

4.6

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.2

161.9

5.40

O.OB1

0.09

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,240 Min 4.9 Mean 138 Cfsm 2.06 In. 27.94

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,290 Min 3.6 Mean 11B Cfsm 1.76 In. 23.94

Discharge measurement made on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 41

Caney Fork below Center Hill Dam, near Lancaster, Term.

Location.--Lat 36°06'10", long 85°50'40", on left bank 1.1 miles downstream from Center 

Hill Dam, 2 miles south of Lancaster, Smith County, 4.7 miles upstream from Indian 

Creek, 10 miles north of Smithville, and at mile 25.5.

Drainage area.--2,300 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--May 1944 to September 1956. Prior to October 195U, published as 

"near Lancaster."

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 469.00 ft above mean sea level, Sandy 

look datum (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 1, 1950, at site 7.7 miles 

downstream at datum 6.62 ft lower.

Average discharge.--IS years, 4,096 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 31,100 cfs Feb. 21; maximum gage height, 31.27 

ft Feb. 21; minimum discharge, 42 cfs Aug. 18 (gage height, 5.05 ft).

1944-56: Maximum discharge, 119,000 cfs Feb. 14, 1948; maximum gage height, 53.44 

ft Feb. 14, 1948, site and datum then in use; minimum daily discharge, 12 cfs Oct. 1- 

18, 20-22, 1950.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by Great Falls Lake and Center Hill Reservoir 

(see p . 63).

Cooperation.--Two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1276: 1951.

Oct. 1 to Feb. 21

130

180

360

590

8.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

31.0

1,230

2,820

8,000

14,400

21,300

30,000

Feb. 22 to Sept. 30

155

325

590

Note. Same as preceding 

table above 7.0 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

248

60

198

80

200

76

253

66

60

1,990

971

1,710

2,030

2,080

1,680

58

2,680

5 . 040

2 , 100

1,900

598

173

56

481

1,150

492

593

1,000

620 

2,640

1,220

30,503

984

Nov.

3,060

580

2,700

3,180

528

59

2,760

1,660

2,720

900

460

170

59

280

*176

2,100

2,060

2,020

4,320

3,140

3,750

2,020

1,920

81

520

59

1,240

7.960

6,240 

6,680

63,402

2,113

Calendar year 1955 : ^

Water year 1955-56 : I

Dec.

6,920

711

66

1,390

8,100

6,700

5,480

4,120

7,380

5,020

97

7,960

8,420

8,180

8,220

8.440

6,560

1,170

4,160

4,330

6,280

6,220

158

58

55

2,720

4,330

3,380

6,340 

7,000

' t531-'

147,855

4,770

Jan.

4,560

548

7,760

7.840

4,680

4,440

6,960

2,700

5,260

7,420

5,150

3,620

406

290

58

54

53

50

54

56

52

51

2,430

388

168

807

66

59

272 

1,130

4,040

71,422

L,304

Feb.

1,370

440

5,090

852

5,040

16,100

21,200

21,200

20,300

17,300

15,200

14,000

13,200

11,900

12,100

12,400

11,800

85

6,160

20,700

29.900

£9,700

*27,500

*21,300

17,800

15,900

14,400

13,400

12,000

________

408,337

14,080

Mar.

11,800

11,900

12,400

12,500

12,100

12,100

12,100

12,200

12,200

12,200

12,300

12,400

12,400

9,780

9,160

12.800

11,500

10,100

10,900

9,420

6,400

6,880

4,940

3,950

7,860

7,720

1.420

1,600

2,080 

3,590

3,540

282,240

9,105

Apr.

684

3,350

6,310

6,660

6,050

8,960

12,200

11,400

10,900

10,800

10,800

10,700

7,910

3,030

461

8,220

9,460

10,100

12.800

12,700

10,700

11,900

12,000

11,600

10,100

7,590

9,350

628

3,240 

2,530

________

243,133

8,104

Hay

3,960

3,960

4,350

7,480

368

186

3,540

5,560

*5,040

7,400

7.800

3,510

3,500

3,380

3,040

4,820

4,810

3,450

131

50

2,960

3,900

4,870

5,740

4,070

506

1,070

1,460

1,640 

51

2,320

104,922

3,385

June

432

216

50

852

969

927

992

2,500

2,070

72

2.580

1,040

210

1,120

1,120

50

49

763

1,440

1,700

975

890

544

50

2,170

555

*528

496

436 

50

--------

25,846

862

July

49

838

1,830

4,200

4,140

1,090

50

50

5 . 680

3,170

2,870

2,840

3,340

51

50

317

606

621

584

635

1,310

804

1,240

1,630

1,580

1,620

1,280

1,120

669

1*980

48,494

1,564

Aug.

1,200

1,040

50

330

43

469

461

474

415

456

491

45

714

636

676

670

648

51

45

164

43

522

1,700

764

3.060

426

243

1,160

412 

56

144

17,628

569

Sept.

50

49

50

152

51

133

51

132

49

118

1,380

*136

1,700

2,420

90

130

2,370

1,200

7.850

1,830

1,190

50

206

50

225

1,600

1,350

272

202 

49

25,315

844

Observed Ad Justed t

lax 28,800 Hin 49 Mean 4,707 Mean 4,344 Cfsm 1.97 In. 26.81

1ax 29,900 Hin 43 Mean 4,025 Mean 3,960 Cfsm i.ao In. 24.50

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change in contents In Great Falls Lake and Center Hill Reservoir.

463897 O -58 -4
42 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Cumberland River at Carthage, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36°14'42", long 85°57'15", on left pier of Cordell Hull Bridge on State 

Highway 25, half a mile south of Carthage, Smith County, 1 mile downstream from Caney 

Fork, 82 miles upstream from lock and dam 7, and at mile 308.2.

Drainage area. 10,700 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1922 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected in this 

vicinity since 1885 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 437.67 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

"1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to May 12, 1936, staff and wire-weight

gages at site 1,000 ft downstream at same datum. May 12 to July 17, 1936, wire-weight

gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 34 years, 16,990 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 91,800 cfs Feb. 18, maximum gage height, 33.32

 ft Feb. 18; minimum discharge, 523 cfs Jan. 19 (gage height, 8.24 ft).

1922-56: Maximum discharge, 210,000 cfs Dec. 30, 1926; maximum gage height, 59.8 ft 

Dec. 30, 1926; minimum discharge, 304 cfs Oct. 29, 1940.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of reconstructed gage-height record and

 those below 3,000 cfs, which are fair. Flow regulated by Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow 

Reservoir, Great Falls Lake, and Center Hill Reservoir (see p. 63).

Cooperation.--Lock 7 staff-gage readings furnished by Corps of Engineers. Wire-weightgage readings furnished by U. S. Weather Bureau.

Revisions (water years). WSP 893: 1923-39. WSP1276: 1927, 1929(M) , 1937(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Rate of change in stage used as a factor Jan. 29-31, Feb. 3, 5, 

17-20, 26, Mar. 3, 4, 7, 8, 13-15, 21, 25, Apr. 6-9, 16, 21)

8.2

8.5

9.0

11.0

465

1,000

1,940

6,850

17.0

27.0

55.0

27,100 

66,7OO 

89,300

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

50

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

10 , 400

5,680

2,310

1,410

811

718

2,810

6,750

6,130

6,150

7,870

6,650

8,630

10,300

11,400

11,300

8,150

no, 200

12,900

13,300

11,000

10,200

8,040

5,940

4,640

5,260

8,360

8,540

13,300

13, '900

247,609

7,987

Nov.

11,200

13,500

14,000

12,700

12,100

14,500

14,700

14,000

g!5,500

g!4,500

g!4,100

811,200

g6,190

g5,390

4,870

5.460

10,500

12,500

17,900

2O,200

16,900

12,700

11,400

11,500

7,190

4,560

4,000

8,930

14,200

21.000

354,390

11,810

Calendar year 1955 : ^

Water year 1955-56 : l

Dec.

2O,9OO

17,200

10,300

12,900

15,000

17,100

19,900

14,200

12,300

16,900

14,000

8,540

15,600

26,000

28.900

25,800

20,900

12,100

6,830

7,450

*6,070

7,980

6,330

4,360

5,240

2.120

5,110

4,510

5,040

9,940

15,500

392,820

12,670

Jan.

19,300

13,500

8,930

9,880

7,700

6,350

6,970

6,050

3,480

6,990

8,900

8,210

5,680

3,150

2,560

1,550

958

596

552

581

664

664

1,140

2,920

1,140

*1,250

1,650

*1,060

25,500

66.4OO

*41,700

265,515

8,494

Feb.

20 . 800

21,200

44,900

51,800

40 , 5OO

32,900

33,800

57 , OOO

59 , 50O

42,200

43,200

41,400

37,100

56,800

41,100

41,500

55,700

86.600

66,800

61,400

62,800

65,600

61,700

58,500

59,300

54,600

49,200

48,800

47,400

 

*lj382.1

47,660

Mar.

45,900

46 , OOO

49,900

48,500

45,300

43,200

48,700

56,400

55,900

51,500

47,900

46,800

48,500

64.500

61,100

60,200

56,800

55,000

51,600

49,500

45,600

42,900

40,000

36,700

41,000

42,700

39,000

*52,700

52,900

55,100

56,900

H.,456.5

46,980

Apr.

35,200

34,800

43,5OO

44,500

45,6OO

63,400

65,600

52,700

44,700

41,800

41,200

40,700

38,700

35,900

31,300

43,000

44,300

42,200

45 , 500

45,100

39,200

56,500

35,500

55,600

35,400

31,100

52,600

27,9OO

25.500

26,400

*1,199

59,970

May

27,100

28,700

50,300

35,70O

29 , 500

24,000

25,300

30,400

*31,100

30,500

32,300

28,500

24,200

20,000

14,900

12,200

13,000

12,700

10,300

5,910

4,610

6,050

10,300

13,900

13,800

8,870

7,030

4,350

3,970

3,600

5j_260

544,550

17,560

June

5,110

5,060

5,260

2,860

2.580

9,140

12,300

12,800

13,500

12,800

7,590

6,050

11,500

12,600

11,400

9,680

9,080

3,810

4,640

11 , 700

15,500

15,100

11,700

11,100

9,500

12,300

12,000

12,100

15.100

15,400

288,660

9,622

July

7,500

6,070

6,100

11,500

14.000

9,590

7,280

6,16O

5,500

6,770

8,070

12,200

8,240

4,090

1,720

1,720

2,200

2,820

1,940

1,550

1,650

1,720

*1.270

1,830

2,420

2,200

2,270

1,890

1,520

1,780

2,560

145,930

4,707

Aug.

2,910

2,450

2,340

2 , 200

2,600

2,580

2,690

4,590

7,640

8,510

8,650

8,540

6,970

5,990

7,870

9,590

9,240

9,240

8,100

4,260

3,040

3,110

5,130

11,100

14,200

14 . 900

9,140

6,190

11,700

13,000

12,600

220,850

7,124

Sept.

10,100

5,240

2,490

1,510

4,070

*12,200

12,300

9,460

8,270

6,610

5,630

13,4OO

14,500

15,600

16,200

12,800

6,550

4,900

12,000

17,200

18.000

15,500

9,650

4,050

1,640

5,050

10,800

11,900

9,520

7,920

284,840

9,495

Observed Adjustedt

lax 99,500 Min 718 Mean 18,810 Mean 17,550 Cfsm 1.62 In. 21.98

lax. 86,600 Min 552 Mean 18,53O Mean 18,950 Cfsm 1.77 In. 24.10

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change in contents in Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow Reservoir, Great Falls Lake, and 

Center Hill Reservoir.

* Expressed in thousands.

g Computed from reconstructed gage-height graph based on daily readings of wire-weight gage, twicedaily readings (5 days per week) of upper lock 7 staff gage, and adjacent record.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 43

Spring Creek near Lebanon, Term.

Location. Lat 36°10'50", long 86°14'35", on downstream end of middle pier of bridge on 

Eastover Road, half a mile downstream from Black Branch and 3i miles southeast of 

Lebanon, Wilson County.

Drainage area.--34 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1954 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 556.32 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

"1929.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,860 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 9.55 ft); no 

flow for several days in July, August, and September.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 7,980 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 10.13 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,200 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; 

no flow for several days in July, August, and September 1956.

Remarks,--Records fair.

Rating tables, wate year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17 Feb. 18 to Sept. 30

5.0 

6.0

40

70

112

338

813

1,880

2,610

0.1 

.2

.7

1.9

4.5

9.0

15

0.8 

1.0 

1.4 

2.0 

4.0 

5.0

24

51

143

380

1,340

1,920

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

44

20

12

8.4

6.1

4.3

6.6

17

8.0

5.1

3.6

2.7

7.9

10

7.5

5.1

3.9

*3.4

2.9

2.5

2.2

1.6

1.5

1.0

j/7

1.0

.9

.7

.7

.7 

.7

192.7

6.22

0.183

0.21

Nov.

0.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

.7

*.6

.5

.4

.5

.6

.7

.7

7.9

21

12

10

8.4

236

43

26

18

66

35

26

20

16

13

10

8 . 9

585.4

19.5

0.574

0.64

Dec.

8.0

10

204

547

83

48

33

26

22

17

15

13

12

10

*9.5

8.4

7.5

8.4

10

8.9

8.0

7.5

7.5

7.0

6.5

5.6

5.1

4.7

477

5.1

1,166.7

37.6

1.11

1.28

Jan.

4.7

4.3

3.9

3.9

3.6

3.4

3.4

2.9

2.9

2.7

*2.7

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.5

2.3

5TT

11

8.9

7.5

9.5

13

16

21

17

41

2.510

807

3,651.9

118

3.47

3.99

Feb.

235

713

575

994

206

204

93

62

47

38

107

56

43

292

224

142

1.690

1,600

392

198

109

*73

53

118

268

95

67

46

.36

8,776

303

8.91

9.60

Mar.

30

32

237

80

48

38

220

247

82

55

41

37

137

700

121

171

93

65

48

37

31

27

23

20

17

15

*14

12

12

10 

q ri ^ - u

2,709.0

87.4

2.57

2.96

Apr.

8^

9.0

118

205

43

*L.540

141

71

46

36

34

27

22

19

125

108

55

38

30

*24

19

18

16

13

12

11

10

9.5

9.0

9.0

2,626.0

87.5

2.57

2.87

May

11

53

30

19

12

11

12

12

10

9.0

8.5

8.0

7.5

11

13

9.0

*4.5

2.9

2.3

1.9

1.5

1.3

1.1

1,0

1.0

1.5

1.7

1.5

4.5 

2.7

1.3

266.7

8.60

0.253

0.29

June

1.1 ia1.5

.9

.6

.5

.4

.3

.2

.2

**.!

.1

.07

.1

.1

.1

.07

^04

.04

.1

.1

.1

.07

.07

.2

.2

.2

.1

.07 

.04

9.77

0.326

0.0096

0.01

July

0.03

.02

.01

.01

5.9

S^A

2.1

.7

6.4

4.9

*1.3

.7

.6

.5

6.4

2.3

1.1

.7

.4

.4

.1

.07

.04 *o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

44.08

1.42

0.042

0.05

Aug.

_Q_

0

0

.8

.4

.2

.04

*.03

.03

.04

.01

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

.01

.04

.02

.01

.01

.01

0

0

0

11

8.0 

2.1

. 8

33.55

1.08

O.032

0.04

Sept.

0.5

.3

.2

.1

.04

.04

.03

0

0

0

0

*0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

*0

0

0

0

0

0

1.21

0.040

0.0012

0.001

Calendar year 1955 : Max 3,080 Min 0.03 Mean 61.3 Cfsm 1.80 In. 24.47

Water later year yeaip 1955-56 xa^^ ^u: : Max max 2,510 z.aiu Min pun u 0 mean Mean b4.tj 54.8 01 Cfsm am i.bi 1.61 -Lti. In. 21.94 ^-L.a*

Peak discharge (base. 2.700 cfs).--Jan. 29 (10 a.m.) 5,160 cfs (8.57 ft); Feb. 4 (7 a.m.) 3,460 

fs (7.07 ft); Feb. 18 (1 a.m.) 6,860 cfs (9.55 ft); Apr. 6 (9 a.m.) 5,290 cfs (8.66 ft).

* Dlarharcyp charge measurement mpaRiirpmFirTh n-i" nhspr^vaMnn of nn rl nw tnartf nn f.h-1 s rlav.

Field estimate made

observati 

this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Drakes Creek above Hendersonville, Term.

Location.--Lat 36°22'14", long 86°37'00", on left downstream wing wall of abutment on 

Long Hollow Pike bridge at Shackle Island, 2 miles downstream from Hogan Branch and 

4.5 miles north of Hendersonville, Sumner County.

Drainage area.--19. 2 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 503.06 ft above mean sea level, datum of

Extremes.--1954-55: Maximum discharge during water year, 2,910 cfs Mar. 21 (gage height, 

9.70 ft); minimum, 0.02 cfs many days in September; minimum gage height, 0.90 ft 

Sept. 1C, 14.

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 3,240 cfs Jan. 29 (gage height, 

10.32 ft); minimum, 0.02 cfs Sept. 8; minimum gage height, 0.92 ft Sept. 4.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Rating tables, Oct. 1, 1954. to Sept. 30, 1956 (gage height, In feet, 

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1, 1954,

.0 0.2

.1 1.4

.2 4.3

.3 9.1

.5 24

1.7 47

2.0 104

Mar. 22, 1955, to Sept. 30, 1956

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5 

6.0

231

391

698

719

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5

1.7 

2.0

9.8

26

104

ding table

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1954 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

Oct.

a3

a. 6

1

> al.5

J

\ ..

J

I"

1 »

1

33.9

1.09

0.057

0.07

Nov.

, aO.6

*.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.8

.6

.8

.8

.8

1.0

1.8

2.6 

1.6

23.5

0.78

0.041

0.05

Dec.

1.4

1.0

.8

.8

52

a20

alO

a6

a5.5

*5.1

4.3

7.1

14

10

7.5

5.1

4.3

3.9

3.2

2.9

2.6

2.6

2.3

2.1

1.8

1.6

1.6

73

83 

*34

20

389.5

12.6

0.656

0.75

Jan.

14

11

8.5

7.0

6.5

*6.0

5.1

4.3

4.7

5.1

6.0

6.0

5.5

5.1

5.5

5.1

4.3

4.3

4.3

3.6

10

24

17

*13

11

9.1

8.0

6.5

6.0

5.1 

4 3

235.9

7.61

0.396

0.46

Feb.

14~ 6.5

11

9.1

57

*402

*98

47

32

25

23

17

15

16

16

17

17

16

14

14

*362

*332

87

49

34

31

52

46

1,859.6

66.4

3.46

3.60

Mar.

102

68

44

33

29

117

72

44

*32

27

23

30

24

23

38

64

62

412

164

182

1.220

315

106

64

50

35

28

23

21

17 

16

3,485

112

5.83

6.75

Apr.

15

16

14

12

11

49

36

26

21

19

36

39

£5

*47

35

29

23

20

17

15

14

13

14

24

21

16

13

12

9.8 

8- 1

679.9

22.7

1.18

1.32

May

7.1

6.6

6.1

4.8

4.8

3.9

3.5

2.8

2.8

2.5

2.5

4.7

18

9.2

6.6

11

5.7

4.3

3.5

3.1

12

82

*3l

19

14

10

8.1

7.1

7.1 

5 7

4.8

314.3

10.1

0.526

0.61

June

3.9

3.5

3.1

2.8

2.5

2.8

2.8

4.3

4.3

12

7.1

6.1

4.8

a4

a3

a2.5

a2

al.5

al.2

al

a. 9

*.8

.8

1.1

7.4

2.8

2.2

1.6

1.4 

1.0

93.2

3.11

0.162

0.18

July

1.0

.8

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

-^

.3

.3

.3

.3

.4

.4

1.0

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

1.0

*.8

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

15.3

0.49

0.026

0.03

Aug.

0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

.09

2.2

1.2

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

3.5

4.3

.5

.3

.3

.3

.2

*.2

. 2

.1

.1

.09

.09 

.06

.04

16.47

0.531

0.028

0.03

Sept.

0.04

.04

.03

^02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

*.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.09

.06

.04

.04

.04

.04

IS.

18.82

0.627

0.033

0.04

Calendar year 1954: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1954-55: Max 1,220 Min 0.02 Mean 19.6 Cfsm 1.02 In. 13.89

Peak discharge (base. 1.000 cfs).--Fet. 21 (9 p.m.) 1,180 cfs (5.68 ft); Mar. 21 (4 p.m.) ; 

cfs (9.70 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range ir 

when available, and records for Mill Creek near Antioch.

,910 

stage
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Drakes Creek above Hendersonville, Term.--Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

45

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.8

1.2

.5

.4

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.3

2.4

1.6

1.0

.8

.6

*.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.5

.5

.5

.8

2.8

2 5

1.9

26.4

0.85

0.044

0.05

Nov.

1.6

1.9

3.8

1.9

1.4

1.0

*.S

.8

.8

.8

.8

.6

.6

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.9

3.1

19

8.1

4.8

3.5

6.3

6.1

4.8

3.5

2.8

2.2

1.9

1.4

97.8

3.26

0.170

0.19

Dec.

1.6

3.5

7.0

16

9.2

6.6

5.2

3.9

3.1

2.8

2.5

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.6

1.4

1.9

*1.9

1.9

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

1. 2

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.2

92.5

2.98

0.155

0.18

Jan.

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

*^8

1.0

1.2

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

.8

.8

3.6

3.1

2.5

2.2

2.5

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

3.8

* 1.0 50

693

76

1,864.5

60.1

3.13

3.61

Feb.

77

*342

419

223

94

78

55

41

32

25

28

22

19

26

43

57

*335

483

139

98

65

46

35

100

85

58

46

33

24

3 , 128

108

5.62

6.06

Mar.

21

22

19

16

15

15

85

106

59

43

32

31

47

221

98

98

74

58

42

31

24

21

18

16

14

*13

12

12

11

9.8

S^M.

1,293.0

41.7

2.17

2.50

Apr.

8.7

12

109

269

*76

*497

134

72

47

38

38

29

23

21

25

30

24

21

19

16

14

13

12

12

13

12

11

11

11

27

1,644.7

54.8

2.85

3.19

May

59

113

91

51

34

26

49

38

26

21

16

14

12

9.8

12

11

8.1

6.6

6.1

5.2

*22

12

9.6

8.1

6.6

8.1

6.6

6.1

5.2

4.3

5.5

800.9

25.8

1.34

1.55

June

3.9

3.5

3.1

2.8

2.5

2.2

1.9

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.0

.8

6.2

7.7

5.2

4.3

2.8

2.2

1.4

1.2

1.0

1.0

2.9

2.8

1.4

*1.6

1.2

.8

.5

* 4. *

70.5

2.35

0.122

0.14

July

0.3

.3

.3

1.0

.8

.5

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

1.4

14

17

4.8

2.8

1.9

1.2

1.0

.6

.6

.5

.4

*.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

1.2

.5

53.9

1.74

0.091

0.10

Aug.

0.3

.3

.4

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.09

.09

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

.2

lil

1.0

*.4

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.09 

.06

7.05

0.227

0.012

0.01

Sept.

0.06

.04

.04

.04

li*

1.2

.09

^3

.03

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

*.06

.04

.04

.06

.06

.03

.03

.03

.03

.03

.04

5.98

0.199

0.010

0.01

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,220 Min 0.02 Mean 19.0 Cfsm 0.990 In. 13.44

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,050 Min 0.03 Mean 24.8 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.59

Peak discharge (base, 1,OOO cfs). --Jan. 29 (10:30 p.m.) 3,240 cfs (10.32 ft): Feb. 3 (3 a.m.)

1,260 cfs (5.88 ft); Feb. 18 (2 a.m.) 1,250 cfs (5.87 ft); Apr. 3 (12 p.m.) 1,360 cfs (6.15 ft);

Apr. 6 (8 a.m.) 1,500 cfs (6.49 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Bradley Creek at Lascassas, Term.

Location. Lat 35°55'40", long 86°17'25", on downstream end of county road bridge pier, 

near midstream, a quarter of a mile south of Lascassas, Rutherford County, 0.4 mile 

downstream from Cason Branch, if miles upstream from mouth, and 8 miles northeast of 

Murfreesboro.

Drainage area. 38 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 548.24 ft above mean sea level, datum of ~~1929.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,300 cfs Feb. 17 (gage height, 10.50 ft),

from rating curve extended above 4,700 cfs on basis of slope-area determination at gage 

height 10,66 ft; minimum, 0.03 cfs Sept. 17-20, 27-30 (gage height, 0.55 ft).

1954-56: Maximum discharge 12,800 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 10.66 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,700 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; 

minimum, 0.03 cfs Sept. 7-10, 1955, Sept. 17-20, 27-30, 1956; minimum gage height, 

0.50 ft Sept. 7-10, 1955.

Remarks. Records fair.

Cooperation. Two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

0.5 

.6 

.7

0.03

.2

1.2

5.0

12

23

55

1.4 

1.7 

£.O 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

93

172

310

900

2,300

4,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

30

11

6.8

4.5

3.0

*2.0

270

60

23

12

8.2

6.2

6.8

6.8

5.0

4.5

3.4

3.0

2.6

2.3

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

2.

1. 

1.

488.

15.

0.413

0.48

Nov.

1.7

1.7

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.3

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.3

2.6

2.3

4.1

780

119

62

42

32

551

87

*48

33

245

77

53

39

30

23

17

14

2,281.0

76.0

2.00

2.23

Dec.

12

23

43

1.510

158

79

53

*36

30

23

19

16

14

13

11

9.8

8.9

11

12

11

11

9.8

9.8

8.9

8.2

7.5

6.8

6^2

6.2

6 . 2 

6.2

1,979.5

63.9

1.68

1.94

Jan.

5.6

5.6

5.0

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

3.9

3.4

*3.0

3.4

3.9

3.4

3.4

3.0

3.0

2^6

2.6

7.2

15

12

9.8

17

31

46

48

36

37

2.840

203

4,353.8

140

3.68

4.26

Feb.

328

798

732

1,380

260

236

145

93

68

51

109

68

53

56

170

139

5.410

1,640

305

171

104

75

57

75

151

77

60

44

3_6

10,891

376

9.89

10.66

Mar.

31

36

961

161

87

62

108

*183

77

57

44

39

164

796

129

189

100

69

51

39

*34

28

24

20

18

16

15

14

14

12 

11

3,595

116

3.05

3.52

Apr.

11

9.8

9.8

43

22

*977

127

62

39

30

27

19

16

14

276

153

73

48

34

25

20

16

14

12

*11

8.9

8.2

6.2

5.6

6.2

2,123.7

70.8

1.86

2.08

May

8.2

6.8

7.5

6.8

4.5

4.5

6.2

7.5

*3.9

3.0

3.0

2.0

1.4

2.4

17

11

5.0

3.4

2.6

1.7

1.7

1.4

1,1

1.2

1.2

5.4

5.8

5.2

66

21

7 5

226.0

7.29

0.192

0.22

June

36

6.2

4.5

3.0

2.3

1.7

1.2

1.0

.8

.7

*.6

.5

.7

1.2

.7

1.0

.7

.7

.5

.4

18

7.4

4.5

4.5

2.6

1.7

1.4

1.2

1.0

. 8

107.5

3.58

0.094

0.11

July

15

9.1

6.2

9.9

42

15

6.8

3.9

3.4

2.0

1.0

1.0

1.4

1.4

3.6

15

7.5

3.9

2.3

1.7

.8

.5

.3

*.3

.2

.09

.07

.07

5.5

5.0 

2.3

167.23

5.39

0.142

0.16

Aug.

30

20

7.5

3.4

1.7

.8

.8

.5

.3

.2

.1

.09

.09

.09

*.07

.06

.09

.1

130

104

11

6.2

3.9

2.3

1.0

.7

.5

.8

2.0

1.7 

.8

330.79

10.7

0.282

0.32

Sept.

0.5

.3

.3

.3

.2

ul

.3

.1

.1

.09

.09

.09

.07

.06

.05

.05

,03

.03

.03

*.05

.05

.06

.05

.06

.05

.05

.05

.03

.03

.03

3.90

0.130

0.0034

0.004

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,660 Mln 0.03 Mean 71.9 Cfsm 1.89 In. 25.72

Hater year 1955-56: Max 3,410 Mln 0.03 Mean 72.5 Cfsm 1.91 In. 25.98

(7.45 ft).

Discharge measurement mad on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

East Fork Stones River near Lascassas, Tenn.

Location.--Lat 35°55'10", long 86°20'00", at downstream end of right pier of highway 

bridge, 2^ miles southwest -of Lascassas, Rutherford County, 3^ miles downstream from 

Bradley Creek, 6 miles northeast of Murfreesboro, and 15 miles upstream from confluence 

with West Fork.

Drainage area.--C64 sq mi.

Records available. February 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 507.88 ft above mean sea level (levels by 

(Torps of Engineers).

Average discharge. 5 years, 421 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 17,800 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 29.34 ft); minimum, 9.0 cfs Sept. 28, 29; minimum gage height, 2.65 ft Oct. 29; minimum daily discharge, 9.7 cfs Sept. 29.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 21,300 cfs Mar. 22, 1955 (gage height, 34.07 ft); minimum, 0.2 cfs Oct. 23, 1953 (gage height, 2.22 ft); minimum daily, 0.4 cfs Aug. 31, 1953.

Remarks. Records good except those for Sept. 11-30, which are fair. Frequent diurnal 

fluctuations at low flow caused by small mill above station.

Cooperation. One discharge measurment furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 16-30)

3.4 

4.0

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17

10 5.0

19 7.0

11.0

22.0

Feb. 18 to Sept. 30

180

420

1,070

2,920

11,100

9.0

163

263

5.0

7.0

11.0

24.0

401

1,080

2,920

12,700

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

282

97

56

44

30

*25

946

754

218

118

75

56

49

47

41

34

32

29

26

24

21

19

18

18

15

14

14

14 

15.

21

3,168

102

0.386

0.45

Nov.

21

19

18

16

16

16

15

14

13

I?

14

16

16

3,070

964

402

306

206

5,140

852

*426

270

1, 110

692

420

337

260

200 

155

123

13,141

438

1.66

1.85

Dec.

104

133

180

5,560

1,690

753

487

*331

256

196

162

136

118

106

94

82

74

75

97

88

82

78

74

69

67

63

56

54 

52

52

11,421

368

1.39

1.61

Jan.

50

47

46

45

43

42

42

39

36

*36

38

38

38

36

35

35

35

34

4?

102

97

78

94

210

277

396

301

329 

8,470

11,100

'

24,201

781

2.96

3.41

Feb.

1,680

3,780

5,760

*7,580

2,720

1,980

1,330

899

692

529

858

673

513

420

993

1,020

9,200

12,500

2 4YO

1J450

946

700

537

505

621

521

416

359 

285

61,937

2,136

8.09

8.73

Mar.

245

245

1,790

956

572

434

407

872

530

404

333

282

433

4,580

1,390"

1,300

960

718

530

401

*313

268

235

206

181

163

154

142 

131

117

107

19,199

619

2.34

2.70

Apr.

99

95

115

602

395

5,710

1,340

708

453

341

305

259

214

187

1,080

1,890

830

543

383

295

239

208

187

165

*145

130

120

110 

99

96

15,343

511

1.94

2.16

May

99

93

96

123

101

115

347

216

*130

98

82

72

67

67

548

263

145

99

81

68

62

55

54

55

55

67

54

48

71 

92

47

3,370

109

0.413

0.47

June

59

50

43

35

34

32

30

29

25

25

23

*24

24

30

29

31

32

26

26

25

229

318

101

272

95

63

49

40 

33 

30

1,862

62.1

0.235

0.26

July

86

55

41

38

117

196

96

72

291

189

90

62

62

65

55

78

72

89

64

42

33

26

50

*40

30

25

47

48 

286 

349 TOT

2,901

93.6

0.355

0.41

Aug.

75

143

78

55

45

36

31

28

23

22

18

17

16

15

*15

13

T3

13

36

558

455

117

67

45

34

29

22

1,010 

274

118

72

3,493

113

0.428

0.49

Sept.

54

43

36

30

29

226

434 12-6

69

49

41

35

30

29

28

23

21

21

18

*16

15

15

15

12

12

15

12

14 

9.7

1,488.7

49.6

0.188

0.21

Calenda year 1955: Max 15,400 Min 6.4 Mean 462 Cfsm 1.75 In. 23.75

Water y ar 1955-56: Max 12,500 Min 9.7 Mean 441 Cfsm 1.67 In. 22.75

Peak ischarge (base, 7,000 cfs). --Dee. 4 (9 a.m.) 9,280 cfs (19.72 fth Jan. 30 (5:30 a.m.)

15.300 fs (27.06 ft); Feb. 4 (11:30 a.m.) 11,400 cfs (22.41 ft); Feb. 18 (2 a.m.) 17,200 cfs (29.34 

ft); Ap . 6 (11:30 a.m.) 7,680 cfs (17.72 ft).

* Dis harge measurement made on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

West Fork Stones River near Murfreesboro, Term.

35 °4&'£!_/', long 36 c on downstream end of second pier from right

abutment of bridge on State Highway 9d, 0.8 mile downstream from Middle Fork and 

2.2 miles southwest of Murfreesboro, Rutherford County.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 567.02 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

19£9. Prijr to July 1, 1934, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge .--S4 years, 214 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge recorded during year, 10,900 cfs Jan. 30 (gage height, 15.06 

ft], but may have been greater on Feb. 17 or 18; minimum, 1.7 cfs Aug. 19 (gage height, 

1.04 ft), caused by diversion for irrigation.

1932-5C: Maximum discharge, 38,000 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, £2.73 ft, from 

floodmarks) , from rating curve extended above 13,000 cfs :>n basis of contracted-opening 

determinations at gage heights 21.23 and £2.73 ft; no flow for part of each day Oct. 27, 

28, 30, 31, 1952, caused by diversion for irrigation, and Sept. 18-20, 1954; minimum 

gage height, I).56 ft Oct. 9, 1335, Oct. 6, 7, 1940. 

Maximum stage known, 25.0 ft in March 1902.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period of no gage-height record and those below 

5 cfs, which are poor. Some diversion for irrigation.

Cooperation.--Two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 783: 1932-34. 

Rating tables, water ye;

1.4 

1.6 

1.8

sding

.8 ft. 

ar October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

13

12

11

8.9

8.0

*7.1

76

108

48

30

22

17

16

12 

11

9.2

8.0

7.4

6.8

6.2

5.6

5.3

5.1

4.9

4.9

4.7

4.4

4.9

13 

4.7

4.4

499.7

16.1

0.135

0 . 16

Nov.

4.4

4.7

4.9

4.7

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

4.0

3.8

3 . 7

3.8

216 

114

70

61

47

1.150

183

*117

92

411

168

134

132

107

87

72

3,257.£

109

0.916

1.02

Dec.

54

65

76

2.400

546

222

168

*152

141

124

114

102

93

63 

75

66

61

66

86

81

76

71

66

62

54

47

42

38

34

32

5,329

172

1.45

1.67

Jan.

31

29

26

24

22

20

19

17

16

*15

14

14

14

13 

13

12

11

11

15

19

37

35

39

82

113

152

141

154

4,700

4,820

850

11,476

370

3.11

3.59

Feb.

880

2,250

3,000

*4,000

1,000

700

500

400

350

300

550

450

350

250

500

800

5,000

7.000

1 , 500

700

500

400

350

300

450

400

300

EOO

170

33,550

1,157

9.72

10.49

Mar.

150

160

270

230

EOO

180

170

400

310

250

210

190

300

2,000 

1,000

800

500

350

230

180

*152

144

132

124

114

107

99

93

89 

81

n

9,283

300

2.52

2.90

Apr.

64

64

74

274

140

1.580

401

182

147

134

152

120

102

93 

501

622

192

146

128

113

97

89

82

73

*64

60

54

49

44

43

5,664

189

1.59

1.77

May

43

43

55

70

54

Z17

160

120

*86

72

62

53

45

79 

556

138

102

83

70

59

228

*210

108

189

99

81

67

59

61 

51

40

3,160

102

0.857

0.99

June

38

29

24

21

18

16

14

12

11

9.6

9.2

8.7

8.3

7.7 

7.4

7.4

6.9

6.3

*5 . 5

5.1

6.3

7.7

7.7

8.7

6.0

7.2

6.3

5.1

4.7 

4.1

330.9

11.0

0.092

0.10

July

3.7

3.7

5.1

12

421

155

87

32

439

108

55

31

25

24

19

24

22

26

15

11

9.6

8.3

7.2

*6.3

5.5

4.7

4.1

3.4

90 

30

12

1,699.6

54.8

0.461

0.53

Aug.

68

81

27

22

18

15

11

9.6

8.3

7.4

6.6

5.8

4.9

4.3 

*3.4

2.5

2.6

2.8

5.1

15

13

14

12

9.2

7.4

6.6

6.0

225

93 

40

23

769.5

24.8

0.208

0.24

Sept.

17

15

11

9.2

7.7

162

203

66

33

21

16

14

10

8.7 

7.4

6.6

5.8

5.5

4.9

*4.9

4.1

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.2

2.8

2.5

2.4

2.3 

2.3

658.5

22.0

0.185

0.21

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,300 Mln 0.6 Mean 220 Cfsm 1.85 In. 25.10

Water year 1955-56: Max 7,OOO Min 2.3 Mean 207 Cfsm 1.74 In. 23.67

Peak discharge (base 

11 a.m.) 9,600 cfs (14

7.000 . . 

5 ft); Feb. 17 (ti

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note. --No gage-height record Feb. 3 to Ma 

gage readings, 1 high-water mark, and rec

1. Jan. 30 (12:30 a.m.) .. 10,900 , cfs (15.06 ft); Feb. 4

discharge unknown).

. 20; discharge estimated on basis of 

rds for East Fcrk near Lascassas.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 49 

Stones River near Smyrna, Term.

Location. Lat 35°59'59", long 86°27'35", on right bank 30 ft downstream from highway 

bridge at Jefferson Springs, If miles downstream from confluence of East and West 

Forks, 3 ? miles upstream from Falls Creek, and 3j miles northeast of Smyrna, Rutherford 

County.

Drainage area. 552 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 459.76 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

datum. Prior to Sept. 22, 1926, tape gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--31 years, 948 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 33,600 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 31.90 ft)- minimum, 21 cfs Oct. 31 (gage height, 1.01 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 54,100 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 41.03 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 26,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination at gage height 36.5 ft, from profile and map prepared by Corps of Engineers; 

minimum observed, 0.8 cfs Aug. 17, 22, 1925 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

Maximum stage known, 43.4 ft in March 1902.

Revisions.--The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

1143

1173

1206

1236

1276

1336

Water 

year

1949

1950

1951

1952

1953

1954

Date

Jan. 31, 1950

Feb. 1, 1951

Dec. 8, 1951

Feb. 21, 1953

Jan. 21, 1954

Discharge 

(cfs)

Gage height 

(feet)

Remarks. Records fair.

Cooperation. --Four discharge measurements furnished "by Corps of Engineers.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 853: 1929(M). WSP 953: 1928(M), 1929, 1934-37. WSP 1276: 

1942. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for high-water periods 

in the water years 1948-55, superseding those published in WSP 1113, 1143, 1173, 1206, 

1236, 1276, 1336, and 1386, are given herewith:

Month

Calendar year 1950. .......

Water year 1950-51. .......

Water year 1951-52

Calendar year 1954. .......

Water year 1954-55. .......

Revised peak discharge. 19^

1948-49: Nov. 29 (1:30 a.m. 

16,900 cfs. 

1949-50: Jan. 6 (2 a.m.) 24 

Feb. 9 (9 p.m.) 24,000 cfs. 

1950-51: Jan. 14 (2 a.m.) ] 

Feb. 21 (11:30 a.m.) 19,100 ci

Ofs-days

198,940 

131,763 

495,606

140,576

49,952

97,109

Maximum

22,700 

0,800 

2,700 

2,700

5,000 

5,000

5,600 

5,600 

5,600

5,700 

5,700

9,500 

5,700

22,700 

42,900

7-48: Mar. 7 (2 a.m. ) 

) 19,400 cfs: Jan. 5 (

,300 cfs; Jan. 31 (6 a

7,300 cfs (20.67 ft); 

s (22.54 ft); Apr. 22

Minimum

376 

686 

24

23

966 

19

496 

19 

20

23 

6.5

60 

6.5

552 

15

Mean

6,417 

4,706 

1,358 

1,374

4,270

1,159

4,535 

1,545 

1,160

3,749 

795

1,611 

953

3,468 

1,121

Per square

mile

11.62 

8.53 

2.46 

2.49

7.74 

2.10

8.22 

2.80

2.10

6.79 

1.44 

2.92 

1.73

6.28 

2.03

Runoff in 

inches

13.40 

8.88 

33.39

33.80

8.06 

28.50

9.47 

38.00 

28.62

7.83 

19.55

3.37 

23.44

6.54 

27.56

17,000 cfs. 

about 9:30 p.m.) 17,700 ofs; June 16 (4 a.m.)

.m. ) 26,100 cfs; Feb. 7 (3 p.m.) 16,40O cfs;

Feb. 1 (5:30 p.m.) £9,000 cfs (29.66 ft); 

(2:30 p.m.) 19,000 cfs (22.42 ft).

1951-52: Dec. 8 (10:30 p.m.) 35,000 cfs (32.56 ft); Dec. 15 (9 a.m.) 22,900 cfs (26.03 ft); 

Jan. 27 (6:30 a.m.) 16,100 cfs (19.47 ft); Mar. 3 (12 p.m.) 25,700 cfs (27.92 ft); Mar. 10 (9 

17,300 cfs (20.74 ft).

1952-53: Feb. IE (11 a.m.) 17,900 cfs (21.28 ft 

Mar. 3 (11:30 a.m.) 18,800 cfs (22.16 ft); May 19

1953-54: Jan. 16 (10 a.m.) 2E,000 cfs (25. £5 ft 

24 (4 p.m.) 17,500 cfs (20.93 ft); Apr. 16 (1

1954-55: Dec. 29 (2 p.m.) 21,600 ofs (24.86 ft): Feb. 6 (9:30 p.

).

. .. , 

Feb. 22 (2:30 p.m.) 25,700 cfs (27.90 ft)

Feb. 21 (11:30 a.m.) 20,700 cfs (24.05 ft); 

p.m.) 17,400 cfs (20.82 ft). 

Jan. 21 (10:30 a.m.) 32,200 cfs (31.22 ft); 

p.m.) 21,300 cfs (24.58 ft).

10,600 cfs (£3.37 ft);
50 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Stones River near Smyrna, Term. Continued

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. £1 to Apr. 6, June 10-22, June 28 

to July 1; rate of change in stage used as a factor Dec. 4, 5, 

Jan. £9-31, Feb. Z, 4, 5, 17-19, Mar. 14, Apr. 6, 7)

1.0 

1.2

3.0

102

244

410

680

4.0 

10.0 

£0.0 

£8.0 

31.0

1,410

7,050

16,600

25,800

31,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30 

51

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

699

286

168

117

96

*75

502

1,800

450

260

174

124

109

98

85

' 75

64

58

55

46

42

38

34

£9

28

25

24

23

25

23

23

5,453

176

0.319

0.37

Nov.

52

30

30

£8

24

24

24

*27

27

27

27

24

28

3,100

2,450

761

524

582

4,740

2,160

958

590

1,520

1,800

887

734

560

434 

547

295

22,594

753

1.36

1.52

Dec.

257

257

340

7,860

4,940

1,970

1,220

859

650

495

410

364

318

292

266

241

215

212

*225

241

225

209

199

190

183

168

156

145 

137

134

132

23,510

758

1.37

1.58

Jan.

124

120

115

115

106

102

100

96

92

92

87

85

85

81

73

72

72

*72

83

120

171

165

168

£54

382

578

554

495 

10,600

25,300

7,030

47,585

1,535

2.78

3.21

Feb.

5,840

8,650

12,600

14,900

8,590

5,520

4,110

2,880

2,200

1,750

2,490

2,150

1,600

1,550

*1,970

2,970

12,800

50,500

8,710

4,600

3,130

2,350

1,830

1,630

1,820

1,700

1,340

1,160 

950

149,830

5,167

9.56

10.09

Mar.

810

768

2,500

2,770

1,500

1,160

995

2,210

1,540

1,170

950

810

929

7,970

3,990

3,170

2,600

1,870

1,450

1,160

972

838

722

632

572

*500

460

434 

410

378

350

46,590

1,503

2.72

3.14

Apr.

524

314

321

1,020

1,020

6,960

4,230

1,930

1,270

950

824

754

584

495

955

4,650

2,010

1,280

956

722

578

490

442

596

*364

337

311

289 

275

260

55,269

1,176

2.15

2.58

May

265

260

266

502

298

260

976

740

*418

357

295

266

241

254

578

787

596

302

257

218

193

*499

257

321

292

263

247

199 

"257 186 

195

10,601

542

0.620

0.71

June

162

162

154

115

104

96

85

81

79

70

64

57

55

57

57

57

57

51

*44

42

41

508

206

288

186

111

79

62

44

58

3,192

106

0.192

0.22

July

63

289

206

134

318

914

375

270

552

860

550

212

174

150

157

140

155

153

*180

124

96

81

72

79

75

62

60

64 

188

655

270

7,216

253

0.422

0.49

Aug.

156

212

250

145

106

98

79

68

62

58

53

48

44

41

*38

40

41

38

62

648

827

292

165

113

83

73

62

1,350 

820 

422

308

6,782

219

0.397

0.46

Sept.

196

85

49

44

44

42

736

364

209

129

96

79

64

60

53

44

42

38

35

*32

29

28

28

28

27

25

25

25 

24

23

2,703

90.1

0.163

0.18

Calendar year 1955: Max 42,900 Win 15 Mean 1,097 Cfsm 1.99 In. 26.96

Water year 1955-56: Max 50,500 Win 23 Mean 987 Cfsm 1.79 In. 24.35

Peak discharge (base. 17,000 cfs). Jan. 30 (11 a.m.) 29,600 cfs (29.96 ft)j Feb. 4 (8 p.m.) 

20,500 cfs (23.82 ft); Feb. 18 (10 a.m.) 33,600 cfs (31.90 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 51

Stewart Creek near Smyrna, Tenn.

Location.--Lat 35°59'54", long 86°30'18", on upstream end of right abutment of bridge on 

Fifteenth Avenue, 0.4 mile downstream from Rock Springs Creek, 0.6 mile south of headquarters at Sewart Air Force Base, 1.3 miles northeast of Smyrna, Rutherford County, 

and 5v miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--71 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--June 1952 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 490.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929 (levels by Corps of Engineers).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,760 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 14.45 ft); minimum, 0.04 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 1.32 ft).

1952-56: Maximum discharge, 8,700 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 17.61 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 4,300 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determination of 

peak flow; no flow Sept. 23 to Dec. 11, 1953, Sept. 15-28, 1954, and Sept. 13, 1955, 

caused by regulation upstream.

Remarks.--Records .fair except those below 10 cfs, which are poor. Occasional regulation 

at low flow caused by small dams above station.

Cooperation.--Two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers. 

Revisions (water years ).--WSF 1386: 1953-54.

Rating tables, wate 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 3-13)

and discharge

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17 Feb. 18 to Sept. 30

1.0 

3.0 

5.5

3.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

172

440

1,270

1,880

2,920

4,120

1.3

1.4

1.5 

1.7

0.02

.8

2.3

7.0

10

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

175

440

Note.--Same as preceding 

table above 4.0 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

98

42

27

20

17

*14

12

11

9.2

8.5

7.6

6.7

7.0

6.7

5.5

5.0

4.5

4.0

3.5

3.2

2.8

2.4

2.0

2 . 2

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.4

1.6

1.8

335.0

10.8

0.152

0.18

Nov.

1.4

1.2

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.0

*1.0

1.0

1.4

1.4

1 . 2

1.4

391

130

66

49

36

440

135

82

75

59

63

50

42

34

E9

25

'-'-

1,744.8

58.2

0 . 820

0.91

Dec .

20

21

161

782

£40

141

100

*77

60

48

40

34

28

25

23

20

19

18

17

16

14

14

12

12

11

10

9.9

9.2

8.5

7.9

2,007.0

64.7

0.911

1.05

Jan.

7.6

7.3

7.0

7.0

6.7

6.4

6.1

5.8

5.5

*5.5

5.5

5.5

5.2

4.8

4.5

4.8

4^2

4.2

6.1

7.6

8.5

8.2

8.8

9.6

11

16

18

22

1,950

2.160

570

4,899.4

158

2.23

2.57

Feb.

542

*1,170

1,220

*1,670

702

702

434

329

278

238

292

232

198

201

*300

305

2,120

*5,760

782

473

356

295

258

248

270

233

209

184

165

18,166

626

8.82

9.52

Mar.

150

148

324

250

193

165

182

365

214

175

151

137

195

1.120

374

374

285

231

188

159

*142

127

107

94

82

74

66

63

59

50 

44

6,288

203

2.86

3.29

Apr.

39

35

60

298

107

1.770

460

272

202

167

150

125

106

91

220

238

150

123

101

85

73

64

57

50

*43

39

34

31

28

 

5,244

175

2.46

2.75

 

May

28

25

24

22

21

20

36

37

*23

2O

18

16

14

24

19

16

12

11

10

9.7

9.4

*9.7

11

9.7

9.1

9.1

8.B

8.2

7.9

7.6

la

503.5

16.2

0.228

0.26

6.5

6.2

5.7

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.6

*3.2

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.3

3.0

3.4

2.5

3.0

11

9.1

5.7

4.6

3.4

3.2

3.0

2 . 8

2.5 

2.3

125.9

4.20

0.059

0.07

July

2.2

1.6

40

18

8.8

7.0

6.0

6.2

5.5

4.3

3.9

3.4

3.2

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.3

4.1

*3.9

3.0

2.8

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.9

2.0

2.0 

1.7

1.6

153.9

4.96

0.070

0.08

Aug.

*1.6

1.6

1.4

14

11

3.0

2.5

2.2

1.9

1.9

1.6

1.6

2.0

1.4

1.2

i.0

1.2

1.0

162

146

13

10

7.6

5.7

4.8

4.1

3.4

110

28 

14

9.4

576.1

18.6

0.262

0.30

Sept.

7.9

6.2

5.2

4.6

3.9

3.4

3.2

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.0

1.9

1.7

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.1

*1.1

1.0

1.0

.8

.8

.8

.8

.7

.7

.5

il

62.7

L:.OS

0.029

0.03

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,340 Min 0 Mean 127 Cfsm 1.79 In. 24.33

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,760 Min 0.1 Mean 110 Cfsm 1.55 In. 21.01

Peak discharge 30 (5

Discharg
52 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Stones River above Donelson, Term.

Location. Lat 36°04'23", long 86°33'30", on left bank half a mile downstream from

Hurricane Creek, 3.3 miles upstream from county highway bridge at Couchville, 8f miles 

southeast of Donelson, Davidson County, and at mile 17.7.

Drainage area.--834 sq mi.

Records available --January 1939 to September 1956. Published as "near Donelson" 1939-40. 

Records published for both sites April to September 1940.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder at present site and datum since Apr. 16, 1940. Datum of gage

Ts 400.00 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook datum. January 1939 to September 1940

wire-weight gage at site 10.5 miles downstream at datum 18 ft lower.

Average discharge. 17 years, 1,364 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 43,600 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 50.75 ft); minimum, 21 cfs Sept. 30 (gage height, 10.88 ft).

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 68,700 cfs Feb. 14, 1948; maximum gage height, 58.46 ft 

Feb. 14, 1948; minimum discharge, 10 cfs Sept. 21, 22, 24, 1940; minimum gage height, 

10.60 ft Sept. 19, 20, 1954.

Maximum stage known, about 59.6 ft in March 1902 {discharge, 73,000 cfs), from highwater profile by Corps of Engineers, present site and datum.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Cooperation.--Four discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1143: 1948.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In

cubic feet per second)

(Rate of change In stage used as a factor Nov. 14, 15, 19, 20, Dec. 4, 5, 

Jan. £9 to Feb. 7, Feb. 17-21, Mar. 3, 14, 15, Apr. 6, 7)

10.9

11.0

11.4

11.7

12.0

12.5

13.0

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18

28 14.0

37 16.0

82 22.0

136 30.0

2O2 

320 

490

1.0

930

2,040

6,300

13,300

28,5OO

41,500

10.8

11.0

11.5

Feb. 19 to Sept. 30

15 12.0

33 12.5

97 13.0

188

300

490

Note.--Same as preceding 

table above 13.0 ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water yea: tober 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1.880

664

362

248

191

149

124

1,650

776

401

266

202

209

202

165

136

112

98

85

7B

70

66

59

54

48

45

*43

44

46

44 

40

8,557

276

0.331

0.38

Nov.

37

45

47

47

42

38

37

37

36

36

36

36

35

1 , 100

4.410

1,250

812

falO

4,340

5,940

*1,520

975

1,040

2,690

1,320

1,020

848

668

534

418

28,004

933

1.12

1.25

Dec.

356

344

582

8,OOO

8.410

2,830

1,730

1,240

980

794

646

542

474

418

377

335

302

293

*290

315

300

281

271

257

250

230

211

198

182

180 

167

31,785

1,025

1.23

1.42

Jan.

165

160

154

145

138

134

124

118

112

105

102

100

100

98

93

88

87

*85

96

165

227

239

232

273

462

678

822

799

12,800

33,800 

16,900

69,601

2 , 245

2.69

3.10

Feb.

5,410

11,300

16,300

18,700

15,8OO

7,640

5,620

3,860

2,980

2,410

2,850

3,050

2,270

2 , 220

3,120

4,340

11,300

40,100

21,600

8,410

4,770

3,290

2,580

2,340

2,830

2,740

2,030

1,710

1,.4_5Q

213,020

7,346

8.81

9.50

Mar.

1,260

1,180

2,320

4,300

+2,170

1,660

1,610

3,590

2,550

1,800

1,450

1,240

1,410

10 . 600

6,600

4,080

3,890

2,680

2,050

1,610

1,330

1,160

1,010

885

786

*696

628

582

542

490

442

£6,601

2,148

2.58

2.97

Apr.

402

370

356

1,630

1,640

10.100

9,230

3,090

1,960

1,470

1,260

al.100

al.OOO

a9oO

a2,500

a5,700

a4,000

a2,500

al,600

*1,100

88O

758

678

602

530

478

422

378

349

324

57,307

1,910

2.29

2.56

May

332

324

363

390

402

360

886

1,040

664

470

370

310

268

247

428

1.080

655

438

318

£58

229

*432

394

261

370

270

310

252

211

231

254

12,817

413

0.495

0.57

June

243

229

184

152

130

118

109

97

91

84

78

72

66

69

70

76

72

73

*69

6J5

78

329

344

192

310

192

134

100

82

68

3,976

133

0.159

0.18

July

61

165

223

203

249

725

542

304

223

805

462

245

194

160

156

143

146

163

*163

160

116

94

78

68

78

69

62

59

64

446 

396

7,022

227

0.272

0.31

Aug.

*175

125

247

171

127

102

90

72

64

59

56

52

47

55

48

41

43

51

175

1,210

1,020

530

237

161

123

100

86

954

1.580

655

418

8,874

286

0.343

0.40

Sept.

£63

175

99

73

66

60

260

598

252

160

118

96

79

69

60

53

47

42

37

*34

31

30

£8

27

£6

24

£3

23

23

22

2,898

96.6

0.115

0.13

Calendar year 1955: Max 46,500 Mln 26 Mean 1,515 Cfsm 1.82 In. 24.66

Water year 1955-56: Max 40,100 Min 22 Mean 1,395 Cfsm 1.67 In. 22.77

Peak discharge (base, 16.OOO cfsl.--Jan. 30 (5 p.m.) 35,900 cfs (47.83 ft); Feb. 5 (2 a.m.) 23,600 

cfs (40.38 ft); Feb. 18 (2 p.m.) 43,600 cfs (50.75 ft); Apr. 6 (10 p.m.) 18,000 cfa (35.02 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range In stage, 

and records for station near Smyrna.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 

Mill Creek near Antioch, Term.

53

Location.--Lat 36°04'54", long 86°40'50", at downstream end of center bridge pier on

Franklin-Limestone Road, 900 ft upstream from Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway spur track bridge, 1.6 miles north of Antioch, Davidson County, 2.1 miles downstream 

from Whittemore Branch, and 4.0 miles southeast of Radnor.

Drainage area.--64 sq ml, approximately.

Records available. October 1953 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 472.93 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1T929

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,320 cfs Feb. 17 (gage height, 14.87 ft); no 

flow Aug. 14-18, Sept. 12-30.

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 17,000 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 19.73 ft); no 

flow for many days each year.

Remarks.--Records good above 10 cfs and fair below. Minor diversion from gage pool for 

industrial use.

Cooperation. --One discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic

feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 3O to Nov. 14)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17 Feb. 18 to Sept. 3O

3.0

3.1 

3.3

3.5 

4.0

Note. Same as following 

table below 3.0 ft and 

above 4.0 ft.

.01 

.02 

.06 

.9 

3.6

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.3 

3.5 

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

9.0

11.0

180

455

830

1,310

2,400

3,600

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

.26.

9.2

4.3

3.0

2.2

1.8

1.8

2.2

1.8

1.5

1.5

2.2

9.2

4.3

4.7

4.0

2.6

2.6

2.2

*1.5

1.3

1.5

1.8

1.5

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.5

2.6

2.2

1.8

107.7

3.47

0.054

0.06

Nov.

1.5

1.5

2.2

2.2

1.8

.8

.5

.2

.0

.0

.2

. 2

.3

98

40

19

19

12

299

55

*32

20

41

26

20

18

14

12

10

7.8

764.2

25.5

0.398

0.44

Dec .

7.2

10

216

293

86

52

38

*28

22

18

15

13

12

10

9.2

8.4

7.2

7.8

9.2

7.2

6.2

6.2

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.2

4.7

4.3

4.3

4.7

4.7

926.6

29.9

0.467

0.54

Jan.

4.7

4.3

4.3

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.3

*3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.6

2.6

2.6

4.3

6.7

6.2

5.7

6.2

7.8

10

12

13

39

3.410

1,430

302

5,313.7

171

2.67

3.09

Feb.

433

1,050

1,010

1,370

440

538

268

190

152

124

182

130

106

190

*369

300

5.120

2,590

595

353

242

178

139

158

217

154

111

88

72.

14,849

512

8.00

8.63

Mar.

61

64

212

116

64

68

265

358

168

127

103

98

261

1.070

282

329

215

162

127

98

*82

70

59

52

45

42

35

33

32

28

26

4,772

154

2.41

2.77

Apr.

24

21

21

86

30

2.040

295

170

118

94

68

70

57

50

145

148

68

68

55

*47

40

35

32

29

26

24

22

20

20

20

3,983

133

2.08

2.31

May

24

31

26

23

20

61

140

50

*30

24

20

16

16

16

16

23

17

15

14

15

13

15

14

26

16

15

16

14

14

13

22

777

25.1

0.392

0.45

June

M

6.2

5.2

4.7

4.3

4.7

4.7

4.3

4.3

4.0

3.3

3.0

3.0

1.3

1.5

1.3

1.3

*.9

.8

.7

.5

.2

3.0

1.8

1.0

.5

.3

.2

.06

.06

80.92

2.70

0.042

0.05

July

O.2

. 2

.1

.1

.1

3.2

2.2

1.3

1.5

1.2

.7

.5

.8

.9

.9

.7

.2

.04

.02

.02

2.0

2.2

1.2

* . 5

.2

.04

.02

.02

.02

.02

-i-Ol.

20.71

0.668

0.010

0.01

Aug.

**6.2

6.5

15

6.9

3.8

.9

.2

.06

.03

.02

.01

.01

.01

O

*0

0

0

0

128

156

8.2

5.0

1.2

1.2

.9

.9

.5

27

8.8

5.0

1.5

361.44

11.7

0.183

0.21

Sept.

JUC

.8

.5

.1

.04

.03

.02

.02

.02

.01

.01

*0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

*0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2.55

0.085

0.0013

0.001

Calendar year 1955 : Max 7,440 Mln 0 Mean 99.4 Cfsm 1.55 In. 21.06

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,410 Mln 0 Mean 87.3 Cfsm 1.36 In. 18.56

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 cfs). Jan. 29 (5:3O D.m. ) 6.440 ofs (14.20 f t > : Feb. 4 (S:30 a.m.)

3,870 cfs (11.38 ft); Feb. 17 (6:30 p.m.) 7,320 cfs (14.87 ft); Mar. 14 (2:30 a.m.) 3,030 cfs

(10.09 ft); Apr. 6 (12 m. ) 6,60O cfs (14.33 ft).

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

** Field estimate made on this day.
54 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

West Harpeth River near Leipers Fork, Term.

Location. Lat 35°53'56", long 86°58'01", on downstream end of center pier at bridge on 

State Highway 96, 0.6 mile downstream from Murfrees Fork, 1.2 miles upstream from 

Leipers Pork, 1.8 miles east of town of Leipers Fork, Williamson County, and 5.7 miles 

west of Franklin.

Drainage area. 66.0 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 634.10 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted 

(Tennessee Valley Authority benchmark).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 14,800 cfs Feb. 17 (gage height, 14.44 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 3,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening and flow-over-road 

determination at gage height 14.8 ft; minimum, 0.04 cfs Sept. 25-30; minimum gage height, 

0.28 ft Sept. 28-30.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 18,900 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 14.8 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 3,000 cfs on basis of contracted opening 

and flow-over-road determination of peak flow.; no flow Sept. 20-23, 26, 27, 1955.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 10 cfs or above 3,000 cfs, which are fair, and 

those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Revisions.--The peak discharge for the water year 1955 has been revised as shown below, 

superseding figure published in WSP 1386.

Revised peak discharge .--1954-55: Feb. 22 (2 a.m.) 2,950 cfs (gage height, 12.40 ft).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic

feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 13, 14, Apr. 17 to May 6)

0.4

.5 

.6

0.04

.3

1.0

2.3

4.2

10

Oct. 1 to May 6

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

5.0 

8.0 

10.0

May 7 to Sept. 30

590

1,150

1,570

11.0

12.0

12.5

13.0

13.5

1,910

2,500

3,130

4,600

7,200

0.2 

.3 

.4 

.5 

.6 1.2 

2.7

0.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4 

1.6 

2.0 114

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

12

4.4

3.0

*2.3

1.9

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.1

1.0

.9

.8

2.8

2.2

1.4

1.0

.8

.8

.8

*.7

.8

.7

.4

.2

.2

.2

.2

.9

2.7 

2.8

1.9

52.9

1.71

0.026

0.03

Nov.

n.o

.6

.7

.9

1.6

1.3

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.6

1.9

17

6.8

4.4

3.0

2.7

71

15

9.7

7.4

8.6

6.8

6.5

5.6

5.1

4.2

3.6

3.4

204.0

6.80

0.103

0.11

Dec.

3.4

5.1

53

132

*41

26

19

16

13

11

10

9.3

8.6

8.3

7.7

6.8

6.5

8.3

7.7

6.5

6.2

5.9

5.9

5.9

5.6

5.1

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.6 4. 6

456.8

14.7

0.223

0.26

Jan.

4.4

4.6

4.6

*4.4

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

4.0

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

4.0

3.6

3.4

7.1

7.1

5.6

5.1

5.9

6.5

6.5

6.5

7.1

16

1.510

1,350 

306

3,312.8

107

1.62

1.87

Feb.

396

821

866

1,160

500

559

324

239

199

171

174

142

122

114

177

202

5,230

6.000

1,000

400

250

200

170

170

220

150

*120

110

100

20,286

700

10.61

11.43

Mar.

90

100

220

130

110

*97

119

199

132

114

98

89

156

571

255

268

196

\ 165

138

115

102

90

80

71

64

58

54

50

46

40

37.

4,060

131

1.98

2.29

Apr.

34

*32

32

68

36

r.540

300

191

157

138

127

104

89

79

120

109

85

74

65

59

54

52

49

45

38

35

33

30

30

31

3,636

121

1.83

2.05

May

44

*71

55

45

34

76

58

39

30

24

20

17

15

14

15

14

11

10

9.6

9.2

8.2

7.5

6.9

9.9

6.3

9.6

6.8

5.5

4.6

4.1

5.7

683.9

22.1

0.335

0.39

June

4.6

3.7

3.4

*4.3

4.1

3.7

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.3

1.9

1.9

2.8

3.4

2.8

2.3

1.8

1.4

33

11

8.4

4.8

3.7

3.0

3.7

3.0

2.3

1.6

1.2

157.8

5.26

0.080

0.09

July

1.0

3.6

1.3

1.2

*1.1

1.0

1.1

36

59

6.2

3.4

2.8

11

3.4

3.2

2.3

1.6

1.4

1.1

1.3

1.1

.8

.5

.3

.2

.09

^06

.06

44

21

213.61

6.89

0.104

0.12

Aug.

*11

108

12

4.6

3.2

2.5

1.8

1.3

1.0

.9

.8

.6

.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.3

.4

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.6

27

4.3

g

.5

185.9

6.00

0.091

0.10

Sept.

0.5

.4

.2

*.l

11

5.2

.9

.4

.2

.1

.08

.07

.06

.06

.06

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

.05

j£i

.04

.04

.04

.04

26.03

0.868

0.013

0.01

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,300 Min O Mean 115 Cfsm 1.74 In. 23.63

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,000 Min O.04 Mean 90.9 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.75

Peak discharge (base. 1.900 cfs).--Jan. 29 (8 p.m.) 3,200 cfs (12.53 ft): Feb. 4 (6:30 a.m.) 2,020 

cfs (11.24 ft); Feb. 17 (11 p.m.) 14,800 cfs (14.44 ft); Apr. 6 (9:30 a.m.) 3,13O cfs (12.50 ft).

ords,

* Discharge meas 

Note. No gage-height 

.nd records for Rutherfc

made on this day.

rd Feb. 18 to Mar. 5; discharge estimated on basis 

reek near Carters Creek and Mill Creek near Antiocl-
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 55

Harpeth River at Belleview, Term.

Location.--Lat 36°03'16", long 86°55'42", on right bank 45 ft upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 100, 0.1 mile downstream from Little Harpeth River, and 0. 9 mile southeast of Belleview, Davidson County.

Drainage area.--404 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1920 to October 1929, January 1932 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 541.04 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929 (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Oct. 1, 1933, staff or chain gage at 

site 2| miles downstream at datum 7.85 ft lower.

Average discharge.--33 years, 563 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,500 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 20.15 ft); minimum 0.3 cfs Sept. 28-30 (gage height, 0.79 ft).

1920-29, 1932-56: Maximum discharge, 40,000 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 24.34 

ft, from floodmarks); no flow Oct. 5-1U, 1922.

Remarks. Records good except those below 50 efs, which are fair. Some diversion above 

station for irrigation.

Cooperation.--Three discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers. 

Revisions (water years) .--WSP 953: 1920-30, 1932-35. WSP 1386: 1948.

Rating tables, wate 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 5-13)

and discharge,

2.0

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18

0.8 2.5

4.7 3.0

14 10.0

38 16.0

72 18.0

147 20.0

Feb. 19 to Sept. 30

460

765

5,100

9,800

14,000

20,000

0.3

.4

5.0

2.0

2.5

3.0

12.0

16.0

18.0

253

480

810

6,500

9,800

14,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

353 ~80

41

28

21

18

13

12

11

9.9

8.8

7.8

11

11

15

13

9.9

8.8

8.8

7.8

6.9

6.1

6.1

4.7

4.0

4.7

*4.7

*4.7

6. 1

10

21

767.8

24.8

0.061

0.07

Nov.

14

11

7.8

5.4

574

9.9

*11

9.9

8.8

9.9

7.8

7.8

7.8

50

244

85

57

46

352

556

153

96

112

94

119

85

70

61

53

46

2,195.5

73.2

0.181

0.20

Dec.

41

42

58

998

905

340

245

190

141

114

99

85

*76

70

66

59

52

50

52

55

52

48

47

47

46

44

41

38

35

35

35

4,206

136

0.337

0.39

Jan.

35

35

35

34

33

32

32

30

9

* 6

5 ~6

8

8

8

6

5

5

30

40

44

42

42

44

47

50

57

72

4,040

10, 200

4,790

20,030

646

1.60

1.84

Feb.

1,900

4,420

5,850

6,230

5,200

3,500

2,390

1,680

1,340

1,100

1,160

1,000

800

1,070

1,320

1,530

5,350

17,900

12,000

2,760

1,890

1,450

1,180

1,170

1,250

1,180

*943

796

649

89,008

3,069

7.60

8.19

Mar.

570

582

814

1,350

803

670

985

1,830

1,180

929

768

684

894

4,010

2,290

 1,860

1,540

1,200

1,020

831

" 705

600

522

445

390

345

322

294

279

253

252

29,197

942

2.33

2.69

Apr.

218

209

197

627

365

4,280

4,490

1,340

980

761

663

540

440

365

415

986

628

470

390

322

275

250

232

212

197

*185

173

158

146 149"

20,663

689

1.71

1.90

May

173

275

272

242

197

197

253

395 22"5

188

164

134

110

93

90

93

122

96

76

67

65

60

*56

52

128

86

67

62

54

60

4,202

136

0.337

0.39

June

46

36

35

32

30

29

26

24

22

20

19

18

19

26

*22

19

19

19

73

72

56

88 56

32

25

21

18

16

15

14.

947

31.6

0.078

0.09

July

11

8.9

8.0

7.2

16

58

23

16

68

80

54

32

23

28

24

19

17

*13

12

12

15

23

17

11

8.0

6.4

5.0

4.3

3.7 b' Q

b . c

36

665.7

21.5

0.053

0.06

Aug.

18

14

~SE 358

39

24

18

14

14

21

16

14

11

8.9

8.0

7.2

7.2

5.7

52~5.0

46

*26

16

12

8.0

7.2

7.2

69

167

50

25

1,174.4

37.9

0.094

0.11

Sept.

18

13

12

12

9.8

42

34

20

15

11

8.9

7.2

5.7

5.0

4.3

3.7

3.1

2.5

2.0

*1.1

.6

.6

1.1

1.5

1.1

*.8

.6

.4

.3 73"

237.6

7.92

0.020

0.02

Calendar year 1955: Max 24,600 Min 1.5 Mean 571 Cfsm 1.41 In. 19.19

Water year 1955-56: Max 17,900 Min 0.3 Mean 473 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.95

Peak discharge (base, 7,500 cfs).--Jan. 30 (5 p.m.) 10,600 cfs (16.51 ft); Feb. 18 (5:30 p.m.) 

20,500 cfs (207l5 ft); Apr. 7 (1 a.m.) 8,140 cfs (l4.34 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
56 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Harpeth River near Kingston Springs, Term.

Location.--Lat 36°07'18", long 87°05'56", on right bank 400 ft upstream from bridge on 

U. 3. Highway 70, 2 miles northeast of Kingston Springs, Cheatham County, 3 miles downstream from Turnbull Creek, and at mile 32.4.

Drainage area.--687 sq mi.

Records available. July 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 448.04 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T9ii9. Prior to Jan. £3, 1939, staff gage at site 150 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 31 years, 947 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 25,600 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 23.24 ft); minimum, 22 cfs Sept. 18, 19, 23; minimum gage height, 0.57 ft Sept. 23.

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 60,000 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 32.20 ft); minimum, 12 cfs Sept. 18, 1939; minimum gage height observed, 0.26 ft Sept. 24, 1931.

Remarks.--Records good.

Cooperation.--Four discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Revisions (water years). WSP 953: 1927, 1933, 1935-36. WSP 1033: 1927(M), 1932-33(M), 

 1935(M); 1937(M). 

Rating table water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 1-14}

Oct. 1 to Jan. 29 Jan. 30 to Sept. 30

2.0 265

2.5 435

3.0 670

6.0 2,900

11.0 7,250

75

143

700

2,980

8,250

12,600

18,000

24,900

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

751

300

158

104

84

72

82

83

£6

60

57

56

94

92

71

63

64

62

59

57

*55

53

49

46

42

41

43

47

68

73

59

3,011

97.1

0.141

0.16

Nov.

52

59

67

68

62

57

*54

51

50

51

52

52

54

162

274

298

175

134

430

650

364

242

350

301

239

228

180

151

134

118

5,139

171

0.249

0.28

Dec.

Ill

122

130

321

1,480

640

423

336

283

236

200

177

165

156

149

136

130

134

*132

126

124

120

118

116

116

113

109

102

9999"

99

6,802

219

0.319

0.37

Jan.

98

98

98

94

93

92

88

86

82

*78

80

80

80

7679"

80

76

76

101

149

124

124

132

132

132

132

134

181

6,950

17,200

9,540

36.565

1,180

1.72

1.98

Feb.

3,160

6,220

9,650

8,880

8,440

5,050

3.970

2 , 7 10

2,140

1,760

1,740

1,680

1,360

2,540

4,360

3,670

8,040

22, 800

22,800

8,270

3,390

2,480

1,970

1,930

2,400

2,260

*1,740

1,480

1^,220

148,110

5,107

7.43

8.02

Mar.

1,070

1,070

1,090

1,850

1,310

1,130

1,680

3,260

2,430

1,710

1,380

1,200

1,320

5,160

4,670

2,980

2,720

2,040

1,680

1,380

*1,160

1,030

910

812

707

628

580

526

490

445

408

48,826

1,575

2.29

2.64

Apr.

380

368

372

720

917

6,110

7,860

2,700

1,81.0

1,410

1,220

1,050

854

742

798

1,280

1, 240

917

777

652

562

495

455

412

380

*360

336

314

303

3TO

36,104

1,203

1.75

1.95

May

450

475

652

520

435

408

580

580

470

360

310

275

238

212

212

210

205

207

183

165

152

143

*135

131

129

193

170

145

141

129

121

8,736

282

0.410

0.47

June

141

125

109

103

99

94

88

85

79

76

72

68

68

74

97

91

79

71

68

151

205

137

154

127

100

86

79

72

66

63

2,927

97.6

0.142

0.16

July

59

54

52

49

48

46

87

73

102

145

139

109

112

114

100

89

72

65

59

*59

61

56

52

57

55

47

40

34

31

77

54

2,197

70.9

0.103

0.12

Aug.

49

66

126

236

127

82

62

50

51

36.

36

44

37

91

272

82

*58

47

45

152

118

109

81

64

54

45

43

46

82

188

100

2,679

86.4

0.126

0.15

Sept.

71

56

48

41

41

*

58

78

59

49

44

38

34

30

26

24

23

22

22

24

24

23

23

33

33

29

*28

26

25

26

1,113

37.1

0.054

0.06

Calendar year 1955: Max 33,100 Min 22 Mean 969 Cfsm 1.41 In. 19.14

Water year 1955-56: Max 22,800 Min 22 Mean 826 Cfsm 1.20 In. 16.36

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 cfs).--Jan. 30 (3 a.m.) 21,400 cfs (21.61 ft); Feb. 3 (10 a.m.)

11,300 cfs (14790 ft); Feb. 18 (11 a.m.) 25,600 cfs (23.24 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 57 

Red River near Adams, Term.

Location.--Lat 36°35'25", long 87°05'25", on downstream end of right "bank pier of "bridge 

on U. S. Highway 41, 0.5 mile downstream from Elk Creek, 1.5 miles northwest of Adams, 

Robertson County, and at mile 33.0.

Drainage area.--678 sq ml.

Records available.--June 1920 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 398.34 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

datum (Corps of Engineers benchmark). Prior to Oct. 8, 1926, chain gage and Oct. 8, 

1926, to Nov. 13, 1939, water-stage recorder, at site half a mile downstream at same 

datum.

Average discharge.--36 years, 961 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 17,300 cfs Jan. 31, Feb. 18: maximum gage height, 

27.60 ft Feb. 18; minimum discharge, 40 cfs Sept. 29 (gage height, 1.66 ft).

1920-56: Maxim.im discharge, 42,000 efs Jan. 23, 1937 (gage height, 37.5 ft, from 

floodmarks, converted to present site by curve of relation), from rating curve extended 

above 25,000 cfs; minimum, 30 cfs Sept. 10, 1925 (gage height, 1.30 ft, site, then in 

use).

Remarks.--Records good.

Cooperation.--Two discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 953: 1920-27. WSP 1276: 1928, 1932(M), 1935(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56

2.0

E.5 

3.0

202

330

745

1,890

4,410

16,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

TotaJ

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

179

164

115

87

78

67

316 294"

214

155

124

109

188

184

157

128

115

102

95

86

80

75

70

66

62

60

60

62

66

63

*62

3,683

119

0.176

0.20

Nov.

6369"

82

95

111

109

93

87

82

80

80

78

77

75

77

106

118

95

124

148

186

144

126

111

100

95

89

84

77

*75

2,936

97.9

0.144

0.16

Dec.

73

77

98

230

550

242

195

170

150

131

124

111

104

100

91

87

86

86

86

82

78

77

75

75

73

70

69

69

*67

73

70

3,449

111

0.164

0.19

Jan.

69

67

66

65

63

62

60

59

58

57

55

54

54

54

53

52

*51

51

78

87

89

93

91

86

82

78

75

78

3,400

*14,300

12, 60O

32,187

1,038

1.53

1.77

Feb.

4,710

7,630

*10,300

7,260

5,740

3,970

3,270

2,690

2,360

2,110

2,050

2,010

1,730

1, 830

3,440

3,740

9,760

16,600

12,000

6,430

4, 500

*3,660

3,090

3,050

3,77O

3,120

2,640

2,490

2,130

-- ~ -

138,080

4,761

7.02

7.57

Mar.

1,920

1,830

1,720

1,580

1,450

1,360

1,330

2,680

2,030

1,580

1,390

1,390

1,580

5,220

5,140

4,220

4,230

3,200

2,640

2,210

1,940

1,750

1,560

1,420

1,280

1,180

1,110

1,040

956

*880

815

62,631

£,020

2.98

3.44

Apr.

770

800

1,220

3,530

2,400

3,170

5,560

2,920

2, 210

1,860

1,710

1,600

1,340

1,180

1,170

1,520

1,310

1,080

956

880

805

750

718

686

650

624

592

556

534

*552"

43,653

1,455

2.15

2.39

May

565

765

1,480

1,060

840

722

1,200

2,120

1, 360

1,070

905

790

704

632

606

686

592

498

447

441

370

381

370

384

381

324

313

305

310

286

*267

21,144

682

1.01

1.16

June

286

275

259

237

232

223

216

209

202

195

188

181

177

294

530

242

214

211

181

179

193

186

186

161

159

157

150

144

137

131

6,135

204

0.301

0.34

July

128

*124

118

113

113

170

202

157

135

126

113

106

159

313

235

239

297

216

190

161

139

128

187

184

155

133

120

106

93

294

*313

5,267

170

0.251

0.29

Aug.

186

207

E15

257

175

133

113

95

87

78

75

73

70

67

63

60

60

59

85

1,050

868

364

235

190

157

153

131.

115

111

111

*104

5,711

184

0.271

0.31

3ept.

100

93

86

80

77

170

ITT

89

82

77

72

67

65

62

59

55

52

49

49

48

47

47

46

46

45

44

42

41

42

42

1,983

66.1

0.097

0.11

ilendar year 1955: Max 

ater year 1955-56: Max

Min 

Min

In. 17.21 

In. 17.93

Peak discharge (base,

3fs (19.24 ft); Feb. 18 (6:30 p.

* Discharge measurement made on thl

,000 efs).--Jan. 31 (l a.m.) 17,300 cfs (27.55 ft); Feb. 3 (6 a.m.) 10,900 

' 17,300 cfs (27.£0 ft), 

day.

463897 O -58 -5
58 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Sulphur Pork Red River near Adams, Term.

Location. Lat 36°31'00", long 87°03'40", on left bank 1,000 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 2f miles downstream from Millers Creek, 4| miles soutn of Adams, Robertson 

County, and 8ij miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--185 sq mi.

Records available.--January 193y to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 424.36 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

3atum. Prior to Nov. 26, 1940, wire-weight gage at site 1,000 ft upstream at same 

datum.

Average discharge.--17 years, 230 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 11,500 cfs Jan. 30 (gage height, 21.06 ft); minimum, 3.2 cfs Sept. 26 (gage height, 3.31 ft).

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 13,200 -fs Mar. 22, 1952 (gage height, 22.75 ft); minimum, 1.8 cfs Sept. 27, 1948; minimum gage height, 3.15 ft Sept. 21-23, 1955. 

Maximum stage known, 25.1 ft in June 1934, from floodmarKS.

Remarks.--Records fair.

Cooperation. One discharge measurement furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 tn Mar. 7 Mar. 8 to Sept. 30

3.5 13 6.0 735 3.3 3.0 4.2 87

3.E 24 7.0 1,180 3.4 5.0 4.E 182

3.7 40 12.0 4,340 3.5 8.0 6.0 715

3.9 74 19.0 9,680 3.6 12 7.0 1,180

4.5 240 3.7 19 9.0 2,390

4.0 53

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

El

22

Z3

Z4

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

81

33

23

13

16

15

112

64

31

22

1*

IB

47

38

29

23

21

19

18

18

16ie

16

14

14

14

14

14

16

*19

840

27.1

0. 146

0.17

Nov.

17

16

18

22

20

20

18

17

1C

16

16

16

16

52

42

33

37

31

133

101

68

48

65

56

43

38

35

31

29

*28

1,078

35.9

0.194

0.22

Dec.

28

30

69

186

98

66

53

44

39

34

3O

28

26

25

25

23

22

22

23

22

21

20

20

20

20

20

19

19

19

19

19

1,109

35.8

0.194

0.22

Jan.

19

19

19

18

18

18

18

17

16

16

IE

16

If

16

16

16 *ie

16

27

37

30

26

25

24

23

22

21

22

3,380

*9,030

1,500

14,473

467

2.52

2.91

Feb.

913

2,840

3,430

2,830

1,330

904

658

518

430

357

387

327

285

342

E25

570

2,580

5,390

1 930

l!l90

771

598

494

763

732

539

469

393

*318

32,813

1,131

6.11

6.60

Mar.

294

285

270

255

237

251

1,020

1,090

514

358

276

242

266

1, 220

F'87

948

707

542

402

300

246

Z18

198

189

166

159

149

146

136

*1S6

119

11,996

387

2 . 09

2.41

Apr.

113

129

214

1, 650

410

2,310

l' ISO

595

402

310

290

242

208

192

198

232

202

182

1F6

149

139

132

126

123

113

110

107

102

99

*104

10,529

351

1.90

2. 12

May

116

225

368

232

189

159

475

341

222

182

56

36

19

07

29

119

96

85

77

75

71

93

73

77

66

64

66

63

60

56

*54

4,351

140

0.757

0.87

June

595~5~

50

48

46

46

45

44

41

39

38

37

36

37

39

40

43

43

47

38

33

53

38

40

34

30

29

26

22

21

1, 195

39.8

0.215

0.24

July

19

*18

18

17

17

18

19

17

13

13

13

26

116

81

61

45

75

46

32

26

24

21

22

18

18

18

17

15

16

503 

*T32~

1,494

48.2

0.261

0.30

Aug.

81

211

77

69

50

40

34

29

25

21

19

17

16

14

16

28

18

15

46

175

70

44

36

28

24

20

18

34

31

*18

1,346

43.4

0.235

0.27

Sept.

IE

14

12

11

32

74

38

22

16

12

11

10

9.2

8.4

7.4

5.9

5.0

4.4

4.2

4.6

5.3

5.6

5.3

5.0

4.4

3.8

4.2

4.0

4.0

4.6

563.3

12.1

0.065

0.07

Calendar year 1955: Max 8,000 Mln 7.2 Mean 203 Cfsm 1.10 In. 14.90

Water year 1955-56: Max 9,030 Mln 3.8 Mean 223 Cfsm 1.21 In. If . 40
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 59

Cumberland River at Dover, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36°29'26", long 87°50'20", on center pier of bridge on U. S. Highway 79 at 

Dover, Stewart County, 0.1 mile upstream from Dyer Creek, 0.6 mile upstream from Indian 

Creek, 0.8 mile upstream from lock and dam D, and at mile 88.8.

Drainage area.--16.530 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available.--October 1937 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is 324.25 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

datum (levels by Corps of Engineers). Prior to Feb. 8, 1939, and during periods of 

crest-wicket manipulation at dam D (Feb. 8, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1951} staff gage at 

upper lock D, 0.8 mile downstream at same datum. Auxiliary staff gage, 19.7 miles upstream, below spillway at lock and dam C, read four times daily.

Average discharge. 19 years, 24,250 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 144,000 cfs Feb. 21; maximum gage height, 41.85 

ft Feb. 21; minimum daily discharge, 855 cfs Sept. 27; minimum gage height, 10.20 ft 

Dec. 13.

1937-56: Maximum discharge, 188,000 cfs Feb. 15, 1950; maximum gage height, 48.13 

ft Feb. 16, 1950; minimum daily discharge, 414 cfs Oct. 4, 1947; minimum gage height 

observed, 7.10 ft (upper lock D gage) Sept. 16, 1947.

1916-37: Maximum gage height observed, 56.8 ft Jan. 25, 1937, at lock D; minimum 

observed, 6.8 ft in September 1925, at lock D. Both extremes from unpublished records 

of Corps of Engineers.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods computed by using fall as a factor and 

those for periods of wicket manipulation, which are fair, or those for periods when 

crest wickets were overtopped, which are poor. Some regulation by Lake Cumberland, 

Dale Hollow Reservoir, Great Palls Lake, Center Hill and Old Hickory Reservoirs 

(see p. 63), and by Cheatham and other navigation dams on Cumberland River.

Cooperation.--Lock gage readings, record of wicket manipulation, level notes, and four 

discharge measurements furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Revisions (water years ). WSP 1276: 1942.

t per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

e4,360 

e4,460 

64,480 

e4,430 

e4,430

15,700 

ell,100 

e5,990 

e5,940 

e8,020

31,400

34,200

40,400

40,4

39,200

39,400

34,800

35,600

37,800

37,700

e6,300

e9,750

e13,400

e13,500

e13.100

e!4,600

el3,900

e9,380

e6,530

ell,600

e3,070 

ell,000 

e13,800 

e12,200

e9,780

14,200 

e12,500 

e14,600 

e14,200

15,400

E9,500 

£2,800 

£3,100 

£0,600 

16,100

610,500 

e6,180 

e5,840 

e5,800 

e4,330

115,000

102,000

82,400

65,200

59,400

17,100 

16,900 

12,600 

e7,910 

030

19,000 

e18,900

e9,260

e!4,200

22,600

e!2,700 

elO,300 

e!3,700 

e 12, 700 

e8,990

29,100

29,

24,90

16,100

67,520

19,900

17,200

14,700

14,900

13,100

13,200 

10,900 

67,650 

e4,200

65,740

6984

e2,l£0

e3,280

e7,560 

64,950 

e4,340 

65,070 

e2,170

28,700

22,400

18,500

16,400

16,100

e7,340 

e8,700 

67,530 

67,270 

e4,360

68,910 

e6,500 

e8,480 

11,500 

14,300

ell,£00 

613,500

14,900

13, 

611,000

610,200 

e4,930 

e4,080 

62,860 

e5,250

610,900

e10,100

67,060

69,660

14,900

700 

4,34C 

6,570 

6,750 

6,810 

9,430

e2,£40 

e2,730 

e3,660 

eS9,700 

104,000 

124,000

15,100 

13,400 

e7,770 

s7,090 

56,210 

54.6EO

Total 284,520 423,530 481,680 424,661*2,799.5 $1,920.8 B.,549.4 714,280 304,760 206,914 225,380 227,87E 

Mean 9,178 14,120 15,540 13,700 96,530 61,960 51,650 23,04O 10,160 6,675 7,270 7,596

Calendar year 1955 

Water year 1955-56

* Discharge measureme 

t Adjusted for chang

. 

in Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow Reservoir, Great Falls Lake, and

Center Hill and Old Hickory Reservoirs 

* Expressed In thousands.

e Crest wicket manipulation at dam D; discharge computed by weir formula plus 1 

Note.--Crest wickets overtopped Oct. 1-6, 9, 15, Nov. 5, Jan. 22, 29, June 21 ' July 5- 

3 a factc
60 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

South Fork Little River at Hopkinsville , Ky.

Location.--Lat 36°50'22", long 87°28'52" , on right tank at downstream side of bridge on 

U. 3. Highway 41A, 1 mile south of city limits of Hopkinsville, Christian County, and 

6 miles upstream from North Fork.

Drainage area.--46.2 sq mi.

Records available. October 1949 to September 1956.

Gage. Wire-weight gage and concrete control. Datum of gage is 499.71 ft above mean sea 

level, datum of 1929. Prior to Dec. 22, 1949, wire-weight gage at same site and datum. 

Dec. 22, 1949, to Dec. 30, 1955, water-stage recorder and concrete control at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 7 years, 78.6 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, Jan. 30 (time and discharge unknown); minimum 

daily, 0.4 cfs Sept. 23-30.

1949-56: Maximum discharge recorded, 5,670 cfs Jan. 14, 1951 (gage height, 19.17 

ft); minimum observed, 0.1 cfs Oct. 22, 1949.

Maximum stage known, 20.4 ft in January 1937, from floodmark.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of doubtful or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. Some regulation at low flow by Western State Hospital, 2 miles above 

station.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

15

7.1

5.5

4.4

4.1

3.3

8.9

4.9

3.8

3.1

3.1

5.4

*16

7.5

6.2

5.2

4.6

4.1

3.6

3.1

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.6

1 . 6

'

141.7

4.57

0.099

0.11

Nov.

1.5

5.1

7.8

4.1

3.3

3.1

2.8

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.0

1.8

1.8

2.5

11

*6.8

6.5

12

9.6

8.5

7.5

9.6

10

8.5

7.8

7.5

6.5

6.2

5.2

169.0

5.63

0.122

0.14

Dec.

5.2

7.5

123

183

35

24

19

16

14

12

11

10

9.3

7.5

6.8

*5.8

5.8

5.8

5.5

4.9

4.9

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.1

3.6

3.8

3.6

3.8

3 . 8

556.9

18.0

0.390

0.45

Jan.

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.0

375

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.5

4.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

7.0

8.0

6.0

5.6

*5.2

5.0

10

200

5.000

700

4,021.4

130

2.81

3.24

Feb.

400

*1,500

500

300

250

200

150

130

110

100

120

130

110

120

240

250

600

2,000

600

300

250

200

180

180

250

200

150

100

*80

_ _ _ __ _ -

9,700

334

7.23

7.81

Mar-.

69

56

47

45

45

45

50

100

90

80

70

70

400

1 . OOP

500

3OO

250

230

200

180

150

130

100

90

80

78

74

70

66

62

60

4,787

154

3.33

3.85

Apr.

60

60

60

70

150

250

150

100

*60

80

200

loo

80

60

500

200

150

120

100

90

70

60

55

50

46

44

40

38

36

55

2,914

97.1

2.10

2.55

May

40

45

60

45

4O

55

50

150

50

*30

27

25

22

25

50

10O

50

40

35

30

25

20

17

16

I5.

15

25

20

18

17

16

1,153

37.2

0.805

0.93

June

15

14

13

12

11

11

11

10

10

10

9

9

9

15

11

12

10

9

8

7.5

7

6

5.5

5

4.6

4

1.5

5

4

4.5

272.6

9.09

0.197

0.22

July

3

2.5

2

2

2.5

2

1.8

1.5

1.5

1

1

2

3.5

5

5.5

2.5

2

1.5

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1

1

2

1.5

1

.9

.8

*T~a .7

. o

55.1

1.78

0 ,059

0.04

Aug.

0.6

56

9.3

39

9.2

4.4

5.5

1.5

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.2

.9

.9

.7

.6

116

174

20

10

7.1

5.8

4.9

4.4

5.8

4.4

*3.3

2.5

474.2

15.3

0.331

0.38

Sept.

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.5

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.7

.7

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

*.4

.4

.4

.4

29.0

0.97

0.021

0.02

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,260 Hln 0.6 Mean 69.9 Cfsm 1.51 In. 20.54

Waber year 1955-56: Max 3,000 Hln 0.4 Mean 66.3 Cfsm 1.44 In. 19.54

Peak discharge (base, 1.600 cfs). Jan. 30 (time and discharge unknown); Feb. 2 (time and dlscharge unknown); Feb. 18 (time and discharge unknown).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. Doubtful or no gage-height record Dec. 31 to July 30, Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 11-30; discharge 

estimated on basis of 6 discharge measurements, weather records, and records for Little River near 

Cadiz.
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Little River near Cadiz, Ky.

Location. Lat 36°46'40", long 87°43'18", on right bank at upstream side of highway 

bridge, 50 ft downstream from Casey Creek, and 8f miles southeast of Cadiz, Trigg 

County.

Drainage area. 249 sq mi.

Records available. February 1940 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 391.45 ft above mean sea level, unadjusted. 

Prior to July 31, 1945, wire-weight gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 16 years, 339 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,980 cfs Jan. 30 (gage height, 17.40 ft); minimum, 15 cfs Sept. 29-30.

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 14,200 cfs Jan. 14, 1951 (gage height, 21.00 ft); 

minimum observed, 1.0 cfs Oct. 3, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low flow by small mill at Pee Dee, 5 miles 

above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1173: 1942-43, 1946(M), 1949.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 16-19, Feb. 13, Mar. 1-12)

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5

3.8

185

295

4.5

6.0

11.0

14.0

16.0

630

1,190

2,970

4,660

6,500

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

366

IT?

81

62

50

50

66

71

65

48

39

43

56

*113

74

54

46

42 

38

35

34

33

33~ 31

31

31

31

32

34

33

32

1,873

60.4

0.243

0.28

Nov.

31

32

34

42

49

42

36

32

31

32

28

2728"

29

27

30

*45

79 

50

40

45

43

40

38

36

35

33

32

29

27

1,102

36.7

0.147

0.16

Dec.

28

29

68

345

197

121

95

81

71

63

56

51

46

45 

43

*39

38

38 

37

35

35

34

33

33

33

31

31

30

29

29

29

1,873

60.4

0.243

0.28

Jan.

29

29

29

28

27

27

26

26

26

25

24"24"

24

24 

24

24

24

24 

29

29

38

40

43

39

38

35

*34

35

2,520

6,360

3,460

13,164

425

1.71

1.97

Feb.

1,850

*4,440

3,750

1,660

1,340

1,140

994

846

738

678

750

774

630 552"

1,270

1,240

3,160

5,990 

3,240

1,590

1,280

1,090

955

1,000

1,270

1,300

914

778

*658

______

______

45,987

1,586

6.37

6.87

Mar.

598

563

522

475

430

405

430

618

568

440

394

384

625

3,090 

1,380

1,550

1,470

1,090 

917

786

698

634

590

540

495

460

435

405

372

345

525

22,634

730

2.93

3.38

Apr.

305

300

295

356

*362

622

1,050

610

475

500

742

654

522

450 

628

1,500

900

594 

500

425

372

330

500

272

259

256

222

212

200

191

14,184

475

1.90

2.12

May

180

190

200

191

178

172

226

746

320

*215

185

165

155

142 

194

522

240

175 

149

154

125

115

109

105

97

95

93

99

95

88

84

5,780

186

0.747

0.86

June

81

81

77

75

71

69

68

*65

60

56

55

55

55

76 

90

66

58

54 

51

50

48

48

45

44

45

42

40

40

5939"

1,755

57.8

0.232

0.26

July

59

42

59

38

55

45

59

55

55

51

29

55

71

95

73

51

40

37 

38

*35

32

51

29

51

33

31

52

29

52

54

J26

1,258

40.6

0.165

0.19

Aug.

42

512

232

77

54

69

42

54

30

28

27

27

26

26

25

24

54

24 

27

824

470

156

105

86

71

62

56

50

47

*45

44

5,166

102

0.410

0.47

Sept.

40

39

35

35

32

28

26

24

23

22

22

21

21

19

18

16

16

16

17

18

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

*16

15

IS

645

21.5

0.086

0.10

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,980 Mln 21 Mean 330 Cfsm 1.33 In. 17.97

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,360 Mln 15 Mean 310 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.94

Peak discharge (base, 5,500 cfs). Jan. 50 (3:30 a.m.) 7.980 cfs (17.40 ft); Feb. 

6,030 cfs (15.53 ft); Feb. 18 (3 a.m.) 6,610 cfs (16.11 ft); Mar. 14 (9:30 p.m.) 5,f 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

(10:30 a.m.) 

D cfs (12.66 ft).
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Cumberland River at Smithland, Ky.

Location. Lat r-7°08'45", long 83°24'25", on downstream side of left center pier of briddge

 on U. S. Highway 60 at Smithland, Livingston County, 1 mile downstream from McCormick 

Creek and 2.8 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. --18 ,080 sq mi, approximately.

Records available . --February 1939 to September 1956 (fragmentary prior to March 1940).

Gage. --Water -stage recorder. Datum of gage is 300.00 ft above mean sea level, Sandy Hook 

datum. Prior to Aug. 4, 1945, wire-weight gage at same site and datum. Auxiliary waterstage recorder at Dycusburg, 16.8 miles upstream, since Nov. 20, 1944. Prior to Oct. 1, 

1944, auxiliary wire-weight gage at Eureka, 28.7 miles upstream and Oct. 1 to Nov. 19, 

1944, auxiliary staff gage at present site. During periods of crest-wicket operation 

staff gage above spillway at lock and dam F, 40.8 miles upstream, read four times daily.

Average discharge. --16 years (1940-56), 27,120 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. --Maximum discharge during year, 137,000 cfs Feb. 23, 24; maximum gage height, 

33.61 ft Feb. 26; minimum daily discharge, 937 cfs Sept. 27.

1939-56: Maximum discharge, 201,000 cfs Feb. 18, 1950; maximum gage height, 43.10 

ft Feb. 13, 1950; minimum daily discharge, 1941-56, 453 cfs June 23, 1944. 

Maximum stage known, 51.1 ft January to February 1937.

Remarks. --Record good above 15,000 cfs and fair below. Discharge above 15,000 cfs computed

 using fall as determined by auxiliary gage as a factor; discharge below 15,000 cfs computed using upper gage at lock and dam P with wicket operation at dam as a factor. Some 

regulation by navigation dams on Cumberland River, and by Great Falls Lake, Lake Cumberland, Dale Hollow, Center Hill, and Old Hickory Reservoirs (see following page).

Cooperation. --Gage-height record for lock and dam F and record of wicket manipulations 

furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1173: 1947 (M). WSP 1336: 1940-43.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day No Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.

12,700 

17,600 

20,60O 

12,40O

10,700

11,800

6,920

6,410

6,130

4,530

6, 740

9,550

9,840

7,630

4,090

2,360

972

1,250

2,140

2,030

1,390

2,130

2,320

2,410

2,410

2,410

2,910

4,000

19,000

72,700

90,000

45,800 

44,300 

'42,600 

47,600 

58,200

59,200

71,900

83,900

90,800

91,800

15,000

14,900

II.9OO 

4,740 

1,670

2,800

I II,100 

13,500 

14,900 

11,9OO

11,100

9,170

9,540

14,400

16,100

13,500

7,090

5,270

6,150

3,910

2,020

1,940

6,750

13,500

9,170

6,040

937 1,9~50~

6,750

12,300

Total 307,000 461,430 508,180 358,072 £3,123.7 t2,27O.2 tl,703.6 768,410 333,360 247,830 254,960 260,027 

Mean 9,903 15,380 16,390 11,550 107,700 73,230 56,790 24,790 11,11O 7,995 8,225 8,668

Adjustedt

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

Max 159,00(3 Min 

Max 136,000 Min

Mean 

Mean

29,490

28,950

Mean 28,000 Cfsm 1.55 

in 29,560 Cfsm i. 63
CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN 63

Reservoirs in Cumberland River basin

Lake Cumberland. Lat 36°52'09", long 85°08'45", in pylon of Wolf Creek Dam on Cumberland 

River, 10 miles southwest of Jamestown, Russell County, Ky. Drainage area, 5,790 sq mi, 

approximately. Records available, July 1950 to September 1956 in reports of Geological 

Survey; April to July 1950 in files of Corps of Engineers. Prior to October 1955, 

published as Wolf Creek Reservoir. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea 

level, Sandy Hook datum. Prior to Dec. 6, 1950, staff gage at same site at datum 545.0 

ft higher. Maximum contents during year, 2,294,800 cfs-days Mar. 18 (elevation, 733.72 

ft); minimum, 934,400 cfs-days Jan. 1 (elevation, 673.01 ft). Maximum contents during 

period 1950-56, 2,505,800 cfs-days Dec. 23, 1951 (elevation, 741.32 ft); minimum (after 

first filling), that of Jan. 1, 1956.

Reservoir is formed by earth embankment and concrete gravity dam surmounted by 

10 taintor gates 37 ft high by 50 ft wide. Final closure of dam made Aug. 7, 1950. 

Total capacity at elevation 760.00 ft (top of gates) is 3,070,000 cfs-days, of which 

1,056,000 cfs-days above elevation 723.00 ft (crest of spillway) are reserved for flood 

control and 1,080,000 cfs-days between elevations 673.00 ft (minimum power pool) and 

723.00 ft will be used for power production. Figures given herein represent total contents, of which 934,000 cfs-days below elevation 673.00 ft are dead storage. Reservoir 

is used for flood control, power, and navigation. Records furnished by Corps of 

Engineers.

Dale Hollow Reservoir.--Lat 36°32'19", long 85°27'05", at Dale Hollow Dam on Obey River, 

3 miles east of Celina, Clay County, Tenn., and 7.3 miles upstream from mouth. Drainage area, 935 sq mi. Records available, August 1943 to September 1956. Water-stage 

recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, Sandy Hook datum. Prior to June 25, 

1946, staff gage at same site and datum. Maximum contents during year, 703,200 cfs-days 

Apr. 7 (elevation, 652.48 ft); minimum, 433,000 cfs-days Jan. 12 (elevation, 631.08 

ft). Maximum contents observed during period 1943-56, 780,000 cfs-days Feb. 10, 1950 

(elevation, 657.8 ft); minimum observed (after first filling), 428,000 cfs-days 

Sept. 11, 1944 (elevation, 630.63 ft).

Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity dam. Spillway is equipped with 6 taintor 

gates each 12 ft high by 60 ft wide. Storage began Aug. 30, 1943, and water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation May 7, 1944. Total capacity at elevation 

663.0 ft (top of gates) is 860,000 cfs-days of which 178,000 cfs-days between elevations 663.0 ft (top of gates) and 651.0 ft (crest of spillway) is reserved for flood 

control, and 250,000 cfs-days between elevations 651.0 and 631.0 ft (ordinary minimum 

pool) is used for power production. Reservoir is used for flood control, navigation, 

and power. Records furnished by Corps of Engineers.

great Falls Lake. Lat 35°48'10", long 85°38'00", at penstock inlet on Collins River, 

800 ft southwest of powerhouse of Tennessee Valley Authority, 1.9 miles northwest of 

Rock Island, Warren County, Tenn., 2.3 miles upstream from mouth, and 2.4 miles upstream from Great Falls Dam on Caney Fork. Drainage area, 1,640 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available, January 1917 to September 1956. Remote indicator gage. Datum of 

gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum 

contents during year, 28,700 cfs-days Feb. 2 (elevation, 805.97 ft); minimum, 8,500 

cfs-days Jan. 14 (elevation, 780.79 ft). Maximum 12 p.m. elevation during period 1916- 

56, 817.48 ft Mar. 23, 1929 (contents not determined); minimum 12 p.m. contents, 1,700 

cfs-days Aug. 19, 1918 (elevation, 756.3 ft).

Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity dam. Spillway is equipped with 18 taintor 

gates each 14 ft high by 25 ft wide. Dam completed and storage began in 1916; dam 

redesigned and crest raised 35 ft in 1925. Total capacity at elevation 804.9 ft (top 

of gates) is 27,400 cfs-days, of which 24,900 cfs-days is controlled storage above 

elevation 762.0 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used primarily for power. Records 

furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Center Hill Reservoir.--Lat 36°05'48", long 85 C 49'38", at Center Hill Dam on Caney Fork, 

10 miles north of Sraithville, DeKalb County, 14 miles southeast of Carthage, Smith 

County, Tenn., and at mile 26.6. Drainage area, 2,195 sq mi. Records available, 

November 1948 to September 1956. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea 

level, Sandy Hook datura. Prior to Mar. 14, 1949, staff gage a quarter of a mile upstream at same datura. Maximum contents during year, 768,000 cfs-days Feb. 20 (elevation, 658.26 ft); minimum, 421,600 cfs-days Jan. 13 (elevation, 617.90 ft). Maximum 

contents during period 1948-56, 1,005,000 cfs-days Feb. 10, 1950 (elevation, 680.6 

ft); minimum observed (after first filling), 171,000 cfs-days Dec. 1, 2, 1949 (elevation, 576.1 ft) .

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with earth embankment. Spillway equipped with 

8 taintor gates, 37 ft high by 50 ft wide. Closure of dam was made Nov. 27, 1948; 

water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Jan. 11, 1949. Total capacity 

at elevation 685.0 ft (top of gates) is 1 055,000 cfs-days, of which 385,000 cfs-days 

between elevations 685.0 ft (top of gates) and 648.0 (crest of spillway) is reserved 

for flood control, and 248,000 cfs-days between elevations 648.0 ft (crest of spillway) 

and 618.0 ft (ordinary minimum pool) will be used for power production. Reservoir is 

used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Old Hickory Reservoir.--Lat 36°17'50", long 86°39'20", at Old Hickory Dam on Cumberland 

River, 10 miles northeast of Nashville, Davidson County, Term., and at mile 216.2. 

Drainage area, 11,700 sq mi. Records available, June 1954 to September 1956. Staff 

gage read four times daily. Datum of gage is 408.5 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Maximum contents during year, 129,200 cfs-days Sept. 28 (elevation, 436.0 ft); 

minimum, 42,000 cfs-days July 21 (elevation, 407.9 ft). Maximum contents during period 

1954-56, that of Sept. 28, 1956; minimum (after first filling), that of July 21, 1956.
64 CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs in Cumberland River basin Continued

Old Hickory Reservoir. Continued

Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity dam with earth embankment. Spillway is 

equipped with 6 taintor gates, 41 ft high and 45 ft wide. Closure of dam was made in 

June 1954 and water in reservoir was raised sufficiently to maintain navigation through 

the lock. Total capacity at elevation 450.0 ft (maximum allowable pool) is 275,000 

cfs-days of which 63,000 cfs-days between elevation 450.0 ft and 445.0 ft (normal pool) is 

induced surcharge storage provided to compensate for loss of natural valley storage 

incurred by construction of the project, and 32,000 cfs-days between elevation 445.0 

ft and 442.0 ft (ordinary minimum pool) will be used for power drawdown. Reservoir is 

used for navigation and power. Records furnished by Corps of Engineers.

Other reservoirs.--The following reservoir In the Cumberland River basin is described 

below, but records of contents are not published herein:

Cheatham Reservoir on Cumberland River, 20 miles southeast of Clarksville, Montgomery 

County, Term., with total capacity of 52,000 cfs-days of which 10,000 cfs-days is controlled storage.

Month-end elevation and contents, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Dec. 31. ............

Calendar year 1955

June 30.............

Sept. 30. ............

Water year 1955-56

Date

Oct. 31.............

Calendar year 1955

June 50. ...........

Sept. 30. ............

Water year 1955-56

Date

Dec. 31. ............

Calendar year 1955

Sept. 30. ............

Water year 1955-56

Lake Cumberland

Elevation 

(feet)t

695.48 

688.44 

677.58 

673.11

-

684.52 

727.47

726.15 

719.81 

712.87 

716.03 

709.64 

700.40

-

Contents 

(cfs-days)

1,374,600 

1,229,200 

1,018,400

936,200

-

1,151,200 

2,128,800

2,094,500 

1,933,900 

1,765,300 

1,841,100 

1,689,400 

1,480,600

-

Change In 

contents 

(cfs-days)

-145,400 

-210,800 

-82,200

-326,800

+215,000 

+977,600 

-84,400 

+50,100 

-160,600 

-168,600 

+75,800 

-151,700 

-208,800

+106,000

Great Palls Lake

785.30 

785.43 

785.77 

784.65

-

805.45 

805.77 

795.41 

795.74 

785.27 

785.42 

786.35 

784.65 

785.25

-

11,000 

11,100 

11,300 

10,600

-

28,100 

28,400 

18,200 

18,400 

11,000 

11,100 

11,700 

10,600 

11,000

-

+100 

+200 

-700

-16,700

+17,500 

+300 

-10,200 

+200 

-7,400 

+100 

+600 

-1,100 

+400

0

Old Hickory Reservoir

417.8 

420.6

421.1 

421.0

-

426.0 

422.6 

419.6 

419.5 

422.0 

422.7 

408.3 

421.2 

435.3

-

54,700 

60,400 

61,600 

61,400

-

76,500 

65,500 

58,200 

58 , 000 

63,900 

65,800 

42,300 

61,900 

124.400

-

+5,700 

+1,200 

-200

-3,000

+15,100 

-11,000 

-7,300 

-200 

+5,900 

+1,900 

-23,500 

+19,600 

+62,500

+69,700

Dale Hollow Reservoir

Elevation 

(feet)t

637.46 

635.54 

633.34 

631.75

-

636.76 

650.51 

649.36 

649.93 

647.53 

644.45 

644.63 

642.43 

639.74

-

Contents 

(cfs-days)

506,500 

483,800 

458,300 

440,400

-

498,200 

675,500 

659,700 

667,500 

634,700 

594,000 

596,300 

567,900 

534,300

-

Change In 

contents 

(cfs-days)

-22,700 

-25,500 

-17,900

-82,400

+57,800 

+177,300 

-15,800 

+7,SOO 

-32,800 

-40,700 

+2,300 

-28,400 

-33,600

+27,800

Center Hill Reservoir

632.67 

630.09 

628.19 

624.32

-

631.68 

647.30 

641.10 

640.83 

638.20 

637.50 

638.00 

637.40 

635.05

-

536,700 

515,700 

500,400 

470,000

-

528,600 

663,900 

608,400 

606,000 

583,200 

577,200 

581,500 

576,400 

556,500

-

-21,000 

-15,300 

-30,400

-115,800

+58,600 

+135,300 

-55,500 

-2,400 

-22,800 

-6,000 

+4 , 300 

-5,100 

-19,900

+19,800

t Elevation at 12 p.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 65

French Broad River at Rosman, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°08'32", long 82°49'28", on left bank at upstream side of bridge on U. 3. 

Highway 178 at Rosman, Transylvania County, 1.0 mile upstream from East Fork and at 

mile 216.4.

Drainage area.--67.9 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1907 to June 1909, January 1936 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,173.83 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 30, 1909, staff gage at site 

500 ft downstream at different datum. Jan. 1, 1936, to July 6, 1937, wire-weight gage 

at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 21 years (1907-8, 1936-56), 228 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,700 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 7.78 ft); mini- 

 mum, 46 cfs Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.62 ft).

1907-9, 1936-56: Maximum discharge, 9,410 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 11.86 

ft), from rating curve extended, above 3,300 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of 

peak flow; minimum, 23 cfs Jan. 3, 1940 (gage height, 1.51 ft), result of freeseup; 

minimum daily, 37 cfs Sept. 25-28, Oct. 5, 6, 25, 26, 1954. 

Maximum stage known, 13.9 ft in July 1916, from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. 

Revisions (water years ). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 893: 1936 (M), 1938 (M), 1939.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.6

1.7 

1.9 

2.1 

2.4

42

60

100

150

238

2.7 

3.0

4.0

4.5

332

432

792

1,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

172

110

*102

98

96

102

134

269

T47

119

110

105

102

105

98

96

94

94

94

92

90

87

87

87

87

87

87

87

127

90

3,351

108

1.59

1.84

Nov.

87

*87

85

85

85

83

90

87

85

112

110

92

90

94

98

92

90

85

98

94

90

85

100

107

100

110

98

94

b85 

b85

2,781

92. 7

1.37

1.52

Dee.

b87

92

94

122

*129

105

98

96

107

94

b90

b85

b90

b90

b85

b85

blOO

92

87

83

79

79

79

79

79

77

75

73

75 

75

73

2,754

88.8

1.31

1.51

Jan.

b70

b70

*71

70

68

66

66

b55

b65

b65

68

68

66

b65

b65

b65

b65

70

96

85

75

73

83

98

85

81

79

79

81 

96

92

2,301

74.2

1.09

1.26

Feb.

*94

2^

278

316

288

783

480

306

250

214

374

281

238

211

193

178

364

476

375

487

372

313

275

260

314

291

284

297

257

9,140

315

4.64

5.01

Mar.

*241

247

238

238

217

211

205

214

193

187

184

175

184

275

250

514

365

303

269

247

232

220

208

208

193

187

181

178

235 

202

184

7,185

232

3.42

3.94

Apr.

175

*172

167

172

164

382

284

232

214

202

363

281

257

244

659

956

504

412

355

322

303

288

272

260

250

241

229

226

220 

217

9,023

301

4.43

4.94

May

*214

229

323

284

241

250

"588 335

257

241

229

214

205

196

187

178

172

170

164

161

158

156

150

203

172

164

167

153

172 

187

181

6,401

206

3.03

3.51

June

153

145

140

*140

137

140

137

129

127

124

127

127

124

132

147

119

114

117

153

147

149

156

129

127

127

122

112

102

119

145

3,967

132

1.94

2.17

July

124

*124

127

164

153

237

277

2TT

202

158

140

127

127

127

119

122

132

HO

155

170

156

134

122

114

105

114

107

98

94

105 

110

4,365

141

2.08

2.39

Aug.

*100

98

96

92

105

92

81

77

75

73

88

85

71

71

119

100

71

70

73

68

79

79

68

64

62

62

60 68

70 

70

79

2,466

79.5

1.17

1.35

Sept.

73

66

64

62

*66

132

92

73

68

62

60

60

58

55

53

51

51

51

51

51

47

47

101

96

150

142- 501

107

94 

85

2,669

89.0

1.31

1.46

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,410 Min 70 Mean 192 Cfsm 2.83 In. 38.39

Water year 1955-56: Max 956 Min 47 Mean 154 Cfsm 2.27 In. 30.90

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 efs). Apr. 15 (10:30 p.m.) 2,700 cfs (7.78 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
66 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Davidson River near Brevard, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°16'23", long 82°42 l 2l", on right bank 150 ft upstream from State Highway 280, 2.0 miles upstream from mouth, 2.1 miles downstream from Avery Creek, and 

3.3 miles northeast of Brevard, Transylvania County.

Drainage are a.--40.4 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1920 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,115.13 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Apr. 4, 1929, staff gage and Apr. 4, 

1929, to May 17, 1934, chain gage, at site 50 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--35 years (1921-56), 125 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,030 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 4.77 ft); minimum, 21 cfs Sept. 21-23 (gage height, 0.43 ft).

1920-56: Maximum discharge, 8,400 cfs Aug. 15, 1928 (gage height, 11.8 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,300 cfs; minimum, 13 cfs Oct. 11, 1954 (gage height, 

0.31 ft).

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good.

Revisions (water yearsj. WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1336: 1921, 1922(M), 1923, 1924- 

25(M), 1926, 1927(M), 1929-32(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.4

.6

74

116

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

247

405

595

825

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

90

60

*50

45

44

46

75

~84 212

66

57

52

52

52

48

48

46

45

45

44

42

42

41

41

39

39

39

39

59

45

41

1,728

55.7

1.38

1.59

Nov.

39

*39

38

38

38

38

42

39

38

58

51

42

41

44

44

41

39

38

45

41

38

38

46

50

45

48

44

41

b38 

b56

1,257

41.9

1.04

1.16

Dec.

b38

42

46

71

*72

54

50

46

56

46

45

b45

b45

b43

b40

b43

b58

51

46

44

42

41

41

41

41

41

39

38

39 

39

b55

1,418

45.7

1.13

1.31

Jan.

b35

b35

*37

37

37

36

36

b28

b35

b35

36

36

34

b30

b30

34

34

33

44

42

38

37

42

52

12

41

39

39

39

51 

48

1,172

37.8

0.936

1.08

Feb.

*45

152

148

186

162

'559 514

175

140

118

227

168

138

118

107

101

241

296

221

253

199

170

148

142

184

170

160

162

138

5,272

182

4.50

4,85

Mar.

*128

130

130

126

114

112

107

116

103

101

98

94

94

152

148

 sis 300

175

152

135

126

121

114

112

103

101

96

94

140 

112

103

3,950

127

3.14

3.64

Apr.

96

*94

90

92

86

188

148

123

112

107

140

186

160

148

413

'320 675

253

215

191

175

165

152

145

138

133

128

123

121

133

5,250

175

4.33

4.83

Hay

*126

142

230

230

173

160

210

181

160

148

138

130

123

116

109

105

98

96

92

90

90

88

84

96

90

86

90

84

88

86

76

3,815

123

3.04

3.51

June

76

71

69

69

*67

66

64

62

60

66

62

59

57

59

84

60

56

52

66

66

66

72

76

66

84

71

62

52

85

96

2,021

67.4

1.67

1.86

July

110

*112

80

103

129

116

118

109

114

96

82

74

71

71

66

64

74

56

62

80

66

56

52

50

54

46

44

±k

45

51 

54

2,346

75.7

1.87

2.16

Aug.

*50

46

45

45

44

41

38

36

36

34

33

38

41

39

54

42

37

36

53

44

38

36

33

32

30

30

29 29

30

29

30

1,178

38.0

0.941

1.08

Sept.

37

36

29

29

*36

82

56

38

33

29

29

28

27

26

25

24

24

22

24

24

21

21

22

27

68

216 "~66~

48

41

37

1,225

40.8

1.01

1.13

Calendar year 1955: Max 636 Win 35 Mean 102 Cfsm 2.52 In. 34.21

Water year 1955-56: Max 675 Win 21 Mean 83.7 Cfsm 2.07 In- 28.20

Peak discharge (base. 1,000 efs). Apr. 15 (10 p.m.) 2,030 cfs (4.77 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 67

French Broad River at Blantyre, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°17'56", long 82°37'27", on left bank at upstream side of highway bridge, 

700 ft east of Blantyre railroad station, Transylvania County, 3.4 miles downstream 

from Little River, and at mile 183.7.

Drainage area.--396 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1920 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,060.32 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 35 years (1921-56), 921 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,900 cfs Apr. 16; maximum gage height 15.29 ft 

Apr. 16; minimum discharge, 155 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 2.74 ft), result of freezeup. 

1920-56: Maximum discharge, 26,500 cfs Aug. 16, 1928 (gage height, 22.9 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 11,500 cfs; minimum, 119 cfs Oct. 11, 1954 (gage height, 

2.36 ft).

Maximum stage known, 27.1 ft in July 1916, from floodrnarlcs.

Remarks.--Records excellent. Considerable diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by 

powerplant above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 923: 1921-23, 1929, 1933, 1935-36(M), 1938, 1940.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Rate of change in stage used as a factor Feb. 4-8, 11, 12, 17-21, 25, 26, 

Mar. 16, 17, Apr. 6, 7, 11, 12, 15-18, May 3, 7, Sept. 26, 27)

2.7 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

150

190

351

541

780

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

15.2

1,340

1,980

2,600

3,310

3,830

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

I

Z

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

495

422

405

434

365

*365

383 

702

545

400

385

365

353

360

337

289

294

318

316

309

304

296

263 

^69

285

282

282

282

355

326

279

11,065

357

1.21

1.39

Nov.

*294

292

290

287

276

245

2BT 

299

287

319

432

335

272

296

347

335

324

311

314

299

279

306

309 

383

347

365

309

301

316

296

9,326

311

1.05

1.17

Dec.

292

321

344

355

449

*396

355 

338

356

338

277

277

294

294

309

290

256

274

284

292

282

277

277 

274

250

256

271

266

263 

271

261

9,339

301

1.02

1.17

Jan.

222

237

*260

258

252

250

247 

207

194

256

258

252

248

237

201

219

237

240

277

346

274

225

247 

364

335

308

294

274

244

3^8

8,069

260

0.878

1.01

Feb.

*302

7S3

1,170

1,300

1,360

2,590

5,170 

1,640

1,150

948

1,300

1,370

1,050

892

816

765

1,260

2,130

1,740

2,010

1,710

1,340

1,140 

1,030

1,070

1,260

1,090

1,230

1,060

38,676

1,334

4.51

4.86

Mar.

964

*929

902

926

848

814

809 

745

705

665

655

641

662

950

994

1,800

1,850

1,310

1,120

858

913

866

824 

801

715

675

692

708

829 

745

658

27,553

889

3.00

3.46

Apr.

626

617

*643

675

602

1,000

1,430 

983

868

816

1,490

1,660

1,260

1,100

1,310

*5,790

*3,070

*1,860

1,530

1,340

1,200

1,130

1,060 

996

959

932

900

879

798 

842

36,366

1,212

4.09

4.57

May

855

*832

1,150

1,160

978

905

1.220 

1,220

1,020

953

902

840

752

785

750

662

631

638

629

591

598

629

589 

571

178

598

609

580

582 

609

586

24,102

777

2.62

3". 03

June

541

521

483

451

*477

475

477 

449

437

396

413

441

424

437

535

452

369

37T

439

564

462

473

607 

660

5T7

531

454

396

391 

511

14,214

474

1.60

1.79

July

456

515

485

515

564

*573

858 

672

698

591

507

468

441

418

430

470

495

435

416

600

537

473

407 

428

413

373

378

351

304 364"

426

15,061

486

1.64

1.89

Aug.

405

*346

337

326

289

328

306 

287

276

268

263

276

274

280

276

'236 413

268

266

308

287

294

264 

250

237

208

?13

231

313 

253

292

8,930

288

0.973

1.12

Sept.

263

244

222

240

240

*358

430 

330

247

230

242

231

226

214

204

172

177

194

196

194

189

180

'596 160 

310

2,000

1,040

600

456 

333

10,418

347

1.17

1.31

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,480 Min 245 Mean 730 Cfsm 2.47 In. 33.48

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,790 Min 160 Mean 582 Cfsm 1.97 In. 26.77

Peak discharge (base, 4,500 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
68 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Mills River near Mills River, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°23'45", long 82°35'25", on right bank 1.4 miles downstream from confluence 

of North and South Forks, 2.2 miles upstream from village of Mills River, Henderson 

County, and 4.2 miles northwest of Horseshoe.

Drainage area.--66.7 sq ini.

Records available.--September 1924 to September 1926, May 1934 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,088.47 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Sept. 9, 1924, to Sept. 30, 1926, staff gage 

at site 500 ft upstream at datum 2.97 ft higher.

Average discharge.--24 years, 155 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1.740 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 5.13 ft); minimum, 17 cfs Jan. 8 (gage height, 1.34 ft), result of freezeup.

1924-26, 1934-56: Maximum discharge, 13,400 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 13.62 

ft), from rating curve extended above 5,500 cfs on basis of slope-area determination 

of peak flow; minimum, 16 cfs Dec. 24, 1943 (gage height, 1.33 ft), result of freezeup; 

minimum daily, 18 cfs Sept. 30, 1954.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. City 

of Hendersonville diverted from North Fork and Bradley Creek (tributary to South Fork) 

about 4 cfs for water supply.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 923: 1935, 1937, 1939. WSP 1003: 

1938, 1940-42. WSP 1143: 1940(P). WSP 1276: 1926.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.5

1.6 

1.8 

2.0

38

65

102

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

243

447

705

1,030

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

98

82

67

58

54

54

*58

-8T 163

64

59

56

56

60

53

53

52

52

50

50

49

48

48

48

48

48

48

48

67

58

52

1,885

60.8

0.912

1.05

Nov.

*49

49

49

49

48

48

53

53

49

65

75

56

53

53

56

52 

50

49

53

54

50

49

50

56

53

54

50

49

b43

b3£

1,555

51.8

0.777

0.87

Dec.

b46

b55

59

70

*7j3

60

56

53

65

b53

b43

b43

b48

b50

b45

b40 

bBo

b50

53

49

b42

b44

b45

48

48

48

45

44

44

45

b40

1,560

50.3

0.754

0.87

Jan.

b35

b40

44

*40

40

40

b40

b28

b40

b40

46

45

b40

b30

b32

b35 

b35

b40

52

53

b40

b40

52

65

53

49

44

49

49

56

58

1,350

43.5

0.652

0.75

Feb.

53

153

176

*201

198

*502

380

226

176

146

276

243

191

162

146

133 

199

257

217

247

210

185

168

159

185

201

176

176

154

5,866

202

3.03

3.27

Mar.

*143

138

135

143

125

123

120

135

120

118

116

116

109

ITT

179

338

295

226

194

176

159

151

146

141

133

128

123

120

157

133

123

4,734

153

2.29

2.64

Apr.

118

*120

118

116

111

218

191

159

146

138

303

295

243

223

400

*1.020 

484

368

310

272

247

230

217

201

191

185

176

171

165

165

7,301

243

3.64

4.07

May

*165

188

268

306

230

207

247

217

198

185

176

168

162

151

146

141 

133

130

125

123

120

116

111

114

118

111

114

114

114

114

102

4,914

159

2.38

2.74

June

98

96

94

90

90

*88

84

86

82

86

86

77

74

72

90

86 

80

72

102

88

79

107

104

92

79

80

77

65

64

75

2,543

84.8

1.27

1.42

July

94

*104

88

82

107

167

138

109

100

86

77

72

68

70

77

82 

79

65

W

182

123

100

86

87

172

102

88

77

74

77

75

2,997

96.7

1.45

1.67

Aug.

*74

70

68

65

64

59

54

52

50

50

86

77

58

53

62

65 

53

50

65

70

65

58

50

48

45

45

46

49

54

56

52

1,813

58.5

0.877

1.01

Sept.

50

58

49

48

*50

135

114

68

56

50

48

46

43

42

40

37 

36

36

35

35

33

33

34

36

71

393

T52

114

86

74

2,132

71.1

1.07

1.19

Calendar year 1955: Max 700 Min 38 Mean 123 Cfsm 1.84 In. 25.05

Water year 1955-56 : Max 1,020 Min 28 Mean 106 Cfsm 1.59 In. 21.55

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 cfs). Apr. 16 (1:30 a.m.) 1,740 cfs (5.13 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 69 

Cane Creek at Fletcher, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°26'08", long 82°29'23", on right bank at downstream side of highway 

bridge, 0.5 mile upstream from Hooper Creek, 0.5 mile northeast of Fletcher, Henderson 

County, and 0.8 mile downstream from county line.

Drainage area.--63.1 sq mi.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,072.22 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 14 years, 72.7 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,130 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.88 ft); minimum, 9.4 cfs Sept. 21.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 2,900 cfs Jan. 22, 1954 (gage height, 8.52 ft); minimum, 

that of Sept. 21, 1956.

Floods of July 1916 and Aug. 30, 1940, reached stages of 14.8 and 9.4 ft, respectively, 

from high-water marks and flood profiles by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 1276: 1943(M), 1946(M), 1949(P), 1951-52(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

.6 

1.0

1.5

119

236

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

360

485

610

870

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

32

35

25

22

21

22

22

35

25

21

21

20

22

23

20

20

20

20

20

20

*20

18

17

17

16

17

18

18

33

20

19

679

21.9

0.347

0.40

Nov.

19

19

*19

19

19

20

23

22

21

40

35

25

23

24

24

23

22

21

26

25

24

24

24

25

25

29

25

25

b23

b25

718

23.9

0.379

0.42

Dec.

b23

25

25

32

31

*24

24

23

36

26

24

b24

b23

b23

b20

blS

b21

23

22

21

20

22

20

20

21

21

20

19

20

21

20

712

23.0

0.365

0.42

Jan.

22

21

20

*20

20

20

20

b20" b!5

b20

22

22

b22

b25

b23

b!8

b20

b20

25

23

20

20

25

31

25

23

22

23

23

23

21

674

21.7

0.344

0.40

Feb.

21

48

58

*93

86

291

135

*80

64

54

78

64

54

49

46

42

78

89

76

128

91

72

60

54

60

54

51

51

44

2,171

74.9

1.19

1.28

Mar.

41

*41

42

48

41

39

39

48

42

41

41

41

42

82

97

269

140

99

82

72

64

58

54

54

49

49

46

46

51

46

41

1,945

62.7

0.994

1.15

Apr.

41

46

*46

42

41

110

86

68

58

54

388

218

133

101

447

795

226

154

119

104

99

95

93

89

86

84

80

78

72

68

4,121

137

2.17

2.43

May

64

*65

250

234

124

99

93

80

74

70

64

60

56

54

51

49

44

42

41

42

41

39

39

44

41

38

39

36

333"8~

51

2,095

67.6

1.07

1.23

June

41

35

33

33

32

*32

29

29

29

33

31

28

26

25

26

31

28

24

29

29

29

48

77

57

31

33

29

25

83

41

1,056

35.2

0.558

0.62

July

26

38

29

32

28

*33

44

32

44

33

25

23

23

29

66

54

42

29

28

44

51

36

32

32

32

28

25

22

20

21

22

1,023

33.0

0.523

0.60

Aug.

23

*20

19

20

19

17

15

14

14

13

29

25

17

15

63

29

18

17

17

17

22

18

15

14

14

14

13

14

18

15

15

593

19.1

0.303

0.35

Sept.

14

13

14

14

14

*43

26

18

16

14

14

14

12

12

12

11

11

11

11

12

10

TT

11

12

32

212

89

44

33

28

788

26.3

0.417

0.46

Calendar year 1955: Max 412 Mln 16 Mean 41.5 Cfsm 0.658 In. 8.92

Water year 1955-56: Max 795 Mln 10 Mean 45.3 Cfsm 0.718 In- 9.76

Peak discharge (base, 800 cfs). --Apr. 16 (12:30 a.m.) 2,130 cfs (7.88 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

French Broad River at Bent Creek, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°30'07", long 82°35'35", on left bank 50 ft downstream from Bent Creek, 

6.2 miles upstream from Hominy Creek, 6.7 miles south of Ashevllle, Buncombe County, and 

at mile 157.7.

Drainage area.--676 sq ml.

Records available. May 1934 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 1,995.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 1,582 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 8,160 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.23 ft); minimum, 290 cfs Sept. 23, 24 (gage height, 2.25 ft).

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 23,600 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 12.6 ft); minimum, 230 cfs Oct. 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 1954 (gage height, 2.05 ft).

Maximum stage known, about 27.3 ft July 15, 1916, from floodmarks. Flood of August 

1928 reached a stage of about 16.1 ft, from floodmarks.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplant above station.

Revisions.--WSP 823: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. B, Apr. 17 to Sept. 30

2.7

3.0

265

315

440

585

850

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

6.0 

7.0

1,450

2,170

3,790

5,670

7,680

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

Feb. 7 to Apr. 16

955

1,550

2,220

5.0 3,790

6.0 5,670

7.0 7,680

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

33

24

25

26

37

38

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

701

802

738

a700

a680

a600

a620

a850

al,160

3780

635

601

578

593

585

548

518

525

532

532

535

518

503

482

*482

489

489

489

570

633 

532

18,978

612

0.905

1.04

Nov.

510

510

510

503

503

496

475 5"03

518

548

728

649

562

525

578

593

570

563

562

578

540

532

540

585

617

609

601

548

540

*532

16,627

554

0.820

0.91

Dec ,

525

555

585

609

683

701

641

609

625

641

585

525

540

540

548

548

555

503

518

518

*510

496

496

496

496

482

482

482

482

482 

489

16,947

547

0.809

0.93

Jan.

454

440

461

475

468

461

468

b400

b380

b480

b460

b430

b410

b400

394

388

b370

*447

482

562

548

482

468

578

617

570

548

540

525

518

548

14,772

477

0.706

0.81

Feb.

562

WTS

1,700

1,930

2,200

3,680

5,550

5,510

1,970

1,590

1,840

2,550

1,740

1,470

1,300

1,190

1,550

3,030

2,820

2,920

*3,840

2,160

1,800

1,600

1,550

1,840

1,650

1,710

1,690

60,360

2,081

3.08

3.32

Mar.

1,500

1,410

1,370

1,360

1,300

1,190

1 150

1*140

1,080

1,030

997

986

976

1,250

1,550

2,740

5.270

3,250

1,850

1,600

* 1,460

1,360

1,290

1,240

1,170

1,090

1,060

1,070

1,170

1,240

1,080

43,219

1,394

3.06

2.38

Apr.

1,020

997

1,020

1,040

1,030

1,400

2,400

1,680

1,430

1,300

2,720

3,680

2,400

1,970

2,250

7,470

5,950

3,830

2,580

*2,180

1,920

1,760

1,650

1,520

1,440

1,370

1,320

1,270

1,220

1,180

63,977

2,099

3.11

3.46

May

1,260

1,260

1,960

2,470

1,800

1,580

1,730

2,000

1,690

1,520

1,450

1,350

1,230

1,210

1,190

1,110

1,030

*1,000

1,000

994

"994 961

961

961

1,030

1,030

1,020

1,000

1,000

994

1,330

40,015

1,291

1.91

2.20

June

940

870

822

755

764

755

755

737

719

764

755

737

728

710

764

755

746

*649

693

860

850

920

930

1,060

880

870

822

692

641 

774

23,716

791

1.17

1.30

July

784

822

802

764

983

1,010

1,650

1.33U

1,040

1,060

831

755

719

737

764

950

870

802

774

983

1,100

961

793

*746

900

701

649

609

562

555

617

36,503

855

1.26

1.46

Aug.

657

617

578

562

540

510

535

496

475

468

525

562

496

475

483

578

*585

496

461

540

532

518

496

461

440

427

408

427

548

617

548

16,050

518

0.766

0.88

Sept.

525

489

440

434

434

601

755

593

496

408

401

401

394

375

357

333

*310

510

315

315

315

310

300 555

475

2,700

3,520

1,060

803

625

17,898

597

0.885

0.98

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,600 Min 471 Mean 1,186 Cfsm 1.75 In. 23.80

Water year 1955-56: Max 7,470 Min 500 Mean 973 Cfsm 1.45 In. 19.67

cfs].--Apr. 16 (7:30 a.m.) 8,160 cfs (7.23 ft). 

 "- 1-'- day. Peak discharge (base, 6,000

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for static 

at Asheville and Blantyre.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Hominy Creek at Candler, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°32'28", long 82 0 40'35", on left bank 0.1 mile downstream from Pole Creek 

and 1.0 mile east of Candler, Buncombe County.

Drainage area.--79.8 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1942 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,065.83 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--14 years, 84.3 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 935 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 3.50 ft); minimum, 

15 cfs Aug. 27 (gage height, 0.82 ft).

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 6,800 cfs Jane 16, 1949 (gage height, 13.25 ft); minimum, 13 cfs Sept. 2, 1953 (gage height, 0.80 ft).

Flood of Aug. 30,1940, reached a stage of 18.0 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 

13,100 cfs by conveyance method).

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are good. Numerous small diversions for irrigation above station.

Revisions--WSP 1113: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 11 Apr. 12 to Sept. 30

0.9 19

1.0 27

1.2 52

1.4 88

1.6 130

1.8 180

2.0 237

0.8 

1.0 

1.2

1.4 

1.6

92

135

1.8 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

185

240

340

463

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

36

35

30

26

25

25

26

46

31

27

*26

26

26

27

26

27

27

27

27

27

26

25

25

25

25

25

25

25

32

28 

27

861

27.8

0.348

0.40

Nov.

27

27

27

27

27

27

36

32

29

45

41

32

29

31

32

*30

32

29

41

32

30

29

32

32

31

35

31

30

a29

a29

941

31.4

0.393

0.44

Dec .

a29

29

29

443"9

32

31

30

a40

a36

a33

a31

*a35

b30

b2j>

b25

b35

32

30

28

27

b26

b26

27

27

27

27

25

25

27

b26

933

30.1

0.377

0.43

Jan.

b25

b26

26

25

b25

*b25

25

b20

b22

b23

25

25

25

b22

b23

b23

b25

b25

32

29

25

b25

30

42

36

31

29

28

29

34 

31

836

27.0

0.338

0.39

Feb.

31

B2

78

88

82

198

130

88

73

*62

96

80

69

62

57

54

110

121

100

137

108

90

78

71

84

75

69

69

62

------

2,484

85.7

1.07

1.16

Mar.

59

57

62

60

55

52

51

78

59

55

54

52

52

77

101

196

147

121

100

88

*80

75

71

71

64

62

60

57

66

59

55

2,296

74.1

0.929

1.07

Apr.

52

57

55

57

52

100

84

71

66

62

198

159

*140

128

239

445

232

180

147

128

115

109

100

94

88

86

82

79

75

82

3,562

119

1.49

1.66

May

84

92

135

113

107

92

*90

86

79

73

71

68

66

63

59

58

55

53

52

50

49

48

46

52

52

49

49

52

50

49

46

2,088

67.4

0.845

0.97

June

50

49

46

43

42

40

40

38

38

42

41

35

34

38

48

50

40

34

36

*40

49

43

37

34

46

35

34

28

48ei

1,239

41.3

0.518

0.58

July

52

42

35

58

67

125 ^79

52

59

46

37

34

34

62

64

56

53

*40

80

64

50

41

38

34

35

38

34

28

26

27

28

1,518

49.0

0.614

0.71

Aug.

28

26

25

25

24

22

20

*20

19

20

34

28

23

20

20

23

19

18

20

21

28

24

20

18

17

16

1^

35

42

69

38

778

25.1

0.315

0.36

Sept.

32

29

23

22

22

52

43

30

26

24

23

22

*21

20

18

18

18

17

17

17

16

T7

18

26

53

272

135

61

46

37

1,175

39.2

0.491

0.55

Calendar year 1955: Max 411 Mln 20 Mean 58.3 Cfstn 0.731 In. 9.91

Water year 1955-56: Max 445 Mln 16 Mean 51.1 Cfsm 0.640 In. 8.72

Peak discharge (base, 900 cfs). Apr. 15 (11:30 p.m.) 935 cfs (3.50 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for Mills 

River near Mills River.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
72 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

North Fork Swannanoa River near Black Mountain, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°39'll", long 82°C1'04", on left bank 0.1 mile downstream from Walker

Branch, 0.8 mile downstream from Burnett Dam, 1.9 miles downstream from Sugar Fork,

3.0 miles northwest of town of Black Mountain, Buncombe County, and 3.4 miles downstream

from Right Fork. 

Drainage area. 23.8 sq mi.

Records available. January 1926 to September 195R. 

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 2,428.03 ft above mean

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Average discharge.--30 years, 47.3 cfs (unadjusted). 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year. 531 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 3.22 ft); minimum,

1.6 cfs Oct. 28 (gage height, 0.94 ft).

1926-56: Maximum discharge, 16,500 cfs June 16, 1949 (gage height, 9.10 ft), from

rating curve extended above 2,600 cfs on basis of slop-area determinations at gage 

. heights 8.55 and 9.10 ft; minimum, 0.6 cfs Sept. 17, 1953 (gage height, 0.83 ft). 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. City of

Asheville diverted part of its water supply by gravity from four main tributaries with

a combined drainage area of 16.4 sq mi at points 1.9 to 4.0 miles upstream, and after

Aug. 6 by pumping from Burnett Lake (see p. 231). 

Revisions (water years). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 893: 1926. WSP 1143: 1927-28,

1929(M), 1930, 1931-32(M), 1933-34, 1935(M), 1940(P), 1941-45(M), 1946-47(P).

WSP 1336: 1927.

Rating table, 

height,

water year 1955-56, e 

n feet, and discharge

cept periods of Ice effect (gage 

In cubic feet per second)

0.9 

.0

.3 

.4

1.5

1.2

2.3 

3.5

1.7

2.1 

2.3 

2.6 

2.9 

3.2

66

118

369

520

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956 I I I I 1 I I I I I 

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

4.6

4.8

4.3

3.8

3.7

3.4

3.5

23

22

14

10

7.6

6.2

5.1

4.1

3.5

3.0

3.0

3.0

*2.5

2.7

2.4

2.2

3.1

2.5

2.3

2.1

272

3.1 

2.9

2. 5

163.1

5.26

+278.4

Nov.

2.3

2.3

*2.7

2.2

2.1

 271 2.0

2.1

2.1

3.5

4.5

4.1

3.8

4.6

4.9

4.9

5.5

3.4

5.5

6.2

6.6

6.6

7.1

7.3

7.8

9.5

10

11

8.4 

6.4

151.5

5.05

+288.6

Dec.

5.1

5.5

5.5

8.4

18

19

*16

15

b!6

b!2

12

11

9.2

8.1

b7.0

b6.0

b5.5

6.0

6.2

5.8

5.5

5.3

5.1

4.9

5.1

5.1

5.3

5.5

5.8 

7.8

8.1

260.8

8.41

+309.8

Jan.

8.4

8.6

8.4

8.9

*6.9

6.2

b5.5

b4.5

b4.0

b3.5

b3.0

b2.6

b2.4

2.2

2.0

2.0

2.0

 gTo 1.8

2.0

1.9

1.9

2.2

3.0

3.4

3.7

3.4

3.7

4.1

5.5

8.1

127.8

4.12

+295.0

Feb.

10

16

64

121

138

223

*249

141

96

73

76

80

68

57

48

44

66

162

151

131

107

85

71

62

73

101

85

71

61

2,730

94.1

+364.2

Mar.

52

47

46

48

*44

41

40

80

90

73

62

57

53

80

112

288 1?6~6"

178

134

104

85

78

73

73

68

62

59

59

62 

59

52

2,625

84.7

+338.2

Apr.

46

47

48

*44

41

57

78

68

59

53

83

96

96

101

153

443 "244

166

128

104

88

78

68

61

55

50

46

42

42

41

2,726

90.9

+339.6

Hay

41

43

*66

80

73

64

59

53

46

42

40

36

34

31

29

27

23

20

18

18

17

16

15

16

15

14

13

13

M

12

998

32.2

+339.5

June

14

12

9.7

8.9

8.4

7.8

 7.6

6.6

6.6

2A

20

13

10

8.6

7.1

6.4

5.8

5.5

5.3

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.8

4.9

4.5

4.0

3.8

3.3

375 

16

247.2

8.24

+326.1

July

15

11

8.6

6.9

*14

13

10

7.8

6.9

5.3

4.3

3.7

3.8

12

25

19

23

20

15

14

15

12

11

9.5

7.8

6.2

4.8

4.3

3.1 

'279 2.7

315.6

10.2

+339.4

Aug.

3.0

3.1

*2.9

2.4

2.5

2.8

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.9

2.1

2.0

1.9

1.9

2.9

2.3

2.6

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.3

2.4

2.3 

2.2

2.1

70.8

2.28

+181.2

Sept.

2. 1 an

2.1

2.1

2.8

4.7

3.4

2.7

2.4

*2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

3.3

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.5

2.5

4.3

11

5.5

4.0

3.5

3.1

91.3

3.04

+541.6

Adjusted for diversion, evaporation, and change In reservoir

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

14.2 

0.597 

0.69

14.7 

0.618 

0.69

Calendar year 1955 : 

Water year 1955-56:

18.4 

0.773 

0.89

13.6 

0.571 

0.66

107 

4.50 

4.84

95.6 

4.02 

4.63

102 

4.29 

4.79

43.1 

1.81 

2.09

Observed

Max 322 Mln 1.8 Mean 33.0 

Max 443 Mln 1.8 Mean 28.7

19.1 

0.803 

0.90

21.1 

0.887 

1.02

8.13 

0.342 

0.39

21.0 

0.887 

0.99

Adjusted

Mean 45.3 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.81 

Mean 39.5 Cfsm 1.66 In. 22.58
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 73

Beetree Creek near Swannanoa, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°39'll", long 82°24'20", on left bank 1,000 ft upstream from Beetree 

Reservoir and 3.8 miles north of Swannanoa, Buncombe County.

Drainage area.--5.46 sq mi.

Records available. February 1926 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and modified Parshall flume set in masonry control. Datum of 

gage is 2,728.39 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936.

Average discharge. 30 years, 10.2 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 132 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 3.30 ft); minimum, 

0.4 cfs Sept. 18 (gage height, 0.29 ft).

1926-56: Maximum discharge, 1,370 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 6.20 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 240 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over weir; minimum, 0.3 cfs Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1, 1954 (gage height, 0.26 ft).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSF 823: Drainage area. WSP 893: 1928, 1936-37(M). WSP 953: 

1929(M).WSP 1276: 1932.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.3 

.4

1.0

0.5 

1.0

1.6

2.4:

4.4 

7.0

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5

3.0

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.5

1.4

1.5

1.7

6.8

2.5

1.9

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.4

1.4

»1.4

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

2.4

1.6 

1.5

53.2

1.72

0.315

0.36

Nov.

1.4

1.3

*1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.7

1.6

1.4

2.9

2.9

2.2

1.9

2.3

2.4

2.0

2.4

2.0

2.9

2.5

2.3

2.2

2.4

2.5

2.7

3.8

370

2.7

b2.2

b2.1

64.7

2.16

0.396

0.44

Dec.

b2.0

b2.3

2.8

4.9

5.6

4.3

*4.1

4.1

5.2

4.1

3.9

b3.5

b3.3

b3.2

b3.0

b2.5

b2.7

3.3

3.4

3.1

2.9

2.8

2.8

3.0

3.2

3.0

2.9

2.7

2.9

3.8

3.3

104.6

3.37

0.617

0.71

Jan.

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.0

*2.8

2.8

2.8

b2.0

bl.8

b2.1

2.4

2.4

2.4

b2.2

b2.1

b2.2

2.2

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.1

2.0

2.5

2.9

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.4

3.5

6.7

5.5

84.1

2.71

0.496

0.57

Feb.

4.9

7.8

a!3

a!5

a!4

*40

26

a!6

a!5

14

15

13

12

11

10

9.5

19

31

25

23

19

17

14

13

16

15

15

13

12

468.2

16.1

2.95

3.19

Mar.

11

11

11

11

*9.8

9.5

9.2

26

20

17

15

14

13

19

23

45

32

28

26

22

20

18

17

18

16

15

14

13

14

12

11

540.5

17.4

3.19

3.68

Apr.

11

12

12

*11

_10

15

14

13

12

12

22

24

25

24

42

76

46

35

28

22

20

18

16

14

13

12

11

11

11

11

603

20.1

3.68

4.11

May

11

11

*21

19

17

16

14

13

12

11

11

10

9.5

B.9

8.4

7.9

7.4

7.0

6.5

6.1

5.7

5.5

5.6

5.6

5.1

5.0

5.1

4.8

4.4

176

4.8

283.9

9.16

1.58

1.93

June

£il

4.5

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.6

*3.5

3.3

3.1

3.0

2.7

2.6

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.7

2.4

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.4

2.2

2.1

2.4

1.9

1.7

1.7

1.5

ill

2.4

82.7

2.76

0.505

0.56

July

2.2

3.2

3.4

3.5

4.1

3.8

3.1

2.6

3.1

2.7

2.1

1.8

2.8

7.2

4TS

4.1

5.9

4.0

3.6

4.2

5.0

4.4

3.5

3.5

3.3

2.7

2.4

2.2

1.9

1.8

2.0

105.0

3.39

0.621

0.72

Aug.

2.0

1.7

*1.6

1.7

1.6

1.5

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.1

1.0

.9

1.0

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.8

1.2

1.0

.9

.8

.!_

.7

1.1

2.0

1.4

1.0

. 9

35.7

1.15

0.211

0.24

Sept.

0.8

.8

.7

.7

.7

2.4

2.3

1.2

1.0

*.8

.8

.7

.7

.6

.5

.5

.5

.5

1.1

1.0

.7

.6

.6

1.0

3.0

*11

5.9

3.2

2.3

1.8

48.4

1.61

0.295

0.33

Calendar year 1955: Max 

Water year 1955-56: Max

Mln 

Mln

1.1 

0.5

Mean 

Mean

7.90

6.76

Cf sm 

Cfsm

1.45

1.24

In. 19.63

16.84

Peak discharge (base, 150 cfs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range In stage, 

and records for Cane Creek at Fletcher.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

463897 O -58 -6
74 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Swannanoa River at Blltmore, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°34'06", long 82°32'42", on left bank at Biltmore, Buncombe County, 

100 ft downstream from Biltmore Avenue Bridge, 200 ft upstream from Southern Railway 

bridge, and 1.6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 130 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1920 to September 1926, May 1934 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,976.58 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Dec. 1, 1920, to 

Sept. 30, 1926, staff gage at site 100 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--27 years (1921-26, 1934-56), 151 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,320 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.56 ft); minimum, 5.2 cfs Sept. 17 (gage height, 1.12 ft); minimum daily, 8.2 cfs Sept. 19.

19SO-36, 1934-56: Maximum discharge, 18,400 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 19.00 

ft), from rating curve extended above 8,400 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow 

over dam 3.6 miles above station; minimum, 1.1 cfs Oct. 9, 14, 15, 1941; minimum daily, 

1.2 cfs Oct. 14, 1941; minimum gage height, 0.65 ft July 17, 1936.

Maximum stage known, 21.5 ft in July 1916, from floodmarks. Flood of Aug. 16, 1928, 

reached a stage of 18.74 ft, from floodmarks. Extremely high stages subject to backwater from French Broad River.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, which are good. No regulation from Lake Craig 3.6 miles above station after 1950 

(reservoir silted). City of Asheville diverts its water supply above station from 

Beetree Reservoir (capacity, 843 cfs-days), North Fork Swannanoa River, and from 

Burnett Lake on North Fork (see p. 231). Textile mills 2.0 miles above gage divert 

for industrial use about 5.0 mgd, of which about 3 mgd, equivalent to a mean discharge 

of 4-2 cfs, Is discharged into French Broad River. Records of chemical analyses for 

the water year 1956 are given In WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 803: 1921(M), 1923-26(M). WSP 823: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.3

1.5 

1.7

1.1

1.3 

1.5 

1.7 

1.9 

2.2

Oct. 30 to Sept. 30

4.0

20

47

83

127

208

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

4.5

348

515

755

1,010

1,280

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

36

45

40

30

26

26

76

70

47

3E

34

a37

a38

a35

a30

a28

a26

a25

*a25

a 25

a24

a24 

24

22

22

23

23

48

38

30

1,039

33.5

-

-

Nov.

31

25

*26

25

30

32

34

31

27

49

62

42

41

40

42

36 

34

34

44

49

40

36

35 

42

44

56

50

44

b30

b30

1,141

38.0

-

-

Dec.

b30

b35

42

52

59

57

52

*47

70

59

54

47

42

40

36

28 

35

46

38

35

32

28

34

38

38

38

34

31

30

34

35

1,276

41.2

-

-

Jan.

40

40

35

*35

32

31

35

b30

b25

b30

b35

31

25

b26

b28

b30

b25

b25

30

28

b25

b27

34 

42

36

31

31

35

41

41

41

1,000

32.3

-

-

Feb.

41

66

120

224

264

499

*515

*Z99

*214

171

202

194

166

144

132

118 

180

310

306

299

247

205

182 

168

176

218

191

176

152

6,179

213

-

-

Mar.

137

130

132

142

122

*116

111

194

202

176

163

144

134

163

257

618 

605

429

337

271

234

208

202

188

179

166

155

144

160

147

137

6,503

210

-

-

Apr.

132

134

140

*130

118

218

234

194

171

155

375

360

299

278

372

1.140 

650

450

352

292

254

227

205

185

171

160

150

144

140

152

7,982

266

-

-

May

152

147

*250

281

254

202

185

166

147

140

132

127

118

109

100

96 

89

85

85

83

79

75

68 

72

72

70

75

68

61

64

66

3,688

119

-

-

June

74

68

61

54

50

47

*47

44

44

49

~56 107

50

42

40

52 

47

36

40

36

40

36

78 

52

35

30

34

32

46

74

1,501

50.0

-

-

July

109

64

50

47

72

*116

77

57

61

59

40

34

31

50

86

86 

102

66

65

66

75

79

168 ^75

56

42

35

34

32

26 ~^R

£b

1,986

64.1

-

-

Aug.

28

*26

25

27

28

22

20

16

15

14

18

20

15

12

14

24 

17

17

18

18

40

20

14 

*14

14

14

13

18

18

13

11

583

18.8

-

-

Sept.

12

13

13

10

8.8

108

*92

35

28

19

17

14

12

11

13

14 

10

8.8

8.2

30

13

11

14 

10

56

372

162

79

59

50

1,302.8

43.4

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 700 Min 2O Mean 99.3 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,140 Min 8.2 Mean 93.4 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day.

No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, 1 discharge

easurement, and records for Cane Creek at Pletcher. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 75

French Broad River at Asheville, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°36'32", long 82°34 I 41", on right bank at downstream side of Pearson 

Bridge at Asheville, Buncombe County, 2.3 miles downstream from Southern Railway station, 3.1 miles downstream from Swannanoa River, and at mile 145.8.

Drainage area.--945 sq mi.

Records available.--September 1895 to December 1901 and January 1905 to September 1956 in 

reports of Geological Survey. September 1895 to December 1901 and March 1903 to December 1923 in North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34 

and Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34. Records prior to January 1909 have 

been revised in these two bulletins.

_.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,950.28 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Sept. 17, 1895, to Dec. 31, 1901, wire-weight 

gage at present site at different datum. Mar. 19, 1903, to July 15, 1916, and Jan. 1, 

1917, to Sept. 30, 1922, staff gage at Smith Bridge 1.5 miles upstream at datum 11.52 

ft higher. Oct. 1, 1922, to Aug. 9, 1930, chain gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge.--59 years (1895-1901, 1903-56), 2,072 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 10,400 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.00 ft); minimum, 305 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 0.42 ft), result of freezeup.

1895-1901, 1903-56: Maximum discharge, 110,000 cfs July 16, 1916 (gage height, 

23.1 ft, present site and datum, from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 

43,000 cfs; minimum, 239 cfs at times in August and September 1925 (gage height, 

0.16 ft).

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. 

Small diversions from tributaries for water supply. Slight diurnal fluctuation and 

occasional slight regulation at low flow caused by powerplants and small reservoirs 

above station.

Revisions.--WSP 823: Drainage area. See also Records available.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to July 6 July 7 to Sept. 3O

0.5

.7

1.0

1.5 

2.0

365

530

825

1,410

2,100

2.5 2,850

3.0 3,660

4.0 5,520

5.0 7,850

6.0 10,400

0.5

.7

1.0

1.5

350

505

780

1,350

2.0 2,000

2.5 2,750

3.0 3,580

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13 

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

752

935

902

794

762

680

700 

935

1.240

858

730

700

680 

680

670

630

584

584

602

602

593

584

566 

539

*550

539

539

530

640

741

620

21,441

692

0.732

0.84

Nov.

575

575

575

566

566

566

557 

575

593

640

891

804

670 

611

670

690

670

640

670

700

620

602

630 

660

730

730

720

640

620

*611

19,367

646

0.684

0.76

Dec.

602

630

660

741

814

847 T72- 

720

783

783

710

611

611 

620

650

620

593

593

602

*593

584

566

575

566

575

557

539

539

539

557

557

19,709

636

0.673

0.78

Jan.

530

504

513

530

530

513

522 

b480

b640

b650

b580

b530

bSOO ~" b490

b470

454

b440

479

496

602

611

522

496 

640

710

650

593

575

575

566

593

16,984

548

0.580

0.67

Feb.

640

902

1,960

2,360

2,760

4,130

6.180 

4,290

2,490

1,950

2,130

2,780

2,160 

1,780

1,590

1,460

1,740

3,470

3,410

3,360

*3,410

2,670

2,250 

2,OOO

1,910

2,200

2,020

2,020

2,000

72,022

2,484

2.63

2.83

Mar.

1,740

1,630

1,590

1,600

1,500

1,410

1,390

1,510

1,410

1,300

1,250

1,240

1.220

1,460

2,000

3,380

4.560

3,040

2,440

2,100

*1,850

1,730

1,640 

1,550

1,490

1,360

1,330

1,310

1,410

1,500

1,310

54,050

1,744

1.85

2.13

Apr.

1,210

1.190

1,220

1,210

1,210

1,570

2,800 

2,060

1,700

1,550

2,840

4,540

3,060 

2,520

2,430

9,250

7,140

4,860

3,280

*2,760

2,480

2,250

*2,130 

1,960

1,850

1,750

1,710

1,630

1,580

1,550

77,290

2,576

2.73

3.04

May

1,660

1,660

2,360

5,040

2,320

1,980

2,O4O 

2,380

2,040

1,850

1,740

1,640

1,530

1,460

1,440

1,340

*1,250

1,130

1,190

1,160

1,110

1,150

1.100 

1,110

1,160

1,180

1,130

1,120

1,160

1,110

1,370

47,970

1,547

1.64

1.89

June

1,120

1,000

935

869

836

858

836

825

804

847

880

847

804 

772

804

970

891

*720

720

891

935

970

1,090 

1.160

1,030

970

946

762

752

902

26,746

892

0.944

1.05

July

981

924

891

836

1,100

1,270

1,730 

1,410

1,130

1,240

934

813

760 

835

934

1,230

1,070

901

868

1,120

1,230

1,110

978 

*868

978

835

750

700

635

W2~

30,322

978

1.03

1.19

Aug.

720

680

635

599

582

539

556 

530

497

481

489

690

539 

505

505

*608

671

564

522

564

644

590

548 

514

489

457

441

433

6C>8

750

680

17,630

569

0.602

0.69

Sept.

573

556

505

473

489

962

1,090 

760

617

505

465

473

473 

*449

418

402

365

350

365

402

388

365

365 

358

614

*5.440

3,330

1,600

1,100

868

23,120

771

0.816

0.91

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,590 Min 530 Mean 1,378 Cfsm 1.46 In. 19.79

Water year 1955-56: Max 9,250 Min 350 Mean 1,166 Cfsm 1.23 In. 16.78

Peak discharge (base. 9.00O efs). Apr. 16 (1O a.m.) 10,400 cfs (6.00 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Ivy River near Marshall, N. C.

Location. Lat 35"46'10", long 82°37'16", on right bank 0.2 mile downstream from highway 

bridge, 1.9 miles upstream from mouth, and 4.0 miles southeast of Marshall, Madison 

County.

Drainage area.--158 sq mi.

Records available. May 1934 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,700.41 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--22 years, 145 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3.370 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.00 ft); minimum, 13 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 1.61 ft), result of freeseup.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 8,880 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 12.67 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 5,400 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; 

minimum, 3 cfs Jan. 20, 1940, result of freezeup; minimum gage height, 1.51 ft Aug. 30, 

Sept. 2, 1953; minimum daily discharge, 8.5 cfs Sept. 2, 18, 1953.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 803: 1934(M), 1935.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of loe effect (gage height, In

feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Feb. 6-18, Feb. 21 to Mar. 17, Mar. 20 to Apr. 11)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15

1.7 19 3.0 216

2.0 47 3.5 345

2.3 87 4,0 505

2.6 135

Note. Same as following table above 4.0 ft.

Apr. 16 to Sept, 30

2.8 160

3.1 220

3.5 324

4.0 505

4.5 720

5.0 990

5.5 1,290

6,0 1,630

6.5 2,090

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

ie

17

18

19

0

1

3

4

5

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

49

34

29

25

24

23

24

109 ~58

35

31

27

26

28

26

25 

25

26

27

27

26

25

25

25

*24

23

*23

23

32

33

26

963

31.1

0.197

0.23

Nov.

25

24

24

24

24

24

28

32

28

32

62

42

35

39

51

*42 

90

58

79

76

55

49

47

54

49

90

67

57

45

40

1,392

46.4

0.294

0.33

Dec.

42

48

48

62

93

73

62

57

79

67

60

52

a58

a63

a67

a50 

aSO

aS7

a80

*a51

45

40

45

42

44

44

42

38

39

55

b58

1,731

55.8

0.353

0.41

Jan.

b50

b50

48

46

b40

b40

40

b30

b30

b65

b60

46

38

b35

b60

b55 

bSO

b50

b45

*45

b34

b32

44

77

63

58

b50

58

73

174

190

1,776

57.3

0.363

0.42

Feb.

130

158

384

414

351

902

584

305

214

163

203

198

161

135

120

108 

458

730

466

*399

316

241

190

163

183

218

184

177

144

8,399

290

1.84

1.98

Mar.

126

126

121

144

123

116

112

254

214

175

155

139

137

163

*353

1,540 

835

529

402

322

271

*232

198

201

171

159

151

140

201

190

165

7,965

257

1.63

1.87

Apr.

146

169

173

157

144

233

256

218

184

161

485

537

460

402

633

*1,890 

*836

525

376

*287

236

207

185

*166

151

139

128

119

114

111

9,828

328

2.08

2,31

May

111

122

232

263

214

185

168

153

132

120

114

104

98

93

*87

81 

75

72

67

65

62

59

6T

88

66

60

60

59

65

59

72

3,267

105

0.665

0.77

June

88

80

66

60

56

52

51

46

45

87

53

45

43

45

40

46 

41

38

50

59

*43

43

40

45

35

30

29

28

24

28

1,436

47.9

0.303

0.34

July

127

112

61

337

225

141

76

68

193

103

63

50

60

490

266

218 

205

142

123

*117

103

79

67

67

62

55

48

44

39

37

3_5

3,813

123

0.778

0.90

Aug.

36

33

34

33

31

30

27

24

*23

22

21

23

22

19

*18

17 

16

T6

17

20

24

27

22

19

16

16

16

18

25

21

20

706

22.8

0.144

0.17

Sept.

21

41

32

48

26

65

132

44

31

26

24

24

22

21

19

18

*18

30

26

30

22

19

22

28

33

399

348

155

93

72

1,889

63.0

0.399

0.44

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,450 Mln 14 Mean 102 - Cfsm 0,646 In. 8.82

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,890 Mln 16 Mean 118 Cfsm 0.747 In. 10.17

Peak discharge (base, 2,700 cfs).--Apr. 16 (1:50 a.m.) 5,570 cfs (8.00 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, weathe 

and records for Big Laurel Creek near Stackhouse. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

French Broad River at Marshall, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°47'16", long 82"39"47", on right bank 0.4 mile upstream from Hayes Creek, 

1.0 mile downstream from Ivy River, 1.5 miles southeast of Marshall, Madison County, and 

at mile 126.5.

Drainage area.--1,332 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1942 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,646.79 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--14 years, 2,199 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13.800 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.29 ft); minimum, 203 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 0.38 ft), result of freeseup; minimum daily, 367 els 

Sept. 23.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 29,600 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 9.18 ft); minimum, 193 cfs Sept. 13, 14, 1954 (gage height, 0.36 ft); minimum daily, 292 cfs Sept. 27, 

28, 1954.

Floods of July 1916 and Aug. 30, 1940, reached stages of 18| and 13| ft, respectively, from high-water marks and flood profiles by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the water year 1954 has been revised to 23,200 

cfs Jan. 22, 1954 (gage height, 8.48 ft), superseding figure published in WSP 1336.

Remarks. Records excellent except those for period of ice effect, which are good. Diurnal 

fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplants above station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except period of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 16 Apr. 16 to Sept. 30

0.7 393

1.0 635

1.5 1,190

2.0 1,880

3.0 3,600

4.0 6,000

4.5 7,430

0.6 315

1.0 620

1.5 1,150

2.0 1,810

3.0 3,540

4.0 5,790

5.0 8,750

6.0 12,400

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956 

 i i r I i I I l I 1 

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

856

1,070

1,110

955

944

834

834

1,110

1.450

1,140

889 

856

823

812

812

768

715

695

735

725

705

685

695

655

*599

635

635

626

695

856

779

25,698

829

0.622

0.72

Nov.

675

675

665

665

655

655

675

685

695

757

1,060 

1,020

867

768

*779

823

878

779

845

867

790

725

757

790

856

933

900

812

715

735

23,501

783

0.588

0.66

Dec.

725

735

779

878

1,000

1,010

955

878

944

966

889

757

715

*746

757

768

812

735

746

735

725

685

695

705

695

695

675

645

665

715

24,125

778

0.584

0.67

Jan.

675

655

645

655

655

645

655

608

415

b900

bSOO 

b720

*b680

b640

b600

b580

b560

b610

665

*746

790

705

665

845

933

889

790

779

801

944

22,150

715

0.537

0.62

Feb.

900

1,060

2,340

2,860

3,320

4,780

7,280

5,480

3,120

2,450

2,450 

3,210

2,700

2,280

2,060

1,940

2,600

4,620

4,610

*4,060

4,240

3,380

2,810

2,500

2,390

2,600

2,570

2,420

2,440

89,470

3,085

2.32

2.50

Mar.

2,200

2,040

1,970

2,020

1,940

1,790

1,730

2,030

1,920

1,780

1,700 

1,670

*1,650

1,800

2,670

5,170

6,140

4,240

3,340

2,840

2,500

2,310

2,160

2,160

1,970

1,820

1,"780

1,720

1,880

2,040 

1,800

72,780

2,348

1.76

2.03

Apr.

1,690

1,720

1,790

1,700

1,720

1,960

3,380

2,840

2,320

2,100

3,420 

6,080

4,170

3,400

3,760

*12,200

*8,650

*6,180

4,140

*3,400

2,960

2,690

2,520

*2,350

2,210

2,110

*2,040

1,960

1,900

1,810

99,170

3,306

2.48

2.77

May

,940

,960

,600

,500

,730

,330

,270

,650

,330

,110

,990 

,900

,810

,670

,680

,590

* ,460

,410

,390

,360

,310

,280

,320

,340

,340

,390

,280

,320

,310

. ,260

55,370

1,786

1.34

1.55

June

1,450

1,300

1,200

1,130

1,020

1,070

1,040

1,020

997

1,080

1,110 

1,010

986

964

964

1,110

1,140

920

865

*997

,090

,090

,140

,340

,190

,090

,070

887

790

1,030

32,090

1,070

0.803

0.90

July

1,310

1,110

1,070

1,410

1,310

1,600

1,920

1,780

1,490

1,520

1,160 

1,010

1,070

1,670

1,410

2,210

1,780

1,270

1,230

*1,390

1,560

1,440

1,150

1,140

1,170

1,110

931

854

780

720 730-

40,305

1,300

0.976

1.13

 

Aug.

843

865

770

710

701

683

620

638

584

557

548

750

629

593

575

*593

710

656

566

539

720

656

548

539

*514

482

458

Tee

566

760 

854

19,693

635

0.477

0.55

Sept.

656

692

602

557

548

1,030

1,530

964

750

629

539 

539

522

506

474

443

*436

408

408

415

422

401

367

436

506

3,800

4,120

2,170

1,430

1,140

27,440

915

0.687

0.77

Calendar year 1955: Max 8,870 Mln 599 Mean 1,648 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.80

Water year 1955-56: Max 12,200 Mln 367 Mean 1,453 Cfsm 1.09 In. 14.87

Peak discharge (base. 10.000 cfs).--Apr. 16 (7:30 a.m.) 13,800 cfs (6.29 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Big Laurel Creek near Stackhouse, N. C.

Location. Lat 35"55"11", long 82°45'42", on left bank 50 ft west of State Highway 208, 

0.2 mile downstream from Big Hurricane Creek, 0.6 mile upstream from Little Hurricane 

Creek, 2.8 miles north of Stackhouse, Madison County, and 4.2 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 126 sq mi.

Records available. May 1934 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,595.68 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--23 years, 177 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,380 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.36 ft); minimum, 22 cfs Jan. 14 (gage height, 1.10 ft), result of freezeup; minimum daily, 29 cfs 

Sept. 17, 22.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 7,260 cfs Mar. 25, 1935 (gage height, 7.94 ft); minimum, 11 cfs Jan. 6, 1942 (gage height, 0.92 ft), result of freezeup; minimum daily, 

19 cfs Sept. 2, 16-18, 1953.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revlslons.--WSP 823: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge. In cubic feet per second)

49

77

113

162

332

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

5.0 

5.5

580

900

1,310

1,810

2,390

3,060

Discharge, In eubl? feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

71

48

40

36

34.

34

34

197

79

54

46

42

40

44

40

39

40

40

45

42

39

38

36

35

34

34

*34

34

54

45

37

1,465

47.3

0.375

0.43

Nov.

3535"

35

36

35

35

41

47

38

42

64

52

50

59

*70

70

141

87

107

102

82

71

70

74

66

100

79

72

56

b60

1,911

63.7

0.506

0.56

Dec.

b65

71

68

94

129

102

89

80

115

100

89

b70

b75

*84

91

b65

b75

b90

122

107

96

87

80

80

86

82

74

68

66

111

124

2,735

88.2

0.700

0.81

Jan.

b!05

b95

94

94

b85

b83

80

b60

b55

b80

b85

77

62

b50

b70

b62

b60

b60

68

*76

b60

b58

86

118

107

98

86

98

156

667

520

3,555

115

0.913

1.05

Feb.

285

315

918

865

574

640

774

455

324

245

292

304

262

221

215

212

674

1,260

795

*652

580

411

308

270

296

349

312

288

231

13,327

460

3.65

3.93

Mar.

206

218

215

281

255

235

212

292

277

252

228

206

*212

278

594

1,490

983

592

425

341

308

292

262

304

308

292

262

235

416

425

341

11,237

362

2.87

3.32

Apr.

277

316

384

345

288

375

455

375

304

255

384

547

450

366

562

2,640

879

*558

406

328

274

248

231

206

187

179

170

196

215

196

12,596

420

3.33

3.72

May

193

236

676

724

455

375

398

358

304

266

231

209

190

173

*165

165

146

136

129

122

118

109

122

159

122

113

113

115

120

111

122

6,975

225

1.79

2.06

June

232

157

136

a!30

a!25

a!20

alls

a 112

allO

a220

a!5o

a!40

a!30

a!40

a!30

a!40

a!25

a!15

a!70

*105

82

79

79

71

68

61

65

59

53

85

3,504

117

0.929

1.03

July

94

116

92

70

77

96

74

74

158

109

74

62

64

286

202

243

231

157

144

*207

241

157

122

115

113

100

80

79

72

66

61

3,836

124

0.984

1.13

Aug.

61

57

58

57

54

53

47

45

41

39

42

49

40

41

*44

37

34

33

34

38

89

53

41

37

35

34

33" 31

34

34

34

1,359

43.8

0.348

0.40

Sept.

32

37

32

37

39

117

152

62

48

41

39

38

36

34

31

31

*29

45

36

34

31

29

30

54

56

264

196

98

71

56

1,835

61.2

0.486

0.54

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,670 Mln 22 Mean 154 Cfsm 1.22 In. 16.61

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,640 Mln 29 Mean 176 Cfsm 1.40 In. 18.98

PeaK discharge (base, 1,500 cfs). --Feb. 17 (7 p.m.) 1,520 cfs (4.22 ft); Mar. 16 (2:30 p.m.) 1,830

cfs (4.52 ft); Apr. 16 (3:30 a.m.) 4,380 cfs (6.36 ft).

day .

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated 

and records for Ivy River near Marshall.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

basis of recorded range In stage, weather records,
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 79 

French Broad River near Newport, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°58'54", long 83°09'40", on left bank 15 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 35 at Oldtown, 1 mile northeast of Newport city limits, Cocke County, 

3.7 miles upstream from Pigeon River, and at mile 77.5.

Drainage area.--1.858 sq mi.

Records available. September 1900 to November 1901, November 1902 to Etecember 1905, 

August to December 1907, and November 1920 to September 1956 in reports of Geological 

Survey. Records prior to October 1924 (records prior to 1908, revised) in Tennessee 

Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,011.61 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. September 1900 to November 1901 wire-weight 

gage at bridge at datum 1.3 ft higher. November 1902 to December 1905 wire-weight 

gage and August to December 1907 chain gage, at datum approximately 0.9 ft higher. 

November 1920 to Sept. 13, 1926, chain gage and Sept. 14, 1926, to Mar. 30, 1934, 

water-stage recorder, at left pier at present datum.

Average discharge.--37 years (1903-5, 1921-56), 2,759 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,900 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.25 ft); minimum, 418 cfs Sept. 21 Tgage height, 1.08 ft); minimum daily, 479 cfs Sept. 20-22. 

1900-1901, 1902-5, 1907, 1920-56: Maximum discharge, 76,300 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 

(gage height, 19.25 ft); minimum, 208 cfs Oct. 23, 1952 (gage height, 0.97 ft); minimum daily, 240 cfs Sept. 9, 1925.

Floods of Feb. 28, 1902, and July 17, 1916, reached stages of about 23 ft (discharge, 101,000 cfs) and 22.5 ft (discharge, 97,000 cfs), respectively, present datum, 

from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation during low flow caused by powerplants above 

station.

Revisions [water years). WSF 783: 1933-34. WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 893: 1928(M). 

WSP 1336:19031M), 1921-22(M), 1923, 1925(M), 1927(M), 1928, 1932. See also Records 

available.

Rating table, waber year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.1 

1.3

1.5 

2.0

430

580

770

1,420

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

8.0

3,430

6,000

11,300

17,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,030

892

1,050

1,030

892

*858

803

1,210

1,590

1,390

1,030

858

836

814

803

770

760

710

710

760

730

720

690

690

652

625

B25

652

670

740

825

26,215

846

0.455

0.52

Nov.

740

670

*710

670

680

690

680

720

700

740

869

1,050

1,040

964

869

892

1,090

1,060

964

1,100

1,010

880

836

892

892

1,040

1,080

1,000

858

770

26,156

872

0.469

0.52

Dec .

781

836

847

916

1,130

*1,170

1,140

1,060

1,100

1,190

1,120

976

847

847

904

836

760 £69"

1,000

952

940

892

847

847

858

858

825

792

760

892

1,100

28,892

932

0.502

0.58

Jan.

976

928

869

858

847

825

814

803

643

556

589

858

*858

740

661

792

690

680

770

847

880

880

858

988

1,140

1,170

1,060

1,010

1,240

2,300

21.B70

30,000

968

0.521

0.60

Feb.

1,890

1,700

2,360

6,260

5,530

5,90O

*10,6QQ

8,290

5,380

3,780

3,380

4,260

4,130

3,260

2,870

2,720

3,780

9,760

8,390

6,650

6,730

5,450

4,280

3,630

3,380

3,760

3,800

3,500

3,360

-----

138,780

4,786

2.58

2.78

Mar.

3,010

2,810

2,740

2,980

2,960

*2,740

2,720

2,810

3,290

2,870

2,510

2,540

2,340

2,470

4,100

*9,090

10,700

5,530

4,470

3,860

3,430

3,140

3,080

3,120

2,850

2,700

2,510

3,480

3,930

3,380

115,340

3,721

2.00

2.31

Apr.

2,740

2,550

2, 940

*2,760

2,590

2,70O

4,570

4,730

3,600

3,080

5,410

8,370

6,910

5,270

5,500

17,100

*13 , 600

9,790

6,700

5,270

4,520

3,980

3,680

3,360

3,080

2,890

2,760

2,660

2,660

2,530

146,280

4,876

2.62

2.93

May

2,490

2,660

*3,860

6,540

5,140

3,960

3,800

3,780

3,660

3,120

2,850

2,640

2,470

2,280

2,100

2,160

1,840

1,750

1,660

1,650

1,580

1,520

1,530

1,700

1,600

1,530

1,550

1,520

1,500

1,470

1,500

77,210

2,491

1.34

1.55

June

,100

,180

,790

,530

,360

* ,260

,280

,210

,200

,170

,210

,190

,100

,100

,060

,100

,270

,170

,000

,010

,160

,270

,380

,420

,440

,300

,230

1,160

952

916

-- ----

38,518

1,284

0.691

0.77

July

1,270

1,330

1,270

1,160

1,640

*1,700

1,890

2,260

1,930

1,880

1,580

1,170

1,060

2,140

2,780

3,340

5,560

2,470

1,860

1,950

2,300

2,060

1,790

1,500

1,420

1,470

1,200

1,090

976

892

858

53,596

1,729

0.931

1.07

Aug.

858

964

9^4

858

825

*770

740

690

690

625

625

652

803

710

740

643

625

760

781

720

952

952

760

661

598

589

556

524

548

616

847

22,646

731

0.393

0.45

Sept.

9O4

770

760

690

643

*868

2,360

1,470

988

781

700

607

598

580

564

540

508

516

516

479

479

479

516

508

572

2,290

5,690

3,680

2,020

1,450

33,526

1,118

0.602

0.67

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,700 Hin 550 Mean 2,072 Cfsm 1.12 In. 15.13

Water year 1955-56: Max 17,100 Min 479 Mean 2,014 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.75

Peak discharge (base. 16,000 cfs). Apr. 16 (8:50 a.m.) 17.900 cfs 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

1.25 ft).
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

West Pork Pigeon River above Lake Logan, near Hazelwood , N. C.

Location.--Lat 35 0 23'46", long 82°56'17", on right bank at upstream side of county bridge, 

600 ft upstream from Big Creek, 1.1 miles upstream from Lake Logan, and 6.7 miles southeast of Hazelwood, Haywood County.

Drainage area.--27.6 sq mi.

Records available. February 1954 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,976.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,550 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 6.62 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 800 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 14 cfs Sept. 21- 

23 (gage height, 0.91 ft).

1954-56: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 15, 1956; minimum, 9.4 cfs Sept. 29, 30, 

1954 (gage height, 1.06 ft).

Remarks. Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height. In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15 Apr. 16 to Sept. 30

12 2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

217

4Z4

690

1,030

0.9

1.1

1.3

1.6 117

29

2.0 244

2.5 435

3.0 690

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

IE

16

17

18

19

20

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

a

9

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

52

30

25

22

2_1

25

79

257

53

39

34

*30

30

31

28

28

26

26

26

25

25

24

24

24

22

22

22

22

44

25

22

1,163

37.5

1.36

1.57

Nov.

21

21

21

20

20

20

28

22

20

36

36

26

26

48

*36

30

41

29

58

36

33

29

72

49

49

59

37

34

b32

b30

1,019

34.0

1.23

1.37

Dec .

31

42

51

224

134

77

64

62

64

b50

b48

b40

b35

*b40

b35

b37

b45

57

44

37

b36

b35

37

42

41

37

34

33

39

42

b36

1,629

52.5

1.90

2.20

Jan.

b35

b30

31

*b28

b28

b27

28

b25

28

36

42

34

29

b2S

30

26

b26

b25

37

28

b£5

b25

37

34

29

26

b25

28

41

-55- 130

1,056

34.1

1.24

1.42

Feb.

51

254

*332

275

191

551

?42

175

153

130

200

133

119

113

108

102

292

267

194

314

191

162

141

141

320

191

191

200

153

-----

5,886

203

7.36

7.93

Mar.

138

141

159

141

124

121

116

208

127

116

113

*105

116

291

200

*392

217

191

168

153

141

133

121

124

108

102

97

94

144

102

92_

4,595

148

5.36

6.19

Apr.

84

87

82

90

II

206

127

102

97

92

119

*121

150

187

852

580

287

234

202

179

160

148

137

125

117

110

104

97

92

88

5,133

171

6.20

6.92

May

100

110

212

157

114

114

181

*134

112

102

94

88

83

*77

72

68

65

62

60

58

55

*52

50

58

55

50

53

49

60

53

46

2,644

85.3

3.09

3.56

June

53

46

44

40

40

39

38

*37

46

41

44

40

37

37

63

39

36

34

51

46

76

89

62

68

152

99

67

50

60

77

1,631

54.4

1.97

2.20

July

96

97

89

88

109

134

139

114

128

94

77

67

70

79

65

77

95

60

65

88

67

58

52

50

58

55

44

41

40

3940"

2,375

76.6

2.78

3.20

Aug.

38

37

38

36

37

*33

30

29

29

28

28

29

Z7

26

34

30

26

24

29

6

9

6

4

3

2

1

* 0

1

2

0

0

862

27.8

1.01

1.16

Sept.

26

20

20

20

22

39

31

24

20

19

*18

18

16

16

15

15

15

15

15

15

*14

14

14

16

94

*251

77

41

31

27

978

32.6

1.18

1.32

Calendar year 1955: Max 838 Mln 20 Mean 85.8 Cfsm 3.11 In. 42.20

Water year 1955-56: Max 85Z Mln 14 Mean 79.2 Cfsm 2.87 In. 39.04

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 cfs).--Apr. 15 (7:30 p.m.) 4,550 cfs (6.62 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

West Fork Pigeon River below Lake Logan, near Waynesville, N. C.

81

Location. Lat 35°26'38", long 82°54'46", on right bank at downstream side of county bridge 

at Riverside Church, 2.6 miles downstream from Little East Fork Pigeon River, 3.4 miles 

downstream from Lake Logan, 3.8 miles upstream from confluence with East Fork Pigeon 

River, and 5.3 miles southeast of Waynesville, Haywood County.

Drainage area. 55.3 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,725.08 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,180 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 7.80 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 3.300 cfs on basis of logarithmic plotting; minimum, 18 cfs 

Nov. 16 (gage height, 0.43 ft).

1954-56: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 15, 1956; minimum, 7.6 cfs Sept. 7, 1954 

(gage height, 0.16 ft).

Remarks. Records excellent. Considerable regulation and diurnal fluctuation at low flow 

caused by Lake Logan (capacity, 1,050 cfs-days).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15 Apr. 16 to Sept. 3O

1.0 

1.5

2.0

115

195

2.5

4.5

306

455

640

870

1,160

0.5 21

.7 34

1.0 58

1.5 120

2.0 204

2.5

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

317

487

700

970

4.4 1,230

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

I"

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

78

49

43

38

36

38

60

~eT 343

59

53

*47

47

51

43

43 

41

40

41

40

38

38

37

37

34.

34

34

35

60

41

35

1,694

54.6

0.987

1.14

Nov.

35

36

34

34

34

34

42

37

34

50

65

42

41

58

*56

52 

50

43

70

53

46

44

80

78

66

82

61

55

44

43

1,499

50.0

0.904

1.01

Dec.

45

75

81

237

183

106

89

83

96

71

69

65

60

*60

60

52 

54

75

B8

56

54

53

54

59

59

54

52

48

54

62

49

2,283

73.6

1.33

1.54

Jan.

45

48

46

43

*41

43

45

47

67

72

69

60

49

47

45

49 

61

59

62

55

51

52

45

35

36

34

3333"

33

38

85

1,526

49.2

0.890

1.03

Feb.

78

310

*455

387

298

*724

408

278

236

204

302

208

186

174

163

154 

394

412

213

478

320

270

236

238

455

337

303

331

256

_ _ _ _ _ -

8,808

304

5.50

5.92

Mar.

232

230

246

236

203

197

191

311

214

197

188

175

*186

504

385

48B 

412

348

298

266

241

228

212

210

235

368

301

125

120

54

55

7,652

247

4.47

5.15

Apr.

120

144

136

152

134

308

214

177

168

158

224

*216

268

326

1,150

1,200 

563

442

373

329

293

270

250

231

217

206

195

186

178

169

8,997

300

5.42

6.05

May

183

190

317 '258'

210

190

283

*237

204

190

178

166

155

149

142

134 

128

120

117

113

109

103

100

112

107

99

99

95

118

105

90

4,811

155

2.80

3.24

June

100

87

82

79

76

74

73

*68

72

76

70

70

65

63

5T

86 

68

63

72

76

87

124

99

93

151

142

99

74

88

133

2,607

86.9

1.57

1.75

July

127

151

142

136

158

188

216

162

197

146

117

106

106

133

103

105 

158

*96

100

124

110

90

82

78

92

75

69

65

66

63

64

3,625

117

2.12

2.44

Aug.

61

56

57

55

60

*51

46

44

43

41

41

43

40

39

45

51 

39

36

42

44

47

41

36

33

32

32

*34

32

33

31

52.

1,315

42.4

0.767

0.88

Sept.

36

30

30

30

31

52

51

36

30

29

*28

26

32

30

28

28 

26

28

24

25

26

26

26

28

37

*382

134

70

51

43

1,453

48.4

0.875

0.98

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,090 Min 32 Mean 133 Cfsm 2.41 In. 32.64

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,200 Min 24 Mean 12S Cfsm 2.28 In. 31.13

Discharge measurement made on this day.
82 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

East Fork Pigeon River near Canton, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°27'42", long 82°52'12", on right bank 800 ft upstream from U. S. Highway 

276, 0.4 mile downstream from Dix Creek, 1.7 miles upstream from confluence with West 

Fork Pigeon River, and 5.2 miles southwest of Canton, Haywood County.

Drainage area.--51.5 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,674.34 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,640 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 6.10 ft); minimum, 12 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 0.84 ft), result of freezeup.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 15, 1956; minimum, that of Jan. 9, 1956.

Remarks. Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good.

Rating tables, water year,1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15 Apr. 16 to Sept. 30

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

24

91

202

2.5 375

3.0 600

3.5 870

0.9 

1.1 

1.3 

1.5 

2.0

92

211

E.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

385

600

870

1,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsni

In.

Oct.

58

52

45

41

40

41

55

193

68

52

46

*44

43

43

42

41

41

38

38

37

37

36

36

37

36

36

36

36

50

40

36

1,474

47.5

0.922

1.06

Nov.

35

35

35

34

34

34

40

36

34

44

53

37

36

45

*43

36

38

35

44

40

35

34

38

48

38

44

38

36

b30

b28

1,137

37.9

0.736

0.82

Dec.

b30

41

45

72

M

57

52

50

60

b40

b37

b32

b30

*b33

b30

b30

b45

49

46

42

40

b36

40

40

41

38

37

35

35

37

b3l

1,315

42.4

0.823

0.95

Jan.

b30

b30

35

*33

b29

b27

32

b24

b26

31

37

33

31

b30

34

b26

b30

b30

38

35

b29

b27

36

45

37

34

33

33

38

61

54

1,048

33.8

0.656

0.76

Feb.

48

161

*222

219

200

568

383

239

194

257

200

172

156

143

132

239

264

222

284

230

200

180

168

257

219

200

208

175

6,306

217

4.21

4.55

Mar.

163

156

154

156

139

132

124

179

139

130

128

*122

119

211

202

393

303

248

216

192

175

163

152

150

136

130

122

117

139

119

111

5,120

165

3.20

3.70

Apr.

107

105

101

105

95

179

152

132

124

119

172

*182

219

242

664

*1.110

537

401

321

270

240

217

198

184

171

161

139

144

134

132

7,057

235

4.56

5.10

May

136

136

179

181

146

139

174

148

*139

130

125

119

114

*108

104

98

92

88

87

83

79

*78

74

83

79

74

76

71

69

71

64

3,344

108

2.10

2.41

June

68

64

61

60

58

55

*54

53

52

55

54

49

48

48

63

52

49

45

44

46

45

53

69

57

53

55

48

42

43

54

1,597

53.2

1.03

1.15

July

81

84

58

52

88

87

85

68

72

61

50

48

45

52

50

"48

63

45

46

54

58

46

44

42

49

43

38

35

38

38

38

1,706

55.0

1.07

1.23

Aug.

37

35

34

34

34

32

*29

27

27

28

27

27

26

25

27

31

26

27

35

29

33

28

25

22

22

22

*27

26

23

25

23

673

28.2

0.548

0.63

Sept.

22

23

22

22

22

58

42

30

25

22

22

*22

21

20

19

18

18

18

18

18

*18

18

18

21

43

*254

116

68

49

42

1,129

37.6

0.730

0.82

Calendar year 1955: Max 873 Min 28 Mean 112 Cfsm 2.17 In. 29.56

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,110 Min 18 Mean 87.6 Cfsm 1.70 In. 23.18

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 cfs).--Apr. 15 (10:30 p.m.) 3,640 cfs (6.10 ft).

Discharge measurement m 

b Stage-discharge relation

this day. 

affected by ic
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 83

Location. --Lat 35°31'30 

tary 

at m

Pigeon River at Canton, N. C.

n. --Lat , long 82°50'28", on left bank 100 ft upstream from small tribu-

, 0.5 mile upstream from U. S. Highways 19 and 23 at Canton, Haywood County, and

ile 63.9. Records include flow of small tributary.

Drainage area.- -133 sq mi, includes that of small tributary below gage.

Records available. --May 1907 to June 1909 (fragmentary) and December 1928 to September 

1956 in reports of Geological Survey. May 1907 to June 1909 (complete) in North 

Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34 and Tennessee Division 

of Geology Bulletin 34 .

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,572.22 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 1909, staff gage at bridge 

0.4 mile downstream at different datum.

Average discharge. --28 years (1907-8, 1929-56), 303 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 7.300 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.10 ft); minimum, 15 cfs Jan. 8 (gage height, 0.04 ft), result of freezeup; minimum daily, 44 cfs 

Sept. 20.

1907-9, 1928-56: Maximum discharge, 31,600 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 20.75 

ft, from floodmark in gage well); minimum, that of Jan. 8, 1956; minimum daily, 27 cfs 

Sept. 7, 1954.

Remarks . - -Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. 

Occasional diurnal fluctuation and considerable regulation at low flow caused by 

gristmill and Lake Logan on West Fork (capacity, 1,050 cfs-days) . City of Canton diverted a total of about 105,000,000 gal just above station for supplementary water 

supply, equivalent to a mean discharge of 0.4 cfs at station.

Revisions (water years ). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 853: 1929-37(M) .

Rating tables, water y 

feet,

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15

ar 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage height, in 

and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.5 

1.8 

2.2 

2.5

280

397

580

745

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

1,070

1,420

1,820

Note.. Same as following 

table below 1.5 ft.

1.1 

1.3

44

55

69

106

154

212

Apr. 16 to

1.5

ept. 30

2.2 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

280

396

570

725

1,020

1,570

1,760

2,160

2,580

3,550

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

142

106

94

81

78

76

96

544

176

120

*102

96

94

100

92

92

88

84

86

83

81

79

79

79

11

7E

72

74

108

90

74

3,309

107

-

-

Nov .

74

74

72

71

71

71

79

79

71

84

132

88

81

96

115

*100

86

84

111

111

88

84

98

154

106

134

108

98

74

74

2,768

92.3

-

-

Dec.

81

111

134

246

557

178

149

136

170

122

122

104

*106

1O8

108

86

111

122

129

102

96

94

98

102

104

100

94

90

90

ioe

90

3,826

123

-

-

Jan.

81

94

88

84

*72

79

79

b60

b70

bllO

108

98

81

b70

b75

b75

b80

92

106

98

83

81

94

92

81

66

69

68

72

96

142

2,644

85.3

-

-

Feb.

*120

408

733

630

556

1,550

896

566

462

389

568

440

381

548

325

302

662

745

556

841

eoo

508

444

451

755

615

532

585

458

16,186

558

-

-

Mar.

423

410

414

431

364

544

356

531

576

552

340

321

 525

749

721

997

524

663

570

508

458

427

597

393

389

494

467

280

506

203

181

13,994

451

-

~

Apr.

228

270

266

276

252

497

423

340

317

306

494

552

600

600

1,710

5,180

1,250

312

752

655

575

530

*489

454

421

400

380

360

344

529

18,142

605

-

-

May

352

360

525

525

392

364

471

425

*376

348

333

313

502

284

270

259

245

232

225

219

212

203

190

212

212

193

193

184

193

205

170

8,985

290

-

"

June

181

170

162

154

149

144

142

154

134

149

139

136

124

124

173

152

134

120

*120

159

118

185

196

159

169

240

168

124

135

189

4,563

152

-

-

July

215

264

215

209

228

304

"255 544

287

235

181

162

154

190

176

162

246

*159

152

173

205

149

156

129

154

129

115

106

108

106

106

5,752

185

-

Aug.

104

96

96

92

96

88

*78

74

72

71

71

72

69

66

68

90

68

63

78

78

86

74

65

59

55

56

59

68

61

58

56

2,287

73.8

-

-

Sept.

61

58

55

55

54

106

111

72

61

55

53

52

*52

53

47

48

46

45

45

44

45

45

46

54

80

680

298

170

115

96

2,802

95.4

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,080 Min 71 Mean 261 cfsm 1.96 Xn. 26.61

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,180 Min 44 Mean 233 cfsm 1.75 In . 23.83

Peak discharge (base, 4,000 efs).--Apr. 16 (1 a.m.) 7,500 cfs (9.10 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
84 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Alien Creek near Hazelwood, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°25'49", long 83°00'33", on left bank 180 ft downstream from Rocky Branch, 

3.0 miles upstream from mouth, and 3.3 miles south of Hazelwood, Haywood County.

Drainage area. 14.4 sq ml.

Records available. August 1949 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage Is 3,047.83 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--? years, 32.8 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 576 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 2.86 ft); minimum, 

5V 0 cfs Sept. 16, 21, 23 (gage height, 0.88 ft); minimum dally, 5.7 cfs Sept. 21, 22.

1949-56: Maximum discharge, 951 cfs Feb. 21, 1953 (gage height, 3.43 ft); minimum, 

1.0 cfs Sept. 9, 1954 (gage height, 0.75 ft); minimum daily, 5.0 cfs Oct. 11-14, 18, 

22, 23, 25-27, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 7.0 ft Aug. 30, 1940, from information by local residents.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by intermittent operation of filter 

plant 0.3 mile upstream since Aug. 29, 1954. Town of Waynesville diverts from Rocky 

Branch about 3 cfs for water supply at diversion dam 0.4 mile upstream.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15 Apr. 16 to Sept. 3O

0.9 

1.0

1.2 

1.4

5.4

11

1.6 89

1.8 129

2.0 179

2.1 210

0.8

.9

1.0

1.2 

1.4

3.5 

7.0

13

32

58

1.6 91

1.8 131

2.0 180

2.1 210

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

15

9.7

9.1

8.5

7.9

7.9

17

73

20

 15

13

12

13

13

12

11

11

11

10

10

9.7

9.7

9.1

9.1

9.1

8.5

8.5

8.5

15

9.7

9.1

405.1

13.1

-

-

Nov.

9.1

9.1

9.1

8.5

8.5

8.5

11

9.1

9.1

13

12

10

11

15

13

*12

17

12

20

15

13

13

23

18

18

20

17

15

b!2

b8. 5

389.5

13.0

-

-

Dec.

b!7~ b6. 5

20

66

42

27

23

22

22

16

17

b!6

*b!5

b!5

16

b!3

b!3

22

17

16

15

15

15

17

17

16

15

15

17

19

15

601.5

19.4

-

-

Jan.

b!2

b!2

12

11

*11

11

11

b9.7

b9.1

b9.1

b9.7

9.7

9.1

b7.9

b6. 5

9.1

9.1

9.1

17

11

9.7

9.1

15

13

12

11

11

12

16

44

23

363.9

12.4

-

-

Feb.

23

69

116

101

76

142

95

66

*58

52

61

49

44

42

41

39

84

91

78

106

80

66

60

61

113

60

76

71

60

2,102

72.5

-

-

Mar.

55

56

61

57

52

51

51

92

60

55

52

49

*51

142

97

161

112

97

65

76

69

63

56

58

52

51

48

45

57

48

42

2,105

67.9

-

-

Apr.

41

41

39

42

37

74

54

46

42

41

52

54

*63

68

166

209

123

loo

86

79

72

68

63

60

57

54

52

50

49

47

2,053

68.4

-

-

May

52

56

99

77

62

57

69

*60

53

50

47

44

43

*41

40

36

37

36

34

33

32

31

31

33

31

30

30

29

42

29

26

1,372

44.3

-

-

June

33

28

26

25

24

24

23

23

24

23

22

23

24

24

24

24

26

26

30

*27

26

30

27

24

26

26

25

20

34

31

774

25.8

-

-

July

36

43

37

31

26

35

37

37

57

40

32

28

26

34

28

35

*36

26

25

25

24

22

21

22

25

22

20

19

19

18

1Z

907

29.3

-

-

Aug.

16

16

16

16

18

13

*12

12

11

11

13

12

11

10

11

10

9.5

9.0

9.5

9.5

12

10

9.0

8.4

9.0

9.5

9.0

9.5

9.0

9.0

7.9

347.8

11.2

-

-

Sept.

7.9

9.0

9.5

9.0

9.0

12

11

9.0

7.9

7.4

7.4

7.0

*7.0

6.2

6.5

6.5

6.2

6.5

6.2

6.5

5.7

5.7

6.2

7.4

32

*84

38

21

16

14

367.7

12.9

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 254 Min 6.8 Mean 30.7 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 209 Min 5.7 Mean 32.3 Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base_j 400 cfs). Apr. 15 (9:30 p.m.) 576 cfs (2.86 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 85

Jonathan Creek near Cove Creek, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°37'22", long 83°00'26" > on left bank 1,500 ft downstream from ford, 

0.7 mile upstream from mouth, and 2 miles downstream from Cove Creek and village of 

Cove Creek, Haywood County.

Drainage area.--65.3 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1930 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,383.89 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 26 years, 123 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,930 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 5.73 ft); minimum, 29 cfs Sept. 16, 17; minimum gage height, 0.82 ft Jan. 8, result of freezeup.

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 3,200 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 7.51 ft); minimum, 18 cfs Jan. 2, 1940 (gage height, 0.54 ft), result of freezeup; minimum daily, 

23 cfs Sept. 17, 18, 23, 1953.

Remarks. Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. 

Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small gristmill above station.

Revisions,.--WSP 823: Drainage area. s

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.8 

.9 

1.1 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

51

83

125

182

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

4.5

305

452

640

880

1,160

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12 

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

53

42

37

35

34

34

38

218

58

*46

41

38 

38

40

37

37

36

36

38

36

35

35

35

34

33

33

34

33

51

38

35

1,368

44.1

0.675

0.78

Nov.

34

34

34

34

34

33

*40

36

35

40

44

38 

38

51

48

46

71

46

82

56

48

45

81

70

59

70

55

50

b45

b44

1,441

48.0

0.735

0.82

Dec.

b48

59

63

139

*122

86

72

66

71

59

b55

b52 

b50

b48

50

b45

b55

61

56

50

48

47

48

50

50

48

46

45

47

51

b45

1,832

59.1

0.905

1.04

Jan.

b40

b43

45

44

43

*43

43

b38

b38

b37

b45

42 

40

b40

b40

b36

b38

b39

68

51

44

43

56

66

55

50

48

50

64

152

102

1,583

51.1

0.783

0.90

Feb.

*87

188

316

314

266

464

349

£42

200

165

189

153 

139

130

130

122

214

362

264

338

262

224

196

196

349

276

246

229

194

_____

6,804

235

3.60

3.88

Mar.

178

187

204

198

174

167

161

196

153

146

142

137 

142

364

320

497

366

513

272

239

*219

200

187

189

167

161

153

146

254

180

161

6,573

212

3.25

3.74

Apr.

150

155

146

159

139

241

194

167

146

150

239

210 

200

189

645

*932

491

378

321

282

256

234

217

203

191

180

172

163

159

157

7,466

249

3.81

4.25

May

167

182

335

262

210

196

*194

178

163

157

148

142 

137

130

127

122

118

114

112

109

106

103

100

109

104

100

97

122

110

102

 92

4,448

143

2.19

2.53

June

139

104

95

91

88

84

82

79

82

88

78

77 

75

72

78

76

71

76

*98

88

83

101

164

104

112

102

84

72

75

128

2,746

91.5

1.40

1.56

July

86

90

88

83

87

163

119

99

120

95

78

72

86

152

127

104

*135

91

92

81

76

68

68

71

81

76

76

60

56

58

56

2^794

90.1

1.38

1.59

Aug.

54

55

60

53

64

53

47

*45

44

43

45

47 

43

41

40

40

38

37

59

47

66

45

40

38

37

36

36

50

48

43

40

1,434

46.3

0.709

0.82

Sept.

37

50

40

64

43

83

66

48

43

39

38

36 

35

33

32

31

*31

34

32

32

*32

32

32

62

103

343

125

86

68

57

1,787

59.6

0.913

1.02

Calendar year 1955: Max 978 Min 28 Mean 108 Cfsm 1.65 In. 22.47

Water year 1955-56: Max 932 Min 31 Mean 110 Cfsm 1.68 In. 22.93

Peak discharge (base, 1,100 cfs). Apr. 15 (11 p.m.) 1,930 cfs (5.73 ft); June 30 (2 p.m.) 1, 

cfs (5.04 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
86 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Pigeon River near Hepco, N. C.

Location. Lat 35 a 38 r 07", long 82°59'22", on left bank 0.8 mile downstream from Jonathan 

Creek, 2.4 miles upstream from Fines Creek and from Hepco, Haywood County, and at 

mile 45.0.

Drainage area.--350 sq mi.

Records available. July 1927 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,335.95 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--29 years, 642 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 12,200 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.62 ft); minimum, 121 cfs Sept. 21 (gage height, 0.96 ft).

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 32,700 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 15.82 ft, from 

floodmark in gage house), from rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs on basis of 

slope-area determinations at gage heights 14.94 and 15.82 ft; minimum, 81 cfs Sept. 30, 

1941; minimum gage height, 0.81 ft Sept. 8, 1954.

Maximum stage known, about 18 ft June 1876 and February 1902, from flood profiles 

by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are 

good. Considerable regulation by Lake Junaluska on Richland Creek and Lake Logan on 

West Fork Pigeon River for periods of low flow (combined capacity of reservoirs, 

about 2,200 cfs-days). Records of chemical analyses for the water year 1956 are given 

in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 893: 1928-31, 1932(M), 1933-36, 

1937-39(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

110

128

230

370

455

715

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

7.2

1,020

1,890

3,000

4,440

6,570

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

240

230

192

168

163

166

173

917

394

251

*209

189

184

192

184

178

173

171

176

171

166

163

163

163

145

149

151

149

200

203

163

6,536

211

-

-

Nov.

154

154

154

151

151

151

173

*178

161

181

254

197

178

203

254

215

251

209

279

276

209

192

244

332

254

296

251

224

195

171

6,292

210

-

-

Dec.

181

240

290

434

*686

394

328

304

342

290

265

237

230

221

234

200

192

254

276

227

215

206

209

215

224

218

206

197

197

227

218

8,157

263

-

-

Jan.

186

200

197

192

181

*184

184

168

143

203

218

212

192

161

176

195

173

195

265

254

203

189

230

314

251

215

206

203

230

390

6,708

216

-

-

Feb.

*335

619

1,540

1,410

1,360

2,150

2,010

1,170

932

782

944

836

715

649

622

585

1,150

1,860

1,250

1,670

1,290

1,060

914

884

1,370

1,460

1,100

1,130

920

.......

32,717

1,128

-

-

Mar.

848

848

854

926

776

737

720

999

806

732

704

671

666

1,510

1,680

2.380

1,960

1,490

1,260

1,090

*971

896

836

824

776

842

878

654

872

671

555

30,432

982

-

-

Apr.

555

632

632

649

605

968

945

742

688

660

1,190

1,100

1,090

1,090

2,300

*6,460

2,530

1,920

1,540

1,320

1,150

1,060

978

90S

848

806

764

726

698

676

36,224

1,207

-

-

May

710

800

1,510

1,170

896

818

*902

9O2

770

720

682

649

616

595

565

545

520

500

480

470

455

442

424

450

465

428

424

432

442

465

594

19,441

627

-

"

June

460

419

382

360

352

342

335

324

363

382

342

321

307

310

346

352

321

*328

352

378

328

386

551

406

387

475

370

304

282

450

11,015

367

-

-

July

428

475

446

424

410

790

698

480

515

495

382

346

346

549

520

455

*575

406

390

374

398

335

318

321

349

335

328

a310

a290

a290

a260

13,058

421

-

-

Aug.

a260

a250

a240

a230

a230

a240

a200

*189

181

178

184

206

184

171

168

184

173

161

236

209

248

203

171

159

151

149

154

223

209

192

176

6,109

197

-

-

Sept.

151

225

166

209

168

283

335

215

181

161

154

149

145

141

136

132

*130

132

128

126

123

1?.

123

190

322

1,800

754

465

332

a280

7,980

266

-

~

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,310 Min 143 Mean 521 Cfsm 1.49 In. 20.19

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,460 Min 123 Mean 505 Cfsm 1.44 In. 19.62

Peak discharge (base. 6.000 cfs).--Apr. 16 (4 a.m.) 12,200 cfs (9.62 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for static 

at Canton and Jonathan Creek near Cove Creek.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 87

Pigeon River at Newport, Term.

Location.--Lat 35°57'36", long 83°10'26", on left bank 100 ft upstream from bridge on 

U. S. Highway 70 at Newport, Cocke County, 0.6 mile downstream from Morell Branch, and 

at mile 6.8

Drainage area.--666 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1903 to December 1905, December 1906 to December 1909, November 1918 to September 1929, May 1945 to July 1946, and August 1948 to September 1956 

in reports of Geological Survey. Published as "near Newport" 1945-46. September 1900 

to October 1901, December 1902 to December 1905, and December 1906 to September 1924 

(prior to October 1910 and October 1920 to September 1921, revised), in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

ge. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,040.76 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to September 1929, staff or chain gage 

at same site and datum. May 1945 to July 1946, water-stage recorder at site 4.8 miles 

downstream at datum 37.85 ft lower.

Average discharge. 29 years (1903-5, 1908-1S, 1914-29, 1948-56), 1,189 cf s.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,100 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 10.70 ft); 

minimum, 70 cfs Aug. 19 (gage height, -0.07 ft); minimum daily, 94 cfs Aug. 12.

1900-1901, 1902-5, 1906-29, 1945-46, 1948-56: Maximum discharge, 34,900 cfs Apr. 

1920 (gage height, 17.0 ft); minimum, 38 cfs Oct. 5, 1952, Sept. 13, 1954; minimum 

daily, 48 cfs Sept. 21, 28, 1953; minimum gage height, -0.32 ft Sept. 13, 1954.

Flood of Feb. 28, 1902, reached a stage of 21.4 ft. Flood of Aug. 30, 1940, reached 

a stage of 17.3 ft (discharge, 36,000 cfs), determined by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Remarks. Records good. Considerable regulation by Lakes Junaluska, Logan, and Walters 

for periods of low flow (combined usable capacity of reservoirs, about 12,500 cfs-c

Revisions (water years). WSP 1143: Drainage area; average discharge. WSP 1336: 1903, 

1917 (M), 1919-20 (M), 1921, 1924(M), 1927-29(M). See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2,

,2

.4

.7

1.0

1.5

125

180

304

480

860

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0

1,330

2,580

4,130

7,900

12,700

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

556

228

260

584

406

*418

460

902

830

480

533

480

519

461

352

206

288

440

469

458

422

305

186

252

436

390

505

281

296

190 

174

12,527

398

-

Nov.

504

271

*280

280

228

181

186

409

446

480

416

510

192

570

508

466

631

538

446

334

483

570

602

586

661

679

472

646

790

756

13,521

451

-

Dec.

484

525

456

540

682

*870

856

814

901

722

519

682

792

800

810

777

682

515

797

729

686

658

525

578

264

222 273"

454

527

677 

588

18,961

612

-

Jan.

410

552

492

564

560

556

400

552

401

600

522

500

*499

402

294

514

478

409

450

451

386

306

328

525

550

566

525

490

472

1,530

1.560

16,002

516

-

Feb.

1.270

1,470

3,530

3,100

2,070

2,890

*3,910

3,240

2,940

2,760

2,760

1,660

1,940

2,010

1,810

1,440

2,070

4.450

3,330

3,260

3,160

2,820

2,650

2,220

1,800

1,690

2,140

2,210

2,150

72,750

2,509

-

Mar.

2,090

2,100

1,580

1,520

1,950

1,750

1,690

1,920

1,790

1,250

946

1/540

1,620

2,080

2,950

*4.150

5,840

5,220

2,920

2,760

2,650

2,610

2,470

1,950

1,090

1,520

1,740

1,680

2,080

2,100

1,580

64,616

2,084

-

Apr.

814

1,170

1,750

*1,510

1,410

1,900

2,110

1,550

1,630

1,490

2,090

5,180

2,400

1,830

2,880

12,500

*5,900

4,050

5,250

2,880

2,580

2,080

2,560

2,080

1,900

1,800

1,780

1,220

1,020

1,190

75,864

2,462

-

May

,440

,440

* ,960

.950

,280

,540

,640

,740

,620

,590

,520

,080

692

991

1,180

959

810

681

558

446

487

640

617

651

567

429

412

52B

566 

775

812

53,339

1,075

-

June

1,090

1.590

890

882

872

*794

662

612

480

389

579

656

652

658

607

476

586

514

618

706

658

644

728

604

620

746

709

526

485 

422

20,013

667

-

July

574

803

668

470

640

*959

1,450

666

918

851

722

733

752

1,810

1,460

1,400

2,810

2,000

1,220

1,340

809

560

970

1,020

1,060

900

891

654

424 

654

696

50,844

995

-

Aug.

589

550

499

326

200

*352

438

386

264

255

215

94

202

292

285

279

286

228

875

590

782

640

554

572

560

164

205

338

514 

347

466

11,523

372

-

Sept.

544

362

228

356

542

*677

1,630

517

250

402

322

519

305

312

256

298

170

302

278

280

280

224

109

492

812

1,720

1.790

1,000

679 

466

15,520

517

^

Calendar year 1955 : Max 5,030 Mi" 57 Mean 981 Cfsm 1.47 In. 20.00 

Water year 1955-56 s Max 12,500 Mi" 94 Mean 1,047 Cfsm 1.57 In. 21.40

Peak discharge (base. 7,500 cfs). Apr. 16 (10:30 a.m.) 20,100 efs (10.70 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
°° TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

North Toe River at Altapass, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°53'59", long 82°01'50", on left bank 0.1 mile upstream from Rose Creek, 

1.0 mile northwest of Altapass, Mitchell County, and at mile 36.0.

Drainage area.--104 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1934 to September 1956. Prior to October 1938, published as 

"above Spruce Pine" (flow of Rose Creek included).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,542.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 1, 1938, at site 1.2 miles downstream at datum 13.90 ft lower.

Average discharge.--22 years, 197 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,610 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.36 ft); minimum, 26 cfs Sept. 16 (gage height, 1.11 ft); minimum daily, 28 cfs Sept. 16.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 22,200 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 19.5 ft, from 

floodmark in gage well), from rating curve extended above 5,000 cfs on basis of slopearea determination of peak flow; minimum, 23 cfs Sept. 9, 1954 (gage height, 0.99 ft); 

minimum daily, that of Sept. 16, 1956.

Maximum stage known, about 24 ft in July 1916.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair.

Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by gristmills and primary mineral processing mills .

Revisions. WSP 973: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of loe effect (gage

height, In feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used May 8)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 16 Mar. 17 to Sept. 30

90

135

215

380

560

760

1,000

25

50

106

204

365

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

544

940

1,380

1,870

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

2e

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

97

86

80

74

70

68

80

217

117

86

78

72

74

76

70

68

70

*70

74

72

68

66

65

66

65

65

65

65

130

92

74

2,520

81.3

0.782

0.90

Nov.

70

68

66

66

15

63

72

78

68

82

121

103

88

99

*126

97

128

103

119

128

105

99

97

97

92

133

105

97

b95

2,818

93.9

0.903

1.01

Dec.

b85

b85

b95

bl!5

155

*103

94

92

103

99

b95

b95

bllO

blOS

b95

b90

b90

blOO

blOS

b95

b90

b90

b85

b90

b95

97

86

80

82

94

99

2,972

95.9

0.922

1.06

Jan.

b95

b95

b90

90

74

84

b80

b70

b70

b80

b70

b65

b60

b55

b60

*b65

b60

b60

b65

b70

b65

b70

b75

b90

b80

b75

b70

b75

b95

blSO

197

2,530

81.6

0.785

0.90

Feb.

130

168

398

376

303

610

574

359

280

255

503

261

*215

193

182

174

457

717

5T6

499

573

310

264

248

296

328

255

284

230

9,516

328

3.15

3.40

Mar.

207

212

212

294

218

201

195

274

207

190

179

*174

190

242

378

970

732

540

457

372

328

304

274

304

271

252

242

227

242

213

190

9,291

300

2.88

3.32

Apr.

176

234

413

258

221

360

386

284

*248

*233

376

414

393

331

415

1,730

884

672

552

471

410

376

545

314

287

271

258

245

236

236

12,029

401

 3.86

4.30

May

248

242

348

328

245

252

351

*233

*218

201

190

179

168

*166

163

171

150

143

136

129

129

125

132

153

127

123

123

123

123

119

116

5,654

182

1.75

2.02

June

125

127

Tl2

110

106

104

102

98

96

104

*98

90

84

80

78

82

80

82

78

88

84

76

71

64

64

58

58

57

53

55

2,564

85.5

0.822

0.92

July

101

98

84

109

106

112

96

82

108

125

*78

65

71

175

112

143

125

98

92

88

104

80

75

78

75

75

64

60

52

53

57

2,841

91.6

0.881

1.02

Aug.

58

73

57

57

53

50

44

43

42

40

39

37

37

36

36

37

36

35

36

37

*55

60

44

39

35

34

34

37

40

43

40

1,344

43.4

0.417

0.48

Sept.

40

50

49

44

43

73

159

65

46

45

40

39

36

34

32

28

30

34

*35

50

40

35

39

57

94

361

696

221

123

96

2,732

91.1

0.876

0.98

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,360 Mln 60 Mean 187 Cfsm 1.80 In . 24.44

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,730 Mln 28 Mean 155 Cfsm 1-49 In. 20.31

Peak discharge (base. 1,500 cfs).--Apr. 16 (5 a.m.) 2,610 cfs (7.36 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 89 

Cane River near Sioux, N. C.

Location.--Lat 36°00'52", long 82°19'40", on right bank on State Highway 26, 1.3 miles 

upstream from confluence with North Toe River, 1.5 miles east of Sioux, Yancey County, 

and at mile 1.3.

Drainage area.--157 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1934 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,045.24 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 238 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,200 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.80 ft); minimum, 30 cfs Jan. 15 (gage height, 1.70 ft), result of freezeup; minimum daily, 43 cfs 

Aug. 28.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 31,800 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 17.8 ft); from 

rating curve extended above 8,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination at gage height 

of 15.65 ft; minimum, 18 cfs Jan. 6, 1940 (gage height, 1.14 ft), result of freezeup; 

minimum daily, 27 cfs Sept. 14, 1953.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation and slight regulation at low flow caused by small mills 

and Burnsville powerplant.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 893: 1934(M). WSP 1143: 1940(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

158

310

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

495

725

1,320

2,080

3,020

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

ie

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

25

°6

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

r.fsrr

In.

Oct.

106

81

90

69

62

56

56

231

142

88

74

66

63

64

62

66

63

60

*63

60

58

55

55

54

53

51

51

51

74

72

56

2,252

72.6

0.462

0.53

Nov.

54

54

55

54

53

50

58

63

56

59

97

86

72

78

112

 93

183

124

142

158

120

104

99

114

104

176

135

114

b!03

blOO

2,870

95.7

0.610

0.68

Dec.

blOO

110

124

146

204

161

*140

127

146

131

118

bll5

bl!5

b!30

bl!5

b!05

bl!5

127

124

104

35

b95

90

92

99

99

92

85

86

110

b!05

3,605

116

0.739

0.85

Jan.

b!05

blOO

93

90

85

85

83

74

b75

b85

b80

b7E

b70

b65

b70

bSO

*b70

b70

81

86

74

b77

b85

114

97

88

81

85

103

304

510

3,040

98.1

0.625

0.72

Feb.

187

239

630

660

540

1,010

880

511

398

324

401

408

328

*278

255

239

606

970

665

635

531

423

356

345

394

536

398

376

314

-__-._

13,837

477

3.04

3.28

Mar.

282

289

296

359

306

278

258

421

362

310

289

268

*278

345

560

1,500

958

695

576

483

423

390

356

376

342

320

310

300

356

324

289

12,699

410

2.61

3.01

Apr.

265

331

387

331

292

387

467

366

324

*292

432

507

495

463

859

5,OOO

1,090

750

584

491

423

384

356

320

292

275

258

245

233

250

15,129

504

3.21

3.58

May

236

249

390

415

334

317

331

328

*282

258

239

224

212

204

198

192

176

166

156

151

146

142

149

184

146

137

137

140

149

142

146

6,576

215

1.37

1.58

June

198

168

146

135

127

120

116

110

108

106

108

*97

93

95

112

103

99

95

119

153

112

104

103

88

83

76

75

72

69

98

3,288

110

0.701

0.78

July

131

114

95

110

125

166

122

118

179

144

104

*88

90

620

359

366

310

212

181

176

171

140

124

140

133

112

99

92

88

83

11

5,073

164

1.04

1.20

Aug.

85

90

88

83

78

75

68

64

60

58

56

59

56

56

51

49

48

48

50

53

66

*63

56

40

48

47

44

43

53

53

54

1,852

59.7

0.380

0.44

Sept.

50

116

62

62

56

89

207

92

66

58

56

56

55

53

51

51

51

59

54

*54

51

53

53

60

75

638

874

394

233

174

4,003

133

0.847

0.95

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,460 Mln 39 Mean 191 Cfsm 1.22 In. 16.50

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,000 Mln 43 Mean 203 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.60

Peak discharge (base, 2,600 efs).--Apr. 16 (5 a.m.) 5,200 cfs (8.80 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by loe.

463897 O -58 -7
90 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

North Indian Creek near Unicoi, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36°10'35", long 82°17'36", on right bank 100 ft upstream from unnamed 

tributary, 900 ft upstream from Rocky Branch, and 3.4 miles southeast of Unicoi, 

Unicoi County.

Drainage area. 15.9 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1944 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,209.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--12 years, 20.8 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 343 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 3.48 ft); minimum, 3.3 cfs Oct. 5; minimum gage height, 0.99 ft Sept. 17.

1944-56: Maximum discharge, 486 cfs July 22, 1954 (gage height, 4.08 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 280 cfs; minimum, 1.9 cfs Nov. 29, 1953; minimum ease 

height, 0.79 ft Sept. 22-28, 1944.

Remarks.--Records good. Some diversion from Davis Spring 1 mile upstream for part of 

water supply of Johnson City.

Rating tables, Water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 15 Mar. 16 to Sept. 30

1.0 2.5

1.1 3.8

1.2 6.2

1.3 9.8

1.4 14

1.6 26

2.0 67

2.6 161

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5

3.5 

6.0 

9.2

1.7 36

2.0 67

2.5 143

2.8 199

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4.5

3.5

*3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.9

21

5.0

3.8

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.5

4.0

4.8

4.0

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

6.5

4.3

3.8

136.6

4.41

0.277

0.32

Nov.

*3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

4.8

4.5

4.0

5.6

6.2

5.7

5.2

7.5

7.6

8.9

~8.4 15

14

12

9.1

8.0

7.6

6.9

7.6

9.8

7.6

6.9

4.8

5.0

204.9

6.83

0.430

0.48

Dec.

4.8

6.6

6.6

14

*12

9.1

8.0

7.3

9.8

7.6

6.6

5.0

5.0

5.5

5.7

4.5

5.0

8.4

9.8

7.6

7.3

6.9

6.9

8.4

8.7

7.6

7.3

6.6

6.6

15

To

240.2

7.75

0.487

0.56

Jan.

8.7

9.1

*9.1

9.1

8.4

7.6

7.6

5.7

4.5

572

5.5

5.2

5.5

5.2

5.2

5.5

5.2

5.2

8.4

8.0

6.2

5.7

7.3

8.0

7.3

6.6

6.4

8.0

24

68

44

325.4

10.5

0.660

0.76

Feb.

29

44

109

96

68

*79

65

46

36

28

43

37

32

28

26

24

120

~96 156

84

65

51

39

36

42

40

35

33

27

1,614

55.7

3.50

3.78

Mar.

25

26

30

34

*31

28

25

33

26

25

24

24

32

41

62

"86 109

65

49

40

35

31

29

37

32

32

30

28

31

28

26

1,154

37.2

2.34

2.70

Apr.

24

41

*45

38

32

50

49

41

35

31

49

59

55

49

92

196

98

67

50

41

35

31

30

27

25

23

22

21

20

25

1,396

46.5

2.92

3.27

Hay

*20

30

57

51

40

33

33

28

26

24

23

21

20

20

21

26

19

18

17

16

15

15

16

17

14

14

14

18

17

14

20

717

23.1

1.45

1.68

June

38

26

22

*19

17

16

14

14

13

12

11

11

10

10

10

10

10

10

12

10

9.2

8.9

8.6

8.2

7.6

7.3

7.6

7.0

10~6.6

376.0

12.5

0.786

0.88

July

11

8.6

7.9

7.9

7.6

10

8.6

7.9

*11

9.2

7.3

1~6.6

27

12

77

Je

2Z

19

36

31

2Z

17

16

18

14

12

10

10

9.2

8.6

510.4

16.5

1.04

1.19

Aug.

8.2

7.9

*7.6

7.3

7.0

6.6

6.3

6.0

5.8

5.5

5.5

5.2

5.0

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.5

4.5

4.8

5.0

~6.3 11

5.5

4.8

4.8

4.5

4.2

475

4.5

4.5

4.5

176.8

5.70

0.358

0.41

Sept.

6.6

10

5.5

*5.0

5.5

24

15

7.9

6.6

6.0

5.5

5.0

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.3

5.7

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.0

4.6

6.3

e.o

36

47

19

13

10

288.5

9.62

0.605

0.67

Calendar year 1955 : Max 209 Mln 2.9 Mean 18.6 Cfsm 1.17 In. 15.91

Water year 1955-56: Max 196 Mln 3.4 Mean 19.5 Cfsm 1.23 In. 16.70

Peak discharge (base, 220 cfs). Feb. 17 (2 p.m.) 261 cfs (3.11 ft); Apr. 15 (12 p.m.) 343 cfs

(3.48 ft); July 16 (6 a.m.) 305 cfs (3.31 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 91

Noliohucky River at Embreeville, Term.

Location. Lat 36°10 1 35", long 82°27 1 27", on left bank 2,000 ft upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 81 at Embreeville, Washington County, 3 miles northwest of Erwin, 

5.2 miles downstream from North Indian Creek, and at mile 89.0.

Drainage area.--805 sq ml.

Records available.--September 1900 to May 1901 (published as "near Chuoky Valley"), 

July 1920 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 1,519.30 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. September 1900 to May 1901, chain gage at 

site 3 miles downstream at different datum. July 1920 to October 1931 chain gage at 

bridge 2,000 ft downstream at datum 6.33 ft lower.

Average discharge.--37 years (1919-56), 1,292 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 21,200 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.73 ft); minimum, 189 cfs Jan. 10 (gage height, 0.77 ft).

1900-1901, 1919-56: Maximum discharge, 82,500 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 

18.57 ft), from rating curve extended above 48,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, 85 cfs Sept. 8, 9, 1925 (gage height, 1.60 ft, site and 

datum then in use).

Remarks. Records good, 

above station.

Revisions (water years). WSF 803: 

24, 1931(M).

Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mill

1935(M). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1336: 1921-

Ratlng table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

0.8 

1.2 

1.6 

2.0

210

420

765

1,265

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

6.4

3,200

5,580

8,850

14,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27 

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

527

472

*488

450 

374

344

333

690

899

559

442

381 

362

362

355

350 

344

338

338

344

333

322

311

306

300

290

285 "S90

311

435

394

12,329

398

0.494

0.57

Nov.

*328

316

311

306 

300

295

311

344

344

338

465

543

465

435

503

567 

695

685

611

809

695

584

543

543

543

668

695 

575

503

374

14,694

490

0.609

0.68

Dec.

381

465

551

602

*765

735

611

559

611

638

527

503

458

442

480

465 

355

435

611

611

503

465

442

472

488

519

495 

450

428

527

611

16,205

523

0.650

0.75

Jan.

519

488

*503

503 

465

442

435

388

270

226

322

442 

420

350

328

368 

350

350

394

450

407

344

414

527

543

488

420 

442

559

1,660

2,550

16,167

522

0.648

0.75

Feb.

1,390

1.200

*3,560

4,200 

3,220

3,720

4,940

3,000

2,210

1,770

1,830

2,480 

1,960

1,610

1,420

1,340 

3,400

6.660

4,600

3,600

3,290

2,500

2,040

1,770

1,860

2,640

2,150 

1,980

1,680

78,020

2,690

3.34

3.60

Mar.

1,470

1,390

1,390

1,790 

*1,680

1,450

1,340

1,560

1,880

1,450

1,340

1,260 

1,340

1,500

2,560

5.990 

5,750

3,640

2,940

2,350

2,040

1,850

1,680

1,700

1,770

1,590

1,520 

1,420

1,540

1,540 

1,390

62,110

2,004

2.49

2.87

Apr.

1,260

1,340

*2,500

2,060 

1,720

1,920

2,940

2,290

1,860

1,630

1,990

3,660 

3,000

2,560

3,210

*14.500 

5,800

3,860

3,000

2,480

2,130

1,900

1,770

1,570

1,450

1,340

1,280 

1,210

1,180

1,150

78,560

2,619

3.25

3.63

May

*1,170

1,220

1,860

2.450 

2,020

1,660

1,790

1,860

1,590

1,400

1,260

1,180 

1,100

1,030

1,010

1,010 

923

875

809

776

745

715

745

947

809

715

705 

725

787

725

705

35,296

1,139

1.41

1.65

June

925

1.020

855

*755 

685

658

611

575

559

551

555

519 

472

465

480

480 

472

488

480

584

555

495

511

458

407

381

368 

555

558

16,311

544

0.676

0.75

July

480

559

495

465 

480

685

620

593

*559

695

545

428 

594

2,5^0

1,960

5.650 

2,060

1,250

971

1,050

1,560

1,010

776

715

685

647

559 

505

472

428

400

28,012

904

1.12

1.29

Aug.

400

428

*414

588 

568

555

555

511

290

275

270

270 

270

275

255

258 

250

226

250

260

350

558

500

270

242

250

218 

210

215

285

260

9,027

291

0.361

0.42

Sept.

260

406

350

*280 

328

359

1,240

675

407

328

290

275 

260

250

238

230 

222

242

258

250

234

254

250

246

355

1,810

5.600 

1,900

1,000

700

17,595

580

0.720

0.80

Calendar year 1955: Max 9,390 Min 255 Mean 1,073 Cfsm 1.33 In. 18.10

Water year 1955-56: Max 14,500 Min 210 Mean 1,050 Cfsm 1.30 In. 17.74

Peak discharge (base. 9,500 ofs).--Apr. 16 (5:50 a.m.) 21,200 cfs (7.73 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
92 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Nollohucky River below Nolichucky Dam, Term.

Location. Lat 36°03'59", long 82°52'18", on right bank 0.30 mile downstream from Nolichucky Dam, Greene County, 2.2 miles upstream from Cove Creek, 7.0 miles south of 

Greenevllle, and at mile 45.7.

Drainage area.--1.184 sq ml.

Records available. May 1903 to December 1908, April 1919 to October 1925 and October 

1945 to September 1956 In reports of Geological Survey. Published as "near Greenevllle" 1903-8, 1919-25. May 1903 to December 1908 (revised records) and April 1919 

to September 1924 In Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 1,173.46 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. May 1903 to December 1908 and April 1919 to 

October 1925, at bridge 8.4 miles upstream at different daturas.

Average discharge.--22 years (1903-8, 1919-25, 1945-56), 1,745 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 23,700 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 13.37 ft); 

minimum, 20 cfs Sept. 20 (gage height, 0.84 ft); minimum dally, 108 cfs Nov. 6.

1903-8, 1919-25, 1945-56: Maximum discharge observed, 73,500 cfs Jan. 23, 1906 

(gage height, 19.3 ft), site and datum then In use, from rating curve extended above 

9,200 cfs; minimum, that of Sept. 20, 1956; minimum dally, 22 cfs Oct. 20, 1954.

Flood of Aug. 14, 1940, reached a discharge of 73,500 cfs, by computation of flow 

over dam.

Remarks. Records good. Low flow regulated by Lake Davy Crockett since 1913 (controlled 

storage, 4,060 cfs-days).

Revisions.--See Records available.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.8 

3.1 

3.5

108

134

188

280

460

840

4.O 

5.0 

7.0 

9.0

11.5

1,540

3,290

7,200

11,800

18,400

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

600

682

*589

486

480

482

480

486

569

706

811

727

685

599

405

508

392

477

492

498

301

411

389

396

386

387

384

393 

398

756

pop :a2<±

15,647

505

0.427

0.49

Nov.

291

305

851

408

572

108

302

303

299

394

394

302

290

831

670

601

666

1.250

680

669

682

766

666

670

662

668

572

568 

646

646

16,712

557

0.470

0.52

Dec.

658

686

402

1.570

499

402

658

663

1,150

774

788

574

574

578

*588

561

490

593

492

630

378

620

570

574

580

576

568

658 

666

661

664

19,845

640

0.541

0.62

Jan »

640

654

*613

676

766

774

591

592

487

582

404

470

377

441

395

454

448

518

469

456

498

476

464

464

1,150

583

674

588 

744

2.440

1,970

20,858

673

0.568

0.66

Feb.

2.070

2,530

2,500

4,890

4,470

*3,790

6,490

4,600

3,290

2,730

2,620

2,620

2,700

2,620

2,590

2,520

2,570

9.620

7,640

5,450

5,020

3,990

3,270

2,820

2,610

3,360

3,400

2,970 

2,710

__ ___ -

108,460

3,740

3.16

3.41

Mar.

*2,610

2,550

2,550

2,130

2,280

2,530

2,530

2,390

2,530

2,550

1,940

1,770

1,850

2,480

2,570

5,530

8.890

5,630

4,350

3,610

3,020

2,750

2,620

2,610

2,590

2,570

2,550

2,500 

2,480

2,230

1.440

90,630

2,924

2.47

2.85

Apr.

1,650

1,900

*2,590

2,860

2,710

2,610

3,290

3,520

2,840

2,610

2,590

3,670

4,160

3,600

3,880

16.500

*11,000

6,360

4,830

3,970

3,400

2,980

2,770

2,680

2,620

2,570

2,500

2,350 

604

1,920

113,334

3,778

5.19

3.56

May

*2,100

1,800

2,530

2,590

2.660

2,660

2,620

2,610

2,590

2,550

2,150

1,530

1,420

1,770

1,490

1,900

996

1,130

1,200

1,280

1,210

938

994

1,200

1,190

1,220

1,130

1,200 

940

1,120

1,230

51,948

1,676

1.42

1.63

June

774

1.200

1,200

*870

1,170

1,170

1,200

840

702

652

690

772

829

900

868

529

490

591

776

782

920

994

766

700

694

701

657

612 

518

508

24,075

802

0.677

0.76

July

512

410

696

777

796

812

606

604

*582

747

832

939

1,290

1,440

2,620

4.470

4,010

2,660

2,550

1,820

2,000

113

1,530

1,350

948

779

772

1,570 

950

982

354

40,521

1,307

1.10

1.27

Aug.

332

432

421

502

524

512

*662

612

612

566

410

431

443

410

418

426

414

412

419

1.120

867

506

611

511

409

412

408

409 

420

410

608

15,649

505

0.427

0.49

Sept.

422

384

404

*391

781

1,170

1,460

1,150

903

522

508

523

524

536

282

224

484

330

326

326

224

266

305

1,470

341

476

2,390

2,620 

2,570

834

23,146

772

0.652

0.73

Calendar year 1955; Max 11,800 Mln 108 Mean 1.418 Cfsm 1.20 m. 16.26

Water year 1955-56: Max 18,300 Mln 108 Mean 1,478 Cfsm 1.25 In. 16.99

Peak discharge (base. 11.500 cfs). Apr. 16 (2:30 p.m.) 23,700 cfs (13.37 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Lick Creek at Mohawk, Tenn.

93

Location.--Lat 36°12'09", long 83°02'53", on right bank 0.25 mile east of Mohawk, Greene 

County, 0.6 mile upstream from Riley Creek, and 17.5 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 220 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1946 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,060.59 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 10 years, 232 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,140 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 15.88 ft); minimum, 10 cfs Oct. 31; minimum gage height, 1.60 ft Oct. 5.

1946-56: Maximum discharge, 10,700 cfs Jan. 31, 1950 (gage height, 16.24 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 5,000 cfs; minimum, 8.4 cfs Sept. 12, 1954 (gage height, 

1.56 ft).

Remarks.--Records good.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 6-14, Sept. 29-30)

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.5

6.0

155

405

9.0 

11.0 

1Z.O 

13.0 

15.0

705

1,000

1,420

2,480

6,200

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

65

36

18

16

14

15

*31

320

96

32

21

18

18

18

18

18 

18

18

18

18

16

16

13

14

13

13

15

15

20

15 

11

988

31.9

0.145

0.17

Nov.

*12

16

14

16

16

16

16

16

19

20

24

30

26

20

19

27 

57

55

96

107

50

34

71

147

73

89

77

44

36

26

1,269

42.3

0.192

0.21

Dec.

*20

24

28

288

535

222

78

57

123

185

83

57

47

42

39

37 

34

43

81

76

55

45

41

38

38

36

33

30

29

33

57

2,534

81.7

0.371

0.43

Jan.

56

42

38

36

33

*32

30

30

25

24

24

26

26

25

24

24 

24

24

32

99

91

58

60

150

201

194

179

232

513

969 

1,060

4,381

141

0.641

0.74

Feb.

479

631

*1,670

2,420

1,530

1,580

2,540

1,560

569

366

442

625

408

317

290

238 

1,630

4.820

2,000

1,560

1,470

898

477

435

535

646

488

520

453

31,597

1,090

4.95

5.34

Mar.

344

359

587

998

1,120

437

*332

493

435

284

237

215

266

716

1,010

1,360 

1,610

1,090

474

375

339

309

285

268

260

226

215

203

537

559 

269

16,212

523

2.38

2.74

Apr.

214

378

793

668

470

*592

988

874

364

308

544

697

383

280

836

*6.090 

2,950

1,220

537

399

337

300

274

249

228

212

200

185

173

166

21,909

730

3.32

3.70

May

160

153

372

638

278

193

*172

160

140

128

121

113

105

101

127

108 

95

87

83

80

76

74

71

102

78

70

67

67

70 

69

62

4,220

136

0.618

0.71

June

116

109

70

61

58

56

*51

50

49

47

46

45

43

42

41

91 

101

61

62

50

51

94

188

199

80

51

45

48

40 

50

2,095

69.8

0.317

0.35

July

84

62

48

53

*229

378

63

50

97

67

48

39

36

483

405

527 

1,050

809

130

82

70

62

62

105

226

239

72

57

62 

50

47

5,792

187

0.850

0.98

Aug.

43

41

59

41

38

36

*34

33

30

30

29

110

53

39

33

30 

29

27

27

74

226

TOT

46

38

34

31

29

29

29 

30

35

1,464

47.2

0.215

0.25

Sept.

44

64

45

44

40

66

152

94

42

*36

33

30

29

27

26

25 

24

24

24

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

23

22

1,121

37.4

0.170

0.19

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,880 Min 10 Mean 175 cfsm 0.795 in. 10.80

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,090 Min 12 Mean 256 Cfsm 1.16 In. 15.81

Peak discharge (base. 3,000 efs).--Peb. 18 (8 a.m.) 6,020 cfs (14.91 ft); Apr. 16 (2:30 p. 

8,140 cfs (15.88 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
94 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Nolichucky River near Morrlstown, Term.

Location. Lat 36°10'49", long 83°10'32", on right bank 0.25 mile downstream from Bent 

Creek, 0.6 mile upstream from Susong Bridge, 1.1 miles upstream from Porgey Island, 

7 miles southeast of Morrlstown, Hamblen County, and at mile 14.5.

Drainage area. 1,679 sq ml.

Records available. November 1920 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 1,015.78 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 6, 1925, chain gage at bridge 

3-J miles downstream at datum 10.34 ft lower. Nov. 6, 1925, to Sept. 30, 1942, waterstage recorder at site 150 ft upstream from chain gage at same datum as chain gage.

Average discharge. 35 years (1921-56), 2,169 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 28,400 cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 16.76 ft); minimum recorded, 139 cfs Nov. 7, but may have been less during period of no gage-height 

record; minimum daily, 200 cfs Nov. 7.

1920-56: Maximum discharge, 61,900 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 22.68 ft, site 

and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 39,000 cfs on basis of records for station at Embreeville and peak flow over Nolichucky Dam; minimum observed, 

22 cfs Sept. 7, 28, 1925 (gage height, 1.00 ft, site and datum then in use); minimum 

daily, 60 cfs Sept. 7, 28, 1925. 

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Low flow partly regulated by Lake Davy Crockett (controlled storage, 4,060 cfs-days), 

18 miles upstream.

Revisions (water years) . WSF 563: 1921(M) . WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 873: 1935(M) . WSP 893: 1927(M), 1928, 1935, 1936-37(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.8 

2.2 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

173

390

1,070

2,170

4,920

8.0

10.0

13.0

14.2

8,120

11,800

18,300

21,300

in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

908

726

776

656

552

551

*610

1,260

800

600

800

950

800

750

650

500

600

500

550

550

550

400

450

45O

450

450

450

450

450

950

450

19,589

632

0.376

0.43

Nov.

450

35O

800

600

900

300

*200

336

336

455

458

361

348

464

849

794

786

1,240

1,150

920

940

761

932

911

848

894

856

687

650

749

20,325

678

0.404

0.45

Dec.

*718

762

853

1,270

2,550

735

567

838

1,440

1,060

1,080

908

721

717

706

648

736

589

781

737

730

568

696

701

650

722

678

665

764

825

860

26,255

847

0.504

0.58

Jan.

825

802

786

684

830

*871

837

685

678

622

670

406

554

540

480

606

515

531

597

6OO

648

472

622

779

1,230

1,290

957

1,190

1,990

4,460

4,060

30,817

994

0.592

0.68

Feb.

5,070

*4,160

6,820

7,580

8,040

8,050

*9,270

8,260

5,360

3,650

3,670

3,740

3,610

3,330

3,250

3,260

7,140

12,800

13,700

9,430

7,580

6,340

4,6OO

3,860

3,68O

4,420

4,590

4,060

3,680

------

171,000

5,897

3.51

3.79

Mar.

*3,290

3,230

3,610

3,810

3,790

3,690

3,250

3,610

3,460

3,250

2,800

2,400

2,480

3,810

4,68O

6,660

10,000

8,660

6,120

4,650

3,920

3,480

3,250

3,190

3,160

3,100

3,030

2,980

4,000

3,640

2,560

123,360

3,979

2.37

2.73

Apr.

2,100

2,760

4,170

4,260

3,760

*4,44O

4,590

5,130

3,880

3,290

4,380

4,560

5,310

4,420

5,850

20,700

*21,100

9,900

6,650

5,060

4,290

3,810

3,500

3,300

3,230

3,150

3,050

2,960

1,670

1,640

156,910

5,230

3.11

3.48

May

3,020

1,780

3,760

5 , B20

3,440

3,200

*3,110

3,060

3,010

2,970

2,590

2,180

1,670

1,880

2,540

1,580

2,160

1,040

1,510

1,6OO

1,480

1,180

1,270

1,570

1,500

1,340

1,560

1,520

1,330

1,320

1,500

65,490

2,113

1.26

1.45

June

1,390

1,100

1,710

1,120

1,440

1,440

*1,440

1,090

979

926

755

834

 944

1,060

1,090

1,020

784

741

896

995

030

240

360

080

160

892

836

793

720

740

31,605

1,054

0.628

0.70

July

714

682

530

819

*1,050

1,990

976

778

1,060

928

896

1,060

1,370

,700

,470

,760

,550

,200

,200

,150

,570

,390

992

,420

,620

,200

,010

,370

,540

'989

53 , 144

1,714

1.02

1.18

Aug.

461

540

429

505

692

584

*623

572

712

652

666

670

622

445

688

506

480

390

569

822

2,510

916

784

628

624

494

490

495

498

486

497

20,050

647

0.385

0.44

Sept.

682

741

416

502

542

1,050

2,310

1,770

775

*956

606

608

615

617

569

349

291

618

386

384

358

278

326

628

1,340

453

1,670

2,900

2,890

1,650

27,280

909

0.541

0.60

Calendar year 1955: Max 16,700 Min 200 Milan 1,837 Cfsm 1.09 In. 14.86

Water year 1955-56: Max 21,100 Min 200 Mean 2,038 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.51

Peak discharge (base, 13,000 cfs). --Feb. 19 (5 a.m.) 16,300 cfs (12.15 ft); Apr. 17 (2 a.m.)

28,400 cfs (16.76 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 9 to Nov. 7; discharge estimate 

records for station below Nolichucky Dam and Lick Creek at Mohawk.

basis of weather records and
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 95

French Broad River below Douglas Dam, Term.

Location. Lat 35"57"06", long 83°33'05", on right bank 1.0 mile downstream from Douglas 

Dam, 1.7 miles upstream from Millican Creek, 5.8 miles north of Sevierville, Sevier 

County, and at mile 31.3.

Drainage area. 4,543 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1918 to September 1956. Published as "at Dandridge" 1918-42 

Gage-height records collected at Dandridge 1904-42 are contained in reports of U. S 

Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 865.70 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Oct. 1, 1918, to Oct. 7, 1923, staff gage at 

Dandridge 13 miles upstream at datum 37.67 ft higher. Oct. 8, 1923, to June 18, 1931, 

staff gage and June 19, 1931, to Sept. 30, 1942, water-stage recorder, at Dandridee 

at datum 37.63 ft higher.

Average discharge.--38 years, 6,455 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17.600 cfs Mar. 23 (gage height, 8.95 ft); minimum, 14 cfs Feb. 2 (gage height, 1.41 ft); minimum daily. 16 cfs Feb. 1.

1918-56: Maximum discharge, 95,600 cfs Aug. 31, 1940 (gage height, 20.93 ft, site 

and datum then in use); minimum, 4.7 cfs Mar. 10, 1943 (gage height, 1.16 ft); minimum 

daily, 5.5 cfs Mar. 9, 10, 1943.

Flood of May 21, 1901, reached a stage of 28.0 ft at Dandridge. Stages of 40 ft in 

March 1867 and 32 ft in May 1875 or 1876 are said to have occurred.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow completely regulated by Douglas Lake (see p

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8 

2.0 

2.2

132

230

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

7.0 

8.6

440

900

2,160

4,170

9,980

16,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

2,250

2,200

3,380

3,490

2,240

3,030

2,580

3,170

2,070

2,240

2,220

3,020

2,320

2,310

2,290

2,260

2,300

2,260

2,270

3,350

3,690

3,710

2,680

2,260

2,240

2,49O

2,440

2,460

2,360

2,430

3,410

81,420

2,626

Nov.

*3,820

3,890

3,990

4,120

4,100

4,010

3,820

3,800

3,820

3,850

3,800

3,76C

2,470

2,790

2,67C

2,500

2,590

3,010

2,730

3,050

881

860

1,020

938

971

806

433

2,040

£,630

2,370

81,539

2,718

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

*2,340

2,220

2,370

2,370

2,030

1,840

1,550

2,010

2,380

4,430

2,270

6,520

5,750

5,940

6,450

6,720

6,990

7 , OOP

3,580

2,520

2,320

2,580

2,520

2,480

2,250

2,520

2,480

2,510

2,380

2,420

2,

104,300

3,365

Jan.

4,660

4,000

3,590

*5,760

6,540

5, 140

6 , QOO

5,940

5,750

6,630

8,650

7,320

3,420

*2,270

1,910

1,800

1,750

1,930

1,740

1,260

1,240

1,180

1,250

1,340

1,410

1,480

1,360

816

868

469

27.

97,460

5,144

Feb.

16

19

56

51

25

48

5,020

10,400

*12,900

12,600

13,100

13,200

12,900

9,560

7,320

4,560

5,490

9,770

15,100

15,7OO

15,900

15,900

16, OOP

15,800

15,700

15,700

15,700

15,200

15,000

 

284,715

9,818

Mar.

13,700

* 14,2OO

14,200

11,000

10,800

7,450

3,550

1,970

29

20

19

4,lM

4,290

2,500

1,780

3,430

87

4,430

5,960

10,500

9,040

9,260

10,600

8,140

9,500

9,020

10,100

11,500

11,400

11,400 

11,500

225,535

7,275

Apr.

11,600

*11,700

11,700

7,730

2,120

36

29

31

1,050

2,98P

2,740

3, SOP

4,920

1,6PO

287

1P4

42

32

30

2_8

526

631

48O

6,86O

6.99P

5,840

5,P50

6,030

4,590

6,P6P

105,616

3,521

Hay

4,550

3,820

1,220

37 503"

1,070

2,360

636

573

1,010

1,110

3,460

4,500

5,500

*6,060

5,720

5,820

5,640

4,560

4,500

5,840

5,850

5,740

5,840

5,890

6,150

5,740

6,820

5,190

4,920 

4,78O

125,189

4,038

June

4,900

4,750

4,760

*5,810

5,980

6 , 120

5,350

4,910

5,420

5,850

4,070

4,300

4,150

4,600

4,370

3,370

2,840

6,360

6,420

7,580

7,040

5,730

4,630

5,600

5,640

5,180

4,120

4,060

6,720

6,630

157,240

5,241

July

8,O8O

8,460

*6,190

450

5,830

5,800

6,110

3,880

4,820

5,070

5,060

4,690

3,770

4,740

3,940

7,110

7,690

8,060

7,330

6,600

7,090

6,580

7,520

7,560

7,560

7,410

7,410

7,440

7,470

7,530

8,090

195,140

6,295

Aug.

8,340

7,440

*7,660

10,000

8,510

7,690

7,720

7,170

7,840

7,880

7,970

8,030

8,060

8,180

8,280

8,250

8,440

8,470

8,030

7,630

6,900

7,400

6,910

6,950

6,930

6,870

6,740

7,100

6,670

6,850

6,690

257,600

7,665

Sept.

6,450

6,520

6,620

7,630

7,690

*7,690

6,690

5,940

6,600

7,530

7,600

6,690

7,910

8,000

7,970

6,450

6,840

7,970

8,340

8,440

8,530

8,530

8,220

7,660

7,050

7,110

7,140

7,080

7,050

7,170

221,110

7,370

Observed Adjustedt

lax 17,800 Hin 14 Mean 5,364 Mean 5,301 cfsm 1.17 In. 15.84

<lax 16,000 Hln 16 Mean 5,237 Mean 5,514 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.52

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change In contents In Douglas Lake
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Little Pigeon River at Seiverville, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°52'34", long 83°34'36", on left bank at Eckel farmhouse, 0.5 mile downstream from city limits of Sevierville, Sevier County, and 0.5 mile downstream from 

West Fork Little Pigeon River.

Drainage area.--353 sq ml.

Records available. November 1920 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 881.44 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 14, 1928, staff gage at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 35 years (1921-56), 539 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20.400 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 13.25 ft); minimum, 62 cfs Aug. 18 (gage height, 0.70 ft); minimum daily, 70 cfs Nov. 6.

1920-56: Maximum discharge, 32,000 cfs June 29, 1928 (gage height, 15.4 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 20,000 cfs; minimum, 2.8 cfs Sept. 21, 1925 (gage height, 

0.33 ft); minimum daily, 8.4 cfs Sept. 9, 1925.

Remarks. Records good. Some regulation at low flow caused by powerplants on forks. Discharge measurements generally made twice a month.

Revisions (water yearsJ.--WSF 783: 1921-34. WSP 1336: 1921(M), 1922, 1923(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 3 to Sept. 3)

141

310

660

1,430

3,340

6,680

11,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tot a]

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

939

330

195

144

121

110

126

1,610

602

340

233

175

148

148

129

118

105

105

124

132

118

110

105

98

90

86

84

84

100 

112

84

7,005

226

0.640

0.74

Nov.

76

74

74

76

72

70

76

90

80

90

90

76

82

532

494

310

723

459

494

44,8

340

280

256

330

265

325

290

251

211 

175

7,209

240

0.680

0.76

Dec.

168

199

183

472

795

482

366

300

442

410

325

270

228

211

199

175

161

215

382

325

290

256

242

224

290

315

256

220

199 

367

500

9,465

305

0.864

1.00

Jan.

360

300

270

246

228

211

195

177

144

168

161

161

151

1E9

135

135

129

124

T?5

242

191

168

264

459

404

398

345

398

918

5,000 

1 , 860

12,246

395

1.12

1.29

Feb.

1,020

1,680

7,540

4,410

2,810

3,750

3 , 800

1,700

1,170

875

974

935

786

660

628

621

2,290

5 , 100

2,680

2,090

1,660

1,230

935

800

912

1,010

744

702

562

54,074

1,865

5.28

5.70

Mar.

494

543

550

654

562

530

530

1,130

974

772

660

582

654

1,26O

2,160

4,020

2,700

1,560

1,080

822

674

595

536

576

512

470

488

488

998 

950

730

29,254

944

2.67

3.08

Apr.

602

628

660

654

588

1,230

1,330

875

681

595

1.620

2, 130

1,250

1,01O

3,010

11,000

2,850

1,710

1.230

958

786

674

621

536

482

442

415

388

366 

550

39,671

1,322

3.75

4.18

May

345

360

1,450

1,870

966

737

730

822

602

494

426

371

340

310

335

310

280

251

233

215

207

199

191

215

215

195

183

175

165

172 

168

13,532

437

1.24

1.43

June

395

621

530

340

260

211

177

158

148

135

124

115

112

141

138

158

141

129

115

2O4

148

177

172

201

260

144

129

105

95 

88

5,871

196

0.555

0.62

July

129

148

168

135

129

205

400

330

325

290

187

138

129

1,520

1,020

582

1,650

709

393

532

488

295

340

376

265

233

175

155

138 

124

112

11,8OO

381

1.08

1.24

Aug.

105

105

129

118

115

112

107

98

90

86

86

141

118

102

102

86

80

72

382

995

765

496

220

138

105

88

80

98

102 

101

132

5,554

179

0.507

0.59

Sept.

98

110

106

262

215

970

1,440

543

335

238

191

158

141

126

112

105

98

105

98

88

82

82" 78

148

366

419

305

285

220 

175

7,699

257

0.728

0.81

Calendar year 1955; Max 6,520 Hin 38 Mean 471 Cfsm 1.33 In. 18.12

Water year 1955-56; Max 11,000 Min 70 Mean 556 Cfsm 1.58 In. 21.44

Peak discharge (base, 7,OOO cfs). Feb. 3 (4:30 p.m.) 10,600 cfs (10.44 ft); Apr. 16 (3:30 a.m.)

20,400 cfs (13.25 f t ) .
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 97

French Broad River near Knoxville, Term.

Location. Lat 35°57'33", long 83"46"28", on right bank 245 ft upstream from Riverdale 

Ferry, 0.65 mile downstream from Johnson Hollow, 7.6 miles upstream from confluence 

with Holston River, and 8 miles east of Knoxville. Knox County

Drainage area.--5.101 sq mi.

Records available.--December 1945 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 10 years (1946-56), 7,017 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22.000 cfs Feb. 18 (elevation, 823.22 ft); minimum, 440 cfs July 5 (elevation, 814.57 ft); minimum daily, 950 cfs Nov. 27.

1945-56: Maximum discharge, 38,600 cfs Feb. 7, 1950 (elevation, 826 42 ft) from 

rating curve extended above 27,000 cfs; minimum, 67 cfs Oct. 25, 1953 (elevation 813 38 

ft); minimum daily, 68 cfs Oct. 23-26, 1953.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by Douglas Lake (see p. 226), 24.6 miles upstream.

Rating table, water year 1955-5S (elevation, In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

815.3

815.5

816.0

816.5

817.0

905

1,070

1,600

2,280

3,240

818.0

819.0

820.0

822.1

5.5OO 

8,060 

11,OOO 

17,700

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1 

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18 

19

ZO

Zl

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

3,060 

2,58O

3,110

4,000

2,600

2,700

3,130

4.600

3,020

2,500

2,480 

3,220

2,460

*2,470

2,450

2,340

2,410

2,480 

2,390

3,060

3,790

3,820

2,900

2,540

2,550

2,470

2,580

2,470

2,440

2,580

5,570

88,550

2,850

Nov.

3,860 

3,900

4,010

4,100

4,120

4,120

3,930

*3,880

3,880

5,900

5,900 

3,860

2,640

2,920

3,220

5,080

3,04O

5,460 

3,4OO

5,860

1,980

1,190

1,260

1,570

1,240

1,170

950

1,090

2,750

2,600

 

88,680

2,956

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

2,460 

2,400

2,540

3,240

2,940

2,980

1,960

1,940

2,560

4,820

3,080 

5,960

*6,060

6,140

6,760

6,920

7,100

7,510 

5,950

1,850

2,850

2,680

2,790

2,740

2,460

2,890

2,750

2,760

2,600

2,740

5,170

115,580

5,728

Jan.

4,060 

4,730

4,590

5,350

6,990

5,450

6,240

6,210

6,030

6,210

8,760 

8,060

*4,590

2,640

2,110

1,910

1,660

1,950 

2,120

1,520

1,450

1.270

1,400

1,820

1,870

1,850

1,910

1,450

1,760

4,520

3,450

113,930

5,675

Feb.

1,6OO 

1,660

10,400

7,860

4,560

5,220

9,610

1 1 , 400

13,900

13,400

13,900 

13,900

13,700

11,900

8,040

7,440

6,040

14,200 

16,700

17,600

*17,500

16 , 900

16 , 500

16,400

16,400

16 , 600

16,200

15 , 800

15 , 300

 _ 

550,650

12,090

Mar.

14,100 

14,500

14,500

12,300

*11,500

9,760

4,500

4,590

1,660

1,180

1.000 

3,310

5,090

4,960

4,920

9,020

4,900

5,410 

6,960

10,700

10,000

10,100

10,700

8,160

10,500

9,970

9,820

11,800

12,300

12,400

12,100

262,110

8,455

Apr.

12,000 

12 , 200

12,300

1O,4OO

4,420

1,550

2,440

1,450

1,830

2,610

4,560 

7,380

6,790

3,890

2,730

15, 400

4,920

2,660 

1,880

1,500

1,580

1,570

1,210

5,960

*8,200

6,830

5,200

5,860

5,420

6,510

 

161,050

5,368

May

5,210 

4,370

4,020

2,780

1,830

2,020

3,430

1,470

1,490

1,490

*1,760 

3,220

4,460

5,340

6,840

6,370

6,190

5,400 

5,570

3,980

5,870

5,880

6,020

6,030

6,640

6,080

5,570

6,900

5,880

4,940

4,900

141,950

4,579

June

5,220 

6,010

4,610

6,060

6,260

6,320

5.9OO

5,100

5,300

6,200

4,720 

*4 , 440

4,270

5,020

4,600

3,520

2,920

5,980 

6,120

7,760

8,010

5,450

5,650

5,250

6,420

5,500

4,300

4,170

6,050

6,760

 

163,890

5,463

July

7,800 

8,660

7,950

2,420

5,870

6,000

6,610

5,110

5,390

5,320

*5,E80 

5,180

3,760

6,55O

6,530

7,120

10,100

8,840 

7,930

7,020

7,750

7,100

7,540

8,030

7,800

7,620

7,590

7,540

7,540

7,570

7,850

211,370

6,818

Aug.

8,120 

8,010

7,700

9,400

8,450

8,370

7,800

7,280

7,880

7,900

8,060

8,090

8,140

8,260

*8,340

8,280

8,420

8,450 

8,030

8,760

7,490

7,880

7,310

7,050

7,070

7,200

6,660

7,230

6,810

6,890

6,760

242,090

7,809

Sept.

6,630 

6,550

E,710

7,770

7,850

8,120

8,760

7,120

6,570

7,700

*7,850

6,920

8,030

8,060

8,OEO

6,860

6,890

7,770 

8,370

8,420

8,510

8,590

8,370

,850

,640

,460

,540

,380

,310

,460

 

228,920

7,631

Observed Adjustedt

*Iax 21,000 Mln 216 Mean 5,842 Mean 5,779 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.38

Max 17,600 Mln 950 Mean 5,925 Mean 6,202 Cfsm 1.22 In. 16.55

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change in contents in Douglas Lake.

Steve Keesling Spring at Sugar Grove, Va.

Location. Lat 36°46'27", long 81°25'05", at Sugar Grove, Smyth County. 

RecordB~available. July 1928, November 1947 to September 1956 (discharge measurements

only), discontinued. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge measured during year, 3.30 cfs May 4; minimum measured,

1.75"cfs Jan. 19.

1928, 1947-56: Maximum discharge measured, 3.79 cfs July 30, 1928; minimum measured,

1.74 cfs Sept. 2, 1952. 

Remarks_. Discharge measurements made 200 ft below spring.

Discharge measurements, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Feb. 15.......... 2.94

Mar. 22.......... 2.70

Apr. 2.......... 2.97

May 4.......... 3.50
98 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

South Fork Holston River at Riverside, near Chilhowle, Va.

Location. Lat 36°45'37", long 81°37'53", on right bank 400 ft upstream from highway

bridge at Riverside, Smyth County, 900 ft upstream from Spring Branch, 3.2 miles downstream from Redstone Branch, and 4 miles southeast of Chilhowle.

Drainage area.--76.1 sq ml.

Records available. November 1920 to November 1931, July 1942 to September 1956. Prior 

to October 1924, published as "near Chilhowie." June 1907 to December 1909 at site 

4^ miles downstream, published as "near Chilhowie," records not equivalent.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 2,106.77 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Nov. 1, 1920, to Nov. 14, 1931, chain gage at 

site 400 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 24 years (1921-31, 1942-56), 105 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,070 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.20 ft); minimum, 16 cfs Nov. 29 (gage height, 1.10 ft), result of freezeup.

1920-31, 1942-56: Maximum discharge, 6,000 cfs June 12, 1923 (gage height, 9.0 ft, 

from graph based on gage readings, site and datum then In use), from rating curve 

extended above 1,100 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum recorded, 2 cfs Aug. 26, 

Oct. 15, 1943, Aug. 9, 11, 1944, Oct; 19, 1945; minimum daily, 8 cfs July 19, 1926.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill 500 ft above station prior to August 1951.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1033: 1943-44(m). WSP 1276: 1923(M). WSP 1386: Drainage 

area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.1

1.2

1.4 

1.7

26

5O

102

2.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

176

810

1,300

1,930

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

24

23

*23

23

22

20

20

27

24

23

22

22

22

22

22

22

23

23

24

24

23

22

22

22

22

22

23

24

23 

24

21

7O3

22.7

0.298

0.34

Nov.

19

19

20

*20

20

2O

21

21

21

23

26

25

24

24

22

23

26" 29

27

29

26

24

24

24

25

25

25

24

24 

23

702

23.4

O.307

0.34

Dec.

21

20

2T

26

30

26

24

*24

26

24

23

23

24

21

21

23

31

77

30

29

29

28

27

28

29

28

28

26

26

28

799

25.8

0.339

0.39

Jan.

26

24

*23

23

22

22

22

24" 21

26

26

25

24

24

24

24

23

26

24

24

23

23

24

25

24

24

24

23

28 

8O

117

892

28.8

O.378

O.44

Feb.

82

79

275

416

332

350

386

251

*171

129

113

102

92

84

79

74

9O

338

401

344

308

230

168

142

171

254

212

173

132

5,978

206

2.71

2.92

Mar.

113

106

1O9

200

*191

163

134

140

122

113

1O6

10O

137

260

356

371

446

356

281

230

2OO

179

16O

171

182

176

155

134

158 

166

160

5,875

19O

2.5O

2.88

Apr.

140

124

117

1O6

*96

137

296

248

191

158

182

293

287

248

394

1,450

643

431

326

260

215

179

158

140

122

111

106

98

96 

92

7,444

248

3.26

3.64

May

124

155

*416

461

314

236

191

158

134

120

1O9

98

94

88

113

206

IBS

147

122

111

96

88

80

79

72

69

66

68

69 

61

56

4,389

142

1.87

2.16

June

63

63

6O

*58

56

53

50

49

47

47

46

40

40

42

47

44

61

47

42

43

43

42

42

40

37

35

34

34

33 

33

1,371

45.7

0.601

0.67

July

33

33

34

36

37

66

44

36

43

44

36

*35

43

72

61

66

63

5O

44

43

44

40

36

36

37

40

36

35

36 

35

1,325

42.7

0.561

0.65

Aug.

30

30

29

30

31

31

29

27

*27

28

27

29

29

28

27

26

26

25

28

30

33

31

28

28

26

26

26

26

26 

26

28

871

28.1

O.369

O.43

Sept.

29

28

26

25

25

30

*39

31

28

28

26

24

24

23

22

22

23

22

21

2T

21

21

21

23

23

3O

150

96

58 

46

1,O06

33.5

O.440

0.49

Calendar year 1955 : Max 1.7OO Min 19 Mean 107 Cfsm 1.41 In. 19.02

Water year 1955-56 : Max l,45O Min 19 Mean 85.7 Cfsm 1.13 In. 15.35

Peak discharge (base, 5OO cfs). Feb. 18 (7 to 8 p.m.) 5O6 cfs (3.1O ft); Apr. 16 (6 a.m.) 2,070

cfs (6.20 ft); May 3 (10 p.m.) 566 cfs (3.29 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Beaverdam Creek at Damascus, Va.

Location. Lat 36°37'40", long 81°47'28", on right bank in pumphouse of American Cyanamid 

Co., at Damascus, Washington County, 0.65 mile upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 56.0 sq mi.

Records available. August 1947 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,946.66 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 9 years, 96.8 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,880 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 5.14 ft); minimum, 7.6 cfs Sept. 22; minimum gage height, 0.27 ft Oct. 6.

1947-56: Maximum discharge, 5,280 cfs Mar. 18, 1955 (gage height, 5.75 ft); minimum, 8.0 cfs Sept. 8, 1954 (gage height, 0.15 ft).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Plant diverts about 0.5 cfs 800 ft above station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Aug. 22-30)

0.3 

.6

1.0 

1.5

112 

24O

2.0 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

415

895

1,280

1,870

3,680

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

20

15

*14

9.8

9.0

9.0

14

31

19

13

11

9.8

9.8

a9.8

a9.8

39.8

alO

all

14

12

11

11

9.8

9.3

11

12

12

12

22

19 

13

403.4

13.0

0.232

0.27

Nov.

12

13

14

*14

13

14

14

19

15

18

31

26

22

22

28

26

53

34

42

50

36

30

29

37

31

4,5

38

32

25

25

808

26.9

0.480

0.54

Dec .

25

25

26

52

97

66

53

*46

46

42

38

b35

32

32

29

32

31

31 

38

37

32

b31

30

31

34

31

28

25

24

34 

36

1,149

37.1

0.662

0.76

Jan.

b34

b32

*30

30

b2£

b29

29

b30

b33

b36

b36

b35

b34

b33

b33

b33

b32

b36 

b34

b33

b32

b32

b32

b32

32

31

b31

b32

44

370 

340

1,659

53.5

0.955

1.10

Feb.

213

200

523

523

368

344

423

302

205

*152

155

150

133

114

106

99

484

1.520 

690

598

503

316

210

185

274

447

312

246

178

-------

9,773

337

6.02

6.49

Mar.

152

152

180

354

*264

208

178

195

175

162

148

138

200

340

479

543

620

399 

274

210

180

165

148

152

165

155

135

119

158

162 

155

7,065

228

4.07

4.69

Apr.

130

121

114

104

*91

187

350

255

182

145

158

192

172

162

554

2,600

743

415 

288

216

172

150

130

112

99

91

83

78

76

li

8,244

275

4.91

5.48

May

89

83

*234

350

23T

168

140

112

93

85

78

7O

67

62

87

93

82

7O 

61

56

49

45

49

56

43

38

40

45

45

38 

40

2,799

90.3

1.61

1.86

June

80

66

52

*42

36

32

30

29

25

29

24

22

17

28

49

29

28

26 

30

64

52

82

57

48

37

31

26

25

23

29

1,147

38.2

0.682

0.76

July

37

26

45

31

26

36

82

42

53

52

38

*32

32

519

ZZ6

165

192

249 

158

128

160

108

78

76

87

124

97

76

70

62 

48

3,255

105

1.87

2.16

Aug.

41

70

69

49

42

37

31

29

*25

20

25

32

24

26

20

17

16

18 

29

52

80

40

25

19

15

14

12

1J~9.8

12

921.8

29.7

0.530

0.61

Sept.

a!3

a!2

all

all

19

18

35

24

19

16

16

15

14

13

13

12

11

13 

9.8

11

9.8

9.0

11

14

14

52

284

162

74

53

988.6

33.0

0.589

0.66

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,820 Hln 6.4 Mean 110 Cfsm 1.96 In. 26.75

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,600 Mln 9.0 Mean 1O4 Cfsm 1.86 In. 25.38

Peak discharge (base, 600 cfs). Feb. 3 (7 p.m.) 642 cfs (2.54 ft); Feb. 18 (l p.m.) 1,590 cfs

(3.85 ft); Mar. 16 (12 p.m.) 742 cfs (2.76 ft); Apr. 16 (2 a.m.) 3,880 cfs (5.14 ft); July 14 (7a.nO

928 cfs (3.03 ft) .

* Discharge measurement made on this day .

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records,

and records for South Fork Holston River at Riverside and South Fork Holston River at Vestal .

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
100 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

South Pork Holston River at Vestal, Va.

Location. Lat 36 0 39'06", long 81°50'39", on right bank 500 ft upstream from bridge on 

0. S. Highway 58 at Vestal, Washington County, 0.7 mile downstream from Laurel Creek, 

3.2 miles northwest of Damascus, and 4.9 miles upstream from Middle Fork Holston River.

Drainage area.--301 sq mi.

Records available. November 1931 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,792.30 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 24 years (1932-56), 448 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,500 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 12.50 ft); minimam, 60 cfs Jan. 15 (gage height, 2.39 ft, but may have been lower during period 

Jan. 4-28); minimum daily, 74 cfs Sept. 22, 23.

1931-56: Maximum discharge, 11,400 cfs Mar. 18, 1955 (gage height, 13.73 ft); minimum, 30 cfs Oct. 14, 1941, Dec. 24, 1943 (gage height, 2.16 ft); minimum daily, 

60 cfs Sept. 18, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplant above station. 

Revisions. WSP 823: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 30 Jan. 31 to Sept. 30

2.5 

2.7 

3.0 

3.5

77

115

178

313

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

500

1,040

1,780

2.4 

2.6 

3.0 

4.0

61

95

185

510

5.0 1,030

8.0 3,630

11.0 7,320

iharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 

18 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

Ill

95

*88

84

81

79

90

152

T2T

95

90

88

81

88

88

88

95 

95 

103

99

91

86

86

86

86

84

86

86

125

127 

105

2,959

95.5

0.317

0.37

Nov.

93

90 §5

*95

93

91

99

111

97

109

154

141

127

125

135

146

214 

153 

178

202

165

143

141

156

146

178

160

150

121

121

4,039

135

0.449

0.50

Dec.

123

127

131

180

285

218

189

*169

176

163

137

125

121

118

112

111

114 

127 

167

143

139

129

135

137

146

139

131

125

125

143

146

4,529

146

0.485

0.56

Jan.

127

143

*139

g!39

g!23

g!29

g!37

g!03

gllO

gl!5

g!31

g!31

gl!9

gl!4

gl!3

gl!2

gill 

g!21 

g!33

g!76

g!39

g!21

g!39

g!39

g!35

g!33

gl!9

g!21

169

gl,130

1.210

6,081

196

0.651

0.75

Feb.

g650

650

gl,900

g2,180

gl,640

gl,590

1,900

1,240

850

650

625

560

506

454

426

*394

1,2*0 

5.130 

2,490

2,130

1,770

1,180

850

725

935

1,420

1,090

910

700

34,785

1,199

3.98

4.29

Mar.

600

570

613

1,090

940

800

675

750

650

600

555

530

880

1,480

2,000

2,220

2.490 

1,720 

1,240

1,000

850

775

725

775

775

725

650

590

725

725

675

29,393

948

3.15

3.63

Apr.

600

546

530

436

*446

677

1,320

1,060

825

675

725

1,060

1,000

880

2,200

6.900

3,030 

1,860 

1,320

1,030

825

725

650

570

510

478

438

406

394

375

32,541

1,085

3.60

4.02

May

502

522

*1,520

1,820

1,150

880

725

625

518

466

422

394

372

378

494

700

650 

518 

442

390

354

324

324

330

285

267

270

315

321

270

16,815

542

1.80

2.08

June

410

398

285

*450

285

255

243

223

209

204

188

178

168

175

212

182

185 

190 

182

226

234

255

212

201

172

155

148

144

fi-LOO

6,676

223

0.741

0.83

July

234

155

180

188

172

229

270

182

204

220

*168

148

153

1.Z70

750

478

482 

482 

357

309

198

279

232

232

267

315

252

226

273

267

207

9,379

303

1.01

1.16

Aug.

182

185

220

172

170

160

148

137

*128

119

122

144

137

130

122

105

107 

105 

139

185

240

185

137

122

113

107

105

101

T03

109

117

4,356

141

0.468

0.54

Sept.

107

115

105

95

101

101

*180

133

107

99

91

90

84

82

79

77

81 

90 

82

77

75

74

74

81

86

175

1.060

600

339

258

4,798

160

0.532

0.59

Calendar year 1955 : Max 7,000 Mln 72 Mean 464 Cfsm 1.54 In. 20.92

Water year 1955-56 : Max 6,900 Mln 74 Mean 427 Cfsm 1.42 In. 19.32

Peak discharge (base. 5,000 cfs). Feb. 18 (2 to 4 p.m.) 3,630 cfs (8.03 ft); Apr. 16 (3 a.m.) 

9,500 cfs (12.50 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

g Computed from graph based on 12 times dally-radlo-gage readings furnished by Tennessee Valley 

Authority.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 101

Middle Fork Holston River at Groseclose, Va.

Location. Lat 36 0 53'19", long 81°20'5l", on left bank at downstream side of highway 

bridge in village of Groseclose, Smyth County, 0.2 miles upstream from Rocky Spring 

Branch and 10 miles northeast of Marion.

Drainage area. 7.39 sq mi.

Records available. November 1947 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 2,442.86 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 8 years (1948-56), 8.77 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 167 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 3.99 ft); minimum 

daily discharge, 2.8 cfs Nov. 29, 30, Dec. 1, 2, 10-15, 23-26, 29, Jan. 2, 3, 22; minimum gage height, 1.60 ft during period of no gage-height record Dec. 10 to Jan. 5.

1947-56: Maximum discharge, 813 cfs July 6, 1953 (gage height, 7.42 ft); minimum, 

1.8 cfs- Jan. 24, 1948, result of freezeup; minimum gage height, 1.48 ft Nov. 25, 1950, 

result of freezeup; minimum daily discharge, 2.7 cfs Nov. 13-15, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 1236: 1948(M), 1949-51.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 29 Jan. 30 to Sept. 30

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

2.4 

3.0 

3.8 

4.8

1.6

1.7

1.8 

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.6

11

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

33

67

167

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

3.7

376

3.6

3.5

3.5

*3.5

3.5

3.7

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.2

375

3.4

3.3

105.8

3.41

0.461

0.53

Nov.

*3.3

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.5

3.8

375

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.2

3.0

3.3

3.2

3.1

3.0

3.0

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.9

2.9

2.8

6 £. oQ

96.4

3.21

0.434

0.48

Dec .

2.8 ?7e

2.9

3.4 37S"

*3.0

2.9

2.9

3.0

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.3

3.1

3.0

2.9

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

3.0

2.9

2.8

3 2

2\9

91.3

2.95

0.399

0.46

Jan.

2.9

2.8 278

2.9

*3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.}

3.1

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.8

3.3

3.1

3.2

3.4

3.1

3.1

4.8

14 "^.6

111.3

3.59

0.486

0.56

Feb.

5.2

5.4

10

17

15

22

21

11

8.6

6.8

8.6

7.1

6.4

*6.0

5.8

5.4

16

28

20

26

17

12

9.2

13

21

19

16

13

9.8

381.3

13.1

1.77

1.91

Mar.

8.9

8.9

12

15

12

10

*9.5

11

8.3

7.7

1*1

7.4

12

22

19

29 21

26

21

16

13

11

10

11

9.2

8.9

8.3

7.7

10

8.3

7.4

391.9

12.6

1.71

1.97

Apr.

6.8

7.4

*8.0

6.8

6.6

15

18

15

11

9.8

14

12

10

11

39

93

IT

32

23

18

15

13

12

11

10

9.8

9.2

9.5

8.9

9 5'

511.3

17.0

2.30

2.57

May

14

*16

40

^

19

15

13

11

10

9.5

8.9

8.6

7.7

10

29

21

15

11

9.5

9.2

8.0

7.7

7.4

7.1

6.6

6.4

6.6

9.2

8.0

7.4

6,8

384.6

12.4

1.68

1.94

June

7.4

77T

6.8

6.4

6.2

*6.2

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.8

6.0

5.8

5.8

7.1

5.4

5.6

5.8

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.8

4.6

4.6

l*i

4.4

170.3

5.68

0.769

0.86

July

4.1

4.4

4.1

3^

4.0

*5.6

4.6

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.4

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.8

4.4

4.3

4.3

4.4

6.6

4.6

4.4

9.5

9.0

G .4

5.0

153.5

4.95

0.670

0.77

Aug.

4.6 ITe

4.4

4.3

4.2

4.2

4.1

 4.0

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.9

4.1

4.0

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.6

377

3.7

3.6

3.6

123.5

3.98

0.539

0.62

Sept.

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.5

*3.5

3.5

3.5

3.4

374

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.8

3.6

4.1

~~5.2 13

4.2

4.0

119.8

3.99

0.540

0.60

Calendar year 1955 : Max 114 Win 2.8 Mean 9.03 Cfsm 1.22 In. 16.56

Water year 1955-56 : Max 93 Mln 2.8 Mean 7.22 Cfsm 0.977 In. 13.27

Peak dlscha 90 Cfs). Apr. 16 Cl:30 a.m.) 167 efs f5.99 ft); May 15 (12 m. 1 1Q6 efs

(3.44 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 3-6, Dec. 11 to Jan. 5, 7-12, 21-27, June 29 to July 6; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, and records for Reed Creek at 

Grahams Forge and Middle Pork Holston River at Sevenmile Ford.
102 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Middle Pork Holston River at Sevenmile Ford, Va.

Location. Lat 36"48"26", long 81"37'20", on right bank at downstream side of bridge on 

0. S. Highway 11 at Sevenmile Ford, Smyth County, 0.3 mile upstream from Meade Creek 

and 3.3 miles downstream from Walker Creek.

Drainage area.--132 sq mi.

Records available. July 1942 to September 1956.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is ).00 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 14 years, 155 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5.020 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.62 ft); minimum, 13 cfs Oct. 4 (gage height, 2.03 ft); minimum daily, 21 cfs Oct. 4.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 5,880 cfs Aug. 4, 1947 (gage height, 9.86 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,800 cfs on basis of slope-area determinations at gage 

heights 8.98 and 9.86 ft; minimum, 9 cfs Sept. 26, 1944 (gage height, 1.32 ft); minimum daily, 20 cfs Sept. 26, 1944.

Remarks. Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill 9 miles 

above station.

Revisions [water years). WSP 973: 1942(m).

Rating table, water year1 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

2.1

2.2 

2.5 

2.8 

3.2

180

370

4.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

790

2,050

2,900

4,180

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water1 year1 October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Tota]

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

108

86

*39

21

31

30

31

40

30

30

29

29

30

31

31

31 

33

30

37

29

29

27

29

30

27

27

29

29

37

35

30

1,085

35.0

0.265

0.31

Nov.

30

30

27

*35

2Z

29

31

33

30

33

44

44

33

40

33

37 

48

37

44

42

39

35

33

29

39

33

29

35

25

30

1,030

34.3

0.260

0.29

Dec.

29

29

29

40

56

44

39

*35

39

37

30

31

30

30

30

29 

26

33

37

33

33

31

37

30

37

35

39

33

31

35

30

1,057

34.1

0.258

0.30

Jan.

30

33

*31

31

33

31

29

27

29

29

29

31

29

31

26

29 

31

27

37

37

31

30

37

33

35

37

33

33

52

220

ITS

1,324

42.7

0.323

0.37

Feb.

88

86

261

435

305

400

614

*315

180

130

118

105

98

86

86

80 

306

845

530

735

495

290

194

173

410

495

280

216

152

8,508

293

2.22

2.39

Mar.

124

118

T46

395

*280

198

156

202

230

180

148

130

370

'680 790

708 

762

555

495

370

305

275

225

216

189

173

156

139

207

261

212

9,395

303

2.30

2.65

Apr.

162

136

198

184

*170

336

608

380

266

216

266

430

330

256

884

5,050 

982

658

460

345

266

234

194

162

145

133

127

118

112

112

11,920

397

3.01

3.36

May

207

261

*818

708

400

285

225

180

152

136

124

102

108

112

200

320 

238

176

136

130

110

98

92

86

82

78

76

100

115

86

78

6,019

194

1.47

1.70

June

84

82

74

*74

68

66

60

56

54

54

54

50

50

54

70

56 

88

70

78

64

64

66

62

62

56

50

60

40

44

44

1,854

61.8

0.468

0.52

July

4044"

40

52

66

256

152

86

76

84

70

*62

60

90

116

139 

102

86

70

66

64

56

50

52

60

72

58

54

58

60

56

2,397

77.3

0.586

0.68

Aug.

54

Tz

37

44

39

40

37

35

*35

37

35

37

39

35

35

33 

37

35

37

46

50

48

40

37

35

35

30

33

31

30

30

1,168

37.7

0.286

0.33

Sept.

37

31

30

30

26

25

*31

33

30

29

31

29

27

26

27

25 

29

29

29

29

26

25

24

40

62

72

310 T4"2

92

80

1,456

48.5

0.367

0.41

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,550 

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,050

Mln 

Mln

1.24

0.977

16.86

13.31

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 cfs). Apr. 16 (4 a.m.) 5,020 cfs (8.62 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

South Fork Holston River below South Holston Dam, Term.

103

Location.--Lat 36°31'25", long 82°05'50", on right bank 1,900 ft downstream from South 

Holston Dam powerhouse, 1.0 mile upstream from bridge at Bristol waterworks, 1.0 mile 

upstream from Thomas Creek, 6.7 miles southeast of Bristol, Sullivan County, and at 

river mile 49.4.

Drainage area.--703 sq mi.

Records available. July 1951 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,450.00 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--5 years, 796 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,850 cfs Sept. 28 (gage height, 37.33 ft); 

minimum, 0.8 cfs Apr. 11 (gage height, 32.32 ft); minimum daily, 1.3 cfs Apr. 10.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 3,360 cfs Sept. 13, 1953; no flow for part of Oct. 27, 

1954; minimum daily, 0.5 cfs Oct. 26, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those below 50 cfs, which are fair. Flow completely regulated by South Holston Lake (see p. 226).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

32.3

32.4

32.5

32.6

32.7

32 8

0.6

1.8

33.1

33.4

33.9

34.5

35.5

36.5

37.3

45

93

213

425

960

1,860

2,810

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

 total

Mean

Oct.

1,790

1,810

1,820

*1,870

1,800

1,890

1,830

1,790

1,510

1,640

1,690

1,610

1,700

1,720

1,580

819

1,310

2,150

2,310

2.480

2,470

1,070

9.6 

9.3

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

13

8.5

8.5

38,741.9

1,250

Nov.

8.5

*5.5

9.3

9.3

8.5

7.7

87T

635

789

8.9

8.1

7.7

7.7

800

954

1,090

999

999

1,060

8.5

1,580

1,610

1,580 

1,550

1,570

875

8.5

727

1,430

1,320

19,677.3

656

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

1,290

340

723

8.9

758

*8.1

7.7

21

261

7.7

117

1,380

892

1,260

784

1.440

284

7.4

864

507

637

720

518 

7.4

7.0

6.6

57

10

7.0

400

1,410

14,740. 8

476

Jan.

1,600

1,040

682

595

540

81

1,170

46

589

663

275

752

489

lv°

7.0

7.

7.

7,

7.

7.

7.

7.

7. 

7.

7.

7.

7.

7.

7.

30

7.7

8,677.9

280

Feb.

7.7

679

550

70

8.9

9.6

*150

261

1,140

1,160

9.4

7.4

219

180

7.4

398

295

490

327

102

464

205

30 

7.0

8.1

7.7

7.0

6.6

 6.3

6,813.1

235

Mar.

6.0

676

7.7

8.5

8.1

*7.7

7.7

319

110

8.1

7.7

7.4

8.9

12

9.6

285

10

8.9

8.5

8.1

7.7

7.7

7.7

8.1

8.1

7.7

7.7

7.7

8.5

8.5

8.1

943.0

30.4

Apr.

8.1

8.1

8.5

8.9

8.5

10

 9.6 496

8.9

itl

1.6

3.4

41

7.7

21

19

9.6

8.9

7.7

8.1

7.7

8.1

7.7 

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

7.7

8.1

8.1

--------

774.1

25.8

May

8.1

8.1

11

9.6

8.9

8.5

8.5

8.1

7.7

7.7

7.7

9.0

8.1

8.0

1.970

1,170

574

55

6.6

7.0

939

947

960 

964

892

7.4

624

953

858

822

894

12,762.0

412

June

915

7.4

7.0

1.750

*1,410

998

932

1,230

7.7

7.7

816

696

710

706

704

7.0

7.7

700

699

642

697

727

6.6 

6.6

758

1,260

7.0

890

592

1,340

.____---

19,236.7

641

July

9.6

596

990

7.0

6.6

466

7.0

7.0

688

*751

790

767

750

74

7.7

783

831

828

808

805

7.0

7.0

1,840 

1,750

404

6.3

1,060

7.0

6.6

1,770

1,790

18,619.8

601

Aug.

1,820

*1,820

1,790

1,180

7.7

1,130

1,040

1,110

870

960

7.7

7.4

1,52~

1,530

1,510

1,530

1,530

7.7

7.4

1,470

8.9

7.7

7.4 

1,500

7.7

7.4

1,320

1,420

1,470

1,420

1,450

29,467.0

951

Sept.

7.7

7.4

2,220

2,430

*2,380

2,330

2,410

152

6.6

2,280

2,320

2,550

2,620

2,630

1,520

14

2,410

2,630

2,640

2,620

2,630

166

7.0 

2,390

2,680

2.710

1,140

1,710

8.9

7.4

--------

49,627.0

1,654

Observed Adjustedt

*Iax 3,220 Mln 3.2 Mean 904 Mean 909 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.55

lax 2,710 Mln 1.3 Mean 601 Mean 808 Cfsm 1.15 In. 15.65

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Adjusted for change In contents In South Holston Lake.
104 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Beaver Creek near Wallace, Va.

Location. Lat 36°38'25", long 82°06'42", on left bank 0.4 mile upstream from Clear Creek,

1.3 miles southeast of Wallace, Washington County, and 3.8 miles northeast of Bristol. 

Drainage area. 13.7 sq mi.

Records available. October 1945 to September 1956. 

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 1,808.93 ft above mean

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Average discharge.--11 years, 14.1 cfs. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 186 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 4.27 ft); minimum,

2.8 cfs Jan. 6, minimum gage height, 1.30 ft Sept. 22.

1945-56: Maximum discharge, 383 cfs July 15, 1948 (gage height, 5.94 ft), from

rating curve extended above 230 cfs on basis of velocity-area studies; minimum, that of

Jan. 6, 1956; minimum gage height, 1.05 ft Dec. 1-12, 1946. 

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, in cubic 

feet per second)

Oct. 8 to Apr. 15 Apr. 16 to Sept. 30

1.4

1.5

3.0 

5.8

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

2.4

3.8

7.0

11

1.8 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 166

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

3.4

5.8

8.6

12

1.7 

2.0 

3.0

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct.

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.7

*4.4

5.0

5.1

3.8

3.5

ft! 3.4

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.7

3.5

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.7

3.7

3.8

3 8

sis

121.6

3.92

0.286

0.33

Nov.

ftt *3.7

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.8

3.8

3.8

4.1

4.7 

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.1

4.4

5.2

4.6

5.0

5.2

4.8

4.5

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.5

5.1

129.4

4.31

0.315

0.35

Dec.

4.8 

3.7

4.0

4.8

5.5

4.8

*4.1

4.1

4.4

4.1

3.7 

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.2

3.2

3.2

5.2

5.4

5 2

115.9

5.74

0.273

0.31

Calendar year 1955 : Max 134

Jan.

3.2 

3.2

3.1

3.1

*5.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.4

3.6

3.7 

3.6

3.4

5.4

5.4

5.5

3.3

5.7

5.6

5.4

5.3

3.3

3.4

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

3.3

4.0

12

16

125.8

4.06

0.296

0.34

Feb.

12 

12

18

27

21

24

21

*20

18

15

16 

14

14

13

15

12

28

46

58

40

35

31

28

29

39

55

55

52

27

711

24.5

1.79

1.93

Min 3.2

Mar.

26 

27

36

39

29

27

*24

27

23

22

21 

25

39

47

42

52

45

44

59

56

54

52

29

30

26

25

24

23

32

29

26

980

51.6

2.31

2.66

Apr.

24 

23

22

*22

2!

32

50

27

25

24

26 

23

22

22

102

88

58

47

41

36

35

32

50

29

27

26

24

24

23

21

986

32.9

2.40

2.68

May

23 

22

50

37

50

28

27

24

23

*22

21 

20

20

24

23

21

19

18

17

16

16

16

23

16

15

15

15

16

15

T4

660

21.3

1.55

1.79

June

15 

14

15

12

12

*12

12

11

11

11

11 

10

10

18

TT

11

12

11

11

11

11

9.6

10

10

9.6

9.3

9.3

8.9

8.6

8 3

S± 

355.6

11.1

0.810

0.90

July

8.3 

8.6

8.9

8.9

8.6

9.3

8.9

8.6

8.9

8.3

*7.8 

7.8

7.8

23

10

9.6

9.6

8.0

7.8

7.5

7.2

8.3

6.9

7.2

7.8

7.2

6.4

7.2

7.5

6.6

6.4

264.9

8.55

0.624

0.72

Aug.

6.1 

6.1

6.1

*6.1

6.1

5.8

5.8

5.3

5.3

5.6

5.8 

5.8

6.1

5.8

5.3

5.3

5.1

5.1

5.5

5.8

6.4

5.5

4.8

4.8

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.6

ill

5.3

5.1

168.0

5.42

0.396

0.46

Sept.

4.8 

5.1

4.8

5.1

5.5

7.8

*7.B

6.4

5.6

5.3

5.1 

4.8

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.4

4.1

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.9

5.9

4.4

7.8

5.6

4.6

4.4

149.7

4.99

0.364

0.41

Mean 13.7 Cfsm 1.00 In. 13.60

Water year 1955-56 : Max 102 Min 3.0 Mean 13.0 Cfsm 0.949 In. 12.88

Peak discharge (base, 100 cfs). Apr. 15 (7 p.m.) 186 cfs (4.27 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note, No gage-height record Nov. 3 to Dec. 7, Jan. 8 to Feb. 7; discharge estimated on basis of

recorded range in stage, weather records, and records for South Fork Holston River at Riverside and

Middle Fork Holston River at Qroseelose.

Percy Preston Spring near Wallace, Va.

Location, Lat 36°38'25", long 82°06'06", l£ miles south of Wallace, Washington County,

and 3^ miles northeast of Bristol. 

Records available.--August 1928, November 1947 to September 1956 (discharge measurements

only), discontinued. 

Extremes. Maximum discharge measured during year, 4.74 cfs May 10; minimum measured

0.347 cfs Jan. 5.

1928, 1947-56: Maximum discharge measured, 6.21 cfs Feb. 16, 1950; minimum measured.

0.299 cfs Dec. 3, 1953. 

Remarks. Discharge measurements made monthly 100 ft below spring.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 

to September 1956

Oct. 6........ 0.517

Nov. 3........ .429

Dec. 7........ .594

Jan. 5........ .347

Feb. 8........ 2.66

Mar. 7........ 3.93

Apr. 4........ 3.32

May 10........ 4.74

June 6........ 1.97

July 11........ 1.15

Aug. 3........ .761

Sept. 7........ .622
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 105

Watauga River near Sugar Grove, N. C.

Location. Lat 36°14'18", long 81°49'22", on right bank 300 ft downstream from Cove Creek 

and 2.3 miles southwest of Sugar Grove, Watauga County.

Drainage area.--90.8 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1940 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,607.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

"1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--16 years, 153 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,880 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.29 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,100 cfs as explained below; minimum, 13 cfs Jan. 8, result of freezeup; minimum gage height, 1.26 ft Sept. 17, 20, 23; minimum daily discharge, 16 cfs Sept. 15-17, 19, 22, 23.

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 50,800 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 29.6 ft, from 

profile based on floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 2,100 cfs on basis of 

slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, 6.5 cfs Jan. 1, 1954 (gage height, 

1.13 ft), result of freezeup; minimum daily, 13 cfs Sept. 19, 30, 1954.

Flood in July 1916 reached a stage of 22.1 ft, from floodmarks on barn a quarter of 

a mile above station as witnessed by local resident (discharge, 28,000 cfs, from rating 

curve extended above 2,100 cfs as explained above).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mills above 

station.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 17 Feb. 18 to Sept. 3O

1,5 

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

105

223

378

550

755

2.5 

3.0

154

240

390

550

755

990

1,260

1,550

2,O2O

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

66

45

41

38

36

35

39

112

64

45

40

38

36

37

35

35

35

*35

36

34

33

32

32

31

30

30

30

30

59 

44

35

1,268

40.9

0.450

0.52

Nov.

33

32

32

31

31

31

38

37

34

39

65

54

45

48

*64

49

65

50

66

65

53

49

48

46

44

56

49

46

40

b40

1,380

46.0

0.507

0.57

Dec.

b40

49

52

64

75

*58

52

50

64

b55

b58

b63

b68

b65

b55

b50

b48

56

58

b55

b47

b45

b43

45

49

46

43

40

41

54 

b47

1,633

52.7

0.580

0.67

Jan.

b46

b46

46

45

41

b43

P43

b37

b35

b45

b45

b42

b40

b38

b40

*b48

45

48

49

46

40

44

45

59

52

45

46

60

66

235

TIT

1,721

55.5

0.611

0.70

Feb.

105

149

298

295

229

402

368

246

191

159

261

226

*188

159

145

132

622

724

459

396

321

264

216

204

225

240

207

216

173

7,820

270

2.97

3. 2O

Mar.

157

152

154

201

159

149

142

196

152

137

130

*126

137

170

225

a800

508

384

324

270

234

210

187

210

178

165

154

144

147

135 

121

6,558

212

2.33

2.69

Apr.

115

140

190

144

126

2O6

255

193

*168

154

264

303

27O

240

48O

1.970

633

441

351

291

246

219

198

176

157

149

140

130

126

128

8,603

287

3.16

3.52

May

142

132

219

237

T87

165

162

*140

121

112

108

100

97

95

100

97

86

80

75

72

70

69

79

86

70

66

68

75

72

66

3,316

107

1.18

1.36

June

80

TO

66

60

57

54

53

50

50

53

48

*45

44

42

42

43

52

48

42

43

42

40

40

37

33

33

42

32

293~2~

1,402

46.7

0.514

0.57

July

35

31

49

49

53

52

66

49

63

54

*37

31

36

131

58

93

253

95

79

110

108

70

57

56

58

53

44

49

40

41

37

2,037

65.7

0.724

0.83

Aug.

36

35

36

33

33

31

29

28

26

24

24

30

24

23

22

21

21

21

20

21

*30

31

25

22

21

20

18

19

27

22

2O

793

25.6

0.282

0.32

Sept.

35

29

22

20

19

51

62

33

26

24

22

21

20

18

1§

16

16

17

*16

19

18

16

16

20

30

89

314

130

68

49

1,252

41.7

O.459

0.51

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,37O Min 30 Mean 139 Cfsm 1.53 In. 20.74

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,970 Mln 16 Mean 103 Cfsm 1.13 In. 15.46

Peak discharge (base. 2.000 cfs).--Apr. 16 (2:30 a.m.) 3,880 cfs (8.29 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of shape of recorder graph, weather 

and records for North Toe River at Altapass. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

463897 O -58 -8
106 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Watauga River below Wilbur Dam, Term.

Location.--Lat 36 0 20'39", long 82°07 I 46", 1,800 ft downstream from Wilbur Dam, 0.7 mile 

downstream from Big Laurel Branch, 2.7 miles downstream from Watauga Dam, and 5 miles 

east of Elizabethton, Carter County.

Drainage area. 471 sq. ml.

Records available. May 1903 to December 1908 and January 1948 to September 1956 In reports of Geological Survey. Published as "near Ellcabethton" 1903-8. May 1903 to 

December 1908 (revised records) In Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 1,550.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. May 11, 1903, to Dec. 31, 1908, chain gage at 

railroad bridge 2 miles downstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--13 years, 683 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,020 cfs Oct. 8 (gage height, 35.48 ft); minimum, 20 cfs June 15 (gage height, 31.22 ft); minimum daily, 24 cfs June 15.

1903-8, 1948-56: Maximum discharge observed, 21,500 cfs Jan. 22, 1906 (gage height, 

13.6 ft, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 2,500 cfs; minimum, 2.3 cfs July 11, 1953; minimum daily, 2.4 cfs Aug. 14, 1949; minimum gageheight at present site, 30.73 ft July 11, 1953.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow completely regulated by Watauga Lake (see p. 226}.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1276: 

available.

1906(M). WSP 1386: 1950. See also Records

Correction. The maximum daily discharge for the water year 1950, published is WSP 1386, 

was erroneously indicated as 1,190 cfs; the correct figure is 1,510 cfs.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per seoond)

31.2

31.3

31.6

31.9

32.2

110

180

32.7

33.0

33.5

34.0

35.4

340

475

320 

1,£80 

2,920

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

1,510

1,480

1,460

*1,660

1,160

2,270

1,460

2,750

1,400

1,430

1,460

1,480

1,520

1,470

1.450

1,310

1,410

1,300

1,380 

1,340

1,350

1,350

1,350

1,380

1,400

1,390

1,390

1,410

1,440

1,440 

1,760

46,340

1,495

Nov.

1,840

*1,530

2,000

2,770

2,010

1,600

1,520

2,700

2,850

2,8OO

2,E80

1,410

53

1,120

1.170

1,150

1,140

1,160

1,120 

M

1,880

1,750

1,680

1,840

1,740

1,050

57

496

1,390

1,640

45,774

1,526

Calendar year 1955 : 

Water year 1955-56 :

Dec.

1,770

1,010

695

53

754

*51

48

48

100

51

154

1,040

568

690

378

852

191

56

458 

414

414

520

426

53

53

52

52

52

51

141

746

11,921

585

Jan.

827

571

902

*732

737

57

1,300

373

1,220

556

1,220

~554 1.500

61

58

57

56

113

46 

43

40

37

36

56

36

35

54

33

33

84 

46

11,413

368

Feb.

44

848

438

142

43

40

*154

57

730

263

54

52

195

188

51

186

523

212

478

90

56

128

78

54

53

53

52

52

52

5,164

178

Mar.

51

50

48

48

*46

45

44

44

43

42

40

40

40

40

40

44

46

46

46 

45

45

45

44

44

44

44

43

43

43 

43

42

1,368

44.1

Apr.

42

42

42

*40

40

40

118

45

45

185

48

50

50

48

50

52

52

52

51 

51

50

50

50

48

48

47

48

48

48

48

1,628

54.5

May

48

*48

48

48

48

48

48

48

47

47

46

46

46

46

46

45

45

45

"44 44 

44

44

44

810

54

45

45

45

45 

45

46

2,198

70.9

June

46

46

46

46

*45

44

45

43

43

42

40

40

35

25

24_

51

33

97

32

31

36

31

31

50

50

50

30

30

30 

30

1,138

37.9

July

30

50

30

34

33

33

33

33

74

*30

31

31

31

32

37

109

33

33

248

102

33

33

285

252

34

34

34

34

35

1.220

1,170

4,211

136

Aug.

536

*1.270

1,210

240

33.

306

320

302

198

528

54

33

395

332

729

403

516

55

33

311

34

34

33

33

33

35

183

329

340 

317

272

9,203

297

Sept.

34

35

316

425

*280

322

334

35

55

990

922

978

951

918

54

33

938

944

al.050 

a950

a950

33

84

456

751

1,OOO

476

1,000

33 

52

15,337

511

Observed Adjustedt

*lax 2,830 Min 1O Mean 627 Mean 659 Cfsm 1.56 In. 18.41 

lax 2,830 Min 24 Mean 425 Mean 605 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.47

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Adjusted for change in contents in Watauga Lake.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records 

and Watauga Lakes, and records for watauga River at Elizabethton.

releases from Wilbur
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 107

Doe River at Ellzabethton, Term.

Location.--36°20'40". long 82°12'37", on left bank 1,500 ft upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 91 at Ellzabethton, Carter County, and 1 mile upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 137 sq ml.

Records available.--June 1907 to June 1908 and September to December 1912 (gage heights 

only) , December 1911 to September 1916 and November 1920 to September 1931 (published 

as "at Valley Forge"), June 1932 to September 1956.

gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,524.73 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. June 1907 to June 1908 and September to December 1912, staff gage a quarter of a mile upstream at different datum. December 1911 to 

September 1916 and November 1920 to September 1931, chain gage 3 miles upstream at 

altitude 1,610 ft (from topographic map). June to September 1932 staff gage at present 

site at datum 0.50 ft higher. September 1932 to January 1934 staff gage at present 

site and datum.

Average discharge.--37 years (1912-16, 1921-31, 1933-56), 212 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,870 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.09 ft); minimum, 36 cfs Jan. 15 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

1911-16, 1920-31, 1932-56: Maximum discharge, 7,300 cfs July 30, 1940 (gage height, 

6.75 ft), from rating curve extended above 4,000 cfs; minimum, 17 cfs Aug. 31, Sept. 7, 

1925 (gage height, 0.60 ft, site and datum then in use).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1336: 1933(M), 1938.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

71

113

162

219

280

355

485

740

1,050

1,490

2,050

3,690

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

 

Oct.

83

62

53

*49

48

46

48

191

109

73

61

56

54

56

54

54

56

54

62

61

56

51

51

50

50

49

49

49

77

77

59

1,948

62.8

0.458

0.53

Nov.

54

*54

54

54

54

54

56

56

56

62

104

95

83

99

122

95

141

104

124

144

111

95

91

93

85

118

102

89

64

64

2,577

85.9

0.627

0.70

Dec.

61

89

89

115

*146

113

100

93

115

102

85

62

68

83

89

61

66

87

141

111

100

89

91

91

102

98

87

81

81

122

127

2,945

95.0

0.693

0.80

Jan.

102

106

106

*106

93

91

93

64

46

69

83

89

79

71

59

79

66

64

83

106

81

62

91

100

93

87

75

85

152

569

510

3,560

115

0.839

0.97

Feb.

315

392

*910

898

660

650

625

462

367

304

331

323

287

261

252

243

1,130

1,590

938

822

696

535

426

387

422

454

400

395

331

15,806

545

3.98

4.29

Mar.

301

301

308

404

355

*327

298

347

301

284

271

258

319

359

505

898

812

600

472

383

335

308

280

355

351

327

301

280

304

277

255

11,476

370

2.70

3.12

Apr.

240

281

408

*343

301

391

431

379

327

290

383

540

520

440

739

*5,080

994

680

530

431

363

327

312

277

255

240

228

237

246

237

14,450

482

3.52

3.92

May

246

*255

*702

660

462

367

379

335

287

264

249

231

219

207

210

£31

196

179

170

162

157

149

TTT

250

176

162

157

170

184

154

157

7,904

255

1.86

2.15

June

284

252

207

*179

159

144

136

127

118

122

109

102

100

104

102

100

106

111

135

159

118

104

104

106

93

83

81

79

71

94

3,789

126

0.920

1.03

July

136

95

83

93

89

142

149

109

122

*127

91

77

87

235

162

637

605

343

222

261

294

228

179

157

165

157

127

122

122

120

102

5,638

182

1.33

1.53

Aug.

98

*95

93

89

89

87

79

75

69

66

68

68

64

77

66

57

56

53

68

73

134

111

79

69

66

62

59

57

62

62

62

2,313

74.6

0.545

0.63

Sept.

62

93

73

*68

106

150

263

120

87

75

69

66

62

59

56

54

51

62

59

53

51

50

50

71

93

396

765

355

216

159

3,894

130

0 . 949

1.06

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,850 Min 39 Mean 202 Gfsm 1.47 In. 20.04

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,080 Min 46 Mean 208 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.73

Peak discharge (base, 1,700 cfs).--Feb. 17 (6:30 p.m.) 2,760 cfs (4.50 ft)j Apr. 16 (2:30 

5,870 cfs (6.09 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
108 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Watauga River at Elizabethton, Term.

;e-height 

reports

Location. Lat 36 c21'2l", long 82°13'26", on left bank 25 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. 

Highway 19E at Elizabethton, Carter County, 0.6 mile dosnstream from Doe River, and at 

mile 25.9.

Drainage area. 692 sq mi.

Records available.--February 1926 to July 1949, July 1953 to September 1956. Gag' 

records collected in this vicinity December 1909 to July 1949 are contained in 

of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,486.23 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Dec. 1, 1909, to Feb. 20, 1926, U. S. Weather 

Bureau tape gage and Feb. 21 to Oct. 4, 1926, staff gage, on Southern Railway bridge 

10 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge.--25 years (1926-48, 1953-56), 1,045 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,390 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.14 ft); minimum, 106 cfs Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.89 ft); minimum daily, 112 cfs Sept. 16. 

1926-49, 1953-56: Maximum discharge, 75,100 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 

20.87 ft), from rating curve extended above 29,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

determination of peak flow; minimum, 42 cfs Sept. 20, 1932; minimum daily, 85 cfs 

Dec. 3, 1953; minimum gage height, 1.54 ft Sept. 20, 1932.

Maximum stage known, about 21 ft in May 1901 (discharge, 75,900 cfs), from highwater profile by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Remarks . --Record 

(see p. 226) .

excellent. Flow partly regulated by Watauga Lake, 10 miles upstream

Revisions (water years). --WSP 758: 

28(M) , 1930, 1931-32 (m) .

1932(M). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1336: 1927-

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

et, and

1.9 

2.1 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

108

150

203

310

520

835

4.0 

4.5 

5.0

6.0 

7.0

8.0

1,260

1,720

2,220

3,310

4,700

6,600

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tbtal

Mean

Oct.

,730

,640

,590

* ,660

,190

,360

,120

,990

,590

,530

,630

,610

,660

,620

,590

,390 

,560

,420

,540

,490

,490

,490

,500

,510

,540

,540

,540

,540

1,600

1,600

1, 880

51,140

1,650

Nov.

2,050

*1,700

2,030

2,880

2,200

1,690

1,630

2,760

2,960

2,940

2,410

1,730

294

1,140

1,270

1,310 

1,360

1,410

1,450

370

1,870

1,970

1,780

1,990

1,850

1,320

257

595

1,410

1,800

50,426

1,681

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

1,950

1 190

671

382

914

*241

206

195

278

206

252

1,110

699

878

492

924 

346

183

614

539

514

595

554

202

189

183

172

165

162

ggg

893

16,141

521

Jan.

967

742

1,030

*842

853

199

1,230

677

1,260

645

1,440

1,640

683

168

150

168 

150

191

162

183

162

141

168

175

168

160

146

155

218

991

958

16,822

543

Feb.

568

1,400

1,900

1,720

1,160

1,150

*1,380

888

1,250

686

574

538

606

551

405

481 

2,270

5.100

2,240

1,650

1,340

1,030

746

640

787

1,030

779

746

616

32,231

1,111

Mar.

544

526

532

793

670

*586

520

604

538

496

460

422

502

616

934

i',660

1,140

842

688

598

538

490

580

562

520

490

449

538 

514

472

20,544

663

Apr.

422

466

640

*562

490

665

952

715

592

649

646

821

786

694

1,490

5.540 

2,110

1,560

1,010

807

676

604

562

502

449

422

595

595

416 

580

26,196

873

May

395 *412

1,250

1,320 858"

676

658

574

490

449

416

390

560

555

550

570 

319

298

278

270

256

248

505

1,100

585

263

252

274

286 

245

f>, n

248

14,526

462

June

444

390

324

286

*248

251

218

209

200

197

189

175

172

172

168

165 

172

240

197

225

185

172

170

175

158

146

141

141

155 

143

6,186

206

July

192

148

141

146

150

186

212

168

*232

199

158

141

148

488

365

1,400 

1,400

732

640

445

526

370

547

474

302

310

263

238

228

1,370

1^420

13,737

445

Aug.

601

*1,460

~522 1,470

168

456

427

386

289

640

146

139

476

455

760

499 

410

124

148

418

206

175

146

132

128

124

242

398

597 

374

341

12,615

407

Sept.

126

146

408

426

*498

481

638

178

143

986

1,100

1,090

1,090

1,060

191

112 

996

1,060

1,210

1,040

1,050

197

143

504

805

1,460

1,590

1,420

464

231

20,845

695

Observed Adjustedt

»Iax 3,820 Min 122 Mean 969 Mean 981 Cfsra 1.42 In. 19.24

Max 5,540 Mln 112 Mean 768 Mean 948 Cfstn 1.37 In. 18.64

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for chanagein contents in Watauga Lake
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 109

South Fork Holston River at Kingsport, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36"31'51", long 82°33'29", on left bank 1,000 ft downstream from new bridge 

on State Highway 81, l£ miles upstream from Reedy Creek, and 3f miles upstream from 

confluence with North Pork Holston River.

Drainage area. 1,935 sq ml.

Records available.--September 1925 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 1,175.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Dec. 2, 1953, at site 2 miles upstream at datum 8.47 ft higher.

Average discharge. 31 years. 2,481 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 16,800 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.89 ft)- minimum, 306 cfs Dec. 19, Apr. 8 (gage height, 0.48 ft); minimum dally, 424 cfs July 1.

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 68,800 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 18.80 ft site 

and datum then In use); minimum, 210 cfs Jan. 28, 1940 (gage height, -0.20 ft. site 

and datum then In use); minimum daily, 301 cfs June 13, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good. Plow regulated by South Holston, Watauga, Boone, and Fort Patrick 

Henry Lakes (see p. 226). Some diversion upstream by the city of Kingsport, Tennessee 

Eastman Corporation, and Holston Ordnance Works.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1033: 1930(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.6

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

400

800

1,400

2,180

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

4,080

6,440

12,700

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

3,700

3,660

3,660

3,690

*3,380

7.050

3,900

6,880

2,070

3,360

3,800

3,740

3,740

3,740

3,530

2,060

2,630

4,750

4,580

4,700

3,580

2,190

678

1,040

2,040

2,030

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,040

2,060

100,378

3,238

Nov.

2,040

2,040

*2,710

3,660

2,120

2,010

2,800

3,570

4.160

3,700

3,410

2,010

560

2,860

3,010

2,980

3,070

3,300

2,840

624

2,430

3,560

3,080

2,470

3,320

1,980

584

2,570

3,330

3,330

80,128

2,671

Calendar year 1955: I

Water year 1955-56: I

Dec.

3,580

3,530

2,630

568

2,280

*1,620

1,980

1,750

2,260

1,690

1,320

2,780

1,900

2,120

3,490

*5.700

789

454

5,090

3,080

2,100

*1,990

2,OiO

477

452

460

1,460

1,460

633

465

3,080

63,198

2,039

Jan.

566

1,640

4,520

3,020

*3,820

836

4,420

1,580

5.290

2,780

4,040

4,470

2,410

1,010

520

480

1,380

1,270

528

463

476

462

462

480

454

466

472

458

482

969

534

50,758

1,637

Feb.

483

2,720

3,230

541

492

794

1,070

610

1,800

1,670

490

474

460

466

572

946

1,320

5,680

542

2,060

2,450

3,480

2,910

1,470

556

929

2,350

2,660

2,510

45,695

1,507

Mar.

2,250

2,050

536

521

495

494

*1,690

3,610

1,710

514

474

1,250

1,540

1,810

1,660

3,960

2,270

1,540

4.950

4,770

2,240

484

458

460

460

460

448

488

507

464 

480

44,650

1,440

Observed

Apr.

449

470

520

460

*460

1,180

1,760

1,950

1,610

1,280

2,500

2,470

2,410

1,570

910

11.600

8,970

6,090

3,080

2,680

1,550

1,270

1,380

1,320

1,540

1,540

1,360

1,310

1,340

1,050

-------

65,659

2,189

May

1,080

1,220

3,110

*2,310

2,450

1,450

1,550

1,570

1,190

1,220

1,220

1,250

1,260

856

2,820

1,510

850

688

519

486

1,860

1,810

2,280

1,900

1,750

5,660

720

1,410

1,480

1,490

1,460

47,989

1,548

June

526

496

498

1,420

1,420

*1,440

1,420

1,410

440

449

1,170

938

1,103

1,110

1,090

482

463

1,400

1,400

1,220

1,060

1,200

493

466

1,200

1,280

2,680

615

2,850 

455

32,181

1,073

July

424

1,290

1,330

460

474

472

456

462

1,020

1,040

*1,000

1,030

1,030

498

466

1,080

1,750

3,700

*5,660

2,920

1,120

451

2,580

2,610

1,110

458

1,790

478

484

3,630

4.260

45,513

1,404

Aug.

*5.480

2,810

3,260

1,920

450

1,620

1,610

1,650

1,570

1,540

448

465

2,000

2,030

2,060

2,120

2,020

462

458

2,120

944

861

855

2,000

788

450

2,040

2,060

2,040

2,030

2,040

50,199

1,619

Sept.

482

532

2,690

5,150

5,630

*3,170

5,200

744

486

3,630

3,940

4,190

3,950

5,920

554

451

5,610

3,670

3,670

3,670

5,500

786

480

3,090

4,050

3,720

5.750

4,870

680 

456

80,681

2,689

Adjustedt

tax 10,600 Min 346 Mean 2,365 Mean 2,429 cfsm 1.26 In. 17.04

 lax 11,600 Min 424 Mean 1.921 Mean 2,316 cfsm 1.20 m. 16.29

- Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change in contents in South Holston, Watauga Boone, and Port Patrick Henry Lakes.
110 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

North Pork Holston River near Saltville, Va.

Location. Lat 36°53'48", long 81°44'47", on right bank 0.5 mile upstream from Cedar

Branch bridge, 1.5 miles northeast of Saltville, Smyth County, and 7.8 miles downstream 

from Laurel Creek.

Drainage area.--222 sq mi.

Records available. June 1907 to November 1908, November 1920 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,703.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. June 11, 1907, to Nov. 12, 1908, chain gage 

on highway bridge 2.1 miles downstream at different datum. Nov. 2, 1920, to May 23, 

1934, chain gage on highway bridge 0.5 mile downstream at datum 7.74 ft lower.

Average discharge.--35 years (1921-56), 285 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 9,560 cfs Apr. 16 gage height, 9,05 ft, from 

i-water mark in gage well); minimum, 23 cfs Jan. 8 ;e height, 0.49 ft), result of

freezeup.

1907-8, 1920-56: Maximum discharge recorded, 13,100 cfs Feb. 18, 1944 (gage height, 

10.75 ft), from rating curve extended above 6,500 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 

1 cfs Oct. 15, 16, 1947 (gage height, 0.13 ft), flow retarded by mine cave-in; minimum 

daily, 2 cfs Oct. 15, 1947.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Prior to September 1947, small diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused 

bw mills above station. Records of chemical analyses for the water year 1956 are 

given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 758: Drainage area. WSP 1113: 1944-47.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used June 22 to July 6)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 20

1.4 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

Feb. 21 to Sept. 3O

210

457

760

1,180

2,170

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0

260

500

1,200

5.0 3,340

7.0 6,160

8.0 7,860

Note. Same as preceding 

table below 1.0 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

Oct.

30

29

28

27

26

26

26

31

34

31

27

26

2426"

26

27

26

26

28

27

28

28

26

26

25

25

25

*25

28 

29

29

845

27.3

0.123

0.14

Nov.

29

29

28

27 

27

27

28

29

29

31

38

38

39

36

35

36

42

47

50

52.

51

43

39

36

34

33

31

30

b27

*b25_

1,046

34.9

0.157

0.18

Dec.

b24

b25

38

48 

83

9672-

61

60

60

50

b46

b41

b39

b42

b39

b35

b35

47

47

48

b48

b45

48

48

51

50 *44"

47 

47

42

1,506

48.6

0.219

0.25

Jan.

b40

b38

b44

47 

39

b39

b38

34

b34

b35

b37

b39

39

b39

b40

41

42

b42

42

42

42

b42

44

42

41

b41

b39

b40

61 

*534

784

2,501

80.7

0.364

0.42

Feb.

360

272

624

1,220

1,070

920

1,740

856

497

360

316

332

304

264

248

229

52T

1,740

1,400

1,950

1,460

833

546

435

945

1,370

875

*644

446

22,780

786

3.54

3.82

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,500 Min 24

Mar.

357

322

313

584 

591

470

381

679

826

610

458

381

624

1,580

1.640

1,240

1,420

1,050

980

735

591

513

446

440

425

400

366

*322

440 

578

488

20,250

653

2.94

3.39

Apr.

390

334

a330

a320 

a300

858

1,240

875

644

552

a560

a660

a700

a600

al,300

a6.200

a2,5OO

al,450

al,000

a710

a560

a470

a400

a330

a270

a250

*a230

210

192

184

24,619

821

3.70

4.13

Mean 306

May

246

a370

al,400

al.550

578

452

376

304

264

a245

a220

a200

188

264

686

532

390

309

a295

a240

a205

a!80

164

144

131

125

*153"

206 

160

167

11,744

379

1.71

1.97

Cfsn

June

238

300

256

210 

167

141

122

112

101

94

92

83

78

76

76

83

89

112

199

170

167

280

246

199

150

117

94

85

74 

70

4,281

143

0.644

0.72

» 1.38

July

81

*67

61

69

78

227

228

141

147

144

128

99

85

167

210

195

440

405

242

178

138

117

99

89

112

164

141

122

122

*170 

156

4,822

156

0.703

0.81

Aug.

~92- 114

81

72

67

63

56

53

52

47

44

44

42

41

41

40

38

40

42

78

106

114

72

55

50

44

43

41

*41

51 

44

1,808

58.3

0.263

0.30

Sept.

42

41

40

39

40

46

56

56

48

42

40

39

38

36

35

35

35

34

34

33

32

a30

a29

a3T

a33

a63

*a!25

371

153 

94

1,770

59.0

0.266

0.30

In. 18.73

Water year 1955-56: Max 6,200 Min 24 Mean 268 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.43

Peak discharge (base. 5,OOP efs).--Apr. 16 (time unknown) 9,560 efs (9.05 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for stations at Holston and near Gate City, 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

North Fork Holston River at Holston, Va.

Ill

Location.--Lat 36°46'29", long 82 0 04'22", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 19, 100 ft downstream from Greendale Creek, 0.4 mile upstream from 

Garrett Creek, 0.5 mile east of Holston, Washington County, and 0.6 mile upstream from 

Little Moccasin Creek.

Drainage area. 402 sq mi.

Records available. June 1951 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,437.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 5 years, 466 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,800 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 12.93 ft); 

minimum, 41 cfs Dec. 1; minimum gage height, 2.05 ft Oct. 16, Dec. 1.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 16, 1956; minimum, 41 cfs Sept. 8, 1954, 

Dec. 1, 1955; minimum gage height, 1.98 ft Oct. 8, 9, 1953.

Remarks.--Records good. Records of chemical analyses and water temperatures for the water 

year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec.

54

45

65

95

214

Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

1.9

2.0

2.1

2.2

2.5

2.0

2.1

2.2 

2.5 

3.0

185

400

4.0

6.0

8.0

12.0

1,050

2,640

4,800

11,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota]

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

68

65

*65

59

57

57

59

95

83

68

63

59

53

53

51

49

57

55

57

61

59

53

55

51

49

45

44

44

47

47

45

1,771

57.1

0.142

0.16

Nov.

*45

47

49

47

45

44

45

45

49

55

74

77

77

83

71

68

92

92

109

126

109

98

83

77

68

68

63

61

55

49

-- --

2,071

69.0

0.172

0.19

Dee.

44

49

57

86

*197

189

154

126

122

122

98

80

75

68

75

75

62

62

90

98

94

87

80

87

108

104

98

94

84

94

94

2,953

95.3

0.237

0.27

Jan.

80

75

*90

94

80

78

75

72

62

62

68

72

72

68

62

62

68

62

65

87

84

75

72

87

84

84

78

70

155

1,600

1,800

5,643

182

0.453

0.52

Feb.

840

644

1,560

2,240

2,080

1,840

2,900

1,760

*1,240

714

618

658

588

504

474

435

1,040

5,180

2,640

2,990

2,560

1,560

1,050

819

1,680

2,560

1,640

1,240

875

______

------

42,929

1,480

3.68

3.97

Mar.

686

644

728

1,320

*1,200

980

826

1,320

1,640

1,240

980

791

1,440

2,730

2,990

2,320

2,480

1,960

1,760

1,360

1,080

945

840

819

791

735

679

618

1,160

1,360

1,080

39,502

1,274

3.17

3.66

Apr.

826

*658

644

612

558

812

2,160

1,720

1,240

980

945

1,160

1,200

1,020

2,880

10,800

4,080

2,320

1,680

1,200

945

770

651

558

468

415

382

346

324

506

------

42,660

1,422

3.54

3.95

May

410

607

2,400

2,720

1,600

1,080

840

*658

522

445

400

555

328

514

410

1,020

945

672

510

486

591

532

292

265

241

215

209

274

498

578

306

20,121

649

1.61

1.86

June

462

650

528

*410

552

278

245

217

193

178

164

150

140

156

152

143

157

160

205

253

255

292

542

274

225

185

160

143

136

126

7,229

241

0.600

0.67

July

126

126

122

115

112

249

573

274

*249

257

225

185

160

555

550

514

560

612

555

257

217

178

160

146

150

205

205

209

260

285

285

7,472

241

0.600

0.69

Aug.

*217

185

164

150

143

156

126

112

112

104

90

90

90

80

80

75

75

72

80

122

209

257

ITS

140

115

108

87

90

87

90

108

5,752

121

0.501

0.55

Sept.

90

94

87

*70

75

122

178

129

104

75

70

65

62

60

55

52

58

65

60

55

54

52

52" 50

55

60

528

657

296

182

5,592

115

0.281

0.51

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,300 Min 41 Mean 548 Cfsm 1.36 In. 18.48

Water year 1955-56: Max 10,800 Min 44 Mean 490 Cfsm 1.22 In. 16.60

Peak discharge (base, 4,OOO cfs) .--Apr.' 16 (8:30 a.m.) 12,800 cfs (12.93 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
112 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Big Moccasin Creek near Gate City, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°38'47", long 82°33"12", on left bank at downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 71, 0.2 mile downstream from Franklin Branch, 0.9 mile upstream from 

Pike Branch, 1.6 miles upstream from Little Moccasin Creek, and 1.6 miles east of Gate 

City, Scott County.

Drainage area.--79.6 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1952 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,267.64 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. 1954-55: Maximum discharge during water year, 2,220 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 

6.72 ft); minimum, 4.5 cfs Oct. 27; minimum gage height, 1.06 ft Sept. 13.

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 3,110 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 

7.95 ft); minimum, 3.2 cfs Jan. 18 (gage height, 1.04 ft), result of freezeup.

1952-56: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 16, 1956; minimum, 3.0 cfs Sept. 11, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, Oct. 1, 1954, to Sept. 30, 1956 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In

cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 28, to May 14, 1955, Mar. 30 to 

Apr. 14, 1956)

Oct. 1, 1954, to Feb. 6, 1955 

1.1 7.0

1.2 

1.5 

2.0

2.5 213

15 3.0 375

44 4.0 790

113

Feb. 7, 1955, to Sept. 30, 1956 

1.1 ! 5

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

5.0

11

29

67

109

210

335

670

1,760

3,110

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1954 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

15

20

49

33

21

18

*15

13

12

10

9.5

9.5

8.7

877

9.5

10

29

23

18

14

13

12

12

11

10

9.5

13

13

14 

15

15

483.4

15.6

0.196

0.23

Nov.

20

24

23

22

25

20

19

20

*19

16

13

12

12

11

10

10

11

9.5

975

12

13

14

18

18

17

17

20

26

99 

106

666.0

22.2

0.279

0.31

Dec.

54

39

32

26

^8

91

113

61

56

90

80

57

74

172

*104

78

62

66

112

91

71

60

50

45

40

37

34

33

131 

450

2o8

2,645

85.3

1.07

1.23

Jan.

120

92

73

62

57

54

50

47

43

43

128

150 *T67

90

77

67

62

54

58

53

47

56

61

61

58

48

52

57

53 

52

54

2,086

67.3

0.845

0.97

Feb.

49

132

305

*164

113

590

1.500

455

255

171

150

142

109

108

96

106

280

248

179

140

114

112

629

440

258

182

356

610

-

7,793

278

3.49

3.63

Mar.

695

*670

350

255

210

542

1,130

425

275

200

160

160

144

126

154

1,O6O

1,390

1,210

1,320

670

440

1,580

945

425

310

570

425

270

205 

160

133

16,609

536

6.73

7.76

Apr.

118

108

98

85

84

95

*105

96

74

li

87

102

92

148

162

119

95

94

88

87

84

85

80

94

91

92

94

89

81 

73

2,871

95.7

1.20

1.34

May

67

63

59

54

52

48

45

41

40

39

*38

38

56

73

155

82

66

61

59

54

53

54

57

49

55

50

44

45

45 

36

36

1,686

54.4

0.683

0.79

June

37

57

54

53

32

31

58

27

25

25

25

25

25

20

19

17

17

17

17

17

18

25

20

23

19

17

16 

15

736

24.5

0.308

0.34

July

14

15

12

15

16

25

18

15

15

17

19

44

*84

40

50

25

18

19

15

12

15

22

10

89

66

29

26

23

20

18

798

25.7

0.323

0.37

Aug.

19

15

15

*15

15

17

16

19

16

15

20

17

17

14

16

18

~S5 25

17

14

15

18

17

14

15

15

15

12

11 

7.4

37o

479.4

15.5

0.195

0.22

Sept.

9.8

11

12

11

14

14

10

*9.8

10

15

10ia7.4

8.0

7.4

7.4

8.0

8.0

8.6

9.8

8.0

8.0

7.4

14

17

16

17

17

16 

18

557.0

11.2

0.141

0.16

Calendar year 1954: Max l,20O Mln 4.0 Mean 68.2 Cfsm 0.857 In. 11.64

Water year 1954-55: Max 1,580 Mln 7.4 Mean 102 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.35

Peak discharge (base. 1.200 cfs). Feb. 7 (4:50 a.m.) 1.820 cfs (6.07 ft); Mar. 7 (5:5O a.m.) 

1,760 cfs (5.96 ft)j Mar. 16 (12 p.m.) 2,220 cfs (6.72 ft); Mar. 19 (Z a.m.) 1,89O cfs (e.24 ft); 

Mar. 22 (8 p.m.) 1,960 cfs (6.51 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 113

Big Moccasin Creek near Gate City, Va. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

17

17

18

17

*13

12

13

 ST 26

24

15

13

12

10

9.8

9.8

9.8

10

9.8

9.8

9.2 "972

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

10

11

13

397.6

12.8

0.161

0.19

Nov.

14

*12~ 7.4

13

17

17

15

13

17

21

25

23

24

26

27

27

30

28

38

43

38

32

23

21

18

19

18

21

15

13

653.4

21.8

0.274

0.31

Dec.

12

T5

16

58

95_

71

*43

33

34

36

31

21

20

18

23

13

13

20

22

22

17

17

17

15

16

16

16

15

14

13

13

785

25.3

0.318

0.37

Jan.

11

11

11

12

*9.8

11

9.8

8.0

1~6.2

9.2

9.8

9.8

6.2

7.4

12

7.4

6.8

15

27

53

40

32

34

34

32

23

24

94

*532

395

1,504.4

48.5

0.609

0.70

Feb.

160

202

532

410

320

441

*590

302

186

137

144

166

131

112

102

98

330

945

630

630

455

278

191

173

338

530

295

235

173

9,236

318

3.99

4.30

Mar.

139

177

245

425

315

238

*191

268

356

245

191

171

366

662

710

*455

440

315

270

212

173

148

128

119

109

98

92

2"5B~ 88

325

210

8,106

261

3.28

3.78

Apr.

164

144

139

*179

184

212

395

282

212

171

196

265

215

184

680

*2.550

888

425

285

210

164

139

124

112

99

91

87

80

75

71

9,022

301

3.78

4.22

May

74

81

259

425

220

154

130

111

95

*87

81

77

71

70

70

81

77

61

56

50

49

46

44

43

43

38

39

48

56

52 

41

2,829

91.3

1.15

1.33j

June

53

71

57

48

44

*38

37

34

37

36

29

29

29

27

S±

28

42

33

57

40

34

56

66

60

43

34

31

38

30

28

1,213

40.4

0.508

0.57

July

26

30

24

24

23

23

24

31

31

30

*29

26

23

74

114

63

45

60

40

32

28

27

88

94

101

53

59

54

45

34 

70

1,425

46.0

0.578

0.67

Aug.

48

45

*61

70

49

39

34

31

30

25

22

24

25

24

24

22

21

19

26

45

75

74

54

36

28

24

21

22

18

20 

24

1,080

34.8

0.437

0.50

Sept.

33

34

36

27

25

*39

147

88

56

40

33

27

26

23

21

20

19

1619'

19

17

16

17

17

17

19

28

89

60

40

1,068

35.6

0.447

0.50

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,580 Min 7.4 Mean 96.5 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.45

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,550 Min 6.2 Mean 102 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.44

Peak discharge (base. 1.200 cfs). -Apr. 16 (10:30 a.m.) 3,110 cfs (7.95 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

North Pork Holston River near Gate City, Va.

Location. Lat 36"36'31", long 82°34'05", on left bank 100 ft upstream from bridge on

D. S. Highway 23, 1.6 miles downstream from Big Moccasin Creek, and 2.1 miles southeast 

of Gate City, Scott County.

Drainage area.--672 sq mi.

Records available. November 1931 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,197.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge . 24 years (1932-56), 825 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 22,000 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 14.10 ft); 

minimum, 55 cfs Jan. 18 (gage height, 1.23 ft), result of freeseup.

1931-56: Maximum discharge, 23,700 cfs Aug. 14, 1940 (gage height, 14.75 ft); minimum, 37 cfs Dec. 24, 1943, result of freezeup; minimum gage height, 1.00 ft Jan. 6, 

1940.

Remarks.--Records good, 

station.

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small dam above

Revisions (water years).--WSP 783: 1932(M). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1276: 1932-34.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used July 8-17, Sept. 1-7, 30)

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

3.0

310

910

4.0

6.0

10.0

14.0

1,760

4,240

12,300

21,700

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

23

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

116

106

92

85

78

 71

73

182

174

194

159

136

122

116

103

100

92

90

92

100

100

110

106

100

95

90

85

82

85

82 

80

3,296

106

0.158

0.18

Nov.

80

80

*78

80

85

85

88

88

85

98

116

122

140

155

166

178

166

159

186

202

215

190

170

147

129

132

122

116

95

80

3,833

128

0.190

0.21

Dec.

73

80

90

250

590

350

*290

£40

225

198

182

151

113

103

116

90

95

151

132

132

159

140

143

132

126

140

151

143

136

132 

129

4,982

161

0.240

0.28

Jan.

129

126

116

116

*122

113

106

92

88

78

98

92

98

85

95

95

90

ITS- 69

IS!

194

178

162

178

186

182

162

151

294

1,750 

5020

8,629

278

0.414

0.48

Feb.

1,760

1,290

2,580

3,000

3,370

3,120

4,400

3,370

1,920

1,340

1,170

1,290

1,130

980

875

826

1,980

5,480

5,670

4,400

4,740

2,760

1,810

1,380

2,080

4,400

3,000

2,140

1,560

73,821

2,546

3.79

4.09

Mar.

1,210

1,250

1,520

2,700

2,240

1,710

1,380

1,520

2,410

2,020

1,520

1,290

2,460

4,080

6,060

4,240

4,080

3,240

E,700

2,240

1,760

1,470

1,290

1,170

1,130

1,050

980

910

1,560

2,410 

1,860

65,460

2,112

3.14

3.62

Apr.

1,380

1,130

1,050

*1,250

1,250

1,340

3,000

3,000

2,140

1,610

1,560

1,710

1,760

1,560

3,920

*19,700

11,900

4,740

3,000

2,190

1,660

1,380

1,210

1,050

910

812

744

686

628

592

78,862

2,629

3.91

4.36

May

622

805

3,570

6,060

3,120

2,020

1,560

1,210

1,020

*875

764

686

622

580

634

764

1,250

1,050

840

679

672

562

498

465

416

385

360

385

498

660 

538

34,170

1,102

1.64

1.89

June

544

712

805

679

562

*476

421

375

345

325

300

260

230

230

210

198

215

250

305

300

350

385

438

504

416

335

280

245

220

206

11,121

371

0.552

0.62

July

255

210

198

210

194

198

270

385

355

320

*320

265

225

574

679

556

482

604

712

492

390

330

275

270

265

270

350

432

410

420 

538

11,454

369

0.549

0.63

Aug.

492

400

421

385

300

270

240

210

190

170

174

170

159

151

155

129

122

116

140

230

375

405

416

340

240

190

166

155

132

126 

143

7,312

236

0.351

0.40

Sept.

140

194

136

100

85

*182

405

492

340

250

198

159

136

119

113

103

100

85

95

98

92

85

82

85

82

80

122

519

840 

432

5,949

198

0.295

0.33

Calendar year 1955: Max 14,900 Min 52 Mean 899 Cfsm 1.34 In. 18.16

Water year 1955-56: 1955-56: Max Max 19,700 19,700 Min Min 69 69 Mean Mean 844 844 Cfsm Cfsm 1.26 1.26 In. In. 17.09 17.09

harge (base, 6,000 cfs).--Feb. 18 (10:30 p.m.) 7,060 cfs (7.55 ft); Mar. 15 (6:50 a.m.)

7.27 ft); Apr. 16 (3:30 p.m.) 22,000 cfs (14.10 ft); May 4 (2:30 a.m.) 6,860 cfs (7.40

Peak dl 

6,660 cfs (7 

ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Holston River at Surgoinsville, Term.

Location. Lat 36°28'19", long 82"50"50", on right bank 1,500 ft upstream from Surgoinsville Creek and county bridge at Surgoinsville, Hawkins County, 9.8 miles upstream 

from Big Creek, and at mile 118.4. Records include flow of Surgoinsville Creek.

Drainage area. 2,874 sq mi, includes that of Surgoinsville Creek. 

Records available. April 1941 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,C i.46 ft above mean sea level, datum

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--15 years, 3,446 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 38,900 cfs Apr. 16 ?e height, 13.32 ft);

minimum, 680 cfs Jan. 16 (gage height, 1.45 ft).

1941-56: Maximum discharge, 59,600 cfs Feb. 18, 1944 (gage height, 17.48 ft); 

minimum, 470 cfs Oct. 21, 1941 (gage height, 1.16 ft).

Remarks. Records good. Flow partly regulated 

Fort Patrick Henry Lakes (see p. 226).

South Holston, Watauga, Boone, and

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

3,840

3,750

3,720

3,650

*5,280

5.760

5,370

5,740

4,100

2,900

3,870

3,800

3,770

3,750

3,750

2,690

2,240

3,530

5,370

4,640

3,510

2,840

1,790

864

1,830

2,140

2,140

2,140

2,140

2,140

2,140

103,194

3,329

Nov.

2,140

2,120

*2,140

3,510

2,860

2,120

2,440

3,280

4,110

3,820

3,750

2,630

1,780

1,510

3,200

3,220

3,220

3,310

3,760

2,530

1,560

*3,840

3,440

2,920

3,930

2,960

1,790

1,400

4,580

4,040

87,710

2,924

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

3,840

3,960

3,220

2,710

2,160

2,620

*2 , 440

2,140

2,340

2,520

2,250

1,740

3,120

2,370

2,790

5,420

3,510

936

2,620

*4,510

2,980

*2,200

2,160

1,620

752

741 908"

1,670

1,600

785

1,400

74,032

2,388

Jan.

2,780

1,210

2,940

4,160

3,800

2,200

1,970

4,220

3,060

3,740

4,190

4,400

3,120

2,210

980

700

1,000

*1,450

1,180

785

774

785

785

818

829

818

796

785

960

2,960

4,440

64,845

2,092

Feb.

3,240

3,790

8,050

6,000

4,940

5,450

7,770

*5,790

4,160

3,370

3,570

2,500

2,200

1,880

1,830

1.650

4,430

*12,200

8,770

8 , 350

8,910

7,930

5,760

5,680

3,600

6,410

6,950

5,920

5,190

 

156,290

5,389

Mar.

4,260

4,110

3,440

4,860

4,060

3,200

*3,350

5,330

6,230

3,650

2,770

2,980

4,360

6,900

9,470

9,670

9,140

6,520

7,600

9,280

4,880

3,530

2,260

2,080

1,970

1,880

1,780

1,690

2,080

3,510

3,020

139,860

4.512

Apr.

2,420

2 , 160

2,300

2,840

*2,940

3,350

5,840

5,920

5,370

4,010

3,77O

5,450

5,010

4,640

5,610

*50,500

25,500

13,900

8,910

5,870

4,880

3,050

3,440

2,840

2,580

2,230

2,460

2,390

2,230

1,890

174,100

5,803

May

2,020

2,170

4,590

*9,500

7,250

5,110

3,310

2,880

2,500

2,160

2,060

1,970

1,820

1,650

2,400

3,000

2,120

1,850

1,380

1,240

1,830

1,970

2,500

2,500

2,010

3,220

2,550

1,540

1,990

2,070

1,500

84,660

2,731

June

1,720

1,260

1,360

1,970

1,850

 1,780

1,780

1,790

1,370

1,060

1,360

1,670

1,710

1,600

1,650

1,340

1,120

1,680

2,340

1,990

1,880

1,870

1,560

1,380

1,760

2,030

2,080

2,820

2,140

2,460

52,380

1,746

July

1,120

1,120

1,860

1,780

1,130

1,180

1,280

1,190

1,460

1,720

*1,610

1,610

1,580

1,670

1,600

2,840

2,920

3,460

*4,410

3,460

2,860

1,310

1,400

2,750

2,220

1,400

1,170

1,810

1,090

2,100

4,410

61,520

1,985

Aug.

*3,580

5,900

3,220

2,710

1,670

1,090

1,850

1,840

1,770

1,770

1,610

912

988

2,190

2,270

2,320

2,180

2,180

900

1,300

2,440

1,420

1,360

*1,460

2,290

1,250

1,030

2,340

2,350

2,510

2,540

60,820

1,962

Sept.

2,280

1,090

1,800

5,310

3,570

*4,410

3,890

2,630

1,090

2,500

4,160

4,210

4,010

3,960

2,340

876

2,260

*5,720

5,650

3,680

3,560

2,340

840

1,820

3,330

4,260

3,940

5,500

3,820

1,130

89,756

2,992

Observed Adjustedt

"lax 29,000 Mln 741 Mean 3,528 Mean 3,591 Cfsm 1.25 In. 16.96

"lax 30,300 Mln 700 Mean 3,140 Mean 3,535 Cfsm 1.23 In. 16.74

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change Vn contents In South Holston, Watauga Boone, and Port Patrick Henry Lakes.
116 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Mossy Spring near Jefferson City, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36 "07 "17", long 83 "28 '22", in spring pool, 15 ft upstream from water plant 

intake", 300 ft south of city water plant, tributary to unnamed branch at point 500 ft 

upstream from confluence of Buffalo Wallows Branch and unnamed branch, 1.1 miles east 

of Jefferson City Post Office.

Records available. September 1950 to September 1956.

Gage , --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,092.3 ft above mean sea level (Tennessee 

Valley Authority construction plans for waterworks),

Average discharge .--6 years, 41.3 cfs.

Extremes . --Maximum discharge during year, 183 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 2.12 ft); minimum 

daily, 9.5 cfs Oct. 26, Nov. 9, 11.

1950-56: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 15, 1956; minimum daily, 7.4 cfs Jan. 8, 

9, 1954.

Remarks .--Records good. Records do not include diversion averaging about three-quarters 

of a cubic foot per second for the water supply of Jefferson City.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 3 4 to Sept. 30

1.0

1.1

Discharge, in cubic feet per

111

166

:ond, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

15

15

14

13

*12

12

14

37

25

18

15

12

12

12

12

12

11

11

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

9.5

10

10

11 

11

11

404.5

13.0

-

-

Nov.

11

10

11

10

11

10

*10

10

9.5

10

9,5

10

10

10

10

10

14

11

19

17

14

12

20

24

17

19

16

14

13 

12

384,0

12.8

-

-

Dec.

12

*11

12

46

§2

37

29

26

26

26

23

21

18

18

17

16

16

16

17

17

16

16

15

14

14

14

14

13

13 

13

14

610

19.7

-

-

Jan.

13

13

13

*12

13

12

13

12

12

13

12

12

12

12

12

1C

12

11

14

18

16

14

16

22

23

25

24

26

54 

04

80

637

20. E

-

-

Feb.

68

68

114

120

114

127

141

131

121

114

108

104

97

93

90

ae

123

155

149

148

144

134

127

120

116

112

*108

107

103

3,342

115

-

-

Mar.

101

98

98

101

98

95

93

93

92

90

39

86

*B6

92

97

111

114

110

104

102

98

95

92

90

88

86

84

82

89 

89

2,929

94.5

-

-

Apr.

84

86

92

94

*94

99

107

101

97

93

102

112

106

102

122

160

153

145

139

131

125

119

115

112

106

104

102

101

98 

95

3,296

110

-

-

Hay

95

94

95

94

92

89

86

*64

84

82

81

80

77

76

75

73

72

71

68

67

66

64

62

59

58

E7

55

54

51

50

2,263

73.0

-

"

June

62

60

54

49

*46

44

43

42

41

41

39

38

37

43

46

42

39

37

36

35

35

33

34

33

33

33

31

30

30

2_9

1,195

39.8

-

~

July

33

42

35

33

31

29

29

29

*31

32

29

28

28

44

43

37

35

33

32

31

31

30

29

29

29

28

27

26

26

2_5

970

31,3

-

"

Aug.

25

25

26

23

22

*22

22

22

21

21

21

21

20

26

23

22

20

20

19

20

22

21

20

20

19

18

18

19

20 

21

20

659

21.3

-

-

3ept.

20

22

25

30

31

57

62" 78

54

*48

44

41

39

35

33

31

30

27

27

5

4

3

2

2

1

20

19

18

18 

18

964

32.1

-

"

alendar year 1955: Max 142 

ater year 1955-56: Max 160

Mean 32.7 Cfsm 

Mean 48.2 Cfsm

Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 117

Holston River near Jefferson City, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36°10'Q3", long 83°30'10", on left bank 250 ft upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 92, 0.2 mile downstream from Cherokee Dam, 2.5 miles upstream from Mill 

Spring Creek, and 3 miles north of Jefferson City, Jefferson County.

Drainage area. 3,429 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1937 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 900.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to June 30, 1941, at datum 20.02 ft 

higher.

Average discharge.--19 years, 3,930 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 16,900 cfs Mar. 25 (gage height, 29.10 ft); minimum, 30 cfs Jan. 29 (gage height, 20.20 ft); minimum daily, 34 cfs Dec. 29, Jan. 25.

1937-56: Maximum discharge, 58,700 cfs Aug. 15, 1940 (gage height, 41.82 ft, present datum); minimum, 2.2 cfs Dec. 8, 1941, discharge measurement; minimum daily, 

2.6 cfs Dec. 85, 1941; minimum gage height recorded, 19.75 ft Dec. 25, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Plow regulated by South Holston, Watauga, Boone, Fort Patrick 

Henry, and Cherokee Lakes (see p. 226,227).

Revisions (water years) . WSP 923: 1939-40(m).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

20.2

20.3

20.4

20.6

20.8

21.0

160

270

410

21.5

22.0

23.0

24.0

26.0

28.0

830

1,340

2,740

4,500

8,850

13,900

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

4,030

3,740

4,010

3,800

*3,690

5,350

3,850

5,150

3,220

3,920

3,380

3,380

3,410

3,440

3,430

3,390

4,010

5,650

5,770

6,470

6,800

6,800

2,480

3,720

6,250

6,340

6,450

6,450

6,560 

6,910

8,150

150,000

4,839

Nov.

7,260

6,650

6,510

6,540

6,650

6,450

*6,380

6,450

6,560

6,360

6,050

5,860

4,180

4,250

2,220

56

2,800

2,680

2,330

2,630

5,110

3,900

3,800

1,420

1,260

1,180

1,270

3,710

8,590 

10,100

139,206

4,640

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

9,430

7,350

112

50

50

50

50

50

713

3,870

2,950

9,570

 4,080

4,310

8,150

8,990

4,050

9,260

8,170

5,210

6,140

6,100

5,330

42

36

5,630

7,640

46

34

1,830

2,720

122,013

3,936

Jan.

4,180

2,440

5,860

 5,540

6,160

6,320

116

4,520

7.110

3,000

3,160

6,400

4,540

1,330

821

1,110

2,550

2,440

1,210

1,110

1,040

1,180

1,080

578

54

36

610

602

642 

40

152

75,911

2,449

Feb.

668

594

46

48

li

62

53

50

50

50

53

56

368

48

48

48

71

77

71

77

80

77

74

74

77

71

71

77

1,950

5,133

177

Mar.

56

59

62

65

1,210

59

62

175

704

1,150

1,160

5,480

*5,310

1,010

74

96

96

100

6,360

5,480

3,310

2,440

2,080

3,070

7,580

8,660

3,480

3,460

3,430

3,430

3,310

73,018

2,355

Apr.

2,880

6,780

4,540

1,260

84

108

120

120

120

124

140

144

148

144

160

160

148

140

128

128

124

120

136

2,820

2,850

2,800

586

1,280

333

3,190

31,815

1,060

May

2,820

3,000

216

112

116

124

148

*152

152

156

156

152

156

120

3,310

3,580

*3,270

2,850

2,550

2,380

3,270

5,400

6,670

6,670

6,670

6,650

5,370

6,670

5,070

4, 890

4,160

87,010

2,807

June

4,870

2,870

1,920

4,630

*4,420

4,180

3,090

3,040

246

3,430

4,050

3,500

3,940

4,050

4,100

2,690

2,680

5,370

5,310

6,250

6,710

5,170

4,180

4,830

4,790

4,200

3,020

2,920

6,670

5,900

123,026

4,101

July

5,690

3,690

3,670

2,240

3,630

3,740

3,360

1,680

*3,040

3,550

128

92

 128

2,450

1,910

6,030

6,470

3,390

578

821

857

104

6,180

6,320

6,160

5,210

6,320

6,070

7,870

8,130

8,200

117,708

3,797

Aug.

8,470

9,780

7,390

7,150

7,830

 6,400

7,000

7,760

7,280

7,670

5,480

3,940

6,710

6,180

7,530

5,880

5,880

3,760

4,610

5,090

 5,010

4,830

3,120

6,210

6,340

4,580

4,650

6,230

5,270

5,010

5,190

188,230

6,072

Sept.

5,090

3,100

5,540

7,220

6,800

6,400

6,120

326

3,290

*8,220

9,090

9,040

11,000

9,640

15,500

7,940

7,350

7,940

4,730

6,780

8,260

4,520

4,070

6,360

6,290

8,870

7,920

6,650

6,510

6,450

205,016

6,834

Observed Adjusted!

 lax 12,800 Mln 34 Mean 4,271 Mean 4,183 Cfsm 1.22 m. 16.56

 lax 13,500 Mln 34 Mean 3,601 Mean 4,297 Cfsm 1.25 in. 17.06

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change In contents In South Holston, Watauga, Boone, Fort Patrick Henry, and 

Cherokee Lakes.
118 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Mill Spring near Jefferson City, Term.

Location. Lat 36°09'08", long 83°31'35", in spring pool at Tennessee Valley Authority 

pumping station, 300 ft northwest of State Highway 92, half a mile upstream from mouth, 

and 3 miles northwest of Jefferson City, Jefferson County.

Records available.--August 1951 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. October 1940 to September 1948 in files of Tennessee Valley Authority.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete weir. Datum of gage is 962.3 ft above mean sea 

level (Tennessee Valley Authority construction plans for waterworks).

Average discharge.--5 years, 4.93 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 19 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 1.40 ft); minimum 

daily, 2.0 cfs Nov. 21, 22, Jan. 11-23.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 16, 1356; minimum daily, 1.7 cfs Nov. 18- 

20, 1955.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Records do not include diversion averaging about one-twentieth of a cubic foot per 

second for the domestic water supply of Cherokee Dam.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

dischargi

0.2 

.3

.5

ubic

1.3

2.4 

4.8

0.7 

1.0 

1.4

cond)

7.7

12

20

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

ZO

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.2

2.2

2.2

Z.2

*2.2

z'.z 2.2

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

Z.I

2.1

2.1 

2.1

66.9

2.16

-

-

Nov.

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

*2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

63.1

2.10

-

-

Dec.

2.1

*2.1

2.2

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.3

2.3

Z.2

Z.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.Z

2.2

2. 2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

69.1

2.23

-

-

Jan.

*

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.0

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

3.0

4.4 

4.2

69.2

2.23

-

-

Feb.

3.9

4.4

8.6

9.2

8.9

10

12

11

11

10

9.8

9.4

8.9

8.4

8.2

7.8

11

15

15

15

14

14

14

13

12

12

*11

11

11

--~-~-

309.5

10.7

-

-

Mar.

10

10

10

10

10

10

9.8

10

10

9.7

9.7

9.4

*9.4

9.7

9.8

11

12

12

12

11

11

11

10

10

10

9.8

9.5

9.4

9.2

8.9 

8.8

313.1

10.1

-

-

Apr.

8.

8.

8.

9.

*9.

10

11

10

10

10

10

11

11

11

12

19

18

17

16

15

14

14

13

12

12

12

11

11

11

10

355.0

11.8

-

-

May

10

10

10

10

10

9.8

9.7

*9.5

9.4

9.2

9.0

8.8

8.4

8.4

8.4

8.2

8.0

7.7

7.6

7.4

7.2

7.2

7.2

7.1

7.0

7.0

7.0

6.8

6.6

6.6 

6.5

255.7

8.25

-

-

June

7.0

6.8

6.5

6.4

*6.4

6.2

6.1

6.1

5.9

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.5

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.1

5.1

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.7

4.5

4.5

4.4

4.4

163.6

5.45

-

-

July

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

Aug.

3.4

3.4

3.5

3.4

4.3| 3.4

4.2 *3.4

4.11 3.4

4.0 3.4

*4.0 3.4

4.O 3.4

4.0 3.4

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

4.0

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

122.3

3.95

-

-

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.1 

3.1

102.1

3.29

-

-

Sept.

3.1

3.1

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

Z.8

2.8

*2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.8

Z.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.6

276

2.6

84.2

2.81

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 18 Min 1.9 Mean 4.17 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56; Max 19 Min 2.O Mean 5.39 Cfsm - In.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--No gage-height record Dec. 27 to Jan. 3, Jan. 5-17, July 7-8, July 28 to Aug. 5; discharge 

stimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for Mossy Spring near Jefferson City.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 119 

Holston River near Knoxville, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36°00'56", long 83°49'54", on left bank 300 ft upstream from bridge on 

U.S. Highway 70, 1.8 miles northeast of Knoxville city limits, Knox County, and 

5.5 miles upstream from confluence with French Broad River.

Drainage area.--3,747 sq mi.

Records available. October 1930 to September 1956. Published as "at Strawberry Plains" 

1930-48.Records published for both sites June 1945 to September 1948.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder at present site and datum since June 19, 1945. Datum of 

gage is 815.84 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 

1936. Oct. 1, 1930, to June 8, 1931, staff gage and June 9, 1931, to Sept. 30, 1948, 

water-stage recorder, a.1 site 12 miles upstream at datum 22.55 ft higher.

Average discharge.--26 years, 4,346 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,600 cfs Sept. 16 (gage height, 7.29 ft); 

minimum, 242 cfs Dec. 31 (gage height, 1.32 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 62,900 cfs Mar. 28, 1935 (gage height, 20.20 ft, site 

and datum then in use); minimum, 44 cfs Dec. 12, 21, 22, 1941 (gage height, -0.58 ft, 

site and datum then in use); minimum daily, 44 cfs Dec. 21, 22, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good. Plow regulated by South Holston, Watauga, Boone , Fort Patrick 

Henry, and Cherokee Lakes (see p. 226,227).

Revisions (water years). WSF 893: 1935(M). WSP 1336: 1939.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

5,010

3,960

3,920

3,800

3,970

4,350

4,900

5,780

3,850

3,750

3,630

3,460

3,460

3,560

3,540

3,490

3,490

4,920

5,700

6,460

*6,790

6,850

4,940

5,000

4,690

6,310

6,280

6,370

6,520

7,010

6,650

150,410

4,852

Nov.

8,870

6,980

6,550

6,55O

6,640

6,730

6,430

*6,490

6,610

6,670

6,280

6,100

4,430

4,560

3,940

2,460

624

2,790

2,970

3,150

3,630

4,560

4,380

3,990

1,540

1,450

1,430

1,540

6,390

10,500

145,234

4,841

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

1O,1OO

7,120

5,790

1,770

*1,420

734

460

376

332

1,610

3,530

7,440

5,740

4,300

6,520

9,480

6,380

6,720

10,600

5,060

6,010

5,840

5,970

4,260

547

877

6,910

5,580

575

290

1,860

134,201

4,329

Jan.

4,030

3,160

4,500

5,600

5,890

6,380

5,580

605

7,920

4,200

3,270

6,050

5,020

4,030

1,680

1,110

1,380

2,850

2,830

1,580

1,290

1,350

1,490

1,560

994

470

339

791

1,710

2,960

1,500

92,119

2,972

Feb.

942

1,860

4,760

2,870

1,780

2,520

2,340

1,470

*1,130

929

942

854

758

994

674

606

2,850

5,100

2,680

2,440

*1,890

1,420

1,160

1,080

1,150

1,060

916

854

734

____ ____

48 ,763

1,681

Mar.

2,600

878

BOB

1,160

*1,020

1,910

794

1,790

1,450

1,630

1,960

2,720

6,180

5,840

2,410

2,020

1,610

1,280

2,210

7,170

5,290

4,400

2,600

2,450

6,490

8,450

6,490

3,790

3,950

4,000

99,308

3,203

Apr.

3,780

4,530

7,040

5,700

2,880

2,200

2,060

1,280

994

842

1,380

1,500

1,100

929

2,530

6,430

2,680

1,750

1,390

1,160

1,030

955

890

*1,260

3,170

3,480

2,680

1,250

1,670

1,430

69,970

2,332

May

3,160

3,56O

3,680

1,120

770

686

662

628

595

584

*562

540

530

520

1,050

3,130

3,720

3,100

3,310

2,720

3,010

4,090

7,440

6,940

6,910

6,820

5,970

5,640

6,420

5,100

5,040

98,007

3,162

June

4,620

5,510

1,980

3,330

5,100

4,650

3,460

3,300

2,990

1,240

3,090

4,240

3,630

4,160

4,240

4,180

2,860

3,870

5,800

*5,630

7,580

5,730

4,360

5,120

5,190

4,590

3,570

3,200

4,940

6,270

128,430

4,281

July

5,630

5,690

3,920

3,180

2,560

4,690

3,850

3,180

2,080

*3,050

3,160

573

*392

414

2,900

3,950

*7,300

5,000

3,020

1,050

935

1,240

905

6,940

6,190

5,280

6,250

6,010

7,040

8,030

8,130

122,539

3,953

Aug.

8,130

9,580

7,720

7,330

7,140

7,330

6,400

6,980

7,780

7,740

6,880

4,950

5,260

6,360

*6,760

6,930

5,200

5,090

4,820

4,870

4,610

5,040

4.240

4,890

6,280

5,970

4,350

5,860

6,170

5,450

5,320

191,430

6,175

Sept.

5,610

5,760

3,750

6,690

7,620

7,070

6,610

5,010

1,160

5,480

*9,280

9,680

10,700

11,000

11,900

11,800

7,460

7,650

8,540

3,410

9,240

6,690

4,610

5,360

6,490

7,620

9,210

7,260

6,730

6,980

216,370

7,212

Observed Adjustedt

lax 15,700 Mln 272 Mean 4,521 Mean 4,433 cfsm 1.18 In. 16.06

lax 11,900 Mln 290 Mean 4,090 Mean 4,785 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.38

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Adjusted for change In contents In South Ho 

nerokee Lakes.

Watauga, Boone, Fort Patrick Henry, and
120 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

First Creel: at Mineral Springs Avenue, at Knoxville, Term.

Location. Lat 36"00"53", long 83°55'18", on right bank at Mineral Springs Avenue Bridge 

in Knoxville, Knox County, 0.3 mile downstream from Whites Creek, 4.1 miles upstream 

from gage at Fifth Avenue in Knoxville, and 5.9 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--15.7 sq mi, includes 3.8 sq mi without surface drainage. 

Records available. April 1945 to September 1956.

Sage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 940.87 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--11 years, 22.7 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 643 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 6.92 ft); minimum, 

2.6 cfs Nov. 2; minimum gage height, 1.57 ft Sept. 22-23.

1945-56: Maximum discharge, 1,280 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 8.62 ft); minimum, 

1.8 cfs Sept. 26, 1948; minimum gage height, 1.32 ft Sept. 21, Oct. 1, 1945.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Discharge measurements generally made twice a month.

Revisions.--WSP 1276: Drainage area.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 30 to Nov. 16, Jan. 29 , 30, 

July 25 to Aug. B)

2.4 

4.2

38

4.0 

4.5 

5.0 

5.5

72

89

115

195

330

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5.5

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.7

3.8

7.4

7.5

4T2

4.0

3.8

3.7

4.O

3. 9

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.J

3.2

3.2

3.2

3 2

3.1

3.6

2.9

t_._8

121.1

3.91

0.249

0.29

Nov.

 = 7

2.7

2.8

2.8

2.9

2.8

3.2

3.2

3.2

5.0

3.4

3.0

3.0

4.3

4.2

5.4

5.7

4.6

14

7.2

6.0

5.5

36

TI

9.0

8.1

6. 4

5.8

5.4

5.0

189.3

6.51

0.402

0.45

Dec.

4.9

5.4

5.4

107

To

19

15

12

12

9.7

8.4

8.1

7.7

7.2

7.0

6.5

6.0

12

9.3

7.9

7.2

G.8

6.5

6.2

6.0

5.7

5.0

4.9

4.8

5.2

4.8

373.6

12.1

0.771

0.88

Jan.

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3 *!i

4.1

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.9

5.4

5.0

4.8

4.6

6.5

9.7

9.5

9.7

9.3

13

105

126

66

450 . 2

14.5

0.924

1.07

Feb.

-q

114

Z70

UT

74

171

84

58

50

43

55

45

42

37

3_5

35

169

214

78

95

66

55

47

51

57

47

44

42

37

2,265

78.1

4.97

5.37

Mar.

34

39

52

59

40

38

37

97

50

44

40

38

40

82

68

111 "65

54

46

41

38

35

33

32

28

27

25

24

30

24

22_

1,393

44.9

2.86

3.30

Apr.

21

28

24

153

49

136

76

47

40

36

72

54

41

37

217

289

87

71

59

49

42

39

36

33

31

30

28

25

22

24

1,896

63.2

4.03

4.49

May

22

38

116 ~52~

37

38

38

30

26

23

22

21

20

19

19

19

17

16

15

15

14

14

14

14

13

13

13

12

11

IT

11

743

24.0

1.53

1.76

June

14

TT

10

10

9.5

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.0

9.5

9.5

12

9.5

9.0

8.5

8.5

9.0

14

9.5

10

9.0

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.5

7.0

7.O

6.5

278.5

9.28

0.591

0.66

July

7.O

6.5

6.0

6.0

5.5

10

1111

30

11

7.7

7.0

24

21

24

25

27

14

11

12

10

9.3

8.6

8.6

14

11

7.9

7.3

7.3

7.2

6. 5

374.4

12.1

0.771

0.89

Aug.

6.4

6.2

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.0

5.2

4.8

4.7

5.4

5.4

4.8

4.6

4.7

4.4

4.4

5.4

4.7

4.8

9.9

5.4

4.7

4.2

4.O

3.8

3.8

8.1

4.9

4.6

4.2

161.0

5.19

0.331

0.38

Sept.

4.3

4.8

3.8

3.6

3.6

8.3

4.9

4.3

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.7

3.5

3.4

3.5

3.5

3.6

3.7

3.4

3.4

3.3

3.3

7.6

5.8

3.5

3.3

3 .2

3 . 2

3 1

5.0

120.0

4.00

0.255

O.28

Calendar year 1955: Max 191 Mln 2.7 Mean 16.9 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.64

Water year 1955-56: Max 289 Mln 2.7 Mean 22.9 Cfsm 1.46 In. 19.82

Peak discharge (base, 500 cfs). Feb. 3 (10:30 a.m.) 366 cfs (6.12 ft); Apr. 15 (11:30 p.m.) 643 

cfs (6.92 ft).

Note.--No gage-height record June 4 to July 5; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In 

stage, weather records, 2 discharge measurements, and records for station at Fifth Avenue.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 121

First Creek at Fifth Avenue, at Knoxville, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°58'40", long 83°54'5l", on left bank at Fifth Avenue Bridge In Knoxville, ICnox County, 1.8 miles upstream from mouth and 4.1 miles downstream from gage 

at Mineral Springs Avenue in Knoxville.

Drainage area.--21.1 sq mi, includes 4.5 sq mi without surface drainage.

Records available.--June 1932 to March 1934, April 1945 to September 1956. Published 

aa "at Knoxville" 1932-34.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datura of gage is d83.13 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. June 23, 1932, to Mar. 31, 1934, staff 

gage at McCalla Avenue Bridge a quarter of a mile downstream at different datum.

Extremes. Maximum uis charge during year, 710 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.34 ft); minimum, 2.9 ufs vt . L5; minimum gage height, 0.52 ft Nov. 4.

1932-34, ]"'-;:-SO: Maximum discharge, 1,230 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 8.92 ft); 

miniitium, 2.1 ij^s Sept. 8, 1955; minimum gage height, 0.24 ft Jan. 9, 1954.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1276: Drainage area. WSP 1336: 1933.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 4-16, Apr. 16 to May 3, 

July 26 to Sept. 30)

1.1

1.5

166

263

430

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

26

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

12

5.8

4.5

4.0

3.9

4.0

27

16

5.8

4.2

3.9

3.9

6.2

5.5

5.1

4.7

4.O

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.6

4.3

6.9

3.9

3.6

175.8

5.67

0.269

0.31

Nov .

3.6

3.6

3.6

5.3

3 .7

3.6

4.5

3.6

3.4

13

5.1

3.4

3.4

9.5

6.4

'14

8.4

5.5

24

8.4

6.2

5.5

53

25

15

12

9.0

7.3

6.2

5.7

278.9

9.30

0 . 441

0.49

Dec.

5.7

7.7

7.8

143

53

23

20

17

16

13

11

10

10

8.8

8.8

8.4

7.7

24

13

9.2

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.0

6.5

6.5

6.0

6.5

6.5

9.0

6.5

495.6

16.0

0.758

0.87

Jan.

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.3

5.1

5.0

4.8

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.5

4.5

4.7

4.5

4.3

7.7

5.5

5.0

4.7

9.7

13

12

11

10

14

120

~59 189

550.8

17.8

O.B44

0.97

Feb.

42

127

376

166

98

215

120

70

60

49

72

53

47

41

40

41

196

276

110

135

80

62

51

60

68

52

46

45

39

_ _ _ =_

------

2,837

97.8

4.64

5.00

Mar.

36

45

64

69

44

41

47

133

57

47

43

43

47

110

99

156

84

65

53

47

43

41

38

39

33

31

29

28

36

27

25

1,698

54.8

2.60

2.99

Apr.

24

34

26

185

62

162

100

54

45

42

107

70

48

44

229

416

114

81

64

51

43

40

39

36

34

32

31

27

25

29

2,294

76.5

3.63

4.04

May

25

44

164

66

41

46

44

30

26

25

23

22

21

21

21

18

17

17

16

16

15

17

16

15

14

15

15

13isis

885

28.5

1.35

1.56

June

20

T2

11

11

11

10

10

10

10

10

10

11

11

17

10

11

9.2

9.0

9.5

20

9.7

12

9.7

9.0

9.0

8.6

8.2

B.2

7.9

7.7

322.7

10.8

0.512

0.57

July

8.2

7.1

6.6

6.4

6.2

11

15

17

56

15

10

9.2

33

30

24

37

34

17

14

19

12

11

11

10

12

16

8.6

8.2

7.7

7.7

8.4

488.3

15.8

0.749

0.86

Aug.

7.3

7.1

6.7

6.7

6.4

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.2

6.0

6.7

6.7

6.6

6.4

6.2

6.2

6.2

12

6.6

11

28

6.4

5.8

5.3

5.1

5.6

5.0

21

7.1

5.5

5.6

240.2

7.75

0.367

0.42

Sept.

6.6

8.0

4.5

4.2

4.2

22

6.6

5.1

4.7

4.5

4.5

4.3

4.0

4.0

3.9

3.7

3.9

3.9

3.6

3.7

3.7

3.7

16

9.0

4.3

3.9

3.7

3.7

3.6

5.4

164.9

5.50

0.261

0.29

Calendar year 1955: Max 246 Win 2.6 Mean 21.3 Cfsm 1.01 In. 13.72

Water year 1955-56: Max 416 Min 3.3 Mean 28.5 Cfsm 1.35 In. 18.37

Peak discharge (base, 400 cfs).--Feb. 3 (2 p.m.) 492 cfs (6.41 ft); Apr. 16 (3 a.m.) 710 cfs (7.34 

ftTNote. No gage-height record Oct. 19, 20, Dec. 19 to Jan. 4; discharge estimated on basis of 

weather records, recorded range in stage when available, 3 discharge measurements, and records for 

station at Mineral Springs Avenue.

463897 O -58 -9
122 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Knoxville, Tenn.

Location.--Lat 35°57'17", long 83°51'42", on left bank 0.7 mile downstream from confluence 

of French Broad and Holston Rivers, 3.5 udles upstream from First Creek, 3.6 miles 

upstream from Gay Street Bridge at Knoxville, KJIOX County, and at mile 651.4.

Drainage area. 8,934 sq mi, includes that of First Creek.

Records available.--January 1899 to December 1912 (1399 and 1910-12, gage heights only) 

and October 1918 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. October 1899 

to September 1924 (prior to October 1918, revised) in Tennessee Division of Geology 

Bulletin 34. Gage-height records collected in this vicinity since 1883 are contained 

in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 797.38 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1989, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 1, 1943, staff or recording 

gages at several sites within 4 miles of present site at various datums. Since 

Sept. 1, 1943, auxiliary water-stage recorder 6.3 miles downstream.

Average discharge.--57 years (1899-1956), 12,690 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28,500 cfs Apr. 16; maximum gage height, 17.89 

ft Apr. 16; minimum daily discharge, 1,640 cfs Apr. 10; minimum gage height, 9.43 ft 

Mar. 12.

1899-1956: Maximum discharge observed, 195,000 Mar. 1, 1902 (gage height, 36.4 ft, 

site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 130,000 cfs; minimum 

daily, 1,010 cfs Mar. 28, 1954; minimum gage height, -1.7 ft Sept. 11, 1925, site 

and datum then in use.

Maximum stage known, 45.8 ft Mar. 10, 1867, site and datum of gage at old city 

pumping plant, 3.2 miles downstream from base gage (discharge, 270,000 cfs, from 

rating curve extended above 130,000 cfs ), from high-water profile by Corps of 

Engineers and Tennessee Valley Authority.

Remarks. Records good above 10,000 cfs and fair below. Flow regulated by Douglas,

South Holston, Boone, Fort Patrick Henry, Cherokee , and Watauga Lakes (see p. 226,227).

Revisions (water years).--WSP 583: 1902(M). WSP 823: Drainage area. See also Records 

available.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

15

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

7,730

5,850

6,470

9 , 040

*7,020

6,920

8,920

10,700

6,730

5,960

5,900

6,620

5,980

5,870

6,000

5,880

5,790

8,090

8,820

10,100

11,500

11,600

8,880

6,090

5,550

6,120

9,660

9,570

10,100

10,300

1O,900

244,440

7,885

-

-

Nov.

15,600

11,700

11,600

11,300

11,400

11,500

11,200

11,300

 11,200

11,300

11,000

10,600

7,720

7 , 600

7,910

6,490

3,050

6,480

6,900

6,750

5,180

5,180

5,410

5 , 010

1,950

1,890

1,890

3,180

9,860

13,200

243,330

8,111

-

-

Dec.

13,300

10,400

10,100

4,820

3,960

3,250

2,340

2,210

5 ,230

5,940

7,870

13,200

* 12, 600

11,600

13,400

16,300

14,000

13,900

16,600

7,600

9,760

9,660

9,660

8,340

3,010

2,990

10,100

9,590

3,950

4,350

4,920

262,950

8,482

-

-

Jan.

8,710

9,100

9,220

11,900

13,000

12,400

12,700

7,110

15,700

11,200

12,300

15,600

*10,500

6,340

5,210

3,590

2,800

4,070

4,750

5,230

2,480

2,430

2,800

3,210

2,850

2,460

2,060

1,690

3,400

8,510

4,630

209,930

6,772

-

-

Feb.

1,850

5,550

15,800

11,900

6,520

9,400

12,600

15,800

15,900

15,500

16,000

16,000

15,800

14,200

10,600

9,990

10,100

19,400

21,200

21.400

20,900

19,600

*19,10G

18,800

19,400

19,100

18,400

18,300

17,600

452,690

14,920

*

-

Mar.

17,700

16,50u

16,500

14,800

15,600

12,800

6,910

8,280

5,270

3,520

5,170

6,80O

11,900

12,500

8,230

12,800

7,520

8,600

10,200

17,800

* 16, 500

15,200

14,600

12,700

17,300

17,400

17,300

16,600

17,100

17,300

17,000

392,200

12,650

_

-

Apr.

16,500

17,400

20,000

17,600

7,570

5,830

6,050

3,220

1,670

1 , 640

6,220

8,880

8,430

5,300

7,920

25.400

7,890

3,980

3,000

2,230

2,870

3,570

2,160

7,380

*11,700

10,50O

7,530

6,660

7,200

7,150

239,430

7,981

_

-

May

8,050

8,330

7,990

4,240

2,900

2,87O

4,780

3,470

3,460

3,470

2 , 820

4,800

5,970

5,920

7,710

9,590

11,400

7,060

7,670

6,110

8,460

9,850

14,400

13,100

*15,900

15,100

11,700

12,70O

* 12, 900

10,200

10,600

249,520

8,049

-

-

June

9,970

12,100

6,630

9,270

11,500

11,100

9,180

8,560

7,99O

6,980

7,200

8,460

7,900

8,660

8,910

7,460

5,690

9,94O

12,200

14,500

 15,900

11,400

10,200

11,000

11,700

10,200

7,350

6,210

11,400

13,500

292,860

9,762

-

July

14, 100

15,300

12,100

4,26O

6,680

10,600

10,300

7,150

7,230

8,020

8,020

5,390

5,940

6,970

8,590

11,700

17,700

*14,400

10,300

7,650

8,350

7,740

8,500

15,600

14,300

13,300

14,400

14,300

14,500

16,200

16,600

334,190

10,780

-

-

Aug.

16,400

17,600

15,800

16,700

16,000

16,400

14,200

14,700

16,300

16,200

15,400

13,200

13,800

15,200

*15,100

15,400

14,400

14,200

13,200

13,8OO

12 , 100

13,200

11,600

11,900

13,600

13,500

10,400

13,400

13,500

12,500

12,200

441,900

14,250

-

Sept.

12,400

12,900

9,590

14,900

16,000

15,800

15,700

12,600

6,900

13 , 100

17,500

*17,000

18,700

19,100

19.800

19,000

15.200

15,900

17,400

12 , 000

18,200

16,100

13,600

13,600

14,100

15,400

16,800

15,100

14,600

15,000

455,990

15,130

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 33,800 Min 1,450 Mean 10,800 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.40

Water year 1955-56: Max 23,400 Min 1,640 Mean 10,380 Cfsm 1.16 In. 15.81

Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 123

Little River near Maryville, Tenn.

LOGat ion.--Lat 35°47'10", long 83"53"04", on right bank on downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 411, 0.8 mile downstream from Crooked Creek, 5.0 miles east of Maryville, 

Blount County, and at mile 17.3.

Drainage area.--269 sq mi.

Records available. July 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 850.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 5 years, 468 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,400 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 18.35 ft); minimum, 32 cfs Aug. 27 (gage height, 6.85 ft).

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 13,300 cfs Jan. 16, 1954 (gage height, 18.44 ft); minimum, that of Aug. 27, 1956; minimum gage height, 6.72 ft Sept. 16, 18,"Oct. 7, 1954.

Floods of March 1875 and April 1920 reached stages of 31.0 and 24.0 ft, present 

datum, respectively. Flood of Mar. 29, 1951, reached a stage of 21.05 ft (discharge, 

20,200 cfs) present datum, from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records good. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mills above station. Beginning Aug. 1, the town of Maryville diverted an average of about 1.5 cfs for 

municipal supply, 300 ft above the gage.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used June 1-13)

6.9

7.0 

7.2 

7.6 

8.0

37

54

104

245

475

9.0

11.0

13.0

15.1

1,250

3,150

5,300

7,830

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3 

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

576

194

*136 

107

99

90

175

1.660 

580

328

237

191

170

170

153

139 

130

126

156

143

126

120

114

107

104

101

99

99

153 

160

120

6,863

221

0.822

0.95

Nov.

107

*104

104 

110

104

101

107

126 

107

114

139

123

120

450

531

374 

784

517

622

531

404

334

356

442

356

423

374

334

280 

245

8,823

294

1.09

1.22

Dec.

229

*245

250 

679

856

601

475

404

482

404

344

306

280

260

245

229 

205

285

423

362

328

300

280

275

275

260

237

225

217 

265

322

10,548

340

1.26

1.46

Jan.

260

245

*237 

255

209

202

198

188 

163

177

174

170

167

153

153

156 

150

143

25T

317

237

213

290

517

423

430

368

368

644

~l~j~8~0~0 2.250

11,488

371

1.38

1.59

Feb.

1,040

1,600

»7.760 

4,620

2,920

3,630

3,640

1,990 

1,420

1,080

1,100

968

848

730

678

636 

2,090

3,820

2,350

1,990

1,620

1,250

1,000

912

1,040

1,130

936

864

700

54,362

1,875

6.97

7.52

Mar.

615

*671

664 

S48

745

692

650

1,200 

1,010

832

722

629

685

1,380

*2,160

»5.460 

2,570

1,650

1,190

920

760

664

594

601

538

482

462

442

952 

808

650

30,246

976

3.63

4.18

Apr.

559

*573

573 

650

580

1,260

1,520

984 

760

650

1,130

1,380

960

808

2,020

7,560 

2,580

1,640

*1,200

960

792

700

629

552

496

456

423

392

368 

344

33,499

1,117

4.15

4.63

May

344

*392

1,250 

1,480

896

715

730

692 

587

524

468

423

392

368

392

368 

328

300

280

270

255

245

237

275

255

237

225

213

255 

221

209

13,826

446

1.66

1.91

June

*386 285

217

191

177

163

153

146 

136

130

126

120

120

188

160

146 

156

136

123

130

126

120

139

250

229

205

156

139

123

117

4,993

166

0.617

0.69

July

198

*146

146 

143

146

146

217

184 

250

556

217

174

156

188

198

184 

237

194

163

167

205

160

143

146

198

163

126

114

110 

104

96

5,375

173

0.643

0.74

Aug.

90

*85

117 

107

90

85

80

72 

72

61

61

96

93

77

77

68

61

51

56

212

110

107

82

72

59

61

90

85

72 

66

63

2,578

83.2

0.309

0.36

Sept.

63

126

77 

*71

107

213

521

ISO 

126

99

90

88

77

80

63

68 

70

68

70

64

61

52

61

101

126

107

110

85

80 

77

3,181

106

0.394

0.44

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,530 Mln 49 Mean 463 Cfsm 1.72 In. 23.37

Water year 1955-56: Max 7,760 Mln 51 Mean 508 Cfsm 1.89 In. 25.69

Peak discharge (base, 4,800 cfs). Feb. 3 (5 p.m.) 10,800 cfs (17.35 ft); Feb. 6 (11:30 P.m.)

5,300 cfa (13.00 ft); Apr. 16 (6:30 a.m.) 12,400 cfs (18.35 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
124 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Little Tennessee River near Prentiss, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°08 I 57", long 83°22'46", on left bank 600 ft upstream from Owenby Branch, 

0.5 mile upstream from Cartoogechaye Creek, and 2 miles north of Prentiss, Macon 

County.

Drainage area. 140 sq ml.

Records available.--June 1944 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 2,008.39 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 12 years, 369 cfs.

Extremes.--1954-55: Maximum discharge during water year, 3,150 cfs May 23 (gage height, 

8.15 ft); minimum, 65 cfs Oct. 16, 17 (gage height, 1.21 ft).

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 3,410 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 

9.09 ft); minimum, 90 cfs Sept. 21, 22 (gage height, 1.35 ft).

1944-56: Maximum discharge. 5,900 cfs June 16, 1949 (gage height, 12.85 ft); minimum, 65 cfs Oct. 16, 17, 1954 (gage height, 1.21 ft).

Flood in October 1898 reached a stage of about 15 ft, from profiles by Tennessee 

Valley Authority.

Remarks. Records excellent except those for periods of backwater effect, which are good. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1236: 1949(M).

Rating tables, Oct. 1, 1954 to Sept. 3O, 1956, except periods of backwater (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1, 1954, to Oct. 7, 1955

1.2

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5

125

215

378

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0

592

1,180

1,720

2,200

3,190

Oct. 8, 1955, to Sept. 30, 1956

1.3 

1.5 

2.0

82

115

225

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

390

600

1,180

Note. Same as preceding table 

bove 4.0 ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1954 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

73

85

73

70

69

68

69

70

70

69

68

67

68

*68

68

65

68

69

70

69

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

70

77

77

74

2,184

70.5

0.504

0.58

Nov.

74

76

76

76

116

90

81

80

78

77

77

*76

76

76

76

105

156

105

99

147

111

93

94

97

90

87

93

127

265

145

3,019

101

0.721

0.80

Dec.

116

107

101

97

112

281

167

133

174

195

147

131

178

185

149

135

127

223

190

156

139

*133

127

123

116

114

112

141

k955

*kl,720

*621

7,405

239

1.71

1.97

Jan.

431

367

304

265

240

221

202

190

183

188

262

215

195

181

176

174

*163

156

190

185

174

178

181

169

158

149

152

149

143

137

151

6,209

200

1.43

1.65

Feb.

137

235

226

190

178

kl,230

»k2.200

818

558

455

455

385

335

321

304

284

310

284

265

252

240

267

826

578

489

415

389

374

-

13,000

464

3.31

3.45

Mar.

353

328

307

300

294

294

290

268

258

262

265

'258 252

300

277

271

268

268

297

300

290

kl.520

kl,010

640

530

587

489

443

415

385

371

12,390

400

2.86

3.29

Apr.

353

353

504

400

378

762

k914

645

539

485

804

848

898

1.260

926

758

670

606

563

530

489

476

459

468

*439

419

396

382

367

353

17,444

581

4.15

4.63

May

342

332

321

310

304

294

284

277

*268

262

255

255

442

443

332

728

1,220

752

578

489

782

kl,510

*k2,820

1,740

1,160

914

776

685

626

582

535

20,618

665

4.75

5.48

June

494

468

447

423

408

400

411

415

423

382

408

367

346

328

318

307

294

287

297

408

451

353

*349

328

294

290

265

255

246

240

10,702

357

2.55

2.84

July

232

223

223

221

237

255

252

223

252

232

338

489

660

*451

393

342

307

290

332

281

321

367

310

360

300

371

297

271

318

294

284

9,726

314

2.24

2.58

Aug.

300

374

374

314

321

294

310

360

324

*268

237

226

210

294

374

431

324

268

243

232

243

249

232

218

202

192

188

178

174

172

215

8,341

269

1.92

2.22

Sept.

192

176

172

167

167

167

165

156

156

154

149

147

147

147

143

141

137

133

*127

114

112

111

109

111

167

143

127

131

141

143

4,352

145

1.04

1.16

Calendar year 1954: Max 2,660 Mln 65 Mean 308 cfsm 2.2O In. 29.82

Water year 1954-55: Max 2,820 Mln 65 Mean 316 Cfsm 2.26 In. 3O.65

Peak discharge (base. 1,500 cfs).--Dec. 30 (7 a.m.) 2,010 cfs (5.82 ft); Feb. 7 (12:30 a.m.) 2,440 

cfs (7.81 ft); May 23 (3 a.m.) 3,150 cfs (8.15 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

k Backwater from Cartoogechaye Creek; discharge computed by using fall as a factor.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 125

Little Tennessee River near Prentiss , N. C. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

226

160

135

125

123

127

162

458

253

189

168

157

153

160

147

145

141

139

*133

128

126

122

122

120

119

119

119

115

149 

137

124

4,801

155

1.11

1.28

Nov.

122

120

119

117

117

117

122

126

120

131

157

131

128

143

177

153

*145

129

151

157

139

131

164

231

185

209

182

166

151 

143

4,383

146

1.04

1.16

Dec.

139

157

177

225

282

222

194

182

187

173

164

*155

145

141

141

133

135

155

175

151

145

141

139

137

137

133

131

129

129

141

131

4,926

159

1.14

1.31

Jan.

128

128

126

124

124

122

120

119

113

119

119

119

117

113

113

113

112

112

162

164

135

128

133

177

157

145

139

137

137 

151

171

4,077

132

0.943

1.08

Feb.

162

329

510

640

655

739

*832

564

462

394

478

434

386

352

330

299

708

1,010

830

1,170

884

695

591

555

630

715

630

745

620

17,349

598

4.27

4.61

Mar.

550

573

555

550

494

478

466

502

454

426

414

*394

410

568

546

952

854

670

582

528

486

462

438

422

398

386

376

372

438 

386

562

15,492

500

3.57

4.12

Apr.

348

341

334

362

344

875

788

560

490

454

744

665

*591

532

k852

*k3,000

kl,580

992

830

740

675

635

596

560

532

514

494

482

470 

450

20,830

694

4.96

5.53

May

446

450

568

490

446

430

591

528

470

434

410

390

376

362

352

338

327

316

306

299

*288

285

279

310

302

285

288

275

279 

299

265

11,482

370

2.64

3.05

June

256

247

236

231

228

220

217

212

209

209

212

*204

207

231

265

242

207

202

212

212

204

231

239

209

192

197

177

166

162 

192

6,426

214

1.53

1.71

July

220

192

199

294

217

247

363

288

369

279

228

204

*231

217

197

242

282

215

242

335

374

279

239

222

209

247

318

212

187 

258

220

7,826

252

1.80

2.08

Aug.

199

187

199

182

180

180

*160

147

141

139

135

157

149

135

143

194

143

135

141

131

187

157

137

129

124

122

122

124

128 

120

119

4,646

150

1.07

1.23

Sept.

113

110

108

110

115

147

236

153

129

119

115

112

*108

105

101

98

96

96

98

95

92

92

93

98

126

473

209

157

141 

129

3,974

132

0.943

1.06

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,820 Min 109 Mean 320 Cfsm 2.29 in. 31.05

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,000 Min 92 Mean 290 Cfsm 2.07 In. 28.22

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 efsl.--Apr. 16 (7 a.m.) 3,410 cfs (9.09 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

k Backwater from Cartoogechaye Creek; discharge computed by using fall as a factor.
126 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Cullasaja River at Highlands, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°04'14", long 83°13'57", on right bank 0.6 mile downstream from Highlands 

municipal dam, 1.0 mile downstream from Big Creek, and 2.3 miles northwest of Highlands, 

Macon County.

Drainage area. 14.9 sq mi.

Records available. December 1927 to September 1956. Except for figures of momentary

maximum discharge, records prior to Aug. 29, 1931, have been found to be unreliable and 

should not be used.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3,373,63 ft above mean sea level. Prior 

to Aug. 29, 1931, water-stage recorder on crest of Highlands municipal dam 0.6 mile 

upstream at datum 230.22 ft higher.

Average discharge . 25 years (1931-56), 57.9 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year. 880 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 3.30 ft); minimum, 

2.0 efs Oct. 30 (gage height, 0.18 ft); minimum daily, 2.4 cfs Aug. 26.

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 5,100 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 9.35 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 800 cfs on basis of computation of peak flow over dam; minimum, 0.2 cfs Oct. 13, 14, 1947; minimum daily, 0.2 cfs Oct. 13, 1947.

Remarks. Records excellent. Low flow regulated by Sequoyah Lake. Some diurnal fluctuation" caused by powerplant at Highlands municipal dam.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 728: 1931. WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 953: 1941(M). 

WSP 1206:1950(m). See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1.2 

1.4

1.7 

2.0 

2.3 

2.6

58

82

133

203

303

446

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

26

19

17

17

17

17

59

126

38

28

24

21

20

20

19

19

21

19

*17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

16

2.9

14 

14

726.9

23.4

1.57

1.81

Nov.

14

14

14

13

14

14

16

15

29

23

21

19

18

20

23

21

20

20

19

16

19

19

20

28

25

29

23

21

19

19

585

19.5

1.31

1.46

Dec.

19

19

20

44

40

29

26

25

26

22

21

20

*19

19

19

18

18

19

18

19

19

19

22

20

20

20

19

19

19

19 

19

675

21.8

1.46

1.68

Jan.

18isis

18

18

18

18

18

*17

4.0

4.0

3.8

9.0

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

16

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

9.9

479.7

15.5

1.04

1.20

Feb.

6.2

113

122

127

106

243

*148

100

85

74

140

92

78

69

64

59

136

156

122

187

122

102

91

90

106

94

97

99

82

______

3,110.2

107

7.18

7.76

Mar.

76

78

77

78

67

65

*61

69

58

54

53

50

59

99

82

161

106

90

81

72

67

64

59

57

52

50

48

54

76

55

48

2,166

69.9

4.69

5.41

Apr.

46

45

39

43

40

148

100

76

67

64

99

*88

82

76

237

412

163

127

109

99

90

84

78

73

69

65

59

59

58

54

2,849

95.0

6.38

7 .11

May

51

51

60

52

47

52

88

66

53

46

45

45

41

38

36

36

34

31

29

28.

*29

28

28

35

32

31

32

28

32

37

29

1,270

41.0

2.75

3.17

June

26

25

24

23

24

23

22

21

20

27

36

*37

31

45

44

45

31

26

26

29

28

29

29

28

24

22

16

15

20

24

820

27.3

1.83

2.05

July

39

28

25

43

47

55

85

67

78

*55

44

36

40

36

34

38

38

32

29

58

57

44

46

40

34

32

28

26

25

24

24

1,287

41.5

2.79

3.21

Aug.

23

£2

21

24

2T_

22

*20

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

19

18

18

10

3.1

2.6

2.4

6.2

12

14

13

11

516.3

16.7

1.12

1.29

Sept.

12

13

10

10

12

32

22

15

13

12

10

9.5

9.0

8.5

8.1

8.1

7.7

8.1

8.1

7.7

7.3

777

7.7

8.1

24

80

24

15

14

12

435.6

14.5

0.973

1.09

Calendar year 1955: Max 502 Min 2.9 Mean 56.7 Cfsm 3.81 In - 51.63

Water year 1955-56: Max 412 Min 2.4 Mean 40.8 Cfsm £.74 In. 37.24

Peak discharge (base, 550 cfs). Apr. 16 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

16 (12:30 cfs (3.30 ft).
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 127

Cullasaja River at Cullasaja, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°09'59", long 83°19'25", on right bank at Cullasaja, Macon County, 

1.4 miles downstream from Ellijay Creek and 4.1 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 86.5 sq mi.

Records available . June 1907 to December 1909, February 1921 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,023.37 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to May 23, 1934, staff gages at same 

site and datum.

Average discharge. 37 years, 221 cfs.

Extreme^. Maximum discharge during year, 3,220 cfs Apr. 15 ge height, 10.80 ft); minimum, 40 cfs Sept. 22 (gage height, 0.67 ft).

1907-9, 1921-56: Maximum discharge, 16,500 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 20.83 

ft), from rating curve extended above 8,100 cfs on basis of slope-area determination 

of peak flow; minimum, 19 cfs Sept. 18-22, 1925, Jan. 2, 1940.

Maximum stage known, that of Aug. 30, 1940. A stage of 17.2 ft, from floodmarks, 

occurred in July 1916, but has been exceeded at other times, according to information 

by State Highway Commission.

Remarks. Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. 

Slight regulation at low flow by Sequoyah Lake and mill on Buck Creek. Records of 

chemical analyses for the water year 1956 are given in WSP 1450.

Revisions (water years ). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1143: 1907-10, 1921-31, 1932(M), 

1933-38, 19391M), 1940-43, 1944(M), 1946, 1947(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.6

.7

1.0 

l.Z

1.5 

Z.O 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

134

226

487

1,080

1,780

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

1Z

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Tota:

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

173

88

78

73

73

79

121

373

148

109

96

86

84

87

81

79

81

79

*78

74

74

73

72

71

69

69

68

68

85

63 

67

2,919

94.2

1.09

1.26

Nov.

66

*66

66

64

65

65

76

70

74

92

95

74

71

91

95

84

81

74

90

82

76

76

97

106

100

~9T 111

88

b75

b70

2,436

81.2

0.939

1.05

Dec.

b75

b85

88

160

171

125

112

108

128

104

101

*b95

b90

b85

b75

b75

b85

97

92

84

82

80

80

85

82

80

78

76

79

80

74

2,911

93.9

1.09

1.25

Jan.

74

74

74

73

71

71

71

b65

*b60

b60

59

57

56

bW

b60

69

b65

68

93

80

71

68

80

95

81

77

74

77

77

97 "88"

2,245

72.4

0.837

0.97

Feb.

78

253

421

461

429

677

*568

376

308

260

349

283

248

224

211

201

398

525

461

754

522

412

349

330

387

376

362

384

320 ------

10,907

376

4.35

4.69

Mar.

293

305

293

298

264

253

*244

278

239

228

224

213

235

352

328

*606

481

390

341

305

283

266

250

246

228

220

209

205

271

224

205

8,777

283

3.27

3.77

Apr.

195

193

181

197

183

468

407

300

269

248

396

381

*365

330

825

1.650

744

588

504

446

401

370

343

320

300

285

271

262

253

241

11,916

397

4.59

5.12

May

237

253

346

278

244

241

360

300

262

241

226

216

207

197

189

183

172

165

160

153

*15Z

148

144

198

172

153

155

147

147

158

139

6,343

205

Z.37

Z.73

June

145

131

124

120

120

119

116

113

111

106

136

*142

137

153

1_64

147

128

118

112

120

118

125

120

118

104

108

95

80

91

104

3,625

121

1.40

1.56

July

119

111

100

102

140

153

246

172

213

167

132

119

*131

124

145

148

153

127

180

165

197

145

140

126

118

112

104

97

91

87

90

4,254

137

1.58

1.83

Aug.

88

86

87

84

,95

82

*74

70

69

66

70

71

66

64

63

65

67

62

61

61

77

66

62

*48

45

45

44

56

66

57

54

2,071

66.8

0.772

0.89

Sept.

51

52

*49

64

58

99

104

67

56

52

50

48

47

45

44

42

41

*Z

42

41

41

41

42

46

87

294

101

70

61

57

1,934

64.5

0.746

0.83

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,310 Min 63 Mean 202 Cfsm 2.34 In. 31.71

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,650 Min 41 Mean 165 Cfsm 1.91 In. 25.95

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 ofs). Apr. 15 (11:30 p.m.) 3,220 cfs (10.80 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
128 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Little Tennessee River at Needmore, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°20'11", long 83°31'39", on left bank 0.8 mile downstream from DeHart 

Creek, 0.8 mile north of Needmore, Swain County, 2.4 miles downstream from Brush Creek, 

and 6.3 miles downstream from Tellico Creek.

Drainage area. 436 sq mi.

Records available. June 1944 to September 1956.

e . --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,761.19 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. --13 years, 1,008 cfs.

Extremes . - -Maximum discharge during year, 8,960 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.35 ft); minimum, 66 cfs Sept. 22 (gage height, 1.24 ft); minimum daily, 202 cfs Sept. 22.

1944-56: Maximum discharge, 20,200 cfs June 16, 1949 (gage height, 11.10 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 52 cfs Nov. 7, 

8, 1954 (gage height, 1.16 ft); minimum daily, 71 cfs Nov. 7, 1954.

Floods of October 1898 and Aug. 30, 1940, reached stages of about 13 and 11.5 ft, 

respectively, from flood profiles by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Remarks. --Records excellent except those below 250 cfs, which are good. 

urnal fluctuation caused by Porters Bend powerplant at Lake Emory.

Considerable diRating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.7

1.8 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

198

241

345

695

1,110

4.0

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

2,340

3,960

5,880

8,120

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

698

509

388 

357

340

345

388

1.540

830

560

486

439

*406

400

426

388 

369

376

363

357

351

357

340

340

334

328

323

334

382

388

345

13,787

445

1.02

1.18

Nov.

323

340

323

328

323

312

323

357

328

357

486

382

351

400

493

465

446

*406

438

493

406

382

452

701

567

587

533

493

432

401

12,628

421

0.966

1.08

Dec.

408

426

493 

794

1.150

786

668

602

663

564

543

515

486

479

459

446 

426

508

*584

486

459

439

432

426

426

419

406

388

400

426

413

16,120

520

1.19

1.38

Jan.

382

382

382 

382

369

369

369

357

323

345

357

345

334

334

334

351 

345

334

419

515

419

382

406 *6ia

529

472

439

432

446

515

618

12,604

407

0.933

1.08

Feb.

536

945

2,020 

2,340

2,260

2,300

2,760

1,850

1,430

1,220

1,300

1,300

1,100

1,020

*978

937 

1,460

2,780

2,550

3.340

2,840

2,030

1,650

1,510

1,650

2,070

1,750

2,190

1,860

51,976

1,792

4.11

4.43

Mar.

1,620

1,650

1,610

1,650

1,440

1,360

1,310

1,500

1,320

1,210

1,160

1,100

1,140

2,040

2,230

3,030 

3.160

2,340

2,000

*1,740

1,570

1,430

1,350

1,300

1,220

1,140

1,110

1,070

1,230

1,130 

1.060

48,220

1,555

3.57

4.11

Apr.

1,000

987

987 

1,010

1,020

1,660

2,400

1,600

1,360

1,230

1,620

1,860

1,600

1,440

1,870

7.900 

*5,130

2,980

2,370

2,050

1,830

1,710

1,560

1,440

1,380

1,380

1,300

1,250

1,220

1,170

56,314

1,877

4.31

4.80

May

1,160

1,180

1.810 

1,570

1,330

1,260

1,530

1,570

1,320

1,200

1,150

1,080

1,050

1,000

970

937 

896

863

831

823

814

*790

790

814

921

798

790

774

766

798

742

32,327

1,043

2.39

2.76

June

782

Til

682 

650

656

668

631

636

640

607

630

620

623

708

784

698 

600

606

610

645

*612

608

680

614

527

529

508

459

452

520

18,712

624

1.43

1.60

July

576

543

555

694

638

646

908

794

847

814

620

535

612

604

645

*852 

894

650

724

732

906

724

692

641

612

568

688

548

493 '52"3

529

20,807

671

1.54

1.77

Aug.

508

479

459 

486

493

439

406

376

357

345

382

465

388

351

*340

382 

369

340

369

357

382

413

340

312

285

290

275 "290

340

306

285

11,609

374

0.858

0.99

Sept.

270

266

289 

275

293

312

554

452

323

285

270

270

251

241

232

228 

*220

203

232

216

218

202

2lT

251

275

1.160

633

439

363

328

9,762

325

0.745

0.83

Calendar year 1955 : Max 7,170 Min 296 Mean 933 Cfsm 2.14 In. 29.08

Water year 1955-56 : Max 7,900 Min 202 Mean 833 Cfsm 1.91 In. 26.01

Peak discharge (base. 5,000 efs). Apr. 16 (12 m.) 8,960 efs (7.55 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 129

Nantahala River near Rainbow Springs, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°07'35", long 83°37'll", on right bank on Nantahala Forest Service road 

300 ft upstream from Roaring Fork, 1,000 ft downstream from Buck Creek, and 5 miles 

downstream from town of Rainbow Springs, Macon County.

Drainage area. 51.9 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1940 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3,072.97 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Average discharge.--16 years, 193 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,170 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 4.88 ft); minimum, 48 cfs Sept. 20, 21, 22, 23 (gage height, 0.67 ft).

1940-56: Maximum discharge, 6,300 cfs June 16, 1949 (gage height, 9.70 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 3,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak 

flow; minimum, 33 cfs Nov. 18, 19, 1953 (gage height, 0.60 ft).

Remarks. Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. Occasional regulation caused by fish trap.

Revisions (water years ). WSP 973: 1941(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.0

1.2

37

70

111

157

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

242

426

642

910

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfam

In.

Oct.

122

96

70

65

*£1

74

251

394

157

120

100

92

96

92

82

80

80

78

78

74

72

70

70

68

66

66 

66

66

116

72

68

3,062

98.8

1.90

2.19

Nov.

66

*63

66

63

63

61

To

65

61

74

82

74

72

129

120

96

107

88

118

96

90

86

224

TT5

165

167 

140

129

115

115

3,040

101

1.95

2.18

Dec.

118

135

135

299

262

*203

180

167

180

150

143

138

133

129

124

122

133

167

138

126

122

115

115

115

115

109 

105

103

122

122

107

4,432

143

2.76

3.18

Jan.

105

103

100

98

96

*94

94

b86

b86

b88

90

90

88

b84

bj32

86

86

84

120

98

86

84

105

113

96

90 

88

90

94

160

1 og l£.b

2,990

96.5

1.86

2.14

Feb.

126

*?19

385

383

334

426

376

312

276

245

290

239

226

211

211

203

575

564

551

740

550

458

395

410

500

442 

462

442

387

10,938

377

7.26

7.84

Mar.

360

422

395

376

*345

342

323

391

330

312

301

280

319

602

466

667

5T6

478

422

383

353

342

316

305

283

269 

256

245

276

236

£26

11,167

360

6.94

8.00

Apr.

214

208

*203

^55

214

439

330

283

262

249

327

276

259

252

644

'546" 875

450

395

357

330

312

294

273

259

245 

233

230

217

208

9,639

321

6.18

6.91

May

*230

277

430

330

287

273

372

316

287

269

252

239

226

217

208

200

194

186

178

173

167

162

157

160

157

152 

152

150

180

155

158

6,874

222

4.28

4.93

June

165

135

129

124

*122

124

120

115

118

115

120

115

118

143

135

109

103

105

185

TIT

118

115

111

103

109

103 

92

88

84

3,568

119

2.29

2.56

July

154

122

*164

339

264

266

252

245

245

200

170

152

189

162

147

183

220

160

157

167

147

138

145

138

126

118 

111

107

T5?

122

113

5,349

173

3.33

3.83

Aug.

105

noo111

113

107

100

90

86

86

82

90

94

86

80

84

84

76

74

80

152

125

84

78

74

70

70

68

72

76

68

68

2,713

87.5

1.69

1.94

Sept.

63

63

61

70

70

129

113

78

70

63

*61

59

56

54

52

50

50

54

50

49

48

48

52

68

111

218 

86

72

66

63

2,147

71.6

1.38

1.54

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,220 Mln 59 Mean 181 Cfsm 3.49 In. 47.22

Water year 1955-56= Max 875 Mln 48 Mean 180 Cfsm 3.47 In. 47.24

Peak discharge (base, 1,500 cfs). Apr. 15 (10 p.m.) 2,170 cfa (4.88 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
130 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Nantahala River at Nantahala , N. C.

Location. Lat 35°17'55" ( long 83°39'22", on left bank on U. S. Highway 19, 1.0 mile 

northeast of Nantahala, Swain County, 2.3 miles downstream from Rowlin Creek, and 

2.6 miles downstream from Nantahala Dam powerhouse.

Drainage area. 144 sq mi.

Records available. May 1942 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is l,894.f ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--14 years, 479 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,740 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 4.50 ft); minimum, 18 cfs Jan. 14 (gage height, 1.21 ft); minimum daily, 23 cfs Sept. 23.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 7,510 cfs Feb. 10, 1946 (gage height, 8.15 ft); minimum, 16 cfs Nov. 9, 1953 (gage height, 1.19 ft); minimum daily, 17 cfs Nov. 8, 16, 

1952, Oct. 25, 1953.

Remarks. Records excellent. Flow regulated by Nantahala Lake (see p. 227) and Queens 

Creek Lake (capacity, about 300 cfs-days).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

17

35

77

140

2.5 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

302

558

885

1,260

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

f

ean

tf

Oct.

440

380

614

614

614

614

652

489

332

576

626

620

*633

626

633

626 

626

620

626

590

608

611

31

478

633

633

626

626

652

633

652

17,734

572

-10,900

Nov.

646

646

646

646

646

652

578

652

652

652

536

442

33

426

469

492 

672

*58T

588

484

473

652

476

149

464

426

373

572

607

633

15,964

532

-8,500

Dec.

626

519

406

378

628

86

72

67

161

408

144

478

462

*523

540

485 

36

58

156

54

438

514

472

43

39

46

482

472

476

443

589

10,301

332

-200

Jan.

465

431

470

640

646

429

454

417

466

475

445

480

452

154

11

442 

450

220

53

40

96

34

301

*481

184

394

146

260

45

86

422

10,109

326

-2,700

Feb.

398

414

722

520

260

232

299

346

500

549

638

533

243

406

*272

205 

221

534

282

594

674

759

590

'259 176

216

208

614

552

12,186

420

+15,100

Mar.

446

553

540

580

382

506

464

548

498

508

498

308

408

683

600

688 

586

348

714

*717

642

449

286

438

123

434

498

152

116

103

400

14,216

459

+13,500

Apr.

124

136

442

470

524

664

718

698

685

685

711

692

405

112

624

1.140 

*834

802

770

750

716

159

492

481

498

458

185

110

93

442

15,620

521

+8,400

May

442

457

539

497

610

457

496

492

482

470

448

461

438

466

560

472 

436

428

268

431

434

*430

426

426

414

410

403

421

414

412

411

13,951

450

+2,100

June

433

460

453

512

400

395

392

402

386

376

57

54

58

58

57

47 

46

46

58

72

*614

428

50

45

398

384

387

386

390

380

8,224

274

+500

July

150

542

464

79

433

516

450

392

410

396

396

365

416

372

458

450 

448

412

409

*362

136' 633

404

400

452

419

418

304

390

394

394

12,564

405

-1,000

Aug.

50

46

125

34

34

44

41

42

42

30

31

33

32

34

*31

29 

26

26

29

385

47

32

83

26

25

25

346

384

384

393

376

3,265

105

+2,500

Sept.

384

40

25

391

589

601

595

583

522

589

595

595

589

589

580

409 

*524

595

601

601

592

78

23

444

610

640

608

608

608

252

14,460

482

-9,500

Adjusted for change In contents in Nantahala Lake

Mean 

Cf sm 

In.

220 

1.53 

1.76

249 

1.73 

1.93

Calendar year 1955 : 

Water year 1955-56 :

326 

2.26 

2.61

239

1.66 

1.91

941 

6.53 

7.05

894 

6.21 

7.16

801 

5.56 

6.20

518 

3.60

4.15

Observed

Max 1,040 Mln 31 Mean 424 

Max 1,140 Mln 23 Mean 406

291 

2.02 

2.25

373 

2.59 

2.99

186 

1.29 

1.49

165 

1.15 

1.28

Adjusted

Mean 432 Cfsm 3.00 In. 40.75 

Mean 431 Cfsm 2.99 In. 40.78

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, in cfs-days, in Nantahala Lake; furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 131 

Tuckasegee River at Tuckasegee, N. C.

Location. Lat 35 0 16'55", long 83°07'37", on right bank 0.9 mile north of Tuckasegee, 

Jackson County, and 1.0 mile downstream from West Pork Tuckasegee River.

Drainage area. 143 sq mi.

Records available. June 1934 to September 1956.

Sage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,125.16 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 383 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,630 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 3.90 ft); minimum, 5.2 cfs Sept. 3 (gage height, 0.54 ft); minimum daily, 10 cfs Sept. 2.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 40,800 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 21.1 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 7,000 cfs on basis of slope-area 

determinations at gage heights 14.3 and 21.1 ft; minimum, that of Sept. 3, 1956; minimum daily, 8.0 cfs Sept. 6, 1952.

Remarks. Records excellent. Plow regulated by Thorpe Lake, Cedar Cliff Lake, Bear Creek 

Lake, and Tennessee Creek project lakes (see p. 227,231).

Revisions (water years).--WSF 823: Drainage area. WSP 1053: 1943.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.3 

1.6 180

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

344

620

955

1,320

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

546

157

267

267

414

273

438

530

144

588

*788

263

258

263

749

531

258

263

263 

258

263

99

32

258

258

263

267

267

267 

267

267

10,026

323

-5,486

Nov.

267

263

267

305

267

267

424

*271

377

450

231

198

37

423

290

538

618

512

TIB

527

438

486

250

196

214

62

159

268

254 

447

10,024

334

-5,650

Dee.

578

592

488

484

323

34

32

32

80

141

86

193

232

271

*276

244

17

36

28 

29

32

30

31

29

25

201

311

222

306

306

512

6,201

200

-1,391

Jan.

170

293

134

240

153

136

64

152

320

243

352

132

192

43

24

210

166

159

206 

125

28

86

162

125

148

130

130

30

124

146

142

4,765

154

-177

Feb.

152

321

344

236

359

568

670

666

*454

574

454

504

504

320

437

200

566

787

669 

706

601

658

564

422

479

510

470

490

496

14,181

489

+3,758

Mar.

501

384

301

218

193

369

420

435

*306

116

374

240

254

566

473

783

562

426

476 

577

350

399

144

340

351

321

358

206

460

116

11,357

366

+3,707

Apr.

56

152

198

216

169

*662

671

312

528

234

606

447

404

348

538

1.080

889

877

879 

826

653

632

619

562

109

188

381

258

76

379

13,949

465

+5,350

May

347

284

590

*468

178

404

418

564

480

329

343

94

334

225

428

267

260

336

276 

52

118

414

410

228

233

72

37

316

230

45

356

9,136

295

+2,554

June

*254

112

38

84

254

167

188

151

154

176

176

194

150

180

254

112

32

46

132 

134

226

340

187

135

223

198

42

70

145

232

4,786

160

+1,615

July

44

285

272

134

186

310

571

330

336

52

350

134

210

258

12

312

520

246

378 

497

520

512

*680

668

672

516

569

200

144

610

666

11,222

362

-3,048

Aug.

376

109

94

40

22

82

341

*503

503

504

148

38

516

500

508

512

272

54

123 

502

507

303

248

336

500

299

334

232

35

17

i§

8,574

277

-5,054

Sept.

44

10

14

160

160

167

175

18

20

154

156

*165

160

160

150

33

156

173

165 

167

166

12

16

170

185

208

177

168

21 

22

3,552

118

-143

Adjusted for change in lake contents

Mean 

Cfam 

In.

146 

1.02 

1.18

146 

1.02 

1.14

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

155 

1.08 

1.25

148 

1.03 

1.19

619 

4.33 

4.67

48'! 

3.40 

3.92

643 

4.50 

5.02

377 

2.64 

3.04

Observed

Max 2,310 Min 17 Mean 353 

Max 1,080 Min 10 Mean 294

213 

1.49 

1.66

264 

1.85 

2.13

114 

0.797 

0.92

114 

0.797 

0.89

Adjusted

Mean 360 Cfam 2.52 In. 34.21 

Mean 284 Cfam 1.99 In. 27.01

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change in contents, in cfs-days, in Thorpe, Cedar Cliff, Bear Creek, and Tennessee Creek project lakes; furniahed by Tennessee Valley Authority and Nantahala Power and Light Co.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Scott Creek above Sylva, N. C.

Location.--Lat 35°S3'OS", long 83°IS"51", on right bank 800 ft downstream from Aliens 

Branch, 3,500 ft upstream from Cope Creek, and 0.8 mile upstream from Sylva, Jackson 

C ounty.

Drainage area.--50.7 sq mi.

Records available.--June 1941 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,056.42 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--15 years, 102 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1.230 cfs July 2 (gage height, 5.25 ft); minimum, 23 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 1.68 ft), result of freezeup.

1941-56: Maximum discharge, 1,990 cfs Feb. 10, 1946; maximum gage height, 6.77 ft 

Feb. 21, 1953; minimum discharge, 8.0 cfs Sept. 22, 23, 1941 (gage height, 1.30 ft); 

minimum daily, 22 cfs Sept. 19, 29, 30, Oct. 4, 1954.

Maximum stage known, 8.6 ft Aug. 30, 1940, from floodmarks (discharge, 3,200 cfs, 

from rating curve extended above 1,800 cfs by logarithmic plotting).

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 1053: 1942-44(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15, July 17 to Sept. 30 Apr. 16 to July 16

1.7 25

1.8 35

2.0 61

2.2 94

2.4 133

2.7 207

3.0 303

3.5 500

1.9 54

2.0 68

2.2 100

2.4 142

2.7 220

3.0 316

3.5 502

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

57

40

39

36

36

39

61

-S3 185

42

*39

37

40

41

37

37

36

37

39

36

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

35

51 

32

30

1,360

43.9

0.866

1.00

Nov.

30

30

30

30

30

30

35

*32

31

40

41

35

33

61

48

43

60

43

67

50

45

42

67

60

58

64

53

48

42 

42

1,320

44.0

0.868

0.97

Dec.

43

54

61

141

105

75

64

61

69

54

53

48

*47

47

47

11

45

64

53

48

46

45

45

46

47

45

43

42

46 

50

45

1,720

55.5

1.09

1.26

Jan.

43

42

42

42

40

40

40

b33

b33

39

40

39

39

b32

b34

39

b37

*36

55

46

40

40

58

66

53

48

46

47

51 

98

6 9

1,407

45.4

0.895

1.03

Feb.

69

13T

247

237

194

*306

237

175

151

133

144

119

111

105

102

98

185

207

191

283

207

175

155

155

231

188

191

183

155

5,065

175

3.45

3.72

Calendar year 1955: Max 589 Min 30

Mar.

146

162

170

160

146

142

137

162

*131

127

123

119

T2T

270

225

*373

272

237

204

183

170

160

151

148

135

129

125

121

165 

131

123

5,174

167

3.29

3.80

Apr.

117

121

115

T25

115

*180

144

129

125

121

180

160

155

153

364

461

292

247

220

200

182

171

161

154

147

140

133

129

127 

122

5,190

173

3.41

3.81

May

138

159

296 *~2"2"6

184

184

182

159

147

140

133

129

124

120

118

112

110

106

100

98

95

93

93

100

95

92

92

92

117 

97

86

4,017

130

2.56

2.95

June

*106

92

85

83

82

80

78

77

83

78

82

77

83

82

86

77

70

82

88

78

74

72

70

70

70

76

68

60

 116 8~8~

2,413

80.4

1.59

1.77

July

114

203

TIT

127

*105

120

118

118

161

118

100

90

97

114

123

144

136

104

145

121

111

96

102

91

102

94

87

77

77 

74

72

3,482

112

2.21

2.55

Aug.

69

74

72

72

77

69

61

*60

60

60

64

67

58

57

67

57

53

5O

53

51

64

50

46

45

43

43

42

45

46 

45

45

1,765

56.9

1.12

1.29

Sept.

42

42

42

50

54

69

58

46

42

40

40

*40

37

36

35

35

35

36

35

34

34

33

34

50

97

248

82

63

55

51

1,595

53.2

1.05

1.17

Mean 84.0 Cfsm 1.66 In. 22.50

Water year 1955-56: Max 461 Min 30 Mean 94.3 Cfsm 1.86 In. 25.32

Peak discharge (base, 900 efs). Apr. 15 (10 

cfs (5.25 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

1,080 cfs (4.90 ft); July 2 (5:30 p.m.) 1,230
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 133

Tuckasegee River at Dillsboro, Iv. C.

Location. Lab 35°21'59", long 83°15'38", on left bank 0.4 mile downstream from Scott 

Creek and 0.5 mile downstream from D. S. Highway 23 at Dillsboro, Jackson County.

Drainage area. 347 sq mi.

Records available.--June 1928 to September 1956.

Sage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,950.15 ft above mean sea level, datura of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to May 24, 1934, staff gage at site 

below Scott Creek 0.4 mile upstream at datum 7.27 ft higher.

Average discharge.--28 years, 748 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,160 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 7.55 ft); minimum, 75 cfs Aug. 23 (gage height, 1.82 ft); minimum daily, 143 cfs Sept. 23.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 52,600 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 21.96 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 8,400 cfs on basis of slope-area determination and computation of peak flow over dam; minimum, 35 cfs Sept. 17, 1953 (gage 

height, 1.60 ft); minimum daily, 107 cfs Sept. 19, 1954.

Remarks. Records excellent except those for period of no gage-height record, which are

good. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by Dillsboro powerplant 0.7 mile above 

 station. Flow partly regulated by Thorpe Lake, Cedar Cliff Lake, Bear Creek Lake, and 

Tennessee Creek project lakes (see p. 227,231).

Revisions (water years).--WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 920: 1940(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.1

2.2 

2.4 

2.7 

3.0

137

165 

23O 

349 

490

Discharge, in cubic feet per second,

3.5 790

4.0 1,140

5.O 2,OOO

6.3 3,410

October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

800

552

39O

393

a55O

a4OO

a65O

aSOO

a300

aSOO

*al.OOO

505

416

422

604

883

508

407

416

407

402

407

256

174

585

598

394

598

465

412

402

15,096

487

-

-

Nov.

402

402

407

424

402

402

557

*421

494

556

466

350

298

494

487

565

789

688

YsB" 867

502

746

428

496

578

594

252

457

426

490

14,756

492

-

-

Dec.

666

764

668

894

959

56O

288

284

512

556

562

556

422

445

*455

421

262

260

256

250

206

215

199

215

220

256

554

455

402

487

554

12,657

408

-

-

Jan.

469

552

424

598

298

294

280

274

456

55O

558

58O

564

254

199

294

554

*512

590

574

2O6

195

594

590

552

516

504

225

509

416

389

10,526

540

-

-

Feb.

589

655

1,080

1,OOO

989

1,440

1,500

1,220

*1,040

898

980

894

845

764

705

621

1,050

1,440

1.51O

1,710

1,250

1,280

1,08O

962

1,200

1,140

1,10O

1,150

1,O6O

5O.708

1,059

-

-

Mar.

1,01O

960

956

804

692

758

874

1,O9O

*857

650

714

790

612

1,490

1,31O

*2,120

1,710

1,540

1,260

1,200

1,160

881

854

786

964

717

854

747

1,010

748

695

30,515

984

-

-

Apr.

490

584

620

677

498

1,270

1,350

855

995

*786

1,160

1,160

995

954

1,550

5.580

2,110

1,780

1,69O

1,540

1,560

1,280

1,250

1,2OO

781

728

782

90O

578

744

54,007

1,154

-

-

May

£125

858

1.490

1,280

859

998

1,050

1,150

1,090

889

756

684

751

760

8O6

7 SO

655

658

710

489

502

618

750

670

*686

442

405

544

646

500

S21

25,898

771

-

-

June

728 46~9

562

592

494

446

514

454

544

526

522

451

485

516

558

478

570

521

556

546

402

628

556

478

478

524

418

282

561

554

15,900

465

-

-

July

492

760

662

580

*561

702

1,140

871

726

580

595

554

526

684

454

584

1,040

6O4

757

859

866

85O

956

950

974

847

857

532

404

752

895

22,550

727

-

-

Aug.

685

456

562

56O

502

552

59O

*686

686

686

450

518

554

666

68O

680

588

220

246

584

692

54T

407

415

656

550

402

514

250

196

180

14,654

475

-

-

Sept.

174

195

159

209

550

569

572

290

171

198

299

*504

505

295

280

270

177

296

287

286

289

245

145

214

4O4

884

422

562

506

174

8,705

29O

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,250 Min 174 Mean 66O fifsm 1.9O In. 25.85

Water year 1955-56 : Max 5,580 Min 145 Mean 654 (If am 1.85 In. 24.86

Peak discharge (base, cfs). A 16 (2 a.m.) 5.16O cfs ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage and records for 

stations at Bryson City and at Tuckasegee.
134 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Oconaluftee River at Birdtown, N. C.

Location. Lat 35"27"42", long 83°21'13", on right bank 200 ft upstream from county bridge, 

0.5 mile south of Birdtown, Swain County, 0.6 mile downstream from Adams Creek, 0.6 mile 

upstream from Goose Creek, and 2.2 miles southwest of Cherokee.

Drainage area. 184 sq mi.

Records available . July 1945 to September 1946, July 1948 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,843.30 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 10, 1945, to Sept. 30, 1946, staff gage 

at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 9 years, 497 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,360 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.18 ft); minimum, 122 cfs Sept. 22, 23 (gage height, 0.83 ft).

1945-46, 1948-56: Maximum discharge, 15,000 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 12.0 ft, 

from floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 8,300 cfs on basis of computation 

of peak flow over dam; minimum, 80 cfs Oct. 19, 1954 (gage height, 0.66 ft).

Remarks. Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1-7, Apr. 16 to Sept. 30 Oct. 8 to Apr. 15

0.8

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

£.0

114 

172 

£39 

365 

640

3.0 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

1,400 

£,400 

3,580 

4,950

0.9 

1.0 

1.2

1.5

125 

155 

£30 

358

2.0

3.0 

4.0

5.0

638

1,400

2,400

3,580

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17 

18

19

20

21

2£

23

24

25

26

27

£8

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

436

££8

185

166

157

157

£41

1,660

499

340

284

246

£30

*226

206

198 

183 

186

198

183

176

169

166

158

149

149

146

146

218

166

149

8,001

£58

1.40

1.62

Nov.

143

143

140

137

151

131

155

143

131

146

166

143

146

£53

246

*20£ 

428 

271

354

305

263

238

348

344

313

363

305

279

b240

b220

6,827

228

1.24

1.38

Dec.

b230

250

313

746

765

528

438

*396

401

336

318

296

b270

b260

263

b235 

b250 

309

300

259

246

238

234

246

279

275

250

234

238

279

263

9,945

321

1.74

2.01

Jan.

b230

234

226

222

210

210

206

b!75

b!75

b200

*194

186

180

b!65

b!70

176 

b!60 

169

234

218

172

172

222

322

242

218

206

206

234

55"8~ 744

7,236

233

1.27

1.46

Feb.

448

1,020

2,780

2,010

1,460

*2,380

2,000

1,310

1,020

826

855

721

638

588

576

558

1,010 

1,700

1,260

1,370

1,100

930

805

805

1,400

1,320

1,100

990

840

33,820

1,166

6.34

6.84

Mar.

756

784

805

855

756

728

714

1,110

805

721

675

632

657

*1,880

1,590

2,540 

1,900 

1,480

1,200

1,010

878

805

735

721

644

619

607

582

949

763

675

29,376

948

5.15

5.94

Apr.

619

626

601

626

570

1,180

1,060

855

756

*688

806

721

694

681

2,280

5,880 

1,840 

1,380

1,130

968

855

784

714

658

616

580

550

520

498

482

28,218

941

5.11

5.70

May

487

540

1,070

1,050

749

682

735

728

634

586

550

514

498

482

*470

444 

418

403

389

375

365

356

356

384

365

347

342

338

329

329

334

15,649

505

2.74

3.16

June

5O4

545

444

379

352

329

316

299

324

338

*312

307

299

307

291

270 

266 

255

258

356

274

266

266

278

295

258

258

228

218

251

9,343

311

1.69

1.89

July

262

262

266

£70

312

403

515

423

509

429

338

*295

417

1,040

756

707 

1,210 

721

580

562

487

429

439

394

423

365

334

303

282

270

£58

14, £61

460

2.50

2.88

Aug.

255

243

236

228

232

*225

208

198

194

188

206

255

204

185

178

172 

166 

163

185

291

291

211

182

169

163

160

160

178

182

163

214

6,285

203

1.10

1.27

Sept.

172

198

163

243

232

*309

439

247

204

182

172

166

157

148

145

139 

136 

151

136

131

125

125

125

194

219

573 262"

225

198

178

6,094

203

1.10

1.23

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,89O Min 114 Mean 463 Cfsm 2.52 In. 34.17

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,88O Min 1£5 Mean 478 Cfsm £.60 In. 35.38

Peak discharge (base, 4,OOP efs). Apr. 16 (12:15 a.m.) 8,56O cf 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by'Ice

18 ft).
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 135

Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°25'40", long 83°26'50", on left bank 400 ft downstream from bridge on 

State Highway 288 at Bryson City, Swain County, and 0.6 mile downstream from Deep Creek.

Drainage area.--655 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1897 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. Records prior to October 1913 revised in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34 and 

North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,716.54 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Nov. 7, 1897, ;o Feb. 2, 1914, and May 18, 

1920, to June 27, 1927, staff gages at bridge 400 ft upstream at same datum. Feb. 3, 

1914, to May 17, 1920, water-stage recorder at site 200 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 58 years (1898-1956), 1,563 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 14,400 cfs Apr. L6 (gage height, 7.09 ft); minimum, 252 cfs Oct. 24 (gage height, 0.65 ft); minimum dally, 300 cfs Sept. 23.

1897-1956: Maximum discharge, 61,600 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 15.96 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 25,000 cfs on basis of logarithmic plotting and slope-area 

determination of peak flow; minimum, 27 cfs Sept. 10, 1925; minimum gage height, 0.47 ft 

Oct. 26, 1952; minimum daily discharge, 31 cfs Sept. 9, 10, 1925, caused by filling 

reservoir on Oconaluftee River; minimum daily during normal regulation, 186 cfs Oct. 13, 

1925.

Flood in May 1840 reached a stage of 21 ft, from survey by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Remarks. Records excellent. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplants above 

station. Flow regulated by Thorpe Lake, Cedar Cliff Lake, Bear Creek Lake, Tennessee 

Creek project lakes (see p. 227,231) and two small reservoirs with combined capacity of 

about 250 cfs-days.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 523: 1916, 1918-20. WSP 823: Drainage area WSP 1336- 

1899(M), 1907, 19151M), 1916-20, 1921-29(M), 1933-34(M). See also Records Available.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

0.7 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

285

530

1,120

1,830

3.0

4.0 

5.0 

6.0

3,590

5,710

8,180

11,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,330

790

596

616

656

678

890

l)l80

872

1,290

964

720

720

738

1,160

870 

656

678

646

625

616

549

585

504

596

587

596

747

626 

*598

25,729

850

-

-

Nov.

596

592

595

581

606

572

740

706 

642

657

857

541

452

678

898

760

1,320 

1,110

1,270

1,210

910

1,090

940

1,040

768

951

628

744

*744

684

23,862

795

-

-

Dec .

948

1,100

1,100

1,800

2 , 150

1,190

928

814 

863

745

794

632

785

*792

802

754

646

670

665

587

549

540

540

540

578

587

750

778

702

RKfi

26,033

840

-

-

Jan.

946

622

764

608

660

570

556

504 

502

702

745

750

535

564

439

432

580 

560

654

724

541

424

590

*882

702

640

593

586

573

1,510

1,200

20,458

660

_

-

Feb.

986

1,890

4,990

3,950

3,240

4,530

4,450

3,190 

2,520

2,120

2,300

1,950

1,820

1,750

1,500

*1,590

2,350 

5,900

3,270

3,830

2,920

2,740

2,340

2,250

3,120

3,200

2,750

2,720

2,350

80,516

2,776

_

-

Mar.

2,220

2,220

2,180

2,230

1,910

1,820

1,990

2,690 

2,020

1,770

1,680

1,800

1,620

*3,970

3,630

5,400

4,550 

3,560

3,030

2,670

2,580

2,020

2,030

1,760

2,020

1,600

1,770

1,590

2,310

1,850

1,730

74,220

2,394

_

-

Apr.

1,420

1,430

1,500

1,610

1,570

2,770

2,960

2,140 

2,040

1,870

2,250

2,290

2,030

1,940

4,160

9,080

*4,980

3,910

3,450

3,030

2,750

2,480

2,340

2,230

1,820

1,640

1,580

1,770

1,400

1,420

75,640

2,521

_

-

May

1,760

1,660

5,100

2,920

2,140

2,020

2,210

2,310 

2,150

1,850

1,520

1,620

1,420

1,520

1,510

1,480

1,260 

1,260

1,510

1,160

996

*1,040

1,280

1,270

1,150

1,040

892

897

1,150

1,090 

872

47 , 857

1,543

_

-

June

1,420

1,270

1,010

859

880

958

884

868

782

962

*918

852

884

932

948

917

727 

650

646

972

749

926

1,000

856

876

874

829

596

626

872

26,485

885

_

-

July

897

978

1,110

991

1,000

1,060

2,040

1,590 

1,410

1,560

970

1,070

1,040

1,850

1,450

1,320

2,460

1,560

1,370

1,600

1,500

1,400

1,490

1,500

1,550

1 30

*1,280

1,110

770 

862

1,260

41,228

1,330

_

-

Aug.

1,190

784

675

625

596

*549

558

928 

928

900

790

664

676

928

902

915

876 

512

445

834

1,130

926

662

522

826

740

610

808

503 

400

452

22,834

737

_

-

Sept.

384

449

376

476

583

*650

956

648 

424

384

497

501

488

469

461

455

315 

464

447

435

434

426

~m300

548

1,720

823

666

576 

408

16,186

540

_

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,650 

Water year 1955-56: Max 9,080

372

300

Mean 1,328 

Mean 1,314

Cfsm 

Cfsm

2.03

2.01

In. 27.52 

In. 27.31

Peak discharge (base, 9.000 cfs).--Apr. 16 (2 a.m.) 14,400 cfs (7.09 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Poland Creek near Bryson City,

Location. Lat 35°29'06", long 83°30'15", on right bank in Great Smoky Mountain National 

Park, 1.1 miles downstream from Mill Creek, 3.6 miles upstream from Pontana Lake, and 

5 miles northwest of Bryson City, Swain County.

Drainage area. 13.8 sq mi.

Records available. October 1935 to September 1956.

Gage. --Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 2,280 ft (from topographic map).

Average discharge. 21 years, 43.9 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 614 efs Apr. 15 (gage height, 3.59 ft); minimum, 7.4 cfs Sept. 20, 21, 22, 23 (gage height, 0.85 ft).

1935-56: Maximum discharge, 1,530 cfs Aug. 30, 1940 (gage height, 4.87 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 540 cfs on basis of critical-depth determination of peak 

flow; minimum, 3.5 cfs Oct. 24, 1939 (gage height, 0.66 ft).

Remarks . Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 893: 1936, 1937-39(M) . 

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of loe effect (gage

height, In feet, and discharge

0.8 6.1

.9 8.7

1.0 12

1.2 21

1.4 33

1.6 48

In cubic feet per second)

92

143

210

337

Discharge

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

34

18

16

14

14

15

82

149

40

30

25

22

21

*20

19

18

17

18

18

16

16

15

15

14

14

14

13

13

20

14

14

768

24.8

1.80

2.07

Nov.

13

13

14

*13

13

13

15

13

12

14

14

13

15

30

22

22

36

23

34

27

24

23

49

41

39

39

34

31

b25

b24

698

23.3

1.69

1.88

Dee.

24

26

34

97

73

55

48

*43

41

36

33

31

29

8

7

b 4

b 4

4

9

6

5

5

5

25

27

26

24

23

26

27

24

1,039

33.5

2.43

2.80

Jan.

23

23

23

22

21

21

20

bl8

bl8

18

*19

19

18

b!7

18

18

b!6

IT

23

20

18

17

23

27

23

21

20

21

25

74

47

708

22.8

1.65

1.91

Feb.

43

144

*337

237

164

240

186

137

109

89

98

77

68

64

63

61

138

182

137

143

117

100

88

89

175

139

124

110

92

3,751

129

9.35

10.11

Mar.

84

89

87

83

77

78

79

107

77

72

67

64

72

*219

164

237

191

151

121

101

89

79

72

71

63

60

56

54

101

68

62

2,995

96.6

7.00

8.07

Apr.

59

60

55

64

56

136

100

84

*75

69

77

66

62

60

233

295

173

134

106

91

82

74

67

62

58

54

52

50

47

I5.

2,646

88.2

6.39

7.13

May

46

53

139

101

78

79

98

89

77

71

65

60

56

52

49

46

44

*42

39

38

36

34

34

36

32

31

30

29

30

31

2T_

1,672

53.9

3.91

4.51

June

39

29

27

25

25

24

23

22

26

29

25

25

25

24

29

24

26

22

22

22

23

25

24

23

37

*25

23

20

20

37

770

25.7

1.86

2.08

July

32

25

23

24

28

42

49

55

66

53

43

36

a40

a50

a45

a40

a45

a41

a37

a35

a33

a31

a31

a30

a33

a30

a26

a23

a21

*20

20

1,107

35.7

2.59

2.98

Aug.

20

18

18

18

17

16

15

15

14

14

15

16

13

*13

12

12

12

11

11

13

20

12

11

11

11

10

10

1111

12

12

424

13.7

0.993

1.14

Sept.

10

11

9.4

11

17

24

20

13

11

10

10

10

9.7

9.0

9.0

8.7

8.7

9.7

*8.7

8.4

7.9

7.9

8.5

17

12

22

11

10

9.7

9.0

343.3

11.4

0.826

0.93

Calendar year 1955: Max 380 Mln 9.0 Mean 47.0 Cfsm 3.41 In. 46.20

Water year 1955-56: Max 337 Mln 7.9 Mean 46.2 Cfsm 3.55 In. 45.61

Discharge measurement made on this day

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated

md records for Oconaluftee River at Blrdtown.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.

ay. 

timated on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records,
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 137

Little Tennessee River at Calderwood, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°30'24", long 84°00'14", on right bank 250 ft downstream from Scona Lodge 

Ferry, two-thirds of a mile west of Calderwood, Blount County, 2j miles downstream from 

Calderwood Dam, and at mile 41.1.

Drainage area. 1,862 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1912 to December 1918, January 1921 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 861.41 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 1, 1927, staff gages and waterstage recorders at several sites within 1 mile of present site at various datums.

Average discharge. 40 years (1912-18, 1922-56), 4,270 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,000 cfs June 11 (gage height, 3.71 ft); minimum, 36 cfs Sept. 8 (gage height, -0.53 ft); minimum daily, 281 cfs Dec. 3.

1912-18, 1921-56: Maximum discharge, 82,000 cfs Mar. 4, 1917; maximum gage height 

observed, 11.75 ft Mar. 4, 1917, before breaking of levee near gage; minimum discharge, 

7.2 cfs Sept. 4, 1955 (gage height, -0.66 ft); minimum daily, 102 cfs Aug. 31, 1947.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by several reservoirs above station (see p. 226).

Cooperation.--Water-stage recorder inspected by employee of Aluminum Co. of America.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 803: 1933-35. WSP 823: 1917(M), drainage area. WSP 323: 

T3W. WSP 1336: 1512, 1916, 1926.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

-0.1

.1

.7

245

4OO

680

1,080

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

2.7

1,630

2,930

4,670

7,430

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24 

25

26 

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

2,540

2,460

5,610

5,220

*3,320

6,010

5,400

4,330

2,800

4,320

4,070 

4,440

4,880

5,650

3,760

4,330 

6,430

6,200

6,720

5,420

4,460

4,120

2,740

3,570 

6,380

6,010 

6,420

7,150 

4,670

2,950

5,440

147,800

4,768

Nov.

5,47O

4,820

5,270

6,400

5,980

4,000

6,200

5,950

5,850

5,500

4,380 

2,530

2,940

3,660

3,620

4,810 

5,200

5,680

5,320

4,450

6,130

5,760

4,740

2,040 

2,560

2,460 

2,770

6,700 

6,400

5,770

------

146,360

4,879

Calendar year 1955;

Water year 1955-56;

Dec.

6,800

5,670

281 ST9"

5,790

4,730

3,870

4,030

4,990

5,110

5,280 

6,990

7,110

6,520

6,190

7,220 

5,300

4,480

4,140

7,060

6,050

6,070

2,920

1,160 

1,470

2,510 

5,270

4,440 

4,980

6,120

5,300

148,470

4,789

Jan.

1,410

3,690

3,250

5,150

*5,350

3,760

3,800

3,490

4,620

4,660

3,880 

2,660

3,610

2,550

1,310

2,270 

3,260

3,440

2,320

2,310

1,220

1,770

2,630

2,900 

2,200

2,520 

1,460

2,020 

1,250

1,540

1,230

87,530

2,824

Feb.

1,230

1,530

3,340

3,140

1,230

1,650

1,480

al,200

al,550

a2,200

a2,500 

al,750

a3,150

a2,000

al,650

al,400 

1,440

2,110

1,410

1,390

2,320

2,470

2,450

1,320 

1,220

1,110 

1,160

2,660 

4,120

_ -

56,180

1,937

Mar.

*4,640

3,510

2,150

1,800

3,180

2,240

4,020

5,760

4,960

3,890

2,260 

3,260

4,110

3,110

4,190

5,280 

3,230

2,460

2,660

2,500

1,900

1,380

1,620

2,040 

1,770

1,940 

1,640

1,270 

1,730

2,250

2,820

89,570

2,889

Apr.

1,180

2,410

2,460

2,080

3,640

1,680

1,230

2,090

4,570

4,840

5,210 

3,940

1,690

2,320

2,250

4,110 

1,290

1,230

1,200

1,200

1,180

1,180

1,900

1,600 

1,290

1,250 

1,150

1,160 

1,200

2,860

65,390

2,180

May

2,470

2,780

3,750

2,290

3,590

1,830

*2,810

2,920

3,020

4,450

3,790 

2,470

2,590

3,920

4,820

4,260 

4,410

3,200

1,570

2,020

4,360

4,580

4,630

5,170 

4,480

3,530 

1,950

4,310 

4,440

2,670

2,560

105,640

3,408

June

2,700

3,580

2,280

3,900

3,660

*3,400

3,710

2,720

1,480

1,520

4,760 

2,450

1,950

2,840

1,960

1,160 

1,160

4,260

4,220

4,280

3,750

3,820

3,050

1,430 

4,070

4,170 

4,06O

4,470 

4,140

1,180

 

92,130

3,071

July

1,370

3,460

3,060

1,380

2,940

2,900

1,460

1,170

2,230

*1,840

1,160 

2,030

1,720

2,780

4,210

4,740 

3,940

3,720

4,260

2,980

3,640

1,410

3,720

3,180 

3,280

3,940 

3,790

3,990 

2,770

4,380

4,630

92,080

2,970

Aug.

4,000

3,480

2,930

2,460

2,490

3,360

2,940

4,090

4,160

3,610

2,430 

1,460

2,880

*2,990

2,960

3,320 

3,320

1,970

2,370

3,720

2,870

3,300

4,750

3,790 

3,440

1,490 

2,130

4,070 

4,250

4,120

4,680

99,810

3,220

Sept.

2,140

1,160

4,280

4,020

*5,320

7,200

1,550

*1,170

2,710

4,660

4,380 

4,920

4,820

4,880

4,340

3,460 

4,340

4,770

5,620

5,220

5,180

4,780

1,520

5,150 

5,560

6,110 

6,520

6,240 

6,400

3,760

- --

132,180

4,406

Observed Adjustedt

Max 7,220 Mln 281 Mean 3,942 Mean 3,963 Cfsm 2.13 In. 28.89

Max 7,220 Mln 281 Mean 3,451 Mean 4,015 Cfsm 2.16 In. 29.35

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change In contents In Fontana, Cheoah, Calderwood, Nantahala, Thorpe, and Santeetlah Lakes.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range In stage, 

records for station at McQhee and Calderwood Dam releases.

463897 O -58 - 10
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tellico River at Tellico Plains, Term.

Location. Lat 35"21"42", long 84°16'44", on right bank 200 ft upstream from bridge on 

Tellico Plains-Rafter Road, 0.4 mile downstream from Laurel Creek, 0.8 mile east of 

Tellico Plains, Monroe County, and at mile 28.2.

Drainage area.--118 sq mi.

Records available. July 1925 to September 1956. Published as "near Tellico Plains" October 1927 to September 1930.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 846.64 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. July 20, 1925, to Sept. 30, 1927, staff gage 

at same site and datum. Oct. 1, 1927, to Sept. 30, 1930, staff gage at site half a mile 

upstream at datum 8.29 ft higher.

Average discharge. 31 years, 278 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,500 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 9.62 ft); minimum, 36 cfs Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.01 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 15,100 cfs Mar. 29, 1951 (gage height. 12.82 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 6,500 cfs; minimum, 13 cfs Sept. 7, 1925 (gage height, 

0.25 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1336: 1927-28(M), 1936, 1940, 1944.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

32

60

123

268

465

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

7.5

705

1,240

2,400

3,440

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

Oct.

104

71

*62

55

52

49

234

950

212

136

111

95

86

91 

84

80

76

96

118

86

78

74

71

67

65

64

64

64

134 

86

73

3,678

119

1.01

1.16

Nov.

69

*67

69

71

65

65

80

82

69

78

95

78

76

142 

186

150

292

183

227

203

166

142

294

325

246

246

203

177

153 

145

4,444

148

1.25

1.40

Dec.

145

*145

183

440

465

317

252

218

233

192

177

166

169

155 

147

131

150

194

200

172

164

158

150

150

145

136

131

123

T31 

177

164

5,880

190

1.61

1.85

Jan.

145

142

*136

131

123

121

118

111

106

109

116

106

101

95 

97

97

91

93

145

145

116

111

150

295

230

200

177

180

206

478

429

4,900

158

1.34

1.54

Feb.

332

*786

3,420

1,520

1,050

2,020

1,390

800

635

501

519

442

408

372 

372

352

986

1,420

904

1,050

838

645

537

532

595

555

524

510

433

24,448

843

7.14

7.71

Mar.

400

*488

478

496

442

416

388

619

510

447

408

376

420

1,390 

1,090

1,290

986

740

595

506

452

412

380

392

348

325

310

295

478

388

340

16,605

536

4.54

5.23

Apr.

306

*288

271

329

278

732

650

460

380

344

404

372

336

317 

1,600

*2,290

882

630

510

442

392

368

340

313

292

282

268

252

242

233

14,803

493

4.18

4.67

May

236

*233

607

755

433

360

580

488

396

348

313

285

268

252 

236

227

209

197

186

180

172

164

158

169

161

150

147

145

150

145

154

8,484

274

2.32

2.67

June

*274

172

145

131

123

118

113

106

104

106

104

128

139

166

121

106

101

95

93

88

91

95

106

134

113

95

84

76

73

69

3,469

116

0.983

1.09

July

73

*97

123

93

153

150

166

106

147

113

86

76

147

147 

163

302

236

147

111

99

104

88

86

159

424

197

142

116

104

95

88

4,338

140

1.19

1.37

Aug.

84

*82

82

74

73

76

67

60

58

55

57

95

60

55 

52

50

47

50

116

58

138

74

58

52

49

47

46

57

76

55

49

2,052

66.2

0.561

0.65

Sept.

55

95

57

*49

47

90

170

71

57

49

46

44

43

42 

40

38

42

69

47

40

38

37

37

60

57

60

47

43

42

40

1,652

55.1

0.467

0.52

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,55O Mln 36 Mean 240 Cfsm 2.O3 In. 27.56

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,420 Mln 37 Mean 259 Cfsm 2.19 In. 29.86

Peak discharge (base, 2,800 cfs). --Oct. 7 (12 p.m.) 3,220 cfs (7.23 ft); Feb. 3 (1:30 p.m.) 6.02O

cfs (9.38 ft); Mar. 14 (12 m.) 3,260 cfs (7.27 ft); Apr. 15 (10 p.m.) 6,500 cfs (9.62 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day .
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 139

Little Tennessee River at McGhee, Term.

Location. Lat 35°36'16", long 84°12'43", on right bank at mouth of Tellico River, 100 ft 

upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 411, 0.3 mile upstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, and 0.5 mile south of McGhee, Monroe County. Records include 

flow of Tellico River.

Drainage area. 2,443 sq mi, includes that of Tellico River.

Records available. January 1905 to December 1913 (gage heights only, October to December 1913) and October 1918 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. November 1904 to September 1924 (most records prior to 1919, revised) in Tennessee Division 

of Geology Bulletin 34.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 760.18 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 6, 1929, chain or staff gages 

located at various sites and daturas within 0.4 mile of present site.

Average discharge.--51 years (1905-56), 5,619 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 20,900 cfs Feb. 3 (gage height, 11.58 ft); minimum, 480 cfs Sept. 9 (gage height, 2.62 ft); minimum daily, 1,050 cfs Dec. 4.

1904-56: Maximum discharge, 104,000 cfs Nov. 19, 1906 (gage height, 30.8 ft, at 

site used December 1905 to September 1925, to datum used October 1918 to September 

1925), from rating curve extended above 66,000 cfs; minimum, 273 cfs Oct. 27, 1941; 

minimum daily, 500 cfs Sept. 13, 14, 1925.

Maximum stage known, 39.0 ft in March 1867, original site and datum.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by many reservoirs above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 803: 1933-35. WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1336: 1905, 

1906-10(M), 1911, 1912(M), 1913, 1914(M) , ,1915-22 , 1923-24(M), \1925-29. .See also 

Records available.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height. In feet, and 

discharge, In oublo feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 3

3.2 980

3.5 1,350

4.0 2,150

5.0 4,230

7.0 9,040

10.0 16,800

Feb. 4 to Sept. 30

1,070

1,490

3,330

4,380

9,150

17,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Zl

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

3,060

3,080

4,210

5,480

*3,620

4,990

5,830

6,170

3,630

3,610

4,220

4,140

4,460

5,270

4,280

3,690

5,430

6,040

6,570

5,660

4,660

3,940

2,660

3,170

5,480

5,980

6,090

6,900

5,370 

3,030

5,000

145,720

4,701

Nov.

4,970

*4,570

5,390

5,820

6,160

4,180

5,220

5,940

5,460

5,620

4,860

2,920

2,510

3,720

3,960

4,260

6,030

6,020

5,800

5,050

6.22O

6,100

5,040

3,710

4,950

4,100

2,740

5,960

6,770 

6,300

150,350

5,012

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56=

Dec.

6,340

6,620

2,380

1,050

5,460

*5,960

4,530

4,280

5,140

5,440

5,300

6,990

7,500

6,950

6,120

7,180

5,550

5,170

4,410

6,940

6,440

6,470

3,960

2,380

1,640

1,840

5,150

4,080

4,850 

5,940

5,890

157,950

5,095

Jan.

2,870

2,830

3,170

5,070

*5,520

4,240

3,690

3,570

4,400

4,400

4,210

2,850

3,480

3,560

1,580

1,840

2,840

3,260

2,740

2,770

1,880

1,810

2,570

3,690

3,390

2,750

2,480

2,230

1,900 

3,220

3,820

98,630

3,182

Feb.

2,490

*3,84O

16,000

14,700

8,740

8,130

9,820

5,510

3,790

4,290

4,080

3,820

4,340

3,480

2,680

2,560

5,950

10,700

6,940

4,860

5,590

5,050

4,250

3, £80

2,850

2,790

2,580

3,400

5,500

 - -

162,010

5,587

Mar.

*5,43Q

5,120

4,020

3,990

4,380

3,580

4,910

7,200

7,220

5,980

4,200

3,920

4,960

5,720

8,470

11,000

9 ,090

5,720

4,640

4,320

3,320

2,740

2,570

2,540

3,320

2,610

2,530

2,190

3,210 

3,630

3,650

146,180

4,715

Apr.

2,610

2,980

3,200

*2,860

4,040

4,660

4,380

3,370

5,150

5,760

6,480

5,850

3,610

3,020

4,870

*17,700

8,320

3,860

3,050

2,680

2,400

2,290

2,810

2,470

2,330

2,060

1,860

1,840

1,850 

2,830

 -

121,170

4,039

May

3,300

3,020

4,960

5,750

4,730

3,480

*3,400

4,490

4,050

4,240

5,030

3,420

3,580

3,970

5,450

4,790

5,120

3,760

2,720

2,070

4,000

4,880

4,980

5,670

4,780

3,860

3,490

3,300

4,680 

3,620

2,900

127,470

4,112

June

3,290

3,310

3,730

3,480

3,810

*3,740

3,360

3,390

2,190

1,790

4,220

3,310

2,520

2,710

2,220

2,040

1,440

3,000

4,680

4,060

4,460

3,760

4,270

1,610

3,180

4,340

4,440

4,420

4,390 

2,550

_______

99,710

3,324

July

1,430

2,750

3,530

2,250

2,390

3,500

2,200

1,690

2,050

*2,350

1,880

1,400

2,580

1,980

4,280

4,990

4,690

4,360

4,000

3,110

4,200

2,090

2,920

3,730

3,640

3,860

4,010

4,090

3,720 

3,840

4,670

98,170

3,167

Aug.

4,370

3,500

3,050

2,860

2,370

3,300

3,130

3,420

4,720

3,400

3,000

1.780

2,430

*2,930

2,880

3,200

3,410

2,420

2,360

3,020

3,300

3,440

4,040

3,310

3,790

2,460

2,520

3,480

4,420 

4,02O

4,280

100,610

3,245

Sept.

3,160

1,640

2,700

4,390

*4,440

7,080

4,160

*1,110

2,360

3,080

4,490

4,540

4,920

4,690

4,250

3,720

4,050

4,770

5,470

5,190

4,850

5,310

2,310

3,650

5,490

5,800

6,380

6,240

6,360 

4,330

_______

130, 930

4,364

Observed Adjustedt

lax 19,000 Mln 574 Mean 4,621 Mean 4,642 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.79

lax 17,700 Min 1,050 Mean 4,205 Mean 4,769 Cfsm 1.95 In. 26.57

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change in contents In Santeetlah, Fontana, Nantahala, Thorpe, Cheoah and Calderiod Lakes.
140 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Clinch River at Richlands, Va.

Location. Lat 37°05 t 10It , long 81°46 t 52", on right bank 1 mile southeast of Richlands, 

Tazewell County, 1.6 miles downstream from Middle Creek, and 2.2 miles upstream from 

Big Creek.

Drainage area. 139 sq mi.

Records available. January 1946 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,923.99 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Aug. 6, 1950, wire-weight gage at 

bridge 1.1 miles downstream at datum 6.53 ft lower.

Average discharge. 10 years, 180 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,650 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 10.54 ft); minimum, 5.0 cfs Nov. 1 (gage height,.0.57 ft); minimum daily, 12 cfs Oct. 26.

1946-56: Maximum discharge, 5,080 cfs May 19, 1953 (gage height, 13.23 ft); minimum, 3.2 cfs Sept. 8, 1955; minimum gage height, 0.45 ft July 2, 3, 1951; minimum daily 

discharge, 9.0 cfs Sept. 5, 1955.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair, 

fluctuation at low flow caused by mill above station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Diurnal

i.o

2.0

10

18

60

237

3.0 

5.0 

7.0 

10.0

488

1,150

2,000

3,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

B

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

ZO

21

22

23

24

E5

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

28

17

*15

24

22

22

20

63

51

28

31

21

25

21

26

19

19

30

24

24

26

21

19

15

24

12

14

16

18 

21

22

738

23.8

0.171

0.20

Nov.

*19

17

18

17

!§

16

18

17

26

24

30

38

37

34

46

50

79

66

79

112

83

62

51

46

42

38

b35

b31

b29

b25

1,201

40.0

0.288

0.32

Dec.

b30

35

41

51

*^6

73

57

48

52

51

b45

b43

b40

b40

b38

b36

b36

b37

b40

b43

b44

b45

45

44

50

48

48

52

42

b41 

b44

1,425

46.0

0.331

0.38

Jan.

b40

b41

*44

39

37

34

31

b30

b29

b28

b29

b29

b27

b27

b27

b26

b26

b25

38

63

66

88

57

46

45

51

b48

b45

288

885 

558

2,847

91.8

0.660

0.76

Feb.

279

245

754

920

735

675

1,070

586

*380

268

237

218

193

178

213

224

453

1,470

1,070

1,430

885

544

380

315

502

645

474

461

340

16,144

557

4.01

4.32

Mar.

279

257

245

315

*291

257

270

1,110

765

488

353

291

380

883

885

615

516

502

586

488

407

340

291

291

277

259

237

500" 214

544

380

13,516

436

3.14

3.62

Apr.

291

*249

279

253

216

263

516

448

353

315

407

735

530

420

1,280

5,000

1,430

815

558

420

315

270

249

224

202

184

173

159

150

144

14,848

495

3.56

3.97

May

180

198

780

¥75

407

303

249

*218

187

171

159

150

141

137

220

279

228

202

171

162

142

130

121

117

110

103

103

114

121 

124

119

6,521

210

1.51

1.74

June

222

202

159

*128

108

95

84

76

71

66

62

57

54

54

68

66

73

68

63

62

91

155

115

105

78

65

57

51

45

M

2,642

88.1

0.634

0.71

July

41

39

4T

44

44

50

50

65

*90

81

66

52

56

66

62

63

195

141

84

74

68

57

50

54

76

126

132

95

238

150

102

2,558

82.5

0.594

0.68

Aug.

*83

70

66

56

51

46

44

45

41

35

35

34

32

37

35

31

30

68

130

139

235

141

84

63

51

46

42

41

41

38 

39

1,929

62.2

0.447

0.52

Sept.

41

44

42

*35

37

56

93

65

46

41

37

34

31

27

35

34

31

41

34

31

28

£8

26

35

41

31

342

3O3

159 

108

1,936

64.5

0.464

0.52

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,550 

Water year 1955-56= Max 3,000

Min 

Min

Mean 

Mean

217

181

1.56

1.30

21.24

17.74

Peak discharge (base. 1.500 cfsi.--Feb. 18 (6 to 7 p.m.) 1,860 cfs (6.67 ft): Mar. 8 (4 to 5 p.m.) 

1,550 cfs (6.03 ft); Mar. 14 (10:30 p.m.) 1,310 cfs (5.37 ft); Apr. 16 (6 a.m.) 3,650 cfs (10.54 ft) 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
TKNNKSSEE RIVER BASIN 141

Cedar Creek near Lebanon, Va.

Location. Lat 36°54 I 29", long 82°02 I 20", on right bank 800 ft upstream from Roaring 

Spring Creek, 1.3 miles downstream from Burgess Creek, 1.9 miles upstream from Little 

Cedar Creek, and 2.3 miles east of Lebanon, Russell County.

Drainage area. 51.5 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1952 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of 

Valley Authority benchmark).

ge is 1,928.96 ft above mean sea level (Tennessee

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,270 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.02 ft, from 

high-water mark in gage well); minimum, 3.8 cfs Jan. 15 (gage height, 1.32 ft), result 

of freezeup.

1952-56: Maximum discharge, 3,980 cfs Mar. 16, 1955 (gage height, 4.27 ft); minimum, that of Jan. 15, 1956; minimum gage height, 1.27 ft Oct. 19, 1952, Dec. 26, 1953 

(result of freezeupj.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9 75

2.0 

Z.I 

2.3 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5

110

160

300

580

1,090

2,050

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

7.2

7.0

*6.8

6.7

6.7

6.4

F.6

32

IS

12

10

8.8

8.8

10

8.8

8.8

9.4

9.4

11

11

9.4

8.8

8.8

8.2

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.6

7 .0

8.2

7.6

295.8

9.54

0.185

0.21

Nov.

*7.6

7T6

7.6

7.6

7.6

7.6

8.2

8.8

8.2

10

13

13

12

11

11

11

21

20

24

It

22

18

16

14

13

13

12

11

10

8.8

383. 6

12.8

0.249

0.28

Dec.

9.4

10

11

17

*54

28

22

19

20

21

19

16

15

15

15

12

10

12

16

18

16

13

12

11

12

12

12

11

11

12

11

472.4

15.2

0.295

0.34

Jan.

10

10

*11

10

9.4

9.4

9.4

8.8

7.6

8.8

8.8

9.4

9.4

8.2

8.2

9.4

7.6

7.0

16

39

29

21

20

19

18

18

15

15

209

552

300

1,433.4

46.2

0.897

1.03

Feb.

190

115

190

275

240

210

370

180

*120

92

86

86

70

65

£3

63

276

661

450

560

350

230

150

96

185

290

200

150

95

______

6,108

211

4.10

4.42

Mar.

78

72

71

125

*105

86

92

368

268

150

120

88

150

300

350

280

310

235

210

160

130

110

98

95

92

87

75

66

93

125

105

4,694

151

2.93

3.38

Apr.

88

*75

70

65

65

180

260

190

145

125

125

145

155

135

280

1,350

520

390

250

155

125

103

89

78

70

63

58

53

49

il

5,503

183

3.55

3.96

May

80

90

380

300

200

150

110

*80

63

53

50

48

46

45

70

180

140

100

78

78

60

50

48

44

39

35

34

42

54

46

33

2,832

91.4

1.77

2.04

June

122

T15

70

*60

51

46

41

37

32

28

24

21

19

17

15

16

18

22

31

29

28

40

35

31

27

21

17

16

14

13

1,056

35.2

0.683

0.76

July

15

12

11

12

18

31

37

26

*23

20

18

15

17

24

23

22

30

26

23

21

18

16

14

13

17

22

19

17

18

23

19

620

20.0

0.388

0.45

Aug.

*13

12

12

11

11

10

B.B

8.8

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.8

8.8

8.2

7.6

7.0

7.0

12

18

37

28

18

13

12

11

9.4

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.8

360.4

11.6

0.225

0.26

Sept.

8.8

11

11

*11

9.4

13

30

23

18

14

12

11

9.4

8.8

8.2

8.0

8.2

.6

.2

.2

.0

.1

.2

.1

7 .3

8.0

9.0

84

35

20

428.5

14.3

0.278

0.31

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,760 Min 5.6 Mean 79.8 Cfsm 1.55 In. 21.04

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,350 Min 6.4 Mean 66.1 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.44

Peak discharge (base, 700 cfs). --Jan. 30 (2:30 p.m.) 852 cfs (2.83 ft); Feb. 18 (9:30 a.m.)

1,060 cfs (2.98 ft); Mar. 14 (time unknown) 762 cfs (2.76 ft); Apr. 16 (time unknown) 3,270 cfs

(4.02 ft); May 3 (time unknown) 838 cfs (2.82 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Mote. No gage-height record Oct. 1-3, Dec. 24 to Jan. 3, Jan. 31 to Feb. 9, Feb. 19 to Mar. 5, 

Mar. 10 to Apr. 2, Apr. 5-20, Apr. 30 to May 8, May 11-29, June 3, 4, June 9 to July 9, July 16 tc 

Aug. 1, Sept. 15-30j discharge estimated on basis of 9 discharge measurements, recorded range in 

stage, weather records, and records for North Fork Holston River near Saltville and Clinch River 

at Richlands.
142 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Clinch River at Cleveland, Va.

Location. Lat 36°56'4l", long 82°09'18", on right bank 500 ft upstream from highway 

bridge at Cleveland, Russell County, 0.5 mile downstream from Muddy Hollow, 2.3 miles 

downstream from Weaver Creek, and 4.4 miles downstream from Thompson Creek.

Drainage area. 528 sq mi.

Records available. October 1920 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,500.24 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 1, 1931, chain gage on highway 

bridge 500 ft downstream at different datum.

Average discharge. 34 years (1921-23, 1924-56), 685 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,000 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 15.38 ft); minImum, 36 cfs Nov. 30 (gage height, 1.18 ft), result of freezeup.

1920-56: Maximum discharge, 26,500 cfs Dec. 22, 1926 (gage height, 23.0 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended 

above 13,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, that of Nov. 30, 1955; minimum 

gage height, 0.96 ft Feb. 10, 1934.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1276: 1926{M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of ice effect (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1 to Dec. 1

215

380

Dec. 2 to Sept. 30

75

137

235

385

590

4.0

6.0

10.0

15.0

1,180

2,690

6,380

13,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

LO

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

74

80

*68

54

_48

50

60

256

235

135

110

88

88

82

88

84

90

82

84

102

96

90

88

76

68

66

72

66

62 

66

70

2,778

89.6

0.170

0.20

Nov.

*72

72

76

70

72

72

74

76

78

84

112

129

133

124

120

147

202

230

252

552

288

210

173

147

133

122

116

106

b90 

68

4,000

133

0.252

0.28

Dec.

b85

103

113

139

*240

287

245

202

198

208

195

165

b!40

b!35

b!30

b!25

b!20

b!30

b!40

b!50

b!50

b!45

b!40

162

155

158

153

146

139

148

153

4,899

158

0.299

0.34

Jan.

148

155

*168

158

144

133

130

117

109

105

blOO

b!05

bllO

bllO

bllO

b!05

blOO

blOO

142

252

269

208

215

195

185

b!70

b!50

b!45

1,410

5,870

11,948

385

0.729

0.84

Feb.

1,250

1,480

3,330

3,690

3,090

2,770

4,050

2,850

*1,660

1,140

950

920

810

700

728

782

1,330

4,770

4,860

4,T70

4,050

2,380

1,590

1,360

2,530

3,250

2,220

2,000

1,550

-------

66,860

2,306

4.37

4.71

Mar.

1,180

1,010

950

1,320

*1,320

1,140

1,100

3,440

5.960

2,220

1,590

1,210

1,550

3,090

3,960

2,690

2,220

2,000

2,220

2,OOO

1,620

1,360

1,140

1,070

1,070

980

892

810

1,480

2 , 150 

1,620

54,362

1,754

3.32

3.83

Apr.

1,120

*980

920

920

810

920

1,850

1,850

1,480

1,210

1,740

2,380

2,080

1,590

5,400

12,600

5,820

3,090

2,150

1,620

1,250

1,040

950

838

755

645

590

540

487 

455

58,170

1,939

3.67

4.10

May

483

580

2,070

5.530

1,920

1,320

1,040

*865

700

601

540

483

448

434

590

1,290

1,010

782

628

645

531

448

413

382

354

326

311

401

560 

420

416

24,321

785

1.49

1.72

June

920

1,180

810

*601

479

410

360

326

302

278

258

240

225

212

208

210

215

242

248

245

266

338

463

410

302

245

212

192

185 

170

10,752

358

0.678

0.76

July

155

155

158

212

198

188

238

232

*240

293

269

225

2O5

391

430

500

526

810

491

347

284

252

222

218

245

320

396

402

354 

531

402

9,889

319

0.604

0.70

Aug.

*320

266

235

218

198

182

168

155

146

139

130

130

122

122

122

119

111

TIT

126

287

420

463

296

215

172

148

137

128

126 

126

128

5,766

186

0.352

0.41

Sept.

122

133

130

*126

119

139

248

263

200

153

133

122

111

109

111

109

109

113

107

107

101

93

91

93

95

107

250

1.140

700

5,833

194

0.367

0.41

Calendar year 1955: Max 11,800 Min 42 Mean 784 cfsm 1.48 In. 20.13

Water year 1955-56: Max 12,600 Min 48 Mean 709 cfsm 1.34 In. 18.30

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 cfs).--Feb. 18 (11:30 p.m.) 6,270 efs 

5,130 cfs (8.78 ft); Apr. 16 (9 a.m.) 14,000 cfs (15.38 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.

S.92 ft) ; Mar. 8 (12 p.n
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 143

Guest River at Coeburn, Va.

Location.--Lat 36°55'45", long 82°27'23", on right bank at downstream side of bridge on 

State Highway 72, 1.0 mile southeast of Coeburn, Wise County, 1.4 miles upstream from 

Jaybird Branch, 1.8 miles downstream from Pine Camp Creek, and 6 miles upstream from 

mouth.

Drainage urea. 8V.3 sq mi.

Records~luallable. September 1949 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,925.00 ft above mean sea level (Interstate Railroad benchmark).

Average discharge.--? years, 142 cfs.

Extreme" Maximum discharge during year, 4,020 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 10.83 ft); minimum, 2.9 cfs Oct. 6, 7 (gage height, 1.32 ft).

1943-56: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 16, 1956; minimum, 1.6 cfs Oct. 21, 22, 

25, 26, Nov. 9, 10, 1953; minimum gage height, 1.23 ft Sept. 22, 23, 1955.

Revisions. Figures of maximum discharge for the water years 1950 and 1955 have 

been revised to 3,300 cfs Jan. 31, 1950 (gage height, 9.93 ft) and 3,620 cfs Mar. 16, 

1955 (gage height, 10.26 ft), superseding those published in WSP 11V3 and 1386, respectively.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of ice effect or no gage-height record, 

which are fair.

Revisions. The figures of some peak discharges in the water years 1950 and 1955 have been 

revised as shown below, superseding those published in WSP 1173 and 1386.

Revised peak discharge. 1949-50: Jan. 31 (1 a.m.) 3,300 cfs (9.93 ft); Feb. 2 

(11:3C a.m.) 2,760 cfs (9.17 ft).

19E4-55: Mar. 6 (8 p.m.) 3.220 cfs (9.83 ft); Mar. 16 (5 p.m.) 3,620 cfs (10.26ft); 

Mar. 22 (9:30 a.m.) 2,980 cfs (9.50 ft).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 6-10)

Oct. 1 to Jan

1.0

3.4

6.0

15

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0

143

230

475

1.4

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

3.0

Jan. 30 to Sept. 30

6.0 4.0

15 6.0

36 8.0

78 10.1

490

1,200

2,060

3,460

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm 

In.

Oct.

17

8.7

5.5

*4.4

3.4

3.2

379

100 ~43

20

11

7.8

6.0

6.9

6.9

5.2

5.0

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.4

4 .2

4 .2

4 .4

4.2

3 .7

; .9

4 .2

4 .4

: .9

sri .4

10.2

6"l3

Nov.

3.7

*3.4

3.2

3.4

3.7

3.7

3.9

4.2

4.2

4.4

5.0

5.7

5.5

5.2

5.5

6.9

18

16

28

46_

42

30

26

23

21

19

18

17

b!3

blO

398.6

13.3

0.152 

O.fl

Dec.

blO

11

12

25

77

*77

60

52

48

44

33

b30

b27

b25

b23

b23

b22

22

b25

b25

b26

b28

b29

30

30

28

25

25

22

22

b21

957

30.9

0.354 

0.41

Jan.

b20

b!9

b!8

b!8

*b!7

b!6

b!6

b!6

b!6

b!6

b!6

17

17

16

17

16

16

17

23

36

38

35

36

b30

b30

32

b28

b26

241

895

505

2,259

72.9

0.835 

0.96

Feb.

226

270

1,040

1,000

772

668

*1,080

460

250

182

188

212

180

al60

a!80

a210

a450

al,400

al,000

al,300

a700

a450

3350

3300

3450

aeoo

a450

3350

3300

_ ___ .

15,178

523

5.99 

6.46

Mar.

220

290

388

58O

430

*290

260

1.160

930

415

280

236

338

886

991

505

400

362

362

325

270

230

198

209

240

226

199

169

3T2

388

12,369

399

4.57 

5.27

Apr.

204

169

*153

169

178

486

1,120

535

338

250

339

505

362

270

980

*5,460

1,040

475

312

232

185

159

148

130

116

108

100

94

88

88

12,793

426

4.88 

5.44

Msy

96

108

362

505

290

204

169

146

*119

104

96

87

80

77

99

116

86

72

65

60

53

49

44

43

39

35

34

42

61

50

43

3,434

111

1.27 

1.46

June

96

104

74

61

*50

42

36

32

29

26

24

322

&21

323

a25

a26

326

326

325

325

330

345

a35

333

330

325

322

320

319

319

1,073

35.7

0.409 

0.46

July

a!8

a!7

a!8

a20

a25

a35

a50

a7O

a80

*a95

65

49

53

321

238

143

190

170

150

246

350

177

138

105

124

146

148

270

388

220

143

4,262

137

1.57 

1.81

Aug.

106

*90

78

63

56

49

42

35

32

29

28

30

25

23

23

21

19

18

27

185

132

82

54

42

32

28

25

23

21

22

20

1,458

47.0

0.538 

0.62

Sept.

23

23

21

20

*17

32

71

47

31

23

20

18

16

14

20

23

20

49

26

20

16

14

12

20

20

14

24

35

24

20

733

24.4

0.279 

0.31

Calendar year 1955 : Max 2,300 Mln 2.0 Mean 138 Cfsm 1.58 in. 21.42

Water year 1955-56 : Max 3,460 Mln 3.2 Mean 151 Cfsm 1.73 In. 23.50

Peak discharge (base, 1,50O cfs). --Feb. 18 (time unknown) 1,600 cfs (7.04 ft); Mar. 8 (6 p.m.)

1,600 cfs (7.00 ft); Apr. 16 (10 a.m.) 4,020 cfs (10.83 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day .

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records and records for Clinch River at Richlands and Powell River at Big Stone Gap.

b Stage -discharge relation affected by Ice .
144 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Copper Creek near Gate City, Va.

Location. Lat 36°40'26", long 82°33'57", on right bank at upstream side of highway bridge, 

0.2 mile upstream from Plank Camp Creek, 1.1 miles downstream from Obeys Creek, and 

2.6 miles northeast of Gate City, Scott County.

Drainage area. 106 sq mi.

Records available. September 1947 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 1,290 ft (from topographic map). Prior 

to Aug. 30, 1953., wire-weight gage on highway bridge at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 9 years, 142 cfs.

Extremes.--1954-55: Maximum discharge during water year, 2,780 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 

9.50 ft); minimum, 14 cfs Sept. 17; minimum gage height, 2.15 ft Oct. 8.

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 3,580 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 

10.35 ft); minimum, 3.6 cfs Jan. 15 (gage height, 1.98 ft), result of freezeup.

1947-56: Maximum discharge, 6,800 cfs Jan. 30, 1950 (gage height, 13.0 ft, from 

graph based on gage re'adings]; minimum, that of Jan. 15, 1956.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height records, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 1143: 1948. WSP1276: 1950(M).

Rating tables, Oct. 1, 1954, to Sept. 30, 1956 (gage height, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used July IE-24, 1955, May 5-15, 1956)

Oct. 1, 1954, 

to Feb. 6, 195E Feb. 7, 1955, to Apr. 16, 1956 Apr. 17, 1956, 

to Sept. 30, 1956

3.0

4.0

6.U

43

126

716

1,040

3.C

11

47

126

334

784 

1,050 

1,590 

3,2EO

Discharge, in nubic fe

4.0 

st per second,

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

5.0 

7.0

114

554

1,050

October 1954 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Caler

Wate

Oct.

21

2T

36

40

27

23

*21

21

22

22

22

22

22

22

23

24

27

25

25

25

25

24

24

24

24

24

25

27

29

31

33

784

25.3

0.239

0.28

idar year

- year 1

Nov.

29

34

30

31

36

32

28

*34

28

27

27

26

26

26

25

27

27

26

26

27

28

28

27

27

2F

26

30

45

90

150

1,049

35.0

0.330

0.37

' 1954: 1>

354-55: H

Dec .

80

60

45

40

41

120

155

80

90

130

98

80

110

250

+10O

75

60

88

140

90

69

59

55

51

47

43

39

37

60

370

230

2,992

96.5

0.910

1.05

lax 1,2

fax 1 , '

Jan.

140

100

84

73

65

61

58

54

50

48_

150

170

*135

98

82

76

70

62

65

60

54

64

69

69

66

56

59

65

62

62

62

2,387

77.0

0.726

0.84

00 V

80 1>

Feb.

56

200

*250

153

117

866

1,210

488

279

190

210

190

145

145

130

140

400

325

250

200

160

160

800

600

400

250

500

700

_

-----

9,514

340

3.21

3.34

lln 18

lin 15

Mar.

840

*800

455

334

257

594

1,100

521

356

268

216

228

190

178

250

1,710

1,090

1,450

1,050

760

642

1,780

880

576

477

688

500

35O

280

220

190

19,230

620

5.85

6.74

Me a

Me a

Apr.

160

150

145

140

140

145

*150

137

130

124

130

133

131

224

222

176

150

137

128

124

124

124

126

130

137

135

124

115

112

110

4,213

140

1.32

1.47

n 87.3

n 127

May

110

103

95

92

90

85

79

73

70

*66

66

71

88

106

154

106

87

80

73

68

67

64

64

70

71

64

57

56

55

54

51

2,435

78.5

0.741

0.85

> Cfsri

Cfs

June

51

48

47

44

43

43

51

55

57

*51

47

47

46

44

42

39

38

38

38

38

37

35

40

40

40

39

39

35

33

32.

1,277

42.6

0.402

0.45

n O.824

n 1.20

July

32

32

32

33

34

35

35

33

38

33

32

33

*35

23

21

20

19

16

15

T5

15

15

15

51

47

38

33

29

29

29

28

895

28.9

0/273

0.31

In. 11

In. 16

Aug.

27

32

*37

46

34

34

34

29

30

34

29

26

28

27

27

48

39

30

27

32

28

32

30

28

26

23

23

22

21

21

21

925

29.8

0.281

0.32

.20

.23

Sept.

21

21

21

21

21

22

21

*20

18

18

18

18

18

16

16

15

15

15

15

16

16

18

18

21

27

27

23

22

21

28.

587

19.6

0.185

0.21

Peak discharge 1,200 (1 a.m.) 1,900 

:fs (9.50 ft); Mar. 18

45 ft); Mar. 7 (1:30 a.m.) 1,9OO 

(8.41 ft); Mar. 16 (6:30 p.m.) 2,78C :30 p.m.) 2,060 cfs (8.57 ft)

Mar. 22 (1:30 p.m.) 2,30O cfs (8.87 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--No gage-height record Oct. 19 to Nov. 8, Nov. 22 to Dec. 15, Dec. 23 to Jan. 13, Jan. 16 to 

Feb. 3, Feb. 11 to Mar. 2, Mar. 27 to Apr. 7; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In 

stage, weather records, and records for Big Moccasin Creek near Oate City and Clinch River at Speers 

Ferry.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 145

Copper Creek near Gate City, Va. Continued 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

13

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

29

26

22

20

*20

19

23

61

52

32

24

21

21

23

22

21

21

22

21

20

20

20

20

19

19

19

20

21

21

21

742

22.9

0.225

0.26

Nov.

20

20

*21

21

21

21

22

23

22

23

26

27

27

27

28

29

30

30

42

55_

44

32

27

26

24

24

24

24

20

L4

794

26.5

0.250

0.28

Dec .

16

23

22

87

16S

88

57

46

55

64

56

37

38

35

32

21

19

28

28

24

24

22

23

22

21

21

20

19

18

19

19

1,172

37.8

0.357

0.41

Jan.

17

16

16

16

*16

22

15

14

10

19

19

14

14

16

10

18

18

11

21

37

48

34

29

34

30

29

24

24

114

*760

477

1,942

62.6

0.591

0.68

Feb.

166

253

688

521

422

620

*832

411

244

168

172

239

170

133

130

126

477

1,050

760

904

620

400

268

228

422

642

411

334

235

12,046

415

3.92

4.23

Mar.

180

214

301

543

378

279

*248

576

554

367

268

224

488

838

856

+598

543

433

378

301

242

206

178

166

150

135

128

130

532

499

312

11,245

363

3.42

3.94

Apr.

228

194

182

*323

312

367

565

400

290

228

279

433

323

279

838

*2,700

954

642

477

378

312

268

242

213

191

173

162

149

140

152

12,374

412

3.89

4.34

May

154

167

554

554

323

239

204

171

143

*125

114

106

102

98

112

182

147

127

125

123

114

110

106

114

104

104

114

125

127

125

123

5,136

166

1.57

1.81

June

149

189

127

125

125

125

98

89

86

84

76

70

67

65

£4

63

66

70

114

114

74

178

116

114

84

72

67

64

62

60

2,857

95.2

0.898

1.00

July

65

61

57

66

57

58

62

64

63

62

*59

55

52

17T

165

104

116

112

81

70

64

60

62

82

81

240

102

171

151

123

94

2,830

91.3

0.861

0.99

Aug.

70

71

*76

71

63

59

57

a54

a52

a50

a45

a54

a52

a50

a48

a46

a44

a42

a60

alOO

a!50

al2^

a90

a65

a55

a50

a46

a49

a40

a 44

a53

1,926

62.1

0.586

0.68

Sept.

a70

a74

a77

a58

a54

*a!80

158

83

59

52

49

46

44

42

42

41

41

44

48

42

40

39

39

40

41

41

50

132

66

53

1,845

61.5

0.580

0.65

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,780 Min 14 Mean 121 Cfsm 1.14 In. 15.48

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,700 Mln 10 Mean 150 Cfsm 1.42 In. 19.27

Peak discharge (base, 1,200 cfs). Apr. 16 (8:30 a.m.) 3,580 cfs (10.35 ft) 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, weather records, 

and records for Big Moccasin Creek near Gate City and Clinch River at Speers Perry.
146 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Quillin Spring near Gate City, Va,

Location. Lat 36°41'49", long 82°34'38", 4 miles north of Gate City, Scott County. 

Records available. January 1954 to September 1956 (discharge measurements only),

discontinued. 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge measured during year, 14.0 cfs Feb. 7; minimum measured, 0.493

cfs Jan. 5 .

1954-56: Maximum discharge measured, that of Feb. 7, 1956; minimum measured, that of

Jan. 5, 1956. 

Remarks.--Discharge measurements made 50 ft below spring.

Discharge measurements, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 

to September 1956

Feb. 7...... 14.0

Mar. 7 ...... 5.62

Apr. 4...... 8.86

May 10...... 3.73

Clinch River at Speers Ferry, Va.

Location. Lat 36°38'55", long 82°45'02", on right bank 100 ft downstream from bridge on 

ITST Highway 58, 0.5 mile downstream from Copper Creek, 0.8 mile northwest of Speers 

Ferry, Scott County, and 1.8 miles downstream from Clinchport.

Drainage area. 1,126 sq mi.

Records available. October 1920 to September 1956. Gage-height records collected in this 

vicinity February 1895 to July 1933 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,196.52 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Nov. 22, 1926, staff gage at site 

400 ft upstream at datum 1.50 ft higher. Nov. 22, 1926, to Nov. 6, 1931, chain gage at 

present site and datum.

Average discharge.--36 years, 1,566 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 28.400 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 21.90 ft); minimum, 112 cfs Oct. 7 (gage height, 1.25 ft).

1920-56: Maximum discharge, 37,200 cfs Feb. 3, 1923 (gage height, 25.85 ft, present 

datum, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 11,000 cfs 

by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 42 cfs Sept. 29, Oct. 23, 1939; minimum daily, 77 cfs 

Oct. 7,8, 14, 15, 22, 1930.

Remarks. Records good. Prior to May 1951, diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mill 

above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 823: Drainage area. W3P 1276: 1925(M), 1927, 1928-31(M), 

1932, 1935(M).

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

141

145

140

134

*126

121

122

251

443

431

Z80

207

175

162

156

146

146

145

143

138

134

143

143

136

131

126

122

119

118

123

117

5,164

167

0.148

0.17

Nov.

115

115

*119

122

121

122

124

127

126

131

143

146

164

188

212

212

227

251

388

486

530

5O6

406

339

283

260

240

219

197

179

6,798

227

0.202

0.23

Dec.

166

152

166

639

1,080

745

*620

506

454

458

431

373

304

262

262

265

235

248

280

289

298

301

295

310

323

295

280

271

257

248

246

11,064

357

0.317

0.37

Jan.

240

232

230

251

*251

235

222

202

183

175

170

177

188

183

175

172

175

160

181

240

339

462

413

392

385

368

335

310

796

5,960

TjAOO

21,202

684

0.607

0.70

Feb.

4,O90

3,000

6,320

7,880

7,160

7,640

9,680

*6,800

4,090

2,700

2,350

2,60O

2,250

1,880

1,840

1,880

4,750

10,900

11,400

10,300

8,720

5,360

3,430

3,280

7,160

8,720

5,480

4,200

3,430

______

159,290

5,493

4.88

5.26

Mar.

2,700

3,100

3,540

4,420

4,090

3,210

*2 , 900

5,960

9,320

6,200

3,870

3,000

3,650

7,280

10,100

7,160

5,600

4,640

4,200

3,980

3,320

2,800

2,400

2,200

2,200

2,110

1,950

2,020

4,200

4,760

3,540

130,400

4,206

3.74

4.31

Apr.

2,700

2,350

2,110

2,4OO

2,700

3,210

6,560

5,120

3,760

2,900

3,320

5,600

4,64O

3,540

10,100

27,200

16,100

7,520

5,000

3,650

2,900

2,400

2,060

1,840

1,620

1,500

1,380

1,260

1,140

1,110

137,690

4,590

4.08

4.55

May

1,380

1,420

3,560

7,280

5,240

3,320

2,500

2,060

1,700

*1,500

1,340

1,220

1,110

1,000

1,110

1,660

1,930

1,580

1,340

1,140

1,140

970

855

772

720

645

620

645

1,040

1,080

855

52,732

1,701

1.51

1.74

June

1,320

2,500

1,930

1,460

1,140

940

772

695

620

572

510

466

427

417

381

361

388

466

620

550

474

695

828 i;i8o

855

620

486

406

361

555

22,775

759

0.674

0.75

July

345

361

320

530

550

470

498

506

572

550

*572

510

451

1,420

1,840

1,540

1,380

1,460

1,460

1,340

1,460

1,040

772

695

695

849

1,720

1,580

2,110

1,540

1,380

30,296

977

0.868

1.00

Aug.

970

1,100

910

620

502

443

388

348

317

295

285

286

280

254

240

230

219

209

237

454

828

855

745

530

399

323

280

254

240

230

257

13,526

436

0.387

0.45

Sept.

517

595

307

286

265

*326

745

720

550

420

539

286

254

232

217

219

217

240

254

235

202

192

183

181

181

181

217

414

1,540

882

10,797

360

0.320

0.36

Calendar year 1955: Max 23,700 Min 97 Mean 1,562 Cfsm 1.39 In. 18.84

Water Water year year 1955-56: 1955-56: Max Max 27,200 27,200 Min Min 115 115 Mean Mean 1,644 1,644 Cfsm Cfsm 1.46 1.46 In. In. 19.89 19.89

Peak discharge (base, 10,000 efs). Feb. 7 (l a.m.) 10,500 cfs (12.19 ft); Feb. 19 (l a.m.) 12,40O 

cfs (13.65 ft); Mar. 15 (5 a.m.) 11,000 cfs (12.57 ft); Apr. 16 (9 to 10 a.m.) 28,400 cfs (21.90 ft). 

* T)1 Discharge Reharcre mpaRijT*pmpni- measurement mnrlp made nn this t-.Viln day rlav
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

North Pork Clinch River at Duffield, Va.

147

Location. Lat 36°42'40", long 82°47'45", on right bank at upstream side of bridge on 

U. 3. Highways 58 and 421, 0.2 mile downstream from Spur-lock Branch, 0.5 mile south of 

Duffiei.d, Scott County, and 1.6 miles upstream from Harris Branch.

Drainage area. 23.1 sq mi.

Records available. October 1952 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,814.15 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 800 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 7.40 ft); minimum, 

1.3 cf:: Oct. 3-7 (gage height, 1.30 ft).

1952-56: Maximum discharge, that of Apr. 15, 1956; minimum, 1.0 cfs Sept. 17-19, 

23, 24, 1955.

Remarks.---Records good.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

1.3 

3.3

6.3

2.0 

3.0

4.0

7.0

136

275

734

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsro

In.

Oct.

2.3

1.7

1.5

1.3 *TT3

1.3

6.2

24

6.3

3.9

3.1

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.1

2.1

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.9

2.1

2.1

2.1

2 .3

96.9

3.13

0.135

0.16

Nov.

2.1

*2.0

2 .3

2.3

2.5

2.3

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.9

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.9

5.7

, 6T3

7.6

6.3

16

16

9.4

6.7

6.0

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.4

5.1

4.8

4.2

154.5

5.15

0.223

0.25

Dec .

4.2

3.6

3.6

50

5_4

*31

22

17

16

13

11

8.8

7.6

6.7

6.0

5.7

5.7

6.0

8.2

8.8

8.8

8.8

8.2

7.6

7.1

6.3

6.0

5 7

5.4

5.4

5.1

363.3

11.7

0.506

0.58

Jan.

4.8

4.8

4.8

*4.5

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.2

3.9

3.6

3.6

3.5

3.4

3.4

5.5

3.3

3.6

3.6

3.9

5.1

5.1

4.8

5.1

6.3

6.3

6.3

5.7

5.7

112

312

142

691.5

22.3

0.965

1.11

Feb.

78

120

305

245

200

652

335

154

92

66

62

57

53

53

64

63

240

425

290

380

193

115

80

92

208

193

123

94

70

5,102

176

7.62

8.22

Mar.

62

102

141

173

122

89

*166

342

208

 123

87

74

98

260

215

160

137

117

97

81

70

62

56

56

50

49

47

74

290

160

100

3,868

125

5.41

6.24

Apr.

76

67

60

*77

83

156

193

121

86

70

102

123

94

79

410

560

238

138

94

72

60

54

48

44

40

37

34

32

30

28

3,306

110

4.76

5.31

May

29

31

176

T48

90

69

58

48

42

*37

33

30

28

27

33

31

27

28

25

20

18

17

16

16

14

13

T3

23

25

20

16

1,201

38.7

1.68

1.94

June

8969-

48

37

29

*25

20

17

16

13

12

10

8.8

11

8.2

7.6

11

13

13

11

10

24

18

12

10

13

9.4

7.1

6.0

6.7

584.8

19.5

0.844

O.94

July

6.0

5.1

4.8

4.8

4.5

6.0

6.3

12

10

*7.1

6.3

5.1

5.4

~T9 153

56

45

34

23

66

10S

61

39

34

37

35

29

24

25

20

16

967.4

31.2

1.35

1.56

Aug.

13

11

*11

7.6

7.1

6.3

5.7

5.4

4.5

4.5

4.8

5.1

4.5

4.8

4.5

3.9

3.6

475- 3.1

11

10

6.0

4.8

4.2

3.6

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.3

173.7

5.60

0.242

0.28

Sept.

3.9

8.8

5. 1

3.9

3.3

*9.4

40

2O

11

7.1

5.7

5.1

4.2

3.9

3.3

3.1

3.1

3.3

3.1

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.5

2.9

2.9

2.7

3.9

3.9

3.3

2.9

180.8

6.03

0.261

0.29

Calendar year 1955: Max 542 Min 1.1 Mean 35.1 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.61

Water year 1955-56: Max 652 Min 1.3 Mean 45.6 Cfsm 1.97 In. 26.88

Peak discharge (base

(5.62 ft); Apr 

* Discharge

15 (8:30 p.m. 

leasurement made

cfs).--Feb. 6 (5 p.m.) 638 cfs (6.38 ft); Feb. 18 (8 to 9 

10 cfs (7.40 ft), 

i this day.

n.) 515 cfs
148 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Clinch River above Taaewell, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36 0 25'30", long 83°23'54", on right bank 0.4 mile upstream from Grissom 

Island, 4.6 miles downstream from Big War Creek, 10 miles east of Tasewell, Claiborne 

County, and at mile 159.8.

Drainage area. 1,474 sq mi.

Records available. April 1919 to September 1927 (published as "near Lone Mountain"), 

August 1927 to December 1936 (published as "near Tazewell"), July 1935 to September 

1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder at present site and datum since Dec. 4, 1935. Datum of gage 

is 1,060.7 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Apr. 1, 1919, to Sept. 30, 1927, chain gage on railroad bridge 23 miles downstream at 

datum 102.7 ft lower. Aug. 8, 1927, to Dec. 31, 1936, water-stage recorder at site 

7.7 miles downstream at datum 47.2 ft lower. July 29 to Dec. 3, 1935, staff gage at 

present site and datum.

Average discharge.--37 years, 2,069 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 33,100 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 16.34 ft); 

minimum, 138 cfs Oct. 30 (gage height, 0.48 ft).

1919-56: Maximum discharge observed, 39,700 cfs Feb. 4, 1923 (gage height, 20.3 ft, 

site and datum then in use); minimum observed, 108 cfs Sept. 11, 1925.

Maximum stage known, about 24 ft in 1862, present site and datum, from information 

by local resident.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1336: 1928.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 50 to June 2)

125

151

220

555

675

1,070

3.0

5.0

8.0

12.0

15.3

2,100

4,800

10,200

19,800

29,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

201

193

*179

179

173

170

173

496

388

464

490

350 "74

240

212

201

193

182

182

179

179

173

170

176

170

163

160

151

148

146

145

6,898

223

0.151

0.17

Nov.

*146

143

141

143

143

143

146

151

154

157

166

173

179

190

256

287

305

300

399

598

619

612

598

542

452

410

366

315

29Z

264

8,790

293

0.199

0.22

Dec.

*240

236

236

1,500

2,260

1,470

1,010

833

720

647

619

570

502

428

377

355

345

382

399

410

410

410

410

399

422

434

399

377

360

355 

345

17,860

576

0.391

0.45

Jan.

330

320

*310

515

320

330

315

296

252

269

256

244

244

248

252

252

248

228

252

278

320

394

542

570

563

549

522

502

986

5,400

9,520

25,227

814

0.552

0.64

Feb.

*7,040

4,540

7,840

9,800

9,500

9,640

14,200

10,700

6,860

4,300

3,160

3,060

3,000

2,620

2,550

2,550

4,390

11,500

15.000

*14,400

12,600

9,400

5,910

4,230

5,580

9,540

9,560

6,510

4,940

214,100

7,583

5.01

5.40

Mar.

3,980

*3,390

4,290

6,580

6,090

4,830

3,850

5,540

9,820

9 , 540

5,870

4,180

4,800

7,010

12,200

11,000

8,280

6,590

5,440

5,020

4,530

5,800

5,280

2,950

2,710

2,640

2,530

2 , 540

3,160

5,650

5,550

167,420

5,401

3.66

4.22

Apr.

4,240

*3,460

5,550

4,850

4,950

4,700

7,600

7,790

5,700

4,300

4,060

5,720

6,590

5,330

6,500

25,600

*29.500

16,600

8,490

5,840

4,440

3,600

3,020

2,620

2,320

2,070

1,880

1,730

1,580

1,480

190,050

6,555

4.50

4.80

May

1,480

1,850

2,750

7,260

7,640

4,860

*5,520

2,840

2,360

2,020

1,770

1,570

1,450

1,550

1,520

1,640

2,090

2,020

1,670

1,450

1,260

1,220

1,090

1,010

921

849

810

864

905

1,150

1,050

65,939

2,065

1.40

1.61

June

*961

1,860

2,480

1,810

1,390

1,130

961

841

750

690

640

591

555

502

584

485

446

452

528

682

626

605

1,020

1,000

1,170

889

682

556

476

422

25,762

859

0.585

0.65

July

594

*386

446

577

528

584

549

563

563

626

577

591

556

735

1,850

4,420

2,550

1,880

1,650

1,570

1,670

1,670

1,160

985

913

857

,060

,740

,950

,970 

,500

56,852

1,189

0.807

0.95

Aug.

1,450

1,200

1,590

1,010

758

633

*556

490

440

404

577

588

577

572

545

520

292

287

278

577

728

929

929

818

655

485

599

366

360

320

310

18,019

581

0.394

0.45

Sept.

315

522

464

*577

540

594

818

961

818

654

522

454

377

355

505

282

274

278

278

500

296

269

252

260

248

236

248

282

472

1,260

12,871

429

0.291

0.32

Calendar year 1955: Max 27,600 Min 113 Mean 1,983 rfsm 1.35 In. 18.25

Water year 1955-56: Max 29,500 Min 141 Mean 2,152 Cfsm 1.46 In. 19.86

Peak discharge (base 14,000 cfs) .--Feb. 7 (1 P.m.) 15,000 cfs (10.15 ft); Feb. 20 (l a.m.) 15,200 

(10.22 ft); Apr. 16 (11:30 3,100 cfs (16.34 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on thi 

Note.--Discharge for Nov. 18-21, Nov. 29 to Dec. 19, Aug. 17-21, 

of Tennessee Valley Authority radio gage located in same well.

2omputed from bihourly readings
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 149

Powell River at Big Stone Gap, Va.

Location. Lat 36°52'08", long 82°46'32", on right bank 10 ft upstream from bridge on 

U. S. Highway 23 at Big Stone Gap, Wise County, 1 mile upstream from South Pork Powell 

River and 2.5 miles downstream from Pigeon Creek.

Drainage area. 112 sq mi.

Records available. October 1944 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,459.07 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Apr. 27, 1948, staff gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge. 11 years (1945-56), 206 cfs .

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 7,800 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 7.95 ft); minimum, 

8.0 cfs Oct. 6 (gage height, 0.64 ft).

1944-56: Maximum discharge, 16,500 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 9.8 ft, from floodmark); minimum, 4.0 cfs Sept. 16, 17, 19, 1955.

Revisions.--The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

1143 

1173 

1206 

1236 

1276 

1386

Water 

year

1949 

1950 

1951 

1952 

1953 

1955

Date

Mar. 

Jan. 

Dec. 

Dec. 

Feb. 

Mar.

18, 1949 

30, 1950 

7, 1950 

15, 1951 

21, 1953 

16, 1955

Discharge 

(cfs)

4,800 

4,960 

4,800 

5,920 

6,000 

5,360

Gage height 

(feet)

6.25 

6.36 

6.27 

6.97 

7.04 

6.62

Remarks. Records good except those for period of ice effect or no gage-height record,

which are fair. 

Revisions. WSP 1053: Drainage area. The figures of peak discharge for the water years

1950 and 1955 have been revised as shown below, superseding those published in WSP 1173

and 1386.

Revised peak discharge . 1949-50: Jan. 30 (5:30 p.m.) 4,960 cfs; Feb. 2 (4:30 a.m.) 

4,560 cfs.

1954-55: Mar. 6 (3 p.m.) 4,400 cfs (6.01 ft); Mar. 16 (1:30 p.m.) 5,360 cfs 

(6.62 ft); Mar. 22 (5:30 a.m.) 4,720 cfs (6.20 ft).

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

26

15

13

 11

11

9.0

34

158

43

26

20

15

19

22

16

18

16

15

20

16

14

12

11

12

12

11

11

11

12

12

12

653.0

21.1

0.188

0.22

Nov.

11 *11

13

12

11

12

13

15

14

16

19

18

16

20

20

26

36

30

70

67

48

36

35

32

30

27

26

26

20 

19

749

25.0

0.223

0.25

Dec.

16

22

25

99

132

*88

70

61

62

55

47

39

32

32

32

29

29

39

46

43

43

42

43

43

43

43

40

34

35

38

38

1,440

46.5

0.415

0.48

Jan.

32

30

31

 27

24

24

27

26

24

b24

b23

b22

b22

b21

b20

b21

b2I

19

34

40

39

32

38

36

35

35

31

29

501

1,500 

661

3,249

105

0.938

1.08

Feb.

322

390

,430

,300

,040

* ,390

,520

717

435

322

286

230

200

196

230

254

801

2,850

1,300

1,160

878

564

402

671

2,100

1,480

801

633

475

24,357

840

7.50

8.09

Mar.

390

552

731

1,000

703

*485

510

2,150

1,120

654

475

398

465

1,980

1,250

780

584

534

500

445

382

346

310

362

398

362

310

282

696

689

455

20,298

655

5.85

6.74

Apr.

342

302

*258

354

370

1,200

1,340

738

500

390

390

415

382

342

2,860

5,560

1 , 250

780

540

420

546

294

262

238

189

170

157

144

142

157

18,632

621

5.54

6.18

May

178

200

807

724

430

322

262

206

*172

152

136

126

116

114

124

124

112

104

96

88

81

77

72

70

j64

64

66

90

79

69

69

5,394

174

1.55

1.79

June

199

154

116

94

 81

72

64

58

56

51

47

42

40

38

38

36

46

44

44

42

73

121

77

66

51

48

42

36

36

31

1,945

64.8

0.579

0.65

July

31

31

31

36

32

32

45

96

79

 62

46

39

62

282

162

142

511

254

132

200

238

144

104

102

112

110

92

112

330

290

172

4,110

133

1.19

1.37

Aug.

124

*100

84

72

66

60

52

49

a45

a40

a38

a40

a32

a31

a30

a28

a26

a26

a35

a90

a!80

allO

a70

a56

a44

a36

a33

a30

a29

a28

a28

1,712

55.2

0.493

0.57

Sept.

a50

a35

a40

a35

*a27

54

129

79

58

46

39

35

32

30

32

29

32

42

31

27

26

24

26

55

39

31

34

32

26

24

1,179

39.3

0.351

0.39

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,930 Min 5.0 Mean 192 Cfsm 1.71 In. 23.23

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,360 Min 9.0 Mean 229 Cfsm 2.04 In. 27.81

Peak discharge (base. 1,600 efs).--Feb. 3 (5 to 7 p.m.) 1,740 cfs (3.97 ft); Feb. 6 (9 to 10 p.m.) 

2,420 cfs (4.54 ft); Feb. 18 (10 a.m.) 4,260 cfs (5.88 ft); Feb. 25 (4 to 5 p.m.) 3,17O cfs (5.11 

ft); Mar. 8 (1O a.m.) 3,070 cfs (5.04 ft); Mar. 14 (1:30 p.m.) 3,210 cfs (5.14 ft); Apr. 6 (7 p.m.) 

2,610 cfs (4.69 ft); Apr. 15 (9 p.m.) 7,800 cfs (7.95 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records 

and records for Powell River near Jonesville and Guest River at Coeburn.

b Stage-discharge relation affected by ice.
150 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Powell River near Jonesville, Va.

Location. Lat 36°39'43" , long 83°05'42", on right bank 35 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 2 miles southeast of Jonesville, Lee County, and 10 miles upstream from Wallen 

Creek.

Drainage area.--319 sq ml.

Records available. November 1931 to September 1956.

Gage_. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 1,259.08 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 24 years (1932-56), 504 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,800 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 23.53 ft); minimum, 29 cfs Oct. 25; minimum gage height, 0.98 ft Oct. 7, 25.

1931-56: Maximum discharge, 30,000 cfs (revised) Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 30.8 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 20,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; minimum, 17 cfs 

Sept. 19, 20, 1954.

Revisions.--Figures of maximum discharge for the water years 1946 and 1948 have been 

revised to 30,000 cfs Jan. 8, 1946 (gage height, 30.8 ft), and 20,600 cfs Feb. 14, 1948 

(gage height, 25.85 ft), superseding those published in WSP 1053 and 1113, respectively.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSF 823: Drainage area. WSP 1033: 1932-44.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

3.0

103

184

540

4.0

6.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

1,040

2,220

4,820

8,170

12,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

60

64

51

39

*35

33

42

295

227

103

69

51

45

44

44

45

40

39

39

37

37

36

34

32

31

30

30

30

30

30

30

1,752

56.5

0.177

0.30

Nov.

30

*30

31

31

31

31

31

31

31

33

37

37

37

40

64

70

97

105

208

526

187

124

96

91

88

82

78

71

64

58

2,270

75.7

0.237

0.26

Dec.

51

47

52

470

1,040

*452

298

209

172

166

139

112

96

92

92

87

77

81

108

120

117

110

108

106

103

102

96

88

81

D1

5,033

162

0.508

0.59

Jan.

77

71

75

*75

70

64

64

61

56

53

52

52

50

50

49

52

54

53

52

65

80

77

75

85

85

84

80

71

421

5,720

2,610

8,583

277

0.868

1.00

Feb.

1,090

980

3,320

3,780

3,390

3,580

5,860

2,220

1,230

842

670

602

520

484

602

648

1,780

6,640

4,360

3,980

2,540

1,500

1,040

925

3,390

4,500

1,980

1,500

1,120

65,073

2,244

7.03

7.58

Mar.

898

1,140

1,800

2,740

1,920

*1,290

1,140

3,780

3,520

1,680

1,170

925

1,120

5,840

3,840

1,980

1,500

1,290

1,200

1,090

870

740

648

648

692

648

602

560

2,100

1 , 980 

1,290

48,641

1,569

4.92

5.67

Apr.

952

740

*693

945

1,290

1,980

3,980

1,920

1,260

980

870

1,040

870

740

4,430

10 , 600

3,200

1,800

1,260

1,040

765

648

560

492

440

402

374

350

326

512

45,258

1,509

4.73

5.28

May

340

371

1,100

2,220

1,260

842

648

540

*456

402

364

326

298

273

270

312

290

248

228

198

182

166

155

151

145

133

128

135

266

287

215

12,949

418

1.31

1.51

June

537

765

488

360

*284

228

190

164

147

137

124

112

103

100

137

103

141

155

120

128

124

310

354

235

179

139

120

105

93

85

6,266

209

0.655

0.73

July

81

81

103

88

106

106

100

108

315

*206

149

115

102

1,250

925

1,170

1,010

925

540

410

1,120

602

413

354

496

420

364

287

608

715

488

13,757

444

1.39

1.60

Aug.

350

*266

212

172

143

124

108

96

87

80

77

81

75

77

73

66

61

57

157

420

392

298

187

139

112

96

84

80

77

75

73

4,395

142

0.445

0.51

Sept.

75

112

105

91

*74

85

219

290

162

120

97

85

74

69

64

60

60

57

68

65

54

52

49

52

66

71

61

62

69

62

2,630

87.7

0.275

0.31

Calendar year 1955; Max 7,890 Mln 19 Mean 485 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.64

Water ,ter year year 1955-56; 1955-56; Max Max 10,600 10.600 Mln Hln 30 50 Mean Mean 592 592 Cfsm Cfsm 1.86 1.86 In. In. 25.24 25.24__________

Peak discharge (base, 5,000 cfs).--Feb. 7 (3:30 to 4:30 a.m.) 7,330 cfs (13.84 ft); Feb. 18 

I p.m.) 8,170 cfs (14.99 ft)} Feb. 26 (3 a.m.) 6,120 cfs (11.98 ft): Mar. 8 (8 to 9 p.m.) 5,920 cfs 

.1.67 ft); Mar. 14 (9:30 p.m.) 6,440 cfs (12.48 ft); Apr. 7 (3 a.m.) 5,080 cfs (10.45 ft); Apr. 16 

i a.m.) 15,800 cfs (23.53 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Powell River near Arthur, Term.

151

Location. Lat 36 "32 "30", long 83°37'49", on left bank 500 ft (revised) upstream from 

bridge on U. S. Highway 25E, 2.3 miles east of Arthur, Clairborne County, and 2.4 miles 

downstream from Indian Creek.

Drainage area.--685 sq mi.

Records available. October 1919 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. Gageheight records collected at same site December 1892 to August 1920 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage.- -Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,045.84 above mean sea level (Tennessee 

River Survey datum). Prior to July 22, 1927, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 37 years, 1,137 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year. 18,500 cfs Apr. 17 (gage height, 18.96 ft); minimum, 84 cfs Oct. 27, 28, 31, Nov. 2 (gage height, 0.20 ft).

1919-56: Maximum discharge, 33,000 cfs Jan. 9, 1946 (gage height, 27.15 ft, from 

floodmark) , from rating curve extended above 23,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, 47 cfs Jan. 6, 1940, result of freezeup; minimum gage 

height, -0.12 ft Oct. 28, 29, 1948; .minimum daily discharge, 60 cfs'Sept. 23, 1955. 

Maximum stage known, 27.2 ft Jan. 29, 1918 (discharge, 33,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years) . WSP 1336: 1920, 1921(M), 1923.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Sept. 15 Sept. 15 to sept. 30

O.Z 

.5 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

145

280

505

800

4.0

7.0

11.0

15.0

17.5

2,200

4,800

8,600

13,000

16,400

0.2 

.4

120

175

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septembe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

170

138

*129

116

112

loo

102

148

234

591

259

182

152

136

122

116

110 

110

108

102

98

98

95

100

93

89

86

86

89

88

86

4,045

130

0.190

0.22

Nov.

*88

84

88

88

88

89

89

91

89

98

106

106

102

108

138

190

226 

235

327

456

456

386

312

301

265

244

229

210

190

170

5,649

188

0.274

0.31

Dec.

*158

152

155

1,210

2,260

1,900

960

632

549

483

425

360

312

277

253

238

226 

232

271

319

312

294

274

259

250

238

229

220

208

205

200

14,061

454

O.663

0.76

Jan.

192

188

*185

178

175

175

170

155

152

150

145

140

143

145

140

140

134 

131

145

162

160

165

190

220

235

244

241

241

1,110

4,600

6,620

17,171

554

0.809

0.93

Feb.

*4,580

2,900

5,230

7,530

7,660

6,980

8,240

9,120

4,640

2,730

2,060

1,720

1,480

1,270

1.220

1,340

2,560 

8,460

11,200

*9,260

7,440

5,070

3,290

2,490

3,290

5,860

6,640

3,930

-3,530

-------

141,720

4,887

7.13

7.69

Mar.

2,130

*l,84o

2,510

4,850

5,070

3,780

3,010

5,670

7,600

6,110

3,650

2,600

2,470

4,560

7,140

7,020

4,450 

3,450

2,870

2,440

2,060

1,770

1,550

1,460

1,360

1,360

1,270

1.180

1,540

3,570

3,500

103,840

3,350

4.89

5.64

Apr.

2,380

*1,800

1,780

2,230

2,920

3,830

5,440

6,330

3,940

2,720

2,180

2,060

2,060

1,810

2,920

10,200

*16.400 

7,380

4,140

2,900

2,190

1,780

1,530

1,330

1,160

1,020

920

860

794

740

97,744

3,258

4.76

5.31

May

740

788

1,680

3,200

5,590

2,290

*1,710

1,380

1,140

956

848

764

698

644

632

662

650 

584

516

483

450

420

400

391

368

351

335

347

391

415

A Q-x

%OO

28,306

913

1.33

1.54

June

*510

620

1,120

764

578

472

405

360

327

308

290

274

259

247

244

274

290 

250

290

435

304

428

840

782

596

425

339

287

265

244

12,827

428

0.625

0.70

July

226

*215

238

215

232

218

226

229

235

265

343

277

259

271

982

1,820

2.900 

1,690

1,380

842

638

1,210

860

650

662

674

728

584

466

538

836

20,909

674

0.984

1.14

Aug.

'602" 716

505

405

335

290

*265

244

226

212

202

192

185

195

200

198

182

170

Tf5

272

549

572

430

323

262

229

208

195

195

185

175

9,094

293

0.428

0.49

Sept.

170

188

190

*220

205

241

262

259

343

308

247

215

195

182

176

166

154 

145

142

138

135

151

138

140

140

140

140

175

166

154

5,625

188

0.274

0.31

Calendar year 1955: Max 13,100 Mln 6O Mean 1,038 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.56

Water year 1955-56= Max 16,400 Mln 84 Mean 1,250 Cfsm 1.34 In. 25.04

Peak discharge (base. 9,000 efs). Feb. 8 (5 a.m.) 10,4OO cfs (12.71 ft); Feb. 19 (7 p.m.) 11,700 

cfs (13.90 ft); Apr. 17 (10 a.m.) 18,500 cfs (18.96 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
152 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Clinch River below Norris Dam, Term.

Location. Lat 36"12'56", long 84"04'56", 0.5 mile upstream from Clear Creek, 1.0 mile 

downstream from Morris Dam, 1.5 miles north of Norris, Anderson County, and at 

mile 78.8.

Drainage area. 2,913 sq mi.

Records available.-^October 1918 to September 1927 (published as "at Clinton"), May 1927 

to September 1937 (published as "near Coal Creek ), and April 1936 to September 1956 

in reports of Geological Survey. October 1903 to September 1924 (published as "at 

Clinton ), in Bulletin 34 of Tennessee Division of Geology. Gage-height records collected in vicinity of Clinton from 1884 to 1943 are contained In reports of U. S. 

Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder at present site and datum since Jan. 28, 1937. Datum of gage 

is 819.11 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Oct. 1, 1903, to June 30, 1920, staff gage at railroad bridge 19.6 miles downstream at 

datum 42.49 ft lower. July 1, 1920, to Sept. 30, 1927, chain gage at highway bridge 

19.8 miles downstream (1,000 ft downstream from previous site) at datum 42.59 ft lower. 

May 27 to Sept. 8, 1927, staff gage and Sept. 9, 1927, to Sept. 30, 1935, water-stage 

recorder, at site 2.9 miles downstream at datum 10.50 ft lower. Oct. 1, 1935, to 

Sept. 30, 1937, water-stage recorder at site 2.9 miles downstream at datum 13.50 ft 

lower. Apr. 16, 1936, to Jan. 27, 1937, staff gage at present site and datum.

Average discharge. 53 years, 4,320 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,200 cfs Mar. 15 (gage height, 8.43 ft); minimum, 28 cfs Oct. 1-3; minimum gage height, 1.17 ft Jan. 26, 27; minimum daily discharge, 28 cfs Oct. 2

1903-56: Maximum discharge, 87,000 cfs Mar. 5, 1917 (gage height, S8-.5 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended 

above 62,000 cfs; minimum, 1.3 cfs May 17, 18, 20, 24-26, May 29 to June 5, 1936 (gage 

height, 0.62 ft); minimum daily, 1.3 cfs May 17, 18, 24-26, May 29 to June 4, 1936.

Flood of Mar. 31, 1886, reached a stage of 45 ft (discharge, 113,000 cfs) at 

Clinton.

Remarks. Records good. Flow completely regulated by Norris Lake (see p. 228).

Revisions (water years). WSP 1336: 1917-18, 1928.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 1-19)

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4 

1.6

30

50

95

160

360

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.4

880

1,640

2,520

4,580

9,900

17,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

 total

Mean

Oct.

29

28

4,330

*6,180

6,180

6,180

5,800

6,150

6,180

6,350

6,430

6,460

6,510

6,460

6,510

6,250

6,200

6,250

6,000

6,460

6,510

6,510

5,650

5,910

6,300

6,350

6,380

6,410

6,460

6,460

6,510

180,387

5.819

Nov.

6,560

6,670

*6,740

6,900

6,900

6,820

6,820

6,800

6,720

6,800

6,640

6,610

4,820

4,990

5,090

3,880

5,260

5,530

5,660

6,080

2,820

2,140

2,050

1,460

1,570

1,490

65

2,380

2,980

4,540

143,785

4,793

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

4,630

2,070

65

201

457

61

61

61

710

3,700

2,560

5,840

4,040

3,740

*4,620

5,730

4,980

3,980

2,800

2,750

2,910

2,380

2,940

60

50

2,920

3,630

71

225

1,490

3,160

72,892

2,351

Jan.

3,420

3,460

3,570

5,440

*5,880

4,280

4,040

5,580

5,460

5,440

5.940

5,270-

5,250

6,160

5,060

3,670

4,790

4,400

3,480

3,470

1,000

554

2,030

1,550

434

42

42

45

48

53

116

98,974

3,193

Feb.

50

57

61

65

61

65

61

73

61

61

61

61

61

61

110

65

74

79

74

69

110

246

79

84

89

89

487

2,150

1,890-

 

6,554

226

Mar.

1,690

939

2,220

2,080

6,400

*8,020

8,100

7,960

7,990

10,400

12,600

* 12, 600

12,800

14,000

16,800

16,800

16,900

14,600

10,900

8,680

8,450

6,720

6,010

6,340

6,590

6,250

3,380

2,600

5,680

5,900

5 920

256,259

8,266

Apr.

5,900

5,440

*5,800

4,450

1,910

95

89

84

2,700

5,130

2,260

3,080

5,10O

3,200

1,080

95

89

84

1,760

1,650

294

4,300

*5,970

5,680

5,500

5,970

5,300

5,070

4,640

4,130

 -

96,850

3,228

May

3,960

3,310

2,580

2,790

302

108

2,380

2,630

1,570

*114

102

2,'ETo

2,820

6,180

6,300

6,280

6,300

6,330

5,260

4,470

6,350

6,380

6,330

3,340

3,380

3,400

3,400

6,300

5,580

5,250

5,100

120,806

3,897

June

*4,740

4,890

4,700

5,520

6,110

5,240

5,200

5,090

5,170

1,940

4,750

4,000

3,760

4,060

4,050

4,460

3,560

4,790

5,640

4,940

6,260

3,910

2,820

2,760

2,940

2,830

2,470

2,420

4,400

4,370

 _

127,790

4,260

July

4,130

4,870

4,830

2,200

4,800

*4,820

4,840

3,560

4,870

3,760

3,280

2,720

3,700

3,900

3,710

5,200

5,150

5,950

3,260

3,200

4,600

4,480

5,440

5,370

4,920

5,300

5,320

5,330

5,050

5,440

5,320

139,300

4,494

Aug.

5,270

5,500

6,680

5,560

5,920

5,920

6,020

6,170

6,210

6,480

5,960

5,340

6,170

*7,090

6,190

6,070

6,030

6,020

5,520

4,740

5,380

5,440

5,890

6,230

6,060

4,870

4,740

5,480

5,530

5,960

5,570

180,010

5,807

Sept.

3,840

4,810

5,490

6,380

6,560

6,410

5,950

4,800

4,680

5,580

5,390

*5,680

6,410

6,380

6,220

3,930

5,300

5,370

5,760

5,420

5,520

5,430

4,260

5,960

6,070

6,250

6,220

6,220

6,220

6,020

*

168,530

5,618

Observed Adjustedt

Max 18,900 Min 28 Mean 4,257 Mean 3,922 Cfsm 1.35 In. 18.27

Wax 16,900 Min 28 Mean 4,350 Mean 4,592 Cfsm 1.58 In. 21.46

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change in contents in Norris Lake.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 153

Clinch River near Scarboro, Term.

Location. Lat 35°56'45", long 84°13'17", on right bank 0.6 mile downstream from Beaver 

Creek, 2j miles south of Scarboro, Anderson County, 4f miles downstream from Solway 

Bridge, and 17 miles west of Knoxville.

Drainage area. 3.300 sq mi.

Records available.--September 1936 to September 1956. Published as "near Wheat" September 1936 to January 1941.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 753.35 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Feb. 1, 1941, at site 24.5 miles 

downstream at datum 35.99 ft lower.

Average discharge. 20 years, 4,502'cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 20,800 cfs Mar. 16 (gage height, 11.91 ft); minimum, 175 cfs Oct. 3 (gage height, 1.10 ft); minimum daily, 314 cfs Jan. 28.

1936-56: Maximum discharge, 42,900 cfs Feb. 9, 1937 (gage height, 23.45 ft, site 

and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 27,000 cfs; minimum, 111 cfs 

Oct. 27, 28, 1947; minimum daily, 131 cfs Jan. 23, 1941.

Remarks. Records good. Flow regulated by Norris Lake, 41 miles upstream (see p. 228). 

The town of Oak Ridge diverts an average of about 25 cfs for municipal supply, 2| miles 

above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1386: 1937.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.3

1.5 

2.0 

3.0

314

501

1,160

2,990

5.0

9.0

12.0

6,990

15,000

21,000

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

 total

Mean

Oct.

3,650

366

*479

6,350

6,390

6,410

6,570

6,430

6,650

6,590

6,590

6,650

6,710

6,710

6.730

6,590

6,370

6,370

6,350

6,170

6,490 

6,530

5,870

5,730

6,170

6,190

6,230

6,270

6,370

6,370 

6,390

183,735

5,927

Nov.

*6,450

6,570

6,650

6,790

6.910

6,830

6,790

6,770

6,710

6,730

6,710

6,590

5,010

4,990

5,150

5,070

4,250

5,630

5,790

5,450

4,430 

2,390

2,750

2,830

1,940

1,940

1,550

391

2,590

4,150

146,801

4,893

Calendar year 1955 :

Water year 1955-56 :

Dec.

*4,650

3,510

2,160

2,640

3,990

1,950

844

604

501

2,OOO

3,550

4,290

5,090

3,980

4,330

6,010

5.Z30

4,370

4,130

3,010

2,930 

3,100

2,650

2,810

426

474

2,960

3,360

386

323

1/920

88,178

2,844

Jan.

3,950

2,940

*3,570

4,930

5,910

4,650

4,120

5,530

5,550

5,470

5,450

5.930

5,310

5,250

5,070

3,990

4,830

4,570

3,610

3,630

3,310 

1,090

764

2,230

1,820

780

341

314

1,710

5,390 

3,810

115,819

3,736

Feb.

*1,930

2,050

6,010

6,210

4,910

4,170

4,650

2,760

1,890

1,440

1,320

1,400

1,140

954

857

844

1,800

6.790

4,930

3,370

2,610 

1,960

1,600

1,300

1,890

2,530

1,780

2,370

2,560

_______

78,025

2,691

Mar.

*2,550

2,530

2.220

4,310

4,990

8,970

9,210

11,600

11,000

10,300

13,800

* 14, 100

14,300

15,900

19,800

*20,500

2O,200

19,000

14,600

10,200

*9,570 

8,430

7,070

6,250

7,330

7,050

5,390

3,230

4,910

6,710 

6,490

302,510

9,758

Apr.

6,410

*6,190

7,050

10,600

8,350

4,050

4,830

2,740

2,360

4,810

5,110

4,350

4,870

5,290

5,660

1O.700

5,350

2,690

1,870

3,350

2,300 

1,170

6,150

6,370

5,910

6,350

5,370

5,650

5,070

5,030

156,600

5,220

May

*4,040

4,010

4,290

3,610

3,040

886

2,340

1,990

2,970

1,910

547

575

2,700

4,690

6.570

6,550

6,490

6,470

5,750

5,110

5,630 

6,470

6,530

4,990

3,510

3,490

3,490

4,870

5,750

5,310 

5,350

129,928

4,191

June

*5,250

4,850

4,630

5,110

5,790

5,730

5,130

5,010

5,130

3,770

3,300

4,570

3,550

4,270

4,090

4,350

4,050

4,130

4,830

5,310

5.970 

4,480

3,780

3,050

2,780

3,280

2,860

2.420

3,100

4,390

128,960

4,299

July

4,250

*4,290

4,750

4,220

2,850

4,890

4,870

4,670

4,070

4,690

3,750

3,220

2.730

3,870

3,870

4,750

5,330

5,530

4,810

2,990

3,640 

4,990

4,510

5.950

4,870

5,070

5,050

5,050

4,970

5,050 

5,050

138,600

4,471

Aug.

*5,030

5,150

5,730

5,970

5,S30

5,790

5,530

5,850

6,030

6,450

5,850

5,410

5,670

6,730

6,250

5,870

5,910

5,750

5,350

5,850

4.430 

5,930

5,050

6,190

5,910

5,130

4,570

5,390

5,350

5,810 

5,490

175,150

5,650

Sept.

5.710

5,090

4,630

*5,930

6,250

6.750

6,050

5,970

4,030

4,540

5,130

5,390

6,150

6,230

6,010

4,630

4,350

4,830

5,510

5,150

5,210

5,150

4,390

5,530

5,810

5,990

6,010

6,010

6,030

5,850

L62,300

5,410

Observed Adjustedt

lax 24,500 Mln 218 Mean 4,746 Mean 4,411 Cfsm 1.34 In. 18.14

lax 20,500 Mln 314 Mean 4,936 Mean 5,178 Cfsm 1.57 In. 21.36

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Adjusted for change in contents in Morris
154 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Whiteoak Creek below Oak Ridge National Laboratory, near Oak Ridge, Term.

Location. Lat 35°54'44", long 84°18'59", on right bank 0.1 mile upstream from Melton

Branch, 1 mile south of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Roane County, and 7 miles south

of Oak Ridge, Term. 

Drainage area. 3.62 sq mi.

Records available.--June 1950 to July 1953, July 1955 to September 1956. 

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 750.37 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Extremes. 1955: Maximum discharge during period July to September, 149 cfs July 25 (gage

height, 4.07 ft); minimum, 3.2 cfs July 23, 24 (gage height, 0.69 ft).

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 321 cfs Apr. 4 (gage height 4 70 ft)-

minimum, 3.4 cfs Jan. 22 (gage height, 0.68 ft).

1950-53, 1955-56: Maximum discharge recorded, 642 cfs Aug. 30, 1950 (gage height,

5.18 ft), from rating curve extended above 230 cfs, but may have been higher Aus 2

1950; minimum, 1.9 cfs Oct. 2, 1950; minimum gage height, 0.64 ft July 2, 9-11, 195(5

Oct. 28, Nov. 4, 1952. 

Remarks.--Records good. Natural flow of stream affected by operations of Oak Ridge

National Laboratory.

Rating table, July 15, 1955, to Sept. 30, 1956 (gage height, In feet,

and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Sept. 28-30, Dec. 4-18, 1955, 

Jan. 29 to Feb. 2, Apr. 2 to June 18, 1956)

0.7 

1.0 

2.0

3.8

9.8

30

3.0 

4.0

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Mean

July

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

-

Aug.

*5.6

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

Sept.

*5.0

4.8

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.6

4.6

Day

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

July

_

-

_

_

-

-

3.8

3.6

Aug.

5.2

5.4

5.4

5.2

4.6

4.6

*5.2

5.0

Sept.

4.6

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.2

4.4

4.6

4.6

Day

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

July

3.6

3.8

4.2

4.2

7.8

4.4

3.8

14

Aug.

5.2

5.0

5.0

4.6

5.2

5.4

5.2

5.4

Sept.

4.4

4.8

5.4

5.0

5.4

5.2

5.4

6.4

Day

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

July

7 2

5 8

6 0

9 2

6 2

5 6

5 4

_

-

Aug.

5 0

5 2

4 6

4 6

4 8

5 2

4 8

157.8

5.09

Sept.

6.0

*6.0

5.4

8.7

7.6

*14

161.1

5.37

Peak discharge (base, 280 efs). No peak above base. 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

4.6

4.4 *4.4

4.2

4.4

4.4

9.0

5.4

4.2

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.6

4.2

3.8

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.6

4.8

4.6

4.8

4.8

5.2

5.2

4.6 

4.6

144.4

4.66

-

-

Nov.

*4.6

4.8

5.0

4.0

3.J)

3.8

4.2

4.2

4.2

5.2

4.4

3.8

4.0

5.8

4.6

7.6

4.8

4.2

8.6

4.4

4.4

4.4

16

5.8

6.0

5.0

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.4

155.6

5.19

-

-

Dec.

*4.4

5.4

5.2

45

*13

9.4

8.6

7.8

7.4

6.8

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.4

6.4

8.3

5.2

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.6

4*1

4.4

4.4

4.6 

4.6

4.2

227-3

7.33

-

-

Jan.

4.0

4.2

*4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

3.8

3.8

4.0

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.8

4.2

4.0

4.0

5.0

4.2

3.8

3.8

5.6

7.4

7.2

6.4

6.0

8.6

43

*45 

19

238 .-6

7.70

-

-

Feb.

*16

41

93

53

31

56

28

19

17

14

17

14

13

12

13

13

43

*49

25

*30

*18

13

11

14

17

12

12

10

8.8

712.8

24.6

-

-

Calendar year 1955; Max - Min -

Mar.

*8.0

9.4

10

8.8

8.8

8.8

19

51

21

15

13

13

14

39

37

*54

26

18

13

11

9.6

*9.2

8.8

8.2

7.2

7.2

7.0

6.8

7.4

6.2

 2^-2

481.2

15.5

-

-

Apr.

5.8

*19

9.2

69

23

52

28

16

11

9.6

15

9.8

8.8

8.2

75

52

25

16

12

10

8.8

8.4

8.2

7.6

7.4

7.0

6.8

6.4

6.0

5.8

546.8

18.2

-

-

Mean

May

*5.6

6.8

18

9.2

7.6

9.4

8.4

7.4

6.8

6.6

6.2

6.0

6.2

6.4

5.2

4.0

4.2

4.2

4.2

4.0

4.2

4.6

5.0

4.2

5.8

3.8

3.8

4.4

4.0

3. 8 

4.6

182.6

5.89

-

-

June

*6.7

4^9

4.8

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.0

5.4

4.8

4.8

5.0

5.4

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.4

*5.1

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.4

6.0

4.8

5.0

4.4

4.4

4.8

5.2

4.8

155.2

5.17

-

-

Cfsm

July

4.6

*4. 4

ITTo"

5.4

5.0

13

6.8

6.6

10

6.2

6.0

5.8

6.8

8.4

6.8

6.6

6.2

6.0

6.2

7.6

6.0

6.0

6.4

7.3

6.6

6.0

6.2

6.0

5.8 

6.0

5. 8

201.5

6.50

-

-

In.

Aug.

*6.2

7.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.4

5.4

6.0

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.8

5.6

5.0

5.2

5.6

5.4

5.4

5.0

6.0

6.6

5.6

5.8

178.8

5.77

-

-

Sept.

9.3

5.6

4.6

*5.2

5.4

9.8

5.6

4.8

4.6

4.8

5.2

5.2

5.4

5.4

5.0

5.0

5.2

4.8

4.8

5.0

4.8

4.6

5.8

5.4

5.2

5.0

5.0

5.0

4.8 

5.0

161.3

5.38

-

-

Water year 1955-56: Max 93 Min 3.8 Mean 9.25 Cfsm - In. -

Peak discharge (base. 280 efs).--Apr. 4 (5 a.m.) 321 cfs (4.70 ft). 

 * Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 155

Melton Branch near Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Location.--Lat 35°54'38", long 84 0 18'54", on right bank 0.1 mile above mouth, 1 mile south

of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Roane County, and 7 miles south of Oak Ridge, Anderson County.

Drainage area.--1.48 sq mi.

Records available. August 1955 to September 1956. 

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 751.90 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Extremes. 1955: Maximum discharge during period August to September, 3.0 cfs Sept. 30

(gage height, 1.24 ft); no flow Aug. 24-29, Aug. 31 to Sept. 6, Sept. 8-19, 21-27. 

1955-56: Maximum discharge during water year, 98 cfs Feb. 3, Apr. 4; maximum gage

height, 4.11 ft Apr. 4; no flow for many days during October and November. 

Remarks. Records good. Natural flow affected by operations of Oak Ridge National

Laboratory.

Rating tables, Aug. 23, 1955, to Sept. 3O, 1956 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Aug. 23, 1955, to Feb. 3, 1956

0.5 

.7 

.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

0 

.1 

.2 

.4 

.8

2.0

1.4

1.5

1.6 

1.8 

2.1 

2.7

7.8

12

16

21

28

46

Feb. 3 to Sept. 30, 1956

1.5 

1.7 

2.1

Note. Same as preceding table below 1.5

ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Mean

Aug.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1.....

Sept.

*0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

0

Day

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Aug.

_

_

-

-

_

-

-

-

Sept.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Day

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Aug.

.

_

-

-

_

-

0.1

0

Sept.

O

0

0

.2

0

0

0

0

Day

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Aug.

0

0

0

0

*0

.1

0

-

Sept.

O

0

0

.1

.1

*.7

-

0.04

Peak discharge (base. 86 efs).--No peak above base.

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsra

In.

Oct.

0.1

0

*0

0

0

0

71

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

0

0

0.7

0.02

-

-

Nov.

*0~S

0

O

0

0

0

0

0

.1

.1

0

0

.1

.1

.2

.1.1

.3

.1

.1

0

1.5

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.1

.1

4.4

0.15

-

-

Dec.

*0.1 "73

.2

16

*2.6

1.1

.8

.6

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.6

.7

.4

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

27.6

0.89

-

-

Jan.

0.1

*'.! 1 1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.2

.4

.8

1.0

1.2

1.1

1.5

29

*25

5.5

68.1

2.20

-

-

Feb.

*4.0

19

46

19

8.6

23

7.5

3.5

2.8

1.8

3.1

2.2

2.0

1.8

1.4

1.4

21

*21

6.2

*8.3

*4.5

2.8

2.0

3.1

5.7

4.2

3.5

2.8

1.8

234.0

8.07

-

-

Mar.

*1.8

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.5

4.1

27

5.5

3.0

2.0

1.8

2.8

17

15

*24

7.9

4.5

2.8

1.9

1.7

*1.5

1.4

1.3

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

1.5

1.0

. 8

143.8

4.64

-

-

Apr.

0.8

*7.5

4.8

29

5.8

22

7.6

3.8

2.2

1.8

4.1

3.0

2.0

1.7

31

17

6.8

4.0

2.5

1.8

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.1

1.0

.8

.8

.7

.5

.7

168.7

5.62

-

-

May

*0.6

1.0

8.1

3.2

1.7

2.2

2.8

1.7

1.2

1.0

.8

.6

.4

.4

.4

.3

.3

.2

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

29.2

0.94

-

-

June

*0.4

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.1

.1

.2

.2

.1

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.2

.1

.2

.1

.1

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

4.5

0.15

-

-

July

0.1

*.l

.2

.2

.1

.9

.1

.1

.4

.2

.1

.2

.2

.4

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

5.4

0.17

-

-

Aug.

*0.1

.1

.1

.3

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.2

3.7

0.12

-

-

Sept.

0.2

.1

.1

*.l

.1

.5

.2

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

.2

.1

.2

.1

.1

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1

4.0

0.13

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max - Mln - Mean - Cfsm - In.

Water year 1955-56: Max 46 Mln 0 Mean 1,90 Cfsra - In.

Peak discharge (base, 86 efsl.--Feb. 3 (7 a.m.) 

Apr. 15 (5 p.m.) 93 cfs (3.97 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

cfs (4.09 ft); Apr. 4 (6 a.m.) 98 cfs (4.11 ft);
156 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Emory River near Wartburg, Tenn 

Location.--Lat 36°06'46", long 84°36'54", on right bank 50 ft downstream from county high-

 way bridge on Wartburg-Lancing Road, 1.1 miles downstream from Rock Creek, lir miles 

northwest of Wartburg, Morgan County, and 6.1 miles upstream from Obed River, and at 

mile 34.5.

Drainage area. 83.2 sq mi.

Records available. May 1934 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,003.06 ft above mean sea level, 

"cTatum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--22 years, 145 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,540 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 14.22 ft); mini-

 mum, 0.2 cfs Sept. 21-23; minimum gage height, 1.17 ft Sept. 23.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 18,700 cfs Feb. 3, 1939 (gage height, 25.62 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,700 cfs; no flow at times in most years.

Remarks. Records good except those below 1 cfs, which are poor. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1386: 1935.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 26 to Nov. 16)

Oct. 1 to Nov. 19

1.3 Z.8

1.4 6.6

1.5 13

1.7 36

Z.O 83

Z.5 179

3.0 Z81

4.0 5Z6

1.1 

l.Z

1.3

1.4

1.6 

1.8

Nov. 19 to Sept. 30

0

1.2

3.6

7.1

18

40

2.0 

3.0 

4.0 

6.0 

8.0 

11.0

71

Z80

555

1,220

2,030

3,550

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18 

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

100

41

23

 15

9.9

7.1

162

354

129

72

48

55

29

26

22

21

16

16 

15

15

11

9.9

9.5

7.6

8.1

8.7

8.1

7.1

7.1

6.2

5.4

1,242.5

40.1

0.482

0.56

Nov.

5.0

*BTTJ

5.0

5.0

5.4

5.4

6.2

6.2

5.8

6.6

7.6

8.1

7.6

58

65

96

203

123 

410

3T2

181

122

118

142

154

136

122

106

80

64

2,528.9

84.3

1.01

1.15

Dec.

51

*61

71

2,420

 5ST

492

254

179

166

154

116

100

86

75

68

57

51

68 

96

98

100

96

88

77

68

56

48

44

39

4(5

45

6,258

201

2.42

2.79

Jan.

39

38

36

*54

33

32

30

28

24

24

25

26

25

22

21

21

21

20 

24

40

44

44

59

79

86

94

91

129

1,700

5,050 " S1'9

6,758

218

2.62

3.02

Feb.

444

*950

*2,670

2,050

1,160

1,220

886

459

508

223

365

392

295

227

203

196

2,175

5,280 

910

784

485

315

227

227

385

513

572

335

260

22,289

769

9.24

9.96

Mar.

216

*232

510

848

444

500

245

866

555

348

254

247

525

2,500

861

558

450

542 

247

181

144

118

98

98

84

75

69

62

75

71

68

11,485

570

4.45

5.15

Apr.

66

429

*695

1,260

657

844

752

405

262

194

223

207

185

162

985

1,960

621

562 

245

181

158

114

100

79

66

57

55

47

44

11

11,450

581

4.58

5.11

May

41

*187

856

714

560

556

562

520

218

160

122

94

75

59

80

84

57

44 

56

50

26

22

18

17

17

16

li

15

55

27

20

4,838

156

1.88

2.16

June

47

56

56

*26

19

16

15

12

10

9.0

8.0

7.1

6.3

5.6

5.2

4.5

5.9

3.6 

379

5.9

6.3

5.6

4.8

4.2

3.9

38

re

10

7.1

5.6

399.5

13.3

0.160

0.18

July

4.8

3.9

*3.6

5.5

4.2

5.6

5.5

5.0

575

3.6

3.6

3.0

5.5

51

82

159

324

Tie

59

34

25

18

15

11

10

9.5

8.0

6.7

5.9

6.5

6.7

971.6

31.3

0.376

0.45

Aug.

6.5

*15

59

18

12

8.5

5.9

4.8

5.9

5.0

2.8

2.5

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.1

1.0

.8 

25 .6

14

9.0

5.6

5.6

2.8

2.0

1.8

1.8

16

10

7,6

225.0

7.26

0.087

0.10

Sept.

5.9

4.5

3.9

3.0

*2.6

4.8

6.5

4.5

5.6

2.8

2.3

1.8

1.6

1.2

1.0

.8

.5

.5 

.5

.4

.2

.2

2.0

74

17

9.5

6.7

4.8

3.9

3.0

173.8

5.79

0.070

0.08

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,460 Min 0.9 Mean 154 Cfsm 1.85 In. 25.09

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,280 Min 0.2 Mean 187 Cfsm 2.25 In. 50.65

Peak discharge (base, 5,600 cfs).--Dee. 4 (4:30 p.m.) 3,690 cfs (11.25 ft); Jan. 50 (3 a.m.) 4,130 

cfs (12.01 ft); Feb. 3 111 a.m.) 4,120 cfs (12.00 ft); Feb. 18 (9 a.m.) 5,540 cfs (14.22 ft): Mar. 14 

(12:30 p.m.) 3,620 cfs (11.12 ft); Apr. 16 (2 p.m.) 3,750 cfs (11.36 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 157

Daddys Creek near Crab Orchard, Term.

Location.--Lat 35°55'33", long 84°54'47", on left bank 0.6 mile upstream from North Creek, 

1.5 miles downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 1.5 miles downstream from Bird 

Creek, and 2 miles northwest of Crab Orchard, Cumberland County.

Drainage area.--93.5 sq mi.

Records available.--October 1930 to September 1956. Prior to October 1952, published as 

Daddy Creek near Crab Orchard.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,569.19 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to May 17, 1934, staff gage at same site 

and datum.

Average discharge. 26 years, 169 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 4,580 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 12.69 ft); minimum, 1.5 cfs Oct. 20-22, Sept. 20; minimum gage height, 0.61 ft Sept. 20.

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 11,600 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 21.30 ft); no 

flow Sept. 23, 24, 1936, Sept. 11-22, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 30 Jan. 31 to Sept. 30

1.2

2.7

5.2

14

38

85

2.8 

3.5 

6.0 

8.0 

10.2

200

338

1,040

1,880

3,040

0.6 

.7 

.8 

.9

1.0

1.1 

1.5

1.4

2.8

4.2

6.6

9.8

14

42

2.0 

2.5 

3.5 

5.0 

7.0 

10.4

93

156

356

754

1,430

3,150

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

9.0

5.6

4.4

3.2

2.7

2.4

4.0

~9.9 17

5.2

3.4

2.6

2.4

2.1 

2.0

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.6

*1.5

1.5

1.5

1.8

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.2

2.7

4.4

6.0 

5.6

115.7

3.73

0.040

0.05

Nov.

5.6

5.0

4.7

4.0

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.7

4.0

4.4

4.7

5.0

9.9 

16

12

26

17

52

83

58

42

88

190

TS?

116

93

72

*55

43

1,165.8

38.9

0.416

0.46

Dec.

39

12

68

1.870

1,430

559

293

210

192

160

130

109

92

81 

73

64

57

74

134

131

118

104

*93

86

80

71

62

56

51

49 

49

6,627

214

2.29

2.64

Jan.

46

43

41

38

35

32

32

29

29

26

25

25

25

24 

23

22

20

*19

27

51

59

53

59

90

92

97

95

120

996

*3,020 

1,220

6,513

210

2.25

2.59

Feb.

642

838

2,910

2,590

1,480

1,230

925

582

431

349

441

480

409

328 

281

264

1,315"

3.1.20

T.200

811

*592

426

308

344

530

598

459

387

288

-------

24,553

847

9.06

9.77

Mar.

213

290

344

392

326

262

226

470

459

342

264

230

299

1.190 

937

859

820

538

387

266

230

*189

158

145

134

120

109

100

T<55

150

120

10,677

344

3.68

4.25

Apr.

90

500

1,000

1,500

1,000

800

800

500

400

300

250

250

200

170 

2.000

1,400

1,000

600

400

300

240

200

160

140

*116

104

95

85

76

II

14,751

492

5.26

5.87

May

78

212

511

456

297

213

244

270

200

150

130

110

90

80

70

100

80

65

50

40

30

*24

21

20

17

15

13

?T

52

146 

115

3,910

126

1.35

1.56

June

115

127

86

75

51

36

31

25

20

18

14

10

8.8

7.9 

7.6

6.9

5.6

*4.8

23

160

32

30

24

18

12

9.2

7.2

5.6

4.6

3.9

979.1

32.6

0.349

0.39

July

4.0 18 

15

23

24

40

67

132

198

246

118

71

133

602 

422

*784

808

333

184

109

92

66

48

56

71

51

36

28

97

63 

38

4,977.0

161

1.72

1.98

Aug.

29

86

115

102

97

65

44

30

22

16

12

10

8.5

6.9 

5.9

*4.8

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.4

3.6

3.6

3.8

3.3

3.0

2.8

370

7.8

5.6

4.3 

3.9

714.3

23.0

0.246

0.28

Sept.

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.2

2.8

3.0

4.4

4.3

4.6

6.2

4.6

*4.0

3.4

2.9 

2.6

2.1

2.1

1.8

1.7

177

1.7

1.8

1.9

5.3

5.3

4.4

3.6

2.9

2.4

2.1

98.8

3.29

0.035

0.04

Calendar year 1955 : Max 4,800 Min 1.5 Mean 160 Cfsm 1.71 In. 23.24

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,120 Min 1.5 Mean 205 Cfsm 2.19 In- 29.88

Peak discharge (base. 1,700 efs). Dec. 4 (3:30 p.m.) 2,710 cfs (9.60 ft); Jan 30 (10:30 a.m.) 

,580 cfs (11.11 ft); Feb. 3 (10:30 a.m.) 4,190 cfs (12.09 ft); Feb. 18 (7:30 a.m.) 4,580 cfs 

12.69 ft); Apr. 4 (time unknown) 1,930 cfs (8.10 ft); Apr. 15 or 16 (time unknown) 3,330 cfs 

10.70 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Mar. 30 to Apr. 24, Hay 9-21; discharge estimated on basis of recorded 

ange in stage, weather records, and records for stations on nearby streams.
158 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Emory River at Oakdale, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°58'59", long 84°33'29", at Oakdale, Morgan County, 1,000 ft downstream 

from highway bridge and 1,100 ft downstream from Mud Lick Creek.

Drainage area. 764 sq mi.

Records available. June 1927 to September 1956. Prior to October 1929, published as Emery 

River at Harriman and October 1929 to September 1934 as Emery River at Oakdale.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 763.38 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 1, 1929, staff gage at site 

5.8 miles downstream at datum 45.60 ft lower.

Average discharge.--29 years, 1,387 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 41,600 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 20.58 ft); minimum, 6.4 cfs Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.08 ft).

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 195,000 cfs Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, about 42.3 ft, 

present site and datum, and 61.1 ft, site and datum then in use, from floodmarks), from 

'rating curve extended above 85,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; no flow at times in 1944, 

1952-53.

Maximum stage known, that of Mar. 23, 1929.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 923: 1940. WSP 1386: 1928-30 (M), 

1932, 1943, 1945(P).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.0

1.1 

1.3 

1.6 

1.9 

2.3 

2.6

4.4

7.7

18

47

90

180

310

3.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

11.0

15.0

18.0

560

1,330

3,300

5,860

11,300

20,400

30,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

286

110

70

*52

43

38

73

826

326

175

123

95

77

64

59

51

46

43

40

36

33

30

27

25

22

18

17

16

17

IS 

17

2,873

92.7

0.121

0.14

Nov.

16

*15

15

15

14

13

12

T2

12

12

13

14

15

25

71

114

412

371

698

1,200

928

644

818

1.550

1,380

1,150

1,000

819

644

490

12,472

416

0.545

0.61

Dec.

377

*360

451

9,170

9,640

4,270

2,570

1,840

1,570

1,440

1,210

1,050

912

798

721

644

560

574

798

944

880

819

756

700

637

560

484

425

383

365 

360

46,268

1,493

1.95

2.25

Jan.

360

343

321

*300

270

256

242

224

201

177

184

194

187

172

158

166

164

151

T69

224

326

343

371

567

728

784

784

826

7,320

* 27. 600

11,400

55,512

1,791

2.34

2.70

Feb.

5,270

*6,640

21,400

19,000

13,800

10,400

8,510

5,000

3,550

2,760

3,160

3,630

3,020

2,510

2,160

2,200

8,480

* 29, 100

11,100

7,480

5,050

3,630

2,770

2,530

3,750

4,660

3,680

3,440

2,800

201,480

6,948

9.09

9.81

Mar.

2,320

*2,310

2,880

5,580

3,830

2,920

2,430

4,410

4,230

3,170

2,530

2,390

3,000

11.200

*8,340

5,600

5,090

3,900

3,040

2,400

1,950

1,690

1,460

1,350

1,290

1,140

1,060

976

1,160

1,220

1,070

95,936

3,095

4.05

4.67

Apr.

952

3,440

' *7,580

13,300

8,770

7,460

8,090

4,640

3,190

2,460

2,360

2,370

2,060

1,820

5,310

18,000

7,880

4,450

3,110

2,390

1,920

1,630

1,410

1,210

1,040

920

819

735

651

637

120,604

4,020

5.26

5.87

May

644

*716

2,630

3,170

2,290

1,850

2,210

1,730

1,410

1,140

968

805

672

560

518

784

728

567

444

360

300

251

215

201

260

251

201

194

286

686

560

27,601

890

1.16

1.34

June

413

432

I5T

*285

215

175

148

125

104

90

76

68

60

51

45

37

32

29

27

26.

47

110

127

95

77

68

71

57

45

34

3,570

119

0.156

0.17

July

29

29

*24

37

36

40

187

220

260

451

444

251

169

660

2,500

1,800

3,240

1,970

1,100

700

458

348

275

201

188

285

201

151

123

222 

285

16,880

545

0.713

0.82

Aug.

175

*136

472

544

5TT7

451

251

172

125

97

77

64

55

48

51

56

40

33

29

139

376

198

127

90

68

54

43

39

66 

139

97

4,849

156

0.204

0.24

Sept.

82

66

51

43

*36

37

55

45

52

47

38

31

26

22

19

18

16

14

11

10

8.6

7.4

7.4

9.5

94

86

59

47

38 

30

1,105.9

36.9

0.048

0.05

Calendar year 1955: Max 46,000 Mln 3.7 Mean 1,379 Cfsm 1.80 In. 24.50

Water year 1955-56: Max 29,100 Min 7.4 Mean 1,610 Cfsm 2.11 In. 28.67

Peak discharge (base. 19.000 efs). Jan. 30 (12 m. ) 32,100 cfs (18.42 ft)j Feb. 3 (1:30 p.m.) 

30,700 cfs (18.07 ft;,- Feb. 18 (11 a.m.) 41,600 cfs (20.58 ft); Apr. 4 (2 p.m.) 19,000 cfs (14.48 ft); 

Apr. 16 (3 a.m.) 24,600 cfs (16.40 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Sewee Creek near Decatur, Term.

159

Location.--Lat 35°34 I S3", long 84°44'53", on right bank a third of a mile downstream from 

bridge on State Highway 58, half a mile downstream from Dry Fork, 4? miles upstream from, 

mouth, and 5 miles north of Decatur, Meigs County.

Drainage area.--117 sq mi.

Records availabler-May 1934 to September 1956. Prior to October 1935, published as Suee 

Creek near Decatur.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 694.32 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 187 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,360 cfs Feb. 3 (gage height, 12.87 ft)] minimum, 

15 cfs for many days in October, August, and September; minimum gage height, 0.17 ft 

Sept. 22, 23, 26-28.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 29,000 cfs Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 23.97 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 6,700 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

determination of peak flow; minimum, 11 cfs Sept. 24, 1935, Jan. 7-10, Oct. 4, 5, 7, 

11, 12, 14, 15, 1940; minimum gage height, 0.15 ft Sept. 2, 3, 7-9, 13, 20, 1954.

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 2 Feb. 3 to Sept. 30

0.2 

.3

0.9 339

2.0 650

3.0 1,000

0.7 255

1.0 370

5.0 1,580

10.0 4,280

125

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

20

18

16

15

*15

15

16

56

22

16

15

15

15

16

16

16 

16

16

16

15

15

15

15

15

15

16

16

16

22

22

20

552

17.8

0.152

0.18

Nov.

18

18

18

18

20

20

22

20

18

20

22

20

20

*24

33

22 

39

22

28

36

22

20

82

67

39

33

28

24

22

20

815

27.2

0.232

0.26

Dec.

18

22

30

637

267

134

97

84

74

63

53

*46

43

39

39

36 

33

39

50

46

43

39

36

36

36

33

30

28

26

26 

26

2,209

71.3

0.609

0.70

Jan.

26

26

26

26

24

22

22

22

22

*22

22

22

22

20

^

20 

20

20

26

28

26

24

36

88

84

88

79

79

145

946 

TT7

2,530

81.6

0.697

0.80

Feb.

304

764

*4,260

2,170

1,220

1,380

980

606

491

370

522

391

g320

278

260

243

l.TSO

1,620

839

g667

g468

g376

g308

g382

g430

g391}

g376

g324

g260

22,160

764

6.53

7.04

Mar.

g243

g249

g255

g249

g213

g207

g237

gl,180

g530

g388

g312

g264

*291

635

1,120

 1,690 53~5

614

454

358

291

260

237

207

g!81

g!67

153

139

*213

146 

115

12,543

405

3.46

3.99

Apr.

115

125

125

455

264

1,040

830

439

328

273

286

243

207

181

557

~59T 1,370 

*418

324

268

231

213

188

167

146

139

125

120

115

105

9,994

333

2.85

3.18

May

100

110

296

213

160

146

480

*2TZ

195

160

139

125

115

100

95

90 

80

75

71

71

67

63

59

63

59

55

55

55

51

51 

i§

3,720

120

1.03

1.18

June

80

55

51

48

*44

44

42

42

39

39

39

36

36

36

36

36

36

34

34

42

34

34

31

31

36

31

29

27

2T

29

1,158

38.6

0.330

0.37

July

51

42

31

39

63

34

34

42

162

80

39

*34

31

78 158'

274 

115

63

48

g44

36

31

29

25

29

25

g25

g23

g^3

g25 

g23

1,756

56.6

0.484

0.56

Aug.

g20

g20

g20

g!9

g!9

g!8

gia

g!8

g!6

*16

16

15

T5

gis

g!5

g!5 

g!5

g!5

g!5

g!5

gis

g!5

g!5

g!5

15

15

15

g25

g20 

g20

528

17.0

0.145

0.17

Sept.

g20

g20

20

20

g22

*39

44

22

19

18

19

19

19

19

19

18

19

^0~ 55

18

16

15

15

23

18

15

15

15

16

16

633

21.1

0.180

0.20

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,450 Min 14 Mean 144 Cfsm 1.23 In. 16.76

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,260 Min 15 Mean 160 Cfsm 1.37 In. 18.63

Peak discharge (base, 2,OOP cfs)..---Feb. 3 (6 p.m.) 6,360 cfs (12.87 ft); Feb. 17 (6:30 p.m.) 2,010 

cfs (5.96 ft); Mar. 16 (2 p.m.) 2,000 cfs (5.95 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

g Computed from graph based on blhourly radio-gage readings furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.,
160 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Hiwassee River at Presley, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°54'17", long 83°43'0l", on left bank 0.1 mile downstream from Cynth Creek, 

0.5 mile southeast of Presley, Towns County, 1.3 miles upstream from Hightower Creek, 

and at mile 133.9 .

Drainage area.--45.5 sq mi.

Records available. December 1941 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,932.69 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--14 years (1942-56), 128 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,900 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 8.82 ft); minimum, 

23 cfs Jan. 9 (gage height, 1.62 ft), result of freezeup.

1941-56: Maximum discharge, 5,700 cfs Mar. 11, 1952 (gage height, 15.24 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,000 cfs on basis of slope-area and contracted-opening 

determinations at gage heights 12.80 and 15.24 ft, respectively; minimum, 22 cfs 

Sept. 27-30, Oct. 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 1954; minimum gage height, 1.60 ft Oct. 6, 7, 

1947, Oct. 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 973: 1942.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.7 

1.9 

2.1 

2.5

Oct. 1 to Apr. 15

29 3.0

47 4.0

72 5.0

134 6.0

Apr. 16 to Sept. 30

232

464

720

990

1.7 

1.9 

2.1 

2.5

Note. Same as preceding table above 

2.5 ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

75

57

47

45

*44

46

68

95

54

45

43

41

42

42

40

39

39

38

38

37

36

36

35

36

36

36

36

37

59

42

39

1,403

45.3

0.996

1.15

Nov.

38

*37

36

35

33

35

44

38

36

43

41

38

39

46

45

43

46

41

52

45

43

41

69

64

68

73

60

53

47

45

1,376

45.9

1.01

1.12

Dec.

44

52

48

62

63

*55

52

49

51

46

45

43

42

41

41

39

38

69

60

54

51

48

47

47

46

45

44

43

47

48

45

1,505

48.5

1.07

1.23

Jan.

44

43

43

42

42

*42

41

40

b35

b37

40

40

39

b36

b35

39

37

37

62

46

41

40

46

57

48

45

44

44

44

58

52

1,339

43.2

0.949

1.09

Feb.

59

*9£

148

207

207

241

228

169

143

120

156

141

131

117

111

104

214

224

256

422

289

224

189

175

187

175

187

199

179

5,298

183

4.02

4.33

Mar.

163

195

181

167

*156

154

147

150

138

131

131

124

141

197

197

371

294

241

207

185

171

162

154

150

139

134

131

126

138

126

119

5,220

168

3.69

4.27

Apr.

115

112

*109

114

119

444

319

230

197

181

258

239

205

191

471

872

427

335

285

256

234

222

209

197

183

177

169

163

158

154

7,345

245

5.38

6.00

May

*150

154

171

147

143

145

213

181

162

150

139

138

131

122

120

114

107

107

103

100

100

98

93

95

97

93

93

91

94

90

86

3,827

123

2.70

3.13

June

88

83

78

78

*77

73

72

69

69

67

67

66

68

84

73

72

64

62

64

69

63

60

60

77

73

60

58

54

52

9_2

2,092

69.7

1.53

1.71

July

95

74

*85

86

80

75

74

99

101

79

70

64

86

72

137

154

100

83

74

93

82

82

90

83

78

72

66

62

59

60

63

2,578

83.2

1.83

2.11

Aug.

62

*59

58

56

54

52

49

48

46

45

97

TO

53

50

49

48

47

45

44

53

90

51

46

44

42

42

42

43

42

47

45

1,619

52.2

1.15

1.32

Sept.

40

38

37

37

39

75

74

53

47

43

*42

40

38

37

36

35

34

44

36

35

33

33

33

36

82

104

58

50

47

45

1,381

46.0

1.01

1.13

Calendar year 1955: Max 809 Mln 35 Mean 107 Cfsm 2.35 In. 31.82

Water year 1955-56= Max 872 Mln 33 Mean 95.6 Cfsm 2.10 In. 28.59

Peak discharge (base, 800 cfs).--Apr. 6 (2:30 p.m.) 944 cfs (5.83 ft); Apr. 15 (12 p.m.) 1,900 

8.82 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 161

Hiwassee River below Chatuge Dam, near Hayesville, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°01'45", long 83°47'45", on left bank 0.4 mile upstream from Hyatt Mill 

Creek, 1.6 miles downstream from Chatuge Dam, 1.7 miles southeast of Hayesville, Clay 

County, and at mile 119.3.

Drainage area. 190 sq rni.

Records available. May 1907 to December 1909 (fragmentary), August 1922 to September

1923 (gage heights only), April 1942 to September 1956. Published as "near Hayesville" 

1907-9, 1922-23.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,789.90 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. May 20, 1907, to Dec. 31, 1909, staff gage 

and Aug. 16, 1922, to Sept. 30, 1923, chain gage, at site 1.1 miles upstream at 

different datum.

Average discharge. 14 years (1942-56), 433 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,480 cfs June 25 (gage height, 5.17 ft); minimum, 1.8 cfs Jan. 18 (gage height, 0.42 ft).

1907-9, 1922-23, 1942-56: Maximum gage height recorded, 11.9 ft Mar. 13, 1909, 

site and datum then in use (discharge not determined); minimum discharge, 0.6 cfs 

Oct. 21, 1952; minimum gage height, 0.30 ft Aug. 3, 1942, Oct. 21, 1952.

Remarks. Records excellent except those below 10 cfs, which are good, 

regulated by Chatuge Lake (see p. 228).

Revisions (water years). WSP 973: 1942.

Flow completely

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.4 

.6 

.8

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

5.0 

3.5 

4.0 

5.2

150

229

372

530

712

922

1,500

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

 total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

723

734

738

784 

*734

582

809

502

746

782

264

9.0

2.4

125 

345

365

319 

488

958

SW

766

726

746

746

760

747

754

756

772 

767

874

19,015.4

613

-11,800

Nov.

598

*632

652

600 

982

1.000

690

608

358

518

536

458

452

474

266

464

454 

255

534

214

198

194

186

192

186

10

9.6

9.3

9.3

8.9

11,748.1

392

-5,300

Dec.

558

1,080

918

1,100 

446

*3.9

3.5

4T9

69

10

10

9.3

9.3

9.3

296

886

50 

11

730

926

909

944

975

86

556

604

910

1,050

1,070

1,070 

1,080

16,384 . 2

529

-8, 600

Jan.

88

10

9.6

9.3 

232

*517

10

528

520

247

220

231

230

8.7

8.4

10

2.3 

2.1

223 

550

10

6.6

460

463

461

488

403

7.4

6.6 

89

6.6

6,054.6

195

0

Feb.

6.9

*6.6

12

8.9 

7.9

9.6

7.4

6.6

1S~6.2

8.7

7.9

7.6

17

8.4

20

22 

14

20

24

13

69

5T

12

14

11

13

12

11

410.7

14.2

+20,800

Mar.

10

15

197

154 

*12

12

11

12

11

10

10

10

11

14

12

16

14 

13

12

12

12

12

12

12

12

11

11

11

13 

12

12

698

22.5

-1-17,400

Apr.

12

12

*11

I£ 

12

38

13

12

356

464

215" 473

369

14

32

22

15 

17

13

16

13

12

16

14

84

12

12

12

11 

16

2,582

86.1

+19,900

May

*14

108

16

106 

14

14

15

13

25

98

92

147

14

13

804

330

240 

346

320

333

387

387

416

418

392

412

366

429

560 

565

580

7,971

257

+4,900

June

577

663

456

815 

*850

914

838

718

891

15

294

296

280

304

298

13

12 

1BT

141

801

934

75S

14

15

688

590

583

590

654 

706

14,930

498

-7,400

July

244

141

*30

14 

7S5

739

SIS

16

321

422

422

419

428

425

400

423

429 

431

428

428

432

408

424

426

432

433

432

434

408 

428

432

12,164

392

-2,8OO

Aug.

436

*430

434

433 

410

433

438

436

692

1,200

1,050

1,220

1,120

1,160

1,140

1,180

1,460 

1, 110

1,190

1,420

1,450

1,430

1,240

1,220

1,260

1,260

852

744

754

752

29,112

939

-21 , 600

Sept.

670

104

9.6

9.6 

9.3

9.6

9.3

9.3

579" 8.9

*20

9.6

9.3

9.3

9.3

9.3

9.3

9.3

839

1,050

120

9.6

9.3

9.3

10

10

10

9.3

9.3 

9.6

9.6

5,009.5

100

+1 , 100

Adjusted for change in contents in Chatuge Lake

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

233 

1.23 

1.41

215 

1.13 

1.26

Calendar year 1955 : 

Water year 1955-56:

251 

1.32 

1.52

195 

1.03 

1.19

731 

3.85 

4.15

584 

3.07 

3.54

749 

3.94 

4.40

415 

2.18 

2.52

Observed

Max 1,480 Mln 1.9 Mean 597 

Max 1,460 Mln 2.1 Mean 339

251 

1.32 

1.47

302 

1.59 

1.83

242

1.27 

1.47

137 

0.721 

0.80

Adjusted

Mean 395 Cfsm 2.08 In. 28.20 

Mean 357 Cfsm 1.88 In. 25.56

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

T Change in contents, in cfs-days, in Chatuge Lake, furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.
162 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Hiwassee River above Murphy, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°04'50", long 84°00'10", on right bank on U. S. Highway 64, 600 ft upstream from Will Scott Creek, 1.9 miles east of Murphy, Cherokee County, and at mile 

99.2.

Drainage area. 406 sq mi.

Records available. June 1896 to August 1897 (gage heights only), October 1897 to June 

1917, and October 1918 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. Published 

as "at Murphy" prior to April 1940. October 1897 to December 1923 (including revised 

records for January 1901 to December 1902 and January 1904 to June 1917) in North 

Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34. October 1897 to September 1924 (including revised records for January 1901 to December 1902 and January 

1904 to June 1917) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,538.23 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Jan. 30, 1921, wire-weight or chain 

gages at bridge 2.8 miles downstream at datum 30.40 ft lower. Jan. 30, 1921, to Nov. 8, 

1926, chain gage 2.8 miles downstream at datum 28.40 ft lower. Nov. 9, 1926, to 

Apr. 30, 1940, water-stage recorder 2.8 miles downstream at datum 28.20 ft lower.

Average discharge. 58 years (1898-1956), 911 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 8,920 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 9.52 ft); minimum, 64 cfs Sept. 17 (gage height, 1.88 ft); minimum daily, 100 cfs Sept. 17.

1896-1917, 1918-56: Maximum discharge observed, 23,100 ofs Mar. 19, 1899 (gage 

height, 18.4 ft, site and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 5,000 

cfs; minimum daily, 10 cfs Dec. 3, 1924, result of freezeup and filling of Andrews 

Reservoir; minimum daily during normal regulation, 62 cfs Oct. 19, 1952.

Remarks. Records excellent. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by Mission powerplant at Andrews Dam (normal regulated storage, about 75 cfs-days). Flow regulated by 

Chatuge Lake (see p. 228).

Revisions (water years). WSP 583: 1899(M). WSP 973: Drainage area. WSP 1003: 1943. 

See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

2.0

2.1

2.3

2.6 

5.0

89

117

187

328

565

5.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0

910

1,280

2,260

5,440

4,780

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

15

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

51

Total

Mean

Oct.

943

848

830

*844

75O

859 

1,100

1,780

762

966

567

549

TTB" 176

462

525 

452

612

846

952

858 

695

862

755

871

812

837

838

973

950

891

24,101

777

Nov.

*728

736

816

724

1.O4O

1,050 

1,O5O

704

393

700

775

692

527

658

510

640 

776

459

776

491

419 

395

639

736

582

443

360

510

262

255 

18,642

621

Calendar year 1955;

Water year 1955-56;

Dec.

492

1,500

1,180

1,850

*I,560

610 

476

428

441

575

518

295

272

264 2~B5

1,100 

549

563

811

1,200

1,160 

1,180

1,200

597

607

788

1,050

1,210

1,280

1,270

1,240

25,707

829

Jan.

598

230

225

222

300

*675 

545

548

688

552

416

402

597

200

ISO

ISO 

170

ra

260

735

396 

190

549

769

m

699

692

506

245

459

404

12,918

417

Feb.

*588 574"

1,700

1,590

1,130

1,580 

1,410

966

784

648

644

545

519

488

464

455 

1,750

1,970"

1,760

5,550

1,840 

1,280

975

905

982

1,O6O

1,010

1,100

917

52,758

1,150

Bar.

*798

950

959

1,090

784

770 

707

840

742

68fi

644

596

755

1,6OO

1,450

1,990 

1,590

1,210

987

847

770 

707

651

630

576

544

552

506

561

496

470

26,378

851

Apr.

458

*446

425

532

458

1,100 

958

755

805

989

1,080

1,020

960

575

1,800

4.090 

1,520

1,O9O

896

784

707 

658

610

585

610

516

500

482

464

446

26,277

876

May

47O

*580

1.140

1,OOO

756

679 

994

966

788

770

714

698

557

496

926

1,100 

514

689

925

712

484 

662

802

745

7OO

999

686

422 55B"

846

844

23,518

759

June

952

1,300

592

*1,070

1,080

1,550 

1,070

920

1,O9O

544

514

552

536

580

572

278 

258 352"

574

957

1,090 

1,260

569

328

784

801

802

779

838

852

22,634

754

July

640

594

228

?G2

8OO

1,250 

989

582

627

763

705

675

756

758

757

981 

1,010

830

752

692

700 

678

665

646

658

666

640

626

620

608

616

21,748

702

Aug.

620

*621

628

606

594

585 595"

587

590

1,550

1,550

1,200

1,190

1,510

1,280

1,260 

1,550

1,250

1,510

1,570

1,670 

TTSSO"

1,580

1,310

1,550

1,550

1,120

790

889

874

53,156

1,069

Sept.

844

462

150

124

159

155 

210

147

128

*120

115

126

110

112

105

102 

100

T3T

476

1.120

615 

110

110

116

138

275

151

127

125

118

6,858

228

Observed Adjustedt

lax 4,410 Min 96 Mean 954 Mean 752 Cfsm 1.85 In. 25.13

lax 4,090 Min 10O Mean 75O Mean 768 Cfsm 1.89 In. 25.76

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change in contents In Chatuge Lake.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 163

Valley River at Tomotla, N. C.

Location. Lat 35°08'20", long 83°58'50", on right bank at highway bridge at Tomotla, 

Cherokee County, 0.2 mile upstream from Rogers Creek, 4.7 miles northeast of Murphy, 

and 6.6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 104 sq mi.

Records available . June 1904 to December 1909, January 1914 to April 1917, October 1918 

to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datura of gage is 1,556.46 ft above 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to May 11, 

1934, various staff or chain gages at same site and datum.

Average discharge . 44 years (1904-9, 1914-16, 1919-56), 251 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,750 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 11.22 ft); 

minimum, 32 cfs Sept. 21, 22, 23 (gage height, 1.66 ft).

1904-9, 1914-17, 1918-56: Maximum discharge observed, 9,030 cfs Nov. 19, 1906 

(gage height, 17.3 ft), from rating curve extended above 5,300 cfs; minimum, 12 cfs 

several times in August and September 1925 (gage height, 0.52 ft).

Remarks. Records excellent.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 503: 1905-9, 1915-17. WSP 783: 1907(M). WSP 823: 

Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second;

Oct. 1 to Dec. 5 Dec. 6 to Sept. 30

1.8

1.9 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

49

64

102

208

388

598

1.6

1.7 

1.9 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

Z5

36

67

110

222

405

3.5 

4.0 

5.0 

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

6ZO 

800 

1,140 

1,490 

1,890 

2,290

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

Ill

71

61

*56

55

55

216

TTB- 561

123

100

90

86

86

78

77 

73

71

69

66

64

64

62

61

60

58

58

58

111

73 

66

3,015

97.3

0.936

1.08

Nov.

*62

61

62

60

60

58

7T

64

61

62

64

61

62

116

150

118 

156

118

181

164

135

118

343 3"5T

243

Z24

187

164

142

130

3,834

128

1.23

1.37

Dec.

123

157

158

423

*555

353

Z76

245

238

203

191

179

171

159

154

143 

135

210

197

179

165

157

151

146

140

135

130

125

146

148 

138

6,006

194

1.87

2.15

Jan.

130

128

128

*120

115

112

110

105

101

103

103

101

98

96

96

96 

94

9T

146

128

125

108

132

213

176

159

148

157

159

269

272

4,122

133

1.28

1.47

Feb.

*280

24?

2,150

1,350

870

1,070

1,050

712

571

450

450

385

361

325

318

300 

567

9Z2

918

1,470

966

723

562

544

693

754

692

748

620

21,243

733

7.05

7.60

Mar.

*526

628

588

562

*499

454

421

490

421

389

373

345

405

1,180

981

1,250 

1,060

800

664

558

481

433

397

377

345

325

308

290

322

*290

269

16,431

530

5.10

5.88

Apr.

258

*255

248

286

255

478

437

361

318

297

325

294

272

266

806

2,270 

868

656

526

441

389

357

329

308

286

272

262

255

248

238

12,861

429

4.1Z

4.60

May

*258

286

468

417

345

318

544

52?

413

353

314

290

272

252

245

232 

216

206

200

197

185

179

168

176

165

157

159

159

157

148

135

8,136

262

2.52

2.91

June

222

159

140

*132

130

125

122

118

115

115

108

108

130

151

128

112 

105

103

167

159

118

115

108

115

128

120

103

92

87

85

3,720

124

1.19

1.33

July

98

*105

89

85

5T

115

103

120

165

128

101

89

151

143

151

225 

402

19T

146

132

120

108

101

108

171

120

108

94

89

96

85

4,026

130

1.25

1.44

Aug.

*79

83

79

73

71

69

64

60

58

57

57

73

58

55

53

49 

50" 47

60

79

96

6CJ

53

50

49

47

47

50

49

50

50

1,875

60.5

0.582

0.67

Sept.

46

65

47

46

52

64

71

53

47

*43

42

40

39

37

36

35 

34

42

36

35

32

3?

33

90

58

115 "57

50

47

44

1,468

48.9

0.470

0.52

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,160 Mln 41 Mean 202 Cfsm 1.94 In. Z6.34

Water year 1955-56: Max 2.27O Mln 32 Mean 237 Cfsm Z.Z8 In. 31.02

Peak discharge (base, 1.TOO cfs). Feb. 3 (5 p.m.) 2,740 cfs (9.08 ft); Feb. 20 (7:30 a.m.) 1.730 

cfs (6.60 ft); Mar. 14 [1:30 p.m.) 1,940 cfs (7.13 ft); Apr. 16 (3:30 a.m.) 3,750 cfs (11.22 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
164 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Nottely River near Blalrsville, Ga.

Location.--Lat 34°50'28", long 83"56"10", on left bank 250 ft upstream from county road 

bridge, 0.1 mile downstream from Arkaqua Creek, 0.2 mile upstream from Akins Creek, and 

2.7 miles southeast of Blairsville, Union County.

Drainage area. 74.8 sq mi.

Records available. January 1942 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,812.47 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 14 years, 170 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,530 cfs Apr. 15 (gage height, 11.75 ft); minimum, 35 cfs Sept. 16, 17 (gage height, 1.87 ft).

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 8,500 cfs Mar. 11, 1952 (gage height, 16.78 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 3,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

determination of peak flow; minimum, 27 cfs Sept. 8, Oct. 7, 1947 (gage height,

Remarks. Records excellent except those for periods of ice effect, which are good. 

Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by mills above station. Occasional 

regulation by Lake Trahlyta in Vogel State Park.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1053: 1942(M), 1943. WSP1236: 1946(M), 1950(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except periods of Ice effect (gage 

height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic feet per second)

3.0

85

145

247

425

670

1,250

1,690

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

96

67

52

*47

48

52

120

~TG 169

62

56

54

54

55

53

52

52

52

52

49

48

47

47

47

46

46

46

48

115 

58

53

1,919

61.9

0.8E8

0.95

Nov.

*50

50

49

49

11

48

61

53

50

57

56

52

58

80

70

64

70

60

79

67

61

58

140

IU

109

119

94

80

70

66

2,081

69.4

0.928

1.03

Dec .

64

73

69

89

*98

82

76

72

73

66

65

62

61

62

73

70

69

-§S 111

85

80

78

76

74

72

69

66

65

60 73-

65

2,296

74.1

0.991

1.14

Jan.

62

61

60

*56

55

55

54

52

b50

b47

52

52

50

b46

b45_

50

47

48

96

7(T

62

60

69

85

74

69

66

67

67

87

84

1,898

61.2

0.818

0.94

Feb.

*100 T6"3"

262

334

324

413

345

247

214

183

209

186

178

161

154

150

425

377

469

858

470

342

277

256

277

256

271

297

250

8,448

291

3.89

4.20

Mar.

*222

259

241

230

209

209

201

244

203

190

183

173

203

357

331

611

35?

357

297

259

233

214

203

193

180

173

166

159

183

161

152

7,448

240

3.21

3.70

Apr.

145

*143

I5B- 141

163

952

515

334

271

244

430

353

294

265

1,150

1,650

681

492

405

345

310

290

268

250

233

225

216

209

201

193

11,524

384

5.13

5.73

May

190

*198

239

201

186

188

307 2"6"2~

225

206

193

183

176

166

159

154

147

143

136

134

130

125

123

125

123

121

123

117

121

130 

113

5,144

166

2.22

2.56

June

113

107

103

*99

98

94

92

87

90

89

89

85

87

125

10T

94

85

82

85

99

84

82

79

84

79

72

73

65

62

10O

2,688

89.6

1.20

1.34

July

118

*84

108

156

134

138

130

172

168

119

96

85

132

98

174

ISO- 210

103

89

94

84

79

76

73

73

70

66

62

m

90

80

3,360

108

1.44

1.67

Aug.

*87

70

64

61

58

56

52

50

48

46

~55" 223

61

56

54

50

48

47

52

62

120

60

53

49

46

46

47

48

48 

45

44_

1,936

62.5

0.836

0.96

Sept.

42

42

40

42

41

118

82

57

49

*45

43

42

42

40

38

JO- 37

52

40

39

37

37

38

39

95

129

^8

53

48 

46

1,551

51.7

0.691

0.77

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,910 Mln 39 Mean 149 Cfsm 1.99 In. 26.98

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,65O Mln 37 Mean 137 Cfsm 1.83 In. 24.99

Peak: discharge (base, 1,500 efs).--Apr. 6 (1 p.m.) 2,23O cfs (7.46 ft); Apr. 15 (11 p.m.) 4,530 

fs (11.75 ft)7

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

b Stage-discharge relation affected by Ice.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 165

Nottely River at Nottely Dam, near Ivylog, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°57'55", long 84°05'25", on right bank 1,600 ft downstream from Rhodes 

Branch, 0.6 mile downstream from Nottely Dam, 0.6 mile upstream from Dooley Creek, and 

1.8 miles west of Ivylog, Union County.

Drainage area. 215 sq mi.

Records available. July 1942 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,599.21 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 14 years, 400 cfs (adjusted for storage).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,800 cfs Aug. 14 (gage height, 4.91 ft); mini- 

 mum, 1.6 cfs Mar. 15 (gage height, 0.32 ft).

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 3,130 cfs May 23, 1955 (gage height, 6.54 ft); minimum, 

0.1 cfs Sept. 6-9, 19, 1954 (gage height, 0.15 ft).

Remarks. Records excellent except those below 20 cfs, which are fair. Plow completely 

regulated by Nottely Lake (see p. 228).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

0.5 

.6 

.7

1.5 

1.8 

2.1 

2.5 

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

126

195

282

427

645

1,200

1,860

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

(t)

Oct.

313

282

225

*185

163

147

212

512

415

320

254

211

188

175

156

145

136

130

128

128

126

124

124

122

116

114

114

120

190

182

163

5,920

191

-500

Nov.

*152

145

132

126

124

124

143

143

141

139

145

141

154

200

231

228

236

217

217

214

200

190

245

340

334

348

316

276

236

211

6,048

202

+100

Dec.

200

206

206

254

*502

285

263

245

236

222

208

195

188

180

172

170

T70

214

248

242

231

219

214

208

203

195

190

180

182

190

188

6,606

213

O

Jan.

180

175

170

*163

163

161

229

306

168

913

918

573

512

1,320

1,330

1,320

,250

,240

,330

,330

,350

,330

,350

,350

,150

,320

,360

,370

,370

, 36Q

1,380

28,461

918

-22,100

Feb.

1,390

*1,380

1,310

1,190

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,420

1,420

1,420

1,430

1,440

1,450

1,290

1,460

1,420

1,300

1,340

1,350

1,030

954

180

14

12

79

16

12

31,307

1,080

-9,6OO

Mar.

 15

12

380

158

352

354

367

356

357

632

32

631

606

300

38

673

114

282

948

994

1,140

1,060

970

309

497

1,350

1,420

1,430

1,320

1,440

1,440

19,977

644

-2,900

Apr.

89

 1,340

1,370

1.460

410

16

10

40

288

386

390

380

369

376

362

372

376

380

370

376

378

360

364

364

362

696

1,380

1,020

904

1,210

16,198

540

+8,400

May

1,030

*1,120

1,180

751

12

12

1,320

1,110

918

1,080

1,130

1,050

1,120

1,320

1,440

*587

395

528

11

11

426

464

285

411

414

11

11

490

492 

493

478

20,100

648

-7,500

June

476

478

482

*464

488

508

512

518

487

10

368

316

249

372

404

10

10

60

406

768

951

734

10

10

788

582

548

663

666

762

13,100

437

-5,400

July

3141

*626

587

577

634

452

762

11

334

392

372

370

386

382

12

201

196

197

197

188

11

11

14

12

54

508

605

593

492 

1, 32C

1.510

12,320

397

-3,400

Aug.

*1,540

1,520

1,570

1,590

1,630

1,660

1,690

1.720

1,690

1,600

1,720

1,280

1,070

938

1,220

1,100

880

506

7.1

12

202

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.9

7.5 

7.5

8 3

25,221.3

814

-18,600

Sept.

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.7

8.7

8.7

8.7

8.7

8.7

8.7

8.7

11

9.5

10

8.3

9.0

1,040

1,500

8.3

7.9

7 .9

7.9

8.7

8.3

8.3

8.3

8.3

'

2,581.1

86.0

+2,100

Adjusted for change In lake contents

Mean 

Cfsro 

In.

175 

0.814 

0.94

20E 

0.953 

1.06

Calendar year 1955: 

Water year 1955-56:

213 

0.991 

1.14

205 

0.953 

1.10

749 

3.48 

3.75

551 

2.56 

2.95

820 

3.81 

4.25

406 

1.89 

2.18

Observed

Max 2,880 Mln 1.0 Mean 169 

Max 1,720 Mln 7.1 Mean 513

257 

1.20 

1.33

288 

1.34 

1.54

214 

0.995 

1.15

156 

0.726 

0.81

Adjusted

Mean 328 Cfsm 1.53 In. 20.72 

Mean 351 Cfsm 1.63 In. 22.20

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Change In contents, In cfs-days, In Nottely Lake; furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.
166 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Turtletown Creek at Turtletown, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36°07'57", long 84°20'37", on left bank half a mile north of Turtletown, 

Polk County, three-quarters of a mile downstream from Nigger Creek, and 6 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 26.9 sq mi.

Records available. May 1934 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,490.61 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 48.6 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 461 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 4.23 ft); minimum, 15 cfs Sept. 17, 22 (gage height, 0.95 ft).

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 1,120 cfs June 13, 1952 (gage height, 6.50 ft); minimum, 9.3 cfs Oct. 10, 1941; minimum gage height, 0.86 ft Oct. 10, 1941, Sept. 23,

1955.

Remarks. Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by small mills above station. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1143: 1936(M), 1946-47(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Rate of change In stage used as a factor Feb. 3, Apr. 15-16)

0.90

1.0

1.2

1.5 

£.0 

3.0

70

138

304

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

40

24

21

19

18

*19

55

~3T 124

27

24

22

23

23

22

21

20

20

22

19

18

17

17

17

17

17

17

17

34

21

19

808

26.1

0.970

1.12

Nov.

19

*18

18

18

il

17

23

19

18

22

22

19

22

34

35

27

32

25

39

29

25

24

43

BT

31

32

29

25

24

22

765

25.5

0.948

1.06

Dee.

22

2F

28

93SB41

34

32

37

31

30

28

26

*25

26

25

24

45

34

30

28

27

25

25

24

24

23

22

24

27

£6

972

31.4

1.17

1.34

Jan.

24

24

24

22

22

22

22

21

20

20

*21

21

21

20

19

19

19

19

34

27

24

23

32

47

36

30

29

29

31

57

4T

823

26.5

0.985

1.14

Feb.

52- 51

243

157

122

204

123

90

82

69

74

64

62

*56

53

52

104

130

115

199

124

100

86

86

96

83

101

109

87

3,014

104

3.87

4.17

Mar.

78

97

91

83

83

75

73

*100

80

75

74

71

80

175

I2T

169

136

108

96

88

83

79

76

79

74

73

69

69

75

66

64_

2,763

89.1

3.31

3.82

Apr.

62

61

BT

67

62

117

90

75

70

67

*78

69

64

62

131

*241

no

95

86

80

75

75

73

70

67

66

64

64

62

61

2,425

80.8

3.00

3.35

May

65

69

119

TOT

78

79

92

86

76

*70

67

62

62

60

58

58

56

53

52

51

51

50

49

51

50

49

49

47

46

45

JS

1,948

62.8

2.33

2.69

June

69

52

51

47

46

46

*44

44

44

43

42

54

53

56

44

41

38

44

38

37

37

36

42

74 ¥9"

40

38

35

34-TO

42

1,360

45.3

1.68

1.88

July

78

68

47

64

8_6

58

50

52

58

49

*42

41

57

53

45

43

40

36

34

34

33

32

33

33

64

41

34

32

3o" 30

30

1,427

46.0

1.71

1.97

Aug.

30

30

30

29

29

26

*24

23

22

22

22

24

23

31

23

22

21

23

36

2T

32

27

24

22

22

22

22

28

23

22

Si

779

25.1

0.933

1.08

Sept.

24

31

27

21

*20

24

27

22

20

19

19

19

18

17

17

17

16

T7

17

16

16

16

16

24

21

24

19

18

18

17

592

19.7

0.732

0.82

Calendar year 1955: Max 352 Mln 11 Mean 39.0 Cfsm 1.45 In. 19.66

Water year 1955-56: Max 243 Mln 16 Mean 48.3 Cfsm 1.80 In. 24.44

Peak discharge (base, 500 cfs). Feb. 5 (5 p.m.) 599 cfs (5.69 ft); Apr. 16 (5 a.m.) 461 cfs 

(4.23 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 167

Hiwassee River near McFarland, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35 "10'48", long 84°26'36n , on left bank a quarter of a mile downstream 

from Smith Creek, 0.4 mile downstream from Apalachia powerhouse of Tennessee Valley 

Authority, 2.8 miles west of McFarland, Polk County, and at mile 53.2.

Drainage area. 1.136 sq mi.

Records available. October 1942 to September 1956.

 e. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 830.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

"29, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 14 years, 2,345 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,880 cfs Feb. 3 (gage height, 5.67 ft); minimum, 68 cfs Sept. 23 (gage height, 1.25 ft); minimum daily, 168 cfs July 8.

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 22,500 cfs June 13, 1952 (gage height, 10.42 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 15,000 cfs; minimum daily, 30 cfs (estimated) Sept. 18-20, 

1955.

Remarks. Records good except those below 500 cfs and those for periods of no gage-height 

record, which are fair. Plow regulated by Chatuge, Nottely, Hiwassee, and Apalachia 

Lakes (see p. 228,229).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.5 

1.8 

2.4

133

240

620

3.0 

4.0 

5.0

1,200

2,900

5,090

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1955

Day

1 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13 

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

1,400 

1,560

2,490

2,570

2,590

2,590

2,610

5,080

2,660

2,610

2,610

2,590

2,590 

2,590

2,610

2,630 

2,610

2,630

2,650

2,630

2,650

2,630

2,610

2,650

2,630

2,650

2,630

2,650

2,700

2,680

2,680

79,260

2,557

Nov.

2,700 

2,660

2,700

2,650

2,680

2,650

2,660

2,660

2,660

2,680

2,700

2,620

2,000 

*2,260

2,470

2,840 

2,780

2,740

2,800

2,800

2,740

2,720

2,480

2,740

2,760

2,540

2,050

2,660

2,740

2,720

 -

78,870

2,629

Dec.

2,720 

2,760

2,570

2,500

5,140

3,100

2,820

2,800

2,820

2,780

2,760

2,760

2,740 

2,780

2,760

3,000 

3,000

3,060

2,820

3,080

3,080

3,060

2,700

2,170

1,490

2,340

3,020

3,020

3,020

3,040

3,040

86,750

2,798

Jan.

3,020 

3,000

3,020

2,660

3,020

3,060

2,830

5.180

3,160

*2,860

2,750

3,080

2,700 

2,670

1,450

2,290 

2,200

1,580

1,860

2,000

958

1,710

2,160

2,820

2,460

2,140

1,000

424

186

2,4T(J

1,570

70,278

2,267

Feb.

1.410 

1,670

3,910

2,950

1,600

2,500

2,580

2,920

3,340

3,320

3,260

2,750

3,240 

3,200

3,150

3,180 

3,390

3,430

3,180

4,160

3,920

3,720

3,640

3,600

3,620

3,520

3,580

3,660

3,580

 

91,980

3,172

Mar.

3,540 

3,600

3,620

3,680

3,600

3,520

*3,460

3,560

3,460

3,500

3,480

3,440

3,460 

4,290

4,030

4.540 

4,030

3,740

3,620

3,540

3,440

3,160

3,120

3,100

3,100

3,120

3,140

3,100

3,160

3,100

3^080

108,130

3,488

Apr.

5,020 

3,020

2,780

2,780

1,800

al,340

696

a630

1,580

al,330

2,290

al,46o

1,130 

1,380

1,240

2,320 

780

740

a660

600

a550

a510

a690

al,260

al,160

*1,030

1,010

831

262

1,51(3

 

40,089

1,336

Observed

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Hay

1,130 

1,150

1,440

1,790

1,740

440

1,1)50

1,370

1,330

1,410

1,280

1,250

1,240 

2,100

2,780

2,760 

1,910

1,980

1,130

1,160

1,440

1,480

1,480

2,030

2,700

2,720

2,720

1,720

1,530

1,500

1,480

51,790

1,671

June

1,580 

1,530

1,480

1,480

1,480

1,450

1,440

1,470

1,440

186

1,330

1,450

1,520 

1,640

1,660

1,470 

1,970

2,480

2,320

2,200

2.680

1,810

2,530

1,980

2,050

1,580

1,630

1,860

1,660

1,370

 

50,726

1,691

July

1,800 

2,560

1,840

2,640

2,120

1,930

1,440

168

1,210

1,390

1,370

*1,340

1,340 

1,440

1,400

2,320 

1,730

1,490

1,710

1,530

1,810

2,180

2,300

1,500

1,530

1,960

1,450

1,440

1,440

2,630

2,660

53,698

1,732

Aug.

2,660 

2,680

2,680

2,680

2,680

2,680

2,700

2,700

2,700

2,680

2,700

2,700

2.720 

2,700

2,700

2,700 

2,700

1,550

1.450

1,680

1,760

2,040

2,OOO

2,010

2,000

1,990

2,180

2,240

2,180

2,320

2,270

73,630

2,375

Sept.

2,270 

344

1,530"

2,370

2,640

«2.720

1,560

2,600

2,330

2,660

2,650

2,650

2,650 

2,650

2,510

2,150 

2,660

2,660

2,660

2,660

2,570

2,230

960

2,530

2,350

2,680

2,660

2,660

2,680

1,460

 

69,504

2,317

Adjustedt

Max 5,120 Hln 30 Mean 2,004 Mean 1,943 Cfsm 1.71 In. 23.22

Max 4,340 Hln 168 Mean 2,335 Mean 2,177 Cfsm 1.92 In. 26.08

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change In contents In Chatuge, Nottely, Hiwassee, and Apalachia Lakes, 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for Apalachia 

Dam.
168 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Toccoa River near Dial, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°47'24", long 84°14'24 n , on right bank 1.4 miles upstream from Shallowford Bridge, 1.8 miles upstream from Stanley Creek, and 2.5 miles northwest of Dial, 

Fannin County.

Drainage area. 177 sq mi.

Records available. January 1913 to September 1956.

gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,782.08 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 1, 1927, water-stage recorder 

and Oct. 1, 1927, to Nov. 16, 1928, staff gage, at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 43 years, 482 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,650 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.87 ft); minimum, 148 cfs Sept. 21, 22 (gage height, 0.84 ft).

1913-56: Maximum discharge, 10,800 cfs Mar. 11, 1952 (gage height, 11.20 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 5,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; 

minimum, 60 cfs Sept. 6, 1925 (gage height, 0.40 ft).

Flood in 1898 reached a stage about 2.8 ft higher than that of Mar. 11, 1952.

Remarks. Records excellent.

Revisions (water yearsJ.--WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1386: 1923(M), 1924, 1927(M), 

1929-32(M), 1933, 1934(M), 1944(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.80

1.5 

2.0

140

335

560

3.0 

4.0 

6.0

1,070

1,780

3,660

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

254

238

191

177

172

*182

331

633

26T

218

201

191

189

189

184

184

182

182

184

174

174

172

172

170

165

165

162

TBT

331

184

6,593

213

1.20

1.39

Nov.

177

174

*172

167

167

165

W

177

170

170

177

167

177

225

232

203

208

186

230

220

196

189

418

393

303

327

264

238

215

203

6,499

217

1.23

Dec.

201

220

222

257

278

238

222

215

218

203

201

198

194

191

*189

179

15?

295

?G7

225

213

208

203

201

198

194

189

184

194

208

194

6,581

212

1.20

1.37 1.38

Jan.

186

184

184

182

177

174

174

170

170

172

179

*174

172

170

167

172

170

167

273

?3S

201

189

201

235

213

203

198

201

208

246

6,010

194

1.10

1.26

Feb.

319" 243

632

704

672

974

856

614

560

502

556

506

474

438

*443

452

1,530

1,120

1,010

1.780

1,170

884

736

718

830

765

825

928

760

22,071

761

4.30

4.64

Mar.

690

800

731

713

659

668

641

745

*650

618

600

582

632

868

775

1.210

1,020

862

765

708

677

650

632

623

592

578

569

564

390

564

21,676

699

3.95

4.55

Apr.

542

533

59"? 528

587

1,860

1,370

922

790

*731

906

770

718

695

1,540

2,850

1,420

1,190

1,080

992

922

890

868

840

815

800

780

765

750

731

28,757

959

5.42

6.04

May

722

718

770

700

636

677

1.080

840

731

*690

659

628

610

592

574

560

542

528

515

510

502

488

479

497

492

474

470

T?o" 452

528

461

18,595

600

3.39

3.91

June

452

4^

412

398

389

394

*448

389

380

362

353

348

348

402

398

353

331

327

426

398

340

348

344

376

443

402

331

292

274

.^T A 318

11,201

373

2.11

2.35

July

484

384

315

299

380

420

563

600

552

*416

340

311

420

340

383

510

407

335

299

284

281

264

264

264

260

252

243

235

213

254

267

10,899

352

1.99

2.29

Aug.

240

238

235

232

227

*218

206

200

198

194

194

200

203

2OO

196

186

182

182

213

344

236" 376

206

196

189

186

184

186

186

184

191

6,602

213

1.20

1.39

Sept.

191

206

179

*182

184

332

?T5

208

194

179

174

172

167

160

158

154

152

174

158

154

T55" 150

150

152

272

299

184

172

165

160

5,610

187

1.06

1.18

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,17O Min 156 Mean 412 Cfsm 2.33 In. 31.62

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,830 Min ISO Mean 413 Cfsm 2.33 In. 31.75

Peak discharge (base. 2.4OO efs). Apr. 6 (8 p.m.) 2,910 cfs (5.27 ft); Apr. 16 (2:30 a.m.) 4,650 

cfs (6.87 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 16£ 

Toccoa River near Blue Ridge, Ga.

Location. Lat 34 0 53'14", long 84°17'07", on left bank three-eighths of a mile downstream from Blue Ridge Dam of Tennessee Valley Authority, 2£ miles west of Morganton, 

and 2a miles northeast of Blue Ridge, Fannin County.

Drainage area. --233 sq mi.

Records available.--November 1898 to March 1903 and April 1913 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. November 1898 to March 1903 and April 1913 to September 

1924 (prior to April 1913, revised) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34, 

published as Toccoa River near Morganton.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,538.77 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Apr. 20, 1931, staff gage and 

water-stage recorders at sites within 1 mile of present site at different datum.

Average discharge.--43 years (1913-56), 580 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,970 cfs June 25 (gage height, 5.25 ft); minimum, 3.8 cfs Feb. 2 (gage height, 0.79 ft); minimum daily, 4.0 cfs Feb. 2.

1913-56: Maximum discharge, 13,900 cfs July 9, 1916 (gage height, 13.0 ft, site 

and datum then in use), from rating curve extended above 5.000 cfs; no flow Dec. 6, 

1930, to Mar. 3, 1931 (caused by closing of Blue Ridge Dam).

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by Blue Ridge Lake beginning Dec. 6, 1930 (see p. 229 ).

Revisions (water years). WSP 783: 1934 (adjusted monthly mean and runoff). WSP 823: 

 Drainage area. WSP 1386: 1901, 1902(M), 1903, 1927, 1928(M), 1929, 1931-33. See 

also Records available.

Rating table, Hater year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.8 

1.0 

1.2 

1.4

4.0

12

28

1.6 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

90

216

640

1,170

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23 

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Tbtal

Mean

Oct.

935

431

764

1,100

1.120

423

238

14

334

746

764

760

408

746

850

697

632

688

754

728

693

677

649 

741

759

800

797

787

655 

614

756

21,060

679

Nov.

799

787

*677

819

817

686

664

539

901

We

771

718

331

101

699

504

538

565

585

585

702

591

360

621

611

14

590

528

588 

584

18,081

603

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

560

164

557

96

498

584

583

546

592

781

654

730

440

434

552

549

553

607

601

888

445

398

388 

398

380

646

890

890

901 

890

875

18,070

583

Jan.

870

IT?

442

438

442

447

442

442

438

442

438

*438

442

442

438

279

194

194

194

194

194

194

194 

194

194

194

194

194

51

248~" 4.4 

10,153.4

328

Feb.

162

4.0

sTo

5.0

4.7

6.1

5.4

5.0

5.0

7.7

'526' 795

129

9.0

8.5

120

12

10

87

12

11

10

10 

10

10

11

11

11

11

2,013.4

69.4

Mar.

11

T2

12

13

12

290

337

12

*12

12

12

12

12

12

13

14

13

13

13

13

13

13

13 

14

15

274

 270 376

278 

219

223

2,558

82.5

Apr.

14

365

372

475

15

20

14

15

14

742

520

140

15

15

15

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20 

20

20

20

20

20

350 

350

3,709

124

May

300

280

15

350

800

800

620

550

15

400

*394

538

520

552

685

768

560

386

525

497

775

775

1,000 

918

941

416

595

608

468 

443

376

16,870

544

June

463

476

490

482

562

574

555

544

633

598

794

642

538

322

17.

17

18

442

702

534

464

138

644 

828

688

582

577

597

588 

725

15,234

508

July

452

145

566

504

18

374

16 6"§4

58

*17

17

655

"920 980

936

216

586

739

696

62

534

688

706 

727

662

645

536

767

728 

741

733

16,118

520

Aug.

83C

736

740

672

7OO

763

670

737

717

683

765

720

775

918

798

711

757

723

18

341

445

638

782 

881

790

8GO

740

509

804 

741

490

21,460

692

Sept.

97

743

798

*788

1.050

637

896

955

776

701

797

708

801

735

814

748

719

908

769

783

793

720

818

16

588

742

8OO

804

66 

556

21,126

704

Observed Adjustedt

Max 1,120 Min 5.3 Mean 528 Mean 493 Cfsra 2.12 In. 28.75

Max 1,120 Min 4.0 Mean 455 Mean 505 Cfsra 2.17 In. 29.47

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Adjusted for change in contents in Blue Ridge Lake

Note. No gage-height record Apr. 11 to May 10, May 21-23; discharge estimated on basis of Heather 

records, recorded range in stage, and records for Blue Ridge poHerplant.

463897 O -58 -12
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Ocoee River at Copperhill, Term.

Location. Lat 34°59'29", long 84°22'36", on right bank 0.2 mile upstream from Fightingtown Creek and 0.4 mile downstream from Copperhill, Polk County.

Drainage area.--352 sq mi.

Records available.--March 1903 to December 1913, October 1918 to August 1925 (gage 

heights only), and November 1942 to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. 

March 1903 to September 1924 (March 1903 to December 1911, revised records; gage 

heights only after December 1913) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Sage. Water-stage recorder and wooden control. Datum of gage is 1,445.88 ft above mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Aug. 27, 1925, 

staff or chain gages at several sites within 0.5 mile of present site at different 

datum.

Average discharge.--21 years (1903-6, 1907-10, 1911-13, 1943-56), 829 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 6,080 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.19 ft); minimum, 75 cfs Aug. 19 (gage height, 1.63 ft); minimum daily, 185 cfs July 11.

1903-13, 1918-25, 1942-56: Maximum gage height observed, 18.5 ft Nov. 19, 1906, 

site and datum then in use (discharge not determined); minimum daily discharge determined, 76 cfs Dec. 24, 1943, Oct. 5, 1947.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of backwater and no gage-height record, 

which are fair. Sixty-six percent of drainage area regulated by Blue Ridge Lake 

beginning Dec. 6, 1930 (see p. 229). Record includes diversion from this stream by 

Tennessee Copper Co.

Revisions (water years). WSP 1386: 1945. See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1955-56, except period of backwater (gage 

height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.9 

2.2 

2.S

145

305

755

3.5 

4.0 

5.0

1,490

2,260

4,060

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

2X

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

820

744

791

990

1.220

808

*488 

732

502

717

818

882

650

934

944

856

801

811

826

870

848

782

786

792

886

847

904

922

932

607

930

25,440

8E1

Nov.

923

931

*826

814

916

894

796 

687

804

1.080

875

838

620

298

705

799

608

706

854

731

694

696

345

884

630

472

715

616

773

22,720

757

Calendar year 1955;

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

698

4E4

600

454

598

842

736 

700

77E

784

865

875

774

550

*654

699

689

694

818

954

800

544

537

531

531

600

1,050

1,050

1,080

1,060

1,030

22,993

742

Jan.

1,020

827

568

568

568

575

575 

568

560

568

568

*568

568

568

568

470

318

324

391

364

344

338

364

405

377

370

357

370

338

195

306

14,868

480

Feb.

5EO

315

842

630

470

755

545 

377

338

293

880

974

426

*240

255

360

815

744

782

1,750

696

508

433

405

455

440

433

530

412

16,603

573

Mar.

377

455

412

398

357

641

678 

*412

357

331

324

312

398

656

515

846

598

500

440

405

377

357

350

344

331

594

692

580

596

514

499

14,646

472

Apr.

281

654

648

852

305

978

560

419

370

*923

1,050

496

318

312

cl,410

C2.560

704

552

478

440

405

398

380

370

360

350

344

338

653

656

18,564

619

May

637

628

440

537

1,270

1,130

1,190 

988

350

*630

728

864

854

852

1,010

1,120

864

680

765

765

909

1,110

1,110

1,510

1,200

836

846

859

646

767

35_3

26,228

846

June

725

979

704

700

S8E

750

*751 

764

824

795

896

929

750

576

£05

195

200

662

914

862

678

503

1,020

1,050

1,100

749

742

755

760

884

22,064

755

July

884

567

770

847

405

632

427 

888

520

195

»185

524

1,200

1,500

1,200

500

800

9OO

900

500

700

80O

900

900

850

800

700

900

900

900

900

22,794

755

Aug.

1,000

850

750

750

750

750

*720 

702

711

700

755

728

791

1,000

950

900

850

850

250

600

700

900

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

900

900

900

900

800

25,355

818

Sept.

400

900

900

900

*925

1,060

1.170 

896

881

878

946

906

920

920

920

920

920

1,OOO

900

900

900

892

971

212

691

875

922

936

256

654

25,467

849

Observed Adjustedt

»Iax 2,800 Min 155 Mean 731 Mean 697 Cfsra 1.98 In. 26.87

"lax 2,560 Min 185 Mean 704 Mean 754 Cfsm 2.14 In. 29.15

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

t Adjusted for change in contents in Blue Ridge Lake, 

c Backwater from Fightingtown Creek.

Note. Mo gage-height record Apr. 23-25, July 15 to Aug. 7, Aug. 14 to Sept. 4, Sept. 15-2O; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for Blue Ridge powerplant.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 171

Fightingtown Creek at McCaysvllle, Ga.

Location. Lat 34°58'53", long 84°23"12", on right bank 0.2 mile upstream from county 

highway bridge, 0.9 mile upstream from mouth, and 0.9 mile west of McCaysvllle, Fannln 

County.

Drainage area. 70.9 sq ml.

Records available.--November 1942 to September 1956.

'§_.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 1,449.75 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--13 years (1943-56), 194 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,150 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 8.93 ft); minimum, 46 cfs Oct. 26, 27, 28 (gage height, 1.46 ft).

1942-56: Maximum discharge, 5,420 cfs Mar. 29, 1951 (gage height, 11.92 ft); minimum, 37 cfs Nov. 19, 1953; Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 1954.

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mills above station.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.4 

1.6 

2.0

65

138

2.8 

4.0 

6.0

360

S3O

1,62O

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

67

55

51

50

49

49

*163

376

10T

76

68

64

61

62

58

55

54

54

55

52

51

50

49

47

47

47

47

50

85

64 

55

2,212

71.4

1.01

1.16

Nov.

52

51

*51

51

50

49

58

57

52

55

61

54

58

97

101

S5

101

81

90

86

75

7O

193

263

138

121

106

95

86

81

2,568

85.6

1.21

1.35

Dee.

78

85

92

134

145

115

103

97

99

92

S6

83

79

*78

7S

75

73

101

103

88

85

S3

81

79

78

75

73

71

75

86 

31

2,749

88. 7

1.25

1.44

Jan.

76

75

75

71

70

70

68

67

67

67

*68

67

67

65

65

65

65

64

104

94

79

75

86

112

94

88

85

83

85

121 

15O

2,468

79.6

1.12

1.29

Feb.

138

T83

a30O

a400

a380

a500

a450

a3OO

a250

a225

a250

a23O

a22o

*200

196

198

465

568

520

1,010

620

462

388

381

44O

412

409

423

350

10,868

375

5.29

5.70

Mar.

322

402

360

353

316

316

3O7

*434

325

304

292

277

316

628

504

664 552-

462

409

367

339

322

307

298

283

271

262

257

271

252 

243

11,015

355

5.01

5.78

Apr.

236

230

226

308

254

712

548

402

350

*325

346

319

301

286

746

*1.580

664

516

444

406

378

356

342

322

310

304

295

280

277

268

12,331

411

5.8O

6.47

Hay

268

283

336

280

26O

254

350

346

289

*265

252

238

230

223

216

2O8

20O

196

190

188

186

18O

176

173

170

170

170

168

168

160 

156

6,949

224

3.16

3.65

June

196

160

150

146

143

138

*134

132

134

136

128

128

134

251

146

146

150

138

151

150

128

128

123

236

180

148

128

117

112

117

4,408

147

2.07

2.31

July

121

197

160

164

188

168

148

148

170

138

*123

119

138

128

119

128

134

113

106

106

103

103

123

1O6

125

112

104

99

97

104

4,000

129

1.S2

2.10

Aug.

97

95

97

92

90

*90

83

81

78

76

75

76

75

71

71

67

65

73

125

88

"88 148

76

71

68

67

70

86

71

68 

65

2,543

82.0

1.16

1.33

Sept.

81

73

65

64

*95

1O8

140

85

73

68

65

64

62

58

55

52

52

59

54

51

51

5O

54

78

70

90

62

61

59

5S

2,057

68.6

O.968

l.OS

Calendar year 1955: Max l,54O Min 38 Mean 141 Cfsm 1.99 In. 27. O3

Water year 1955-55: Max 1,58O Min 47 Mean 175 Cfsm 2.47 In. 33.66

Peak discharge (base. 1.20O efs). Apr. 16 (4 a.m.) 3,150 cfs (s.93 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record} discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on nearby streams.
172 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Davis Mill Creek at Copperhill, Tenn.

Location. Lat 34°59'43", long 84°22'56", on right bank 0.4 mile northwest of Louisville 

& Nashville Railroad station, 0.8 mile from post office at Copperhill, Polk County, 

and 0.1 mile upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--5.16 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1940 to September 1941 (published as Mill Creek at Copperhill), 

December 1948 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete San Dimas flume and dam. Datum of gage is 

1,451.06 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

July 16, 1940, to Sept. 30, 1941, water-stage recorder and sharp-crested weir at site 

145 ft upstream at datum 1.58 ft higher.

Average discharge.--7 years (1949-56), 34.4 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,670 cfs July 4 (gage height, 4.45 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 150 cfs on basis of critical-depth determination at gage 

height 6.02 ft; minimum daily, 19 cfs Jan. 8.

1940-41, 1948-56: Maximum discharge, 3,950 cfs Oct. 6, 1949 (gage height, 6.02 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 150 cfs on basis of critical-depth determination of 

peak flow; minimum daily, 3.1 cfs July 30, 1940.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Flow includes an unknown amount of diversion from other drainage basins through the 

sulphuric acid plant of Tennessee Copper Co. Some fluctuation due to irregular release 

of wastes by Tennessee Copper Co. just above gage.

Cooperation.--Water-stage recorder inspected by employee of Tennessee Copper Co. 

Revisions..--WSP 1206: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Apr. 6-15)

Oct. 29 to Sept. 30

1.60 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

25

48

95

163

1.3

1.8 

2.5 

3.0

16

40

98

163

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

56

55

50

26

52

*39

*163

45

56

36

36

35

37

32

32

30

30

*34

30

52

31

32

32

34

33

32

34

38

38

32

32

1,172

37.8

-

-

Nov.

52

*53

30

*28

ZB

28

52

28

28

30

29

28

54

56

52

36

30

30

37

28

30

52

50

35

35

32

30

28

29

28

944

31.5

-

-

Dec.

28

30

28

57

30

32

30

27

28

24

25

24

24

*24

23

22

2T

30

26

23

22

22

26

26

28

26

25

24

25

25

22

828

26.7

-

-

Jan.

24

25

24

24

23

24

21

19

20

21

*22

22

22

21

25

25

25

24

50

24

25

24

29

27

26

24

24

27

28

31

26

748

24.1

-

-

Feb.

31

46

68

47

41

69

15

54

56

33

34

29

30

*31

34

34

66

44

61

55

44

40

58

40

45

38

43

36

34

1,222

42.1

_

-

Mar.

56

42

38

37

56

57

44

*52

39

36

57

39

44

57

48

62

46

41

41

38

58

59

38

38

55

36

37

38

41

56

55

1,261

40.7

_

-

Apr.

55

58

57

59

39

81

34

30

30

32

*37

32

32

33

124

55

49

49

49

44

44

44

46

45

45

44

44

44

44

45

1,344

44.8

-

-

May

46

60

52

49

48

47

57

50

46

58

*44

45

43

44

44

44

41

44

41

41

42

43

39

39

43

40

39

41

41

a 42

43

1,574

44.5

-

-

June

46

41

40

40

41

40

*58

39

39

59

56

36

46

42

40

42

69

48

43

44

44

45

44

62

45

42

41

41

50

72

1,331

44.4

-

-

July

45

46

46

~59 107

49

39

59

43

40

*38

36

46

40

46

43

41

38

58

39

58

58

38

'59 36

56

58

57

37

38

41

1,334

43.0

_

-

Aug.

39

40

58

56

37

37

*37

56

36

35

36

38

59

58

57

52

28

58

42

49

46

37

a35

50

a29

329

40

355

52

330

29

1,120

36.1

_

-

Sept.

a45

a40

a33

42

*32

38

52

a30

a29

a28

a27

a26

326

325

325

324

a26

a25

325

25

28

28

42

35

36

32

330

328

a25

325

910

30.3

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 163 Mln 21 Mean 55.7 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 163 Mln 19 Mean 57.1 Cfsm - In. -

* Discharge measurement msde on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for ststlons 

on nearby streams.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 173

North Potato Creek near Ducktown, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°00'5< 

State Highway 40, l\ 

mouth.

", long 84 0 22'58", on right bank 50 ft upstream from bridge on 

miles south of Ducktown, Polk County, and 2 miles upstream from

Drainage area. 13.0 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1934 to September 1956. Prior to October 1950, published as 

Potato Creek near Ducktown.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder and concrete San Dimas flume. Datum of gage is 1,492.51 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to 

Oct. 8, 1935, water-stage recorder and wooden weir and Oct. 8, 1935, to Aug. 25, 1948, 

water-stage recorder and Parshall flume, at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 22 years, 28.3 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 1,070 cfs Sept. 23 (gage height, 5.21 ft); minimum dally, 14 cfs Nov. 4, 6, Jan. 8.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 7,080 cfs Apr. 6, 1936 (gage height, 7.2 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,100 cfs; minimum daily, 2.8 cfs June 16, 17, 1941.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Discharge includes diversion from Brush Creek and from Ocoee River. This diversion 

was small prior to June 1941. Some fluctuations caused by Tennessee Copper Co. 

plant's irregular pumpage from mines.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1386: 1935.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

1.0 

1.5

2.0

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

134

220

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

20

15

IS

16

17

*19

179

57

23

20

16

18

21

19

al8

a!7

a!6

al6

18

a!7

16

a!5

al5

al5

a!5

al5

15

24

27

al9

16

749

24.2

_

-

Nov.

16

*16

16

14

15

14

17

15

15

20

17

16

19

24

20

27

20

18

31

18

18

18

46

26

28

23

19

17

15

18

596

19.9

-

-

Dec.

20

24

19

85

28

22

19

22

23

19

18

18

18

*19

19

19

20

34

22

21

26

28

24

21

18

18

18

17

^0

21

18

718

23.2

-

-

Jan.

17

18

22

26

22

20

17

14

18

18

*20

19

19

18

17

17

15

18

36

16

21

20

33

24

a22

a20

19

20

20

33

24

653

21.1

_

-

Feb.

34

56

154

82

51

140

50

37

43

33

39

32

31

*26

28

27

116

97

189

156

65

54

47

50

61

43

60

46

40

1,887

65.1

-

-

Mar.

39

58

48

36

36

35

64

*99

5O

44

41

36

50

90

56

"54 123

a48

44

42

40

39

35

39

35

33

32

32

33

32

32

1,475

47.6

.

-

Apr.

29

29

28

38

31

98

38

34

34

31

*38

26

25

19

178

73

47

39

36

33

33

33

33

30

3O

29

29

30

28

31

1,210

4O.3

_

-

May

37

68

87

54

42

42

64

45

36

*35

33

32

30

32

32

32

3O

3O

30

29

30

29

28

2F

30

3O

29

29

28

29

29

1,139

36.7

-

-

June

51

32

29

30

28

28

*27

26

29

25

58

35

49

39

29

28

57

39

26

23

22

^6

33

69

30

26

25

23

23

88

1,053

35.1

-

-

July

36

32

26

-56 118

72

37

36

71

31

*27

24

89

38

41

32

28

25

24

23

23

26

23

22

29

20

20

19

a!9

19

18

1,104

35.6

-

-

Aug.

 22 16

22

18

ale

a!8

*18

17

16

16

16

a!9

39

25

22

20

19

35

41

102

39

26

23

22

22

21

44

25

22

21

22*

806

26. 0

-

-

Sept.

49

23

22

46

*26

33

23

19

a!9

19

18

a!8

a!9

19

19

18

20

a!9

alS

18

18

19

85

31

28

19

18

18

18

17.

736

24.5

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 275 Mln 11 Mean 25.3 Cfsm - In. -

Water year 1955-56: Max 189 Mln 14 Mean 33.1 Cfsm - In. -

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on nearby streams.
174 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Ocoee River at Emf, Term.

Location. Lat 35°05'48", long 84°32'07", on left bank 700 ft downstream from Tennessee 

Valley Authority powerplant, three-quarters of a mile upstream from former village 

of Emf, Polk County, and 2 miles downstream from Goforth Creek.

Drainage area. 524 sq ml.

Records available. January 1913 to September 1956.

e. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 837.88 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

""929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 43 years, 1,218 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,600 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 9.34 ft); minimum, 22 cfs May 17 (gage height, 2.45 ft}; minimum dally. 373 cfs June 15.

1913-56: Maximum discharge, 29,400 cfs July 10, 1916 (gage height, 13.7 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 17,000 cfs; minimum dally, 5.0 cfs July 28, 1944.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair. 

Flow regulated by Blue Ridge and Ocoee No. 3 Lakes (see p. 229) and by powerplant 

above station.

Cooperation. Water-stage recorder Inspected by employee of Tennessee Valley Authority. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 783: 1913-34.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

347

760

1,200

1,790

6.0 

7.0 

8.0

3,360

5,250

8,050

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Itotal

Mean

Oct.

947

938

947

*964

947

956

1,010

1,550

981

972

956

998

956

947

947

938

947

947

947

950

930

947

956

938

938

938

947

956

964 

947

947

30,113

971

Nov.

947

947

947

947

947

956

956

947

956

956

947

938

938

947

947

956

-964 972

964

956

947

947

956

964

964

964

956

964

956 

947

28,600

953

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

947

956

956

1,050

*1,030

964

964

947

964

947

938

947

947

938

947

950

950

950

950

980

960

950

950

950

950

920

980

960

950 

950

950

29,672

957

Jan.

940

940

940

940

800

760

660

650

640

640

640

639

623

616

616

616

616

616

631

616

631

608

616

662

647

631

623

623

623

694

21,175

683

Feb.

655

922

2,330

1,920

1,790

2,120

2,070

*1,650

1,340

1,030

1,040

1,010

990

964

964

956

1,300

1,990

1,470

4.470

1,920

1,650

1,380

1,290

1,600

1,280

1,010

1,040

808

42,959

1,481

Mar.

990

1,020

1,310

1,610

1,100

990

981

1,010

990

990

990

981

998

1,590

1,780

2.520

1,790

1,670

1,550

990

990

990

947

981

981

981

972

972

990 

972

981

36,407

1,174

Apr.

981

990

990

998

*1,140

1,720

1,660

1,610

1,240

972

998

981

972

972

1,630

*6.080

2,100

1,610

1,560

1,010

1,010

990

990

990

990

754

990

981

990 

990

39,889

1,330

May

998

1,180

1.600

1,580

1,410

1,390

1,470

1,500

1,360

1,330

1,310

1,290

1,270

1,260

1,250

1,020

844

1,300

1,270

1,270

1,280

1,330

1,350

1,300

1,240

972

1,010

998

1,020

1,020

1,030

38,452

1,240

June

.040

,030

,020

* ,020

,020

990

998

998

990

998

981

998

1,030

702

575

886

1,010

998

998

1,010

990

981

998

1,020

1,010

998

972

1,030

1,010 

990

29,089

970

July

1,060

1,020

1,020

1,010

1,640

1,100

998

998

1,050

1,010

990

1,010

1,020

1,020

1,010

1,010

998

990

990

981

981

1,010

1,010

627

1,010

998

856

990

998 

991

1,020

31,416

1,013

Aug.

990

964

823

956

990

990

981

990

*998

990

998

998

1,010

998

981

981

972

972

990

990

1.080

990

990

972

972

972

972

981

981

972

30,416

981

Sept.

972

964

972

972

972

1.240

1,090

981

972

964

972

956

972

972

965

970

955

970

970

964

964

964

964

1,040

1,180

972

964

964

828 

981

29,586

986

Observed Adjustedt

teix 5,100 Min 44 Mean 1,008 Mean 975 Cfsm 1.86 In. 25.26

 lax 6,080 Min 373 Mean 1,059 Meats 1,105 Cfsm 2.11 In. 28.69

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change In contents In Blue Ridge and Ocoee No. 3 Lakes.

Note. No gage-height record Dec. 16 to Jan. 11, Sept. 15-19; discharge estimated on basis of 

recorded range In stage and Ocoee No. 3 powerplant records.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Ocoee River at Parksville, Term.

175

Location. Lat 35°05'48", long 84°39'15" , on right bank 0.4 mile downstream from dam 

and Ocoee No. 1 powerplant of Tennessee Valley Authority at Parksville, Polk County 

and at mile 11.5.

Drainage area.--595 sq mi.

Records available. January 1911 to September 1916, March 1921 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 716.96 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 40 years, 1,275 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,130 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 11.02 ft); 

minimum, 110 cfs Jan. 19 (gage height, 2.95 ft); minimum daily, 118 cfs Jan. 28, 29, 

31.

1911-16, 1921-56: Maximum discharge, 21,700 cfs Mar. 29, 1951 (gaze height 

20.22 ft); minimum daily, 10 cfs Oct. 28, 1925.

Remarks.--Records excellent. Plow regulated by Blue Ridge, Ocoee No. 3, and Parksville 

Lakes (see p. 229).

Cooperation. Water-stage recorder inspected by employees of Tennessee Valley Authority. 

Revisions.(water years). WSF 823: Drainage area. WSP 1386: 1926.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.9 

3.1

3.5

90

175

400

4.0

6.0

10.0

775

2,770

7,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

e

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

IBS.

166

1,110

*1,200

1,140

1,200

1,200

208

166

1,180

1,390

1,390

1,370

1,260

1,150

195

1,200

1,390

1,370

1,380

1,380

258

166

1,090

1,360

1,340

1,370

1,410

1,390 

273

1,190

31,058

1,002

Nov.

1,420

1,390

1,410

1,420

1,310

166

1,220

1,480

1,490

1.61ft

1,600

736

185

1,580

1,490

1,500

1,400

1,450

1,460

257

1,180

1,490

1,460

1,480

1,480

1,490

285

1,220

1,500

1,500

37,659

1,255

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

1,490

1.690

1,230

218

*1,160

1,460

1,470

1,500

1,560

262

185

1,260

1,350

1,350

1,600

1,370

260

185

1,360

1,300

1,270

1,280

1,310

139

139

1,520

1,540

1,580

1,630

1,630 

148

34,446

1,111

Jan.

148

1,420

1,440

1,510

1,480

1,510

126

126

1,780

1,810

1,840

1,780

1.860

126

122

857

901

885

864

876

126

126

982

1,090

1,130

1,110

990

118

Tie

502

lib

27,871

899

Feb.

122

122

126

1,400

406

1,330

1,670

*2,190

2,400

2,810

2,280

249

1,820

2,180

2,220

2,300

2,290

2,350

272

1,930

2,770

2,780

2,780

2,810

2,850

601

1,670

1,710

1,690

50,128

1,729

Mar.

1,680

1,710

152

152

1,650

1,830

1,820

1,850

1,720

152

166

2.SBO

2,350

2,250

2,340

2,360

2,320

218

1,850

1,880

1,860

1,860

1,850

166

162

1,570

1,090

1,110

1,070

1,080

JU4

42,792

1,380

Apr.

144

1,410

1,440

1,430

*1,490

1,560

1,540

185

1,820

1,950

2,160

2,090

2,260

198

575

*6,720

3,350

2,880

2,840

2,840

2,320

1,730

1,360

1,220

804

854

854

152

139

1,160

49,475

1,649

May

1,090

1,520

1,540

1,610

1,570

152

1,440

1,490

1,490

1,420

1,470

1,470

1,470

1,460

1,470

1,480

1,470

1,640

1,590

157

1,500

1,510

1,530

1,380

1,450

1,180

144

968

1,010

1,420

1,420

40,511

1,307

June

1,420

224

144

*1,190

1,210

1,440

1,440

1,440

751

148

1,340

1,130

1,130

1,480

1,500

231

162

1,080

1,410

1,500

1,500

1,060

157

157

1,070

1,480

1,470

1,500

1,490

248

30,502

1,017

July

170

1,400

1,470

1,480

1,490

1,490

890

195

1,410

1,480

1,390

1,500

1,480

242

166

1,190

1,480

1,470

1,490

1,250

194

166

1,290

1,510

1,130

*1,430

1,500

248

166

1,300

1,470

33,537

1,082

Aug.

1,500

1.510

967

200

200

1,240

1,500

1,490

1,510

640

185

190

1,080

1,490

1,490

1,510

1,390

152

166

1,070

1,400

1,350

1,510

1,510

280

175

1,110

1,500

1,500

1,500

1,500

32,815

1,059

Sept.

232

170

1,140

1,500

1,500

1.620

1,520

195

195

*1,080

1,450

1,450

1,300

951

144

144

1,010

1,440

1,450

1,450

1,380

148

148

971

1,500

1,490

1,500

1,480

152 

139

' 28,849

962

Observed Adjustedt

"lax 2,820 Mln 139 Mean 1,137 Mean 1,098 Cfsm 1.85 In. 25.05

lax 6,720 Hln 118 Mean 1,201 Mean 1,251 Cfsm 2.10 In. 28.62

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change In contents In Blue Ridge, Ocoee No. 3, and Parksvllle Lakes.
176 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Hiwassee River above Charleston, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35 0 12'33", long 84°39'3l", on right bank 0.2 mile downstream from Ocoee 

River, a third of a mile upstream from Louisville & Nashville Railroad bridge, 2| miles 

north of Benton, Polk County, and at mile 34.1.

Drainage area.--2.001 sq ml.

Records available. October 1953 to September 1956.

e. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 682.86 ft above mean sea level, datum of

929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 1.8 miles 

downstream.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 15,800 cfs Apr. 16 (gage height, 14.26 ft); 

minimum, 455 cfs Sept. 3 (gage height, 1.67 ft); minimum dally, 898 cfs Jan. 29.

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 25,800 cfs Jan. 23, 1954 (gage height, 20.55 ft); minimum, 320 cfs Nov. 14, 15, 1954; minimum dally, 355 cfs Nov. 14, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good. Flow regulated by seven reservoirs (see p. 226).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

2.4 

4.0 

6.0

880

2,080

4,400

10.0

14.0

9,800

15,400

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, waber year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8 

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

1,840

1,650

2,970

3,730

*3,650

3,740

3,790

3,920 

2,970

3,520

4,010

4,000

3,970

3,850

3,750

3,020

3,470

3,960

3,960

3,960

4,000

3,090

2,760

3,330

3,960

3,910

3,920

4,020

4.100

3,160

3,500

109,520

3,533

Nov.

,020

,010

,020

,010

,020

,990

,500

* ,060 

,080

,220

,220

,630

,560

,360

,030

,320

,410

,260

,360

,490

,650

,180

,970

,320

,400

,080

,760

,540

,240

,180

 

116,690

3,890

Dec.

,180

,440

,700

,340

,610

* ,650

,520

,440 

,440

,390

,020

,750

,170

,130

,300

,350

,480

,290

,130

,370

,330

,320

,020

,650

.050

,100

,390

,500

,540

,590

,550

122,740

3,959

Jan.

3,140

4,180

4,340

4,080

4,440

4,360

3,130

3,200 

*4,320

4,450

4,430

4,610

4,430

3,130

1,940

2,820

3,190

2,760

2,600

3,040

1,530

1,780

2,990

4,020

3,800

3,700

3,060

954

898

2,710

3,050

101,282

3,267

Feb.

2 , 200

3,300

9,940

9,900

6,910

6,770

7,170

6,680 

6,610

6,840

6,380

4,400

5,260

5,750

5,670

5,820

6,570

9,140

6,610

7,410

*8,120

7,380

7,000

6,910

6,910

5,360

5,560

5,940

5,690

 

 

188,200

6,490

Mar.

5,580

5,710

5,590

4,620

5,470

5,840

5,570

6,110 

5,880

4,590

4,240.

5,530

6,190

7,430

*7,860

8,550

8,200

5,890

5,950

6,010

5,820

5,470

5,340

4,060

5,710

4,780

4,630

4,540

*4,820

*4,620

3,830

172,410

5,562

Apr.

3,490

4,410

4,530

4,480

4,060

4,440

4,270

2,240 

2,950

4,200

4,510

4,520

3,840

2,520

2,790

*14,100

8,510

5,660

4,880

4,540

3,780

2,990

2,720

2,550

3,040

2,350

2,150

1,540

1 , 100

2,290

 

119,450

3,982

May

2,260

3,010

3,990

5.080

4,390

1,930

3,220

*3,860 

3,430

3,230

3,270

3,100

3,030

3,440

4,530

4,570

4,400

3,210

3,470

1,560

2,850

3,140

3,170

3,220

4,350

4,280

4,350

3,090

2,540

3,050

3,030

106,070

3,422

June

3,290

2,220

1,830

2,450

2,760

3,000

3,000

*3,000 

2,540

1,110

1,930

2,770

2,760

3,150

3,250

2,130

1,970

3,310

4,230

3,470

4,510

3,320

2,580

2,140

3,210

3,190

3,180

3,390

3,360

2,050

84,900

2,830

July

1,780

3,820

3,500

4,090

3,730

3,780

 2,810

1.140 

2,010

3,050

2,890

2,950

2,950

2,140

1,810

5,150

5,550

3,120

3,280

2,600

2,350

2,550

3,220

3,350

2,860

3,160

3,260

2,050

1,730

3,330

4,190

90,160

2,908

Aug.

4,190

4,260

3,890

2,910

2,850

3,670

4,180

1

4,190 

4,190

3,550

2,850

2,820

 3,500

4,170

4,170

4,150

4,170

2,270

1,750

2,620

3,240

3,260

3,340

3,580

2,490

2,210

2,820

3,660

 3,630

3,740

3,740

106,060

3,421

Sept.

2,680

1,360

1,660

3,500

4,090

4,510

3,920

2,510 

2,500

3,500

4,090

4,140

4,100

3,690

2,640

2,310

3,450

3,940

4,150

4,130

4,000

2,650

1,510

2,660

3,660

4,140

4,140

4,140

3,120

1,890

 

98,580

3,286

Observed Adjustedt

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

 lax 11,800 Mln 1,060 Mean 3,492 Mean 3,392 Cfsm 1.70 In. 23.01

 lax 14,100 Mln 898 Mean 3,869 Mean 3,760 Cfsm 1.88 In. 25.58

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change In contents In 7 reservoirs above station.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Oostanaula Creek near Sanford, Tenn.

177

Location. Lat 35"19'39", long 84°42'19", on right bank 20 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 1.3 miles southeast of Sanford, 3.5 miles northeast of Calhoun, McMinn County, 

and at mile 5.6.

Drainage area.. 57.0 sq ml.

Records available.--October 1954 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 716.51 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 924 ofs Apr. 16 (gage height, 6.66 ft); minimum, 

18 cfs Sept. 17, 18, 30 (gage height, 2.15 ft).

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 1,260 cfs Apr. 7, 1955 (gage height, 7.41 ft); minimum 

observed, 16 cfs Oct. 13-28, 1954; minimum gage height observed, 2.12 ft Oct. 28, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. I to Apr. 16 Apr. 17 to Sept. 30

22

76

138

4.0 

5.5 

6.3

220

559

795

2.1 

2.5 

3.0

3.5 

4.0 

5.1

138

219

459

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

£3

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

26

28

25

25

*25

24

25

42

40

28

26

26

25

26

26

26

26

26

26

25

25

25

24

24

23_

24

24

25

26

29 

26

821

26.5

0.465

0.54

Nov.

25

25

25

25

25

26

26

*26

26

26

28

28

26

29

37

33

38

37

32

39

32

28

31

47

37

34

37

30

28

27

913

30.4

0.533

0.60

Dec.

26

27

31

92

94

52

43

40

37

35

33

*31

31

30

29

28

28

29

40

31

29

28

28

28

28

28

27

26

26

27 

26

1,088

35.1

0.616

0.71

Jan.

26

26

26

25

25

25

25

24

*24

24

25

25

?4

24

24

24

24

23

26

29

27

26

28

54

48

40

35

34

37

108 

119

1,054

34.0

0.596

0.69

Feb.

73

166

*587

788

643

479

445

400

300

250

300

275

250

225

200

180

250

700

550

450

350

300

250

275

300

250

210

180

160

9,786

337

5.91

6.38

Mar.

150

160

170

160

130

110

200

300

225

180

140

110 *m

164

198

310

321

224

181

156

142

132

124

118

114

106

103

98

137

*132

5,006

161

2.82

3.27

Apr.

93

89

87

87

88

161

258

139

114

105

104

111

97

92

233

*788

450

215

170

148

137

127

122

116

110

106

102

98

95

93

4,735

158

2.77

3.09

May

92

101

117

*124

97

91

98

106

89

82

80

76

74

71

69

67

66

64

62

60

58

58

57

57

56

54

53

51

50

49

11

2,276

73.4

1.29

1.48

June

56

51

47

46

*44

43

41

39

39

37

36

36

41

36

36

37

34

34

33

32

43

33

31

49

44

64

36

33

31

31

1,193

39.8

0.698

0.78

July

34

58

35

31

43

33

31

30

31

57

34

30

34

44

56

78

*68

39

36

36

37

34

31

30

30

30

29

28

28

28 

28

1,171

37.8

0.663

0.76

Aug.

26

27

26

26

26

2524'

24

22

22

22

23

22

22

22

22

20

20

20

21

22

21

20

20

20

19

20

26

24

26 

22

702

22.6

0.396

0.46

Sept.

20

20

19

19

19

60

73

35

23

22

21

20

20

20

20

19

19

31

43

22

20

20

20

20

20

20

19

19

19

19

741

24.7

0.433

0.48

Calendar year 1955: Max 916 Min 23 Mean 77.7 Cfsm 1.36 In. 18.51

Water year 1955-56: Max 788 Min 19 Mean 80.6 Cfsm 1.41 In. 19.24

Peak discharge (base. 400 ofa). Feb. 4 (8 p.m.) 920 cfs (6.65 ft); Feb. 17 or 18 (time and discharge unknown); Apr. 16 (3 p.m.) 924 cfs (6.66 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Feb. 8 to Mar. 12; discharge estimated on basis of weather records 

and records for stations on nearby streams.
178 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

South Chickamauga Creek below Georgia-Tennessee State line

Location Lat 34°59 I 52", long 85 0 10'36", on right bank 1,200 ft downstream from Mackey 

Branch, 1.0 mile downstream from Georgia-Tennessee State line, and 16.3 miles upstream 

from mouth.

Drainage area. 249 sq mi.

Records available. July 1952 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 659.11 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,020 cfs Feb. 4 (gage height, 14 57 ft); minimum, 57 cfs Oct. 27, 28 (gage height, 1.65 ft).

1952-56: Maximum discharge, 10,700 cfs Jan. 17, 1954 (gage height, 18.78 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 7,600 cfs on basis of velocity-area study; minimum, 44 cfs 

Oct. 5, 1954; minimum gage height, 1.46 ft Sept. 3, 1954.

Remarks. Remarks good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair 

Some diurnal fluctuations caused by small mills above station.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 4 Feb. 5 to Sept. 30

1.6 58

2.5 185

3.5 364

6.0 980

9.0 2,020

12.0 3,310

14.1 ' 4,640

1.6 51

2.0 104

4.0 480

6.0 980

9.0 2,020

13.0 3,860

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

ie

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

71

71

*69

68

68

66

73

124

105

76

70

68

69

66

65

64

63

63

63

63

60

59

59

59

59

58

58

58

66

79

*73

2,133

68.8

0.276

0.32

Nov.

68

66

68

66

68

68

*69

71

73

74

75

78

91

158

283

180

134

114

119

117

101

94

156

320

179

176

158

130

115

104

3,573

119

0.478

0.53

Dec.

*100

101

131

746

522

£66

199

173

155

137

126

119

112

108

105

101

98

114

166

134

118

111

110

107

104

100

97

94

93

94

96

4,837

156

0.627

0.72

Jan.

93

91

*91

90

87

86

84

82

80

79

79

79

79

78

76

76

76

75

87

131

110

97

107

279

259

187

156

144

160

371 

457

4,006

129

0.518

0.60

Feb.

503

1,910

4,020

*4.620

3,580

2,860

2,260

1,110

871

732

806

730

586

487

434

418

1,240

2,430

1,710

2,480

2,440

1,070

742

802

923

935

826

1,190

787

43,502

1,500

6.02

6.50

Mar.

600

674

701

631

*492

438

404

650

526

408

376

356

522

2,190

2.780

2,440

2,090

1,120

773

598

494

438

390

354

318

294

278

262

266

269

231

22,363

721

2.90

3.34

Apr.

215

*206

197

289

269

*1,800

2,440

856

557

451

562

526

398

348

1,230

5.820

1,960

848

624

497

416

368

338

303

280

260

246

230

217

204

20,955

698

2.80

3.13

May

213

*239

903

1.090

436

329

312

374

273

235

2 13

197

185

174

163

156

145

140

134

131

128

126

122

120

117

115

115

115

112

109

107

7,328

236

0.948

1.09

June

*126

118

107

106

104

102

99

98

96

94

93

91

115

104

107

106

98

91

90

93

93

88

87

84

85

99

99

82

78

77

2,910

97.0

0.390

0.43

July

91

*96

91

88

109

154

110

93

98

106

91

81

91

102

98

94

102

110

84

78

77

77

78

82

85

78

77

72

68

72

72

2,805

90.5

0.363

0.42

Aug.

*75

77

143

91

a80

75

a69

a67

a66

66

75

a67

a80

a9o

a78

a69

67

75

a300

656

511

230

98

82

75

73

75

107

81

155 

109

3,942

127

0.510

0.59

Sept.

136

115

85

*78

73

68

125

93

80

74

70

69

68

68

67

67

66

64

62

62

60

60

60

60

60

60

60

59

58

58

2,185

72.8

0.292

0.33

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,080 Hin 58 Mean 331 Cfsm 1.33 In. 18.03

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,620 Min 58 Mean 329 Cfsm 1.32 In. 18.00

Peak discharge (base. 4.OOP cfs).--Feb. 4 (5 p.m.) 5,020 cfs (14.57 ft); Apr. 16 (4:30 p.m.) 

4,000 cfa (13.23 ft).

Discharge measurement made on this day. 

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weathe 

near Chickamauga.

records and records for station
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 179

South Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga, Term.

Location. Lat 35°00'50", long 85 0 12'27", on right bank a third of a mile upstream from 

bridge on U. S. Highway 11, l| miles south of Chickamauga, Hamilton County, 6 miles 

east of Chattanooga, and 12 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 428 sq mi.

Records available. October 1928 to September 1956. Prior to October 1937, published as 

Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 651.12 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Oct. 7, 1930, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge. 28 years, 693 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 9,290 cfs Feb. 4 (gage height, 14.31 ft); minimum, 93 cfs Oct. 23, 24, 26, 27, 28; minimum gage height, 0.52 ft Sept. 19, 20.

1928-56: Maximum discharge, 27,600 cfs Mar. 30, 1951 (gage height, 20.73 ft); minimum, 61 cfs Oct. 8, 1941; minimum gage height, 0.47 ft Sept. 4, Oct. 18, 19, 1954.

Remarks. Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mills above 

station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 823: Drainage area, WSP 853: 1937. WSP 1386: 1932.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 5 Feb. 6 to Sept. 30

0.60 87

1.0 172

2.0 470

4.0 1,240

8.0 3,000

10.0 4,020

12.0 5,720

14.0 8,650

0.50 93

1.0 180

1.5 306

3.0 835

8.0 3,000

10.0 4,020

12.0 5,720

14.0 8,650

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

119

119

 117

113

111

111

131

187

165

127

115

111

111

113

109

111

103

105

103

101

103

101

97

95

99

95

95

99

125

131

*113

3,535

114

0.266

0.31

Nov.

109

109

109

105

105

109

115

121

121

119

127

125

142

303

550

369

222

184

187

194

165

142

210

508

356

309

277

220

187

160

6,039

201

0.470

0.52

Dec.

*151

156

212

1,220

1,100

547

392

327

286

252

225

210

200

187

180

172

163

194

297

266

222

207

197

192

184

174

165

158

154

154

156

8,700

281

0.657

0.76

Jan.

151

147

*147

145

140

140

136

134

129

127

129

129

127

125

125

125

123

12T

151

207

192

167

182

463

519

359

292

269

297

719

875

7,094

229

0.535

0.62

Feb.

863

2,950

6,280

8,210

*7,870

6,200

4,860

2,870

1,600

1,300

1,360

1,370

1,080

879

779

743

1,700

3,820

3,750

4,020

4,360

2,700

1,380

1,360

1,650

1,750

1,450

2,070

1,480

80,704

2,783

6.50

7,01

Mar.

1,050

1,080

1,230

1,090

*867

759

694

1,030

963

727

659

624

763

2,900

4,610

4,520

4,180

2,640

1,460

1,070

867

751

666

610

554

505

477

450

446

443

389

39,074

1,260

2.94

3.40

Apr.

366

*349

474- 336

443

*2,360

4,200

2,930

1,180

815

887

843

656

578

1,650

5,680

4,460

2,180

1,120

863

712

645

592

522

477

443

419

392

369

352

37,293

1,243

2.90

3.24

May

346

*395

1,040

1,940

779

547

498

659

512

412

372

343

318

303

286

269

255

246

236

232

226

222

215

210

203

203

201

201

201

197

197

12,264

396

0.925

1.07

June

*224

206

193

188

186

180

180

172

168

164

162

160

178

178

184

190

178

170

170

170

170

168

162

160

164

178

180

160

149

147

5,239

175

0.409

0.46

July

180

*224

201

168

220

274

206

188

215

249

215

186

188

201

188

186

180

203

168

158

151

172

151

166

214

142

142

T2~8 125

134

139

5,662

183

0.428

0.49

Aug.

*130

134

345

268

153

135

127

125

117

111

123

106

139

139

120

114

111

117

228

1,100

1,000

506

206

164

151

139

137

170

147

176

197

6,935

224

0.523

0.60

Sept.

232

208

151

*135

132

140

253

184

140

127

123

128

122

114

109

107

109

111

107

99

104

104

112

122

122

114

106

107

109

107

3,938

131

0.306

0.34

Calendar year 1955: Max 8,260 Min 95 Mean 592 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.79

Water year 1955-56: Max 8,210 Min 95 Mean 591 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.82

Peak discharge (base, 5,500 cfs). Feb. 4 (10:30 p.m.) 9,290 cfs (14.31 ft); Apr. 16 (9 p.m.)

5,870 cfs (12.14 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
180 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Chattanooga, Term.

Location.--Lat 35°05'12", long 85"16'43", on right bank at Meadow Lake Country Club golf 

course, half a mile downstream from South Chickamauga Creek, 3 miles downstream from 

Chickamauga Dam, 3| miles upstream from Walnut Street Bridge in Chattanooga, Hamilton 

County, and at mile 467.6.

Drainage area. 21,400 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--April 1874 to October 1913, March 1915 to June 1930, and January 1936 

to September 1956 in reports of Geological Survey. April 1874 to September 1924 in 

Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34. July 1930 to September 1956 at site 38 miles 

downstream, published as Tennessee River at Hales Bar, near Chattanooga. Gage-height 

records collected in this vicinity since 1874 are contained in reports of U. S. Weather 

Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 621.12 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Feb. 1, 1939, staff or chain gages, 

or water-stage recorders at several sites from 7 miles upstream from Chattanooga to 

Hales Bar Dam 33 miles downstream, at or within 0.2 ft of present datum; except staff 

gage at Bridgeport, Ala., 49.9 miles downstream at different datum Oct. 22, 1913, to 

Feb. 28, 1915, and Oct. 1, 1918, to Jan. 5, 1921. Auxiliary gages at several sites 

parts of period since Feb. 28, 1915. Present auxiliary gage site 2-j miles downstream 

from base gage.

Average discharge. 82 years (1874-1956), using records at Hales Bar July 1930 to December 

1935, 37,050 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 187,000 cfs Feb. 4; maximum gage height, 29.25 ft 

Feb. 4; maximum gage height at Walnut Street, 27.39 ft Feb. 4; minimum daily discharge, 

6,700 cfs Jan. 15; minimum gage height, 10.45 ft Jan. 19.

1874-1956: Maximum discharge observed, 410,000 cfs Mar. 1, 1875 (gage height, 

53.8 ft, present datum, at Walnut Street), from rating curve extended above 250,000 cfs; 

minimum daily, 1,200 cfs Nov. 1, 1953; minimum gage height, 0.0 ft Sept. 11-14, 1881, 

Sept. 19, 1883 (before filling of Hales Bar Pool).

Maximum stage known, 57.9 ft Mar. 11, 1867, present datum, at Walnut Street (discharge, above 459,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Since 1936, flow regulated by increasing numbers of reservoirs 

above station (see p. 226).

Revisions (water years).--WSP 353: 1874-1912. WSP 783: 1917. WSP 823: 1875(M). 

WSP 973:1942!WST 1386: 1932-34 (station at Hales Bar near Chattanooga).

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12 

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Total 

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

Oct.

25,300 

17,800 

25,400 

27,800 

23,800

21,400 

22,000 

25,700 

21,600 

27 , 100

26,300 

27,000 

27,500 

25,500 

27,400

22,100 

26,100 

26,500 

28,900 

51,700

31,100 

23,100 

21,800 

27,400 

29,900

27,900 

24,500 

26,500 

57,800 

25,000 

28,500

808,000 

26,060

Nov.

27,900 

25,800 

29,400 

30,000 

29,400

30,100 

30,400 

31,200 

30,600 

30,600

31,200 

27,000 

20,300 

26,700 

21,500

18 , 900 

26,600 

28,200 

26,300 

27,500

26,600 

24,200 

19,600 

19,300 

22,700

19,500 

12,200 

27,200 

35,700 

*55,BOO

792,400 

26,410

Dec.

28,500 

29,100 

15,900 

8,000 

29,500

33,100 

33,700 

36,900 

59,200 

33,000

23,500 

24,900 

33,800 

31,000 

32,100

37,400 

34,000 

14,200 

27,600 

32,200

32,200 

32,100 

20,200 

12,200 

7,800

14,400 

22,200 

23,600 

21,800 

26,000 

26,800

816,900 

26,350

Jan.

15,300 

17,600 

29,700 

50,900 

21,700

22,100 

24,400 

26,400 

28,800 

33,300

35,400 

52,600 

25,200 

15,500 

6,700

25,500 

19,800 

14,700 

12,200 

17,500

15,300 

18,200 

14,300 

22,600 

18,500

18,100 

15,600 

9,500 

10,600 

50,800 

41,700

667,900 

21,550

Feb.

50,800 

58,700 

114,000 

158,000

150,000

105,000 

* 92, 600 

71,100 

54,100 

46,600

45,100 

56,500 

58,400 

37,700 

38,000

45,200 

51,800 

78,600 

95,800 

88,800

72,400 

60,300 

52,000 

48,100 

52,200

46,500 

42,600 

45,700 

46,100

 ---

H.896.7 

65,400

Mar.

44,500 

38,000 

40,500 

34,300 

43,200

43,900 

47,000 

45,700 

44,400 

43,200

45,100 

44,000 

46.OOO 

51,800 

72,000

94,100 

95,700 

79,900 

61,800 

53,200

47,300 

47,500 

43,700 

38,100 

31,800

42,600 

51,600 

35,000 

39,600 

41 , 400 

38,400

*1,503.3 

48,490

Apr.

29,000 

32,200 

*30,400 

53,000 

31,600

45,500 

41,400 

26,000 

27,700 

34,000

29,900 

29,500 

27,800 

25,500 

15,500

44,200 

66,600 

51,200 

41,900 

41,600

39,200 

29,700 

34,900 

53,000 

50,700

50,300 

24,400 

24,600 

19,600 

26,200

996,900 

33,230

May

22,400 

24,400 

25,500 

33,500 

23,300

19,100 

25,000 

22,200 

24,400 

22,800

23,500 

21,900 

19,600 

54,900 

28,500

22,500 

25,500 

22,900 

23,600 

17,500

27,900 

33,900 

26,700 

28,600 

30,800

24,900 

2«,500 

26,300 

26,600 

25,600 

*26,500

786,900 

25,580

June

24,100 

25,900 

24,500 

25,000 

23,900

24,900 

25,700 

24,900 

25,400 

22,200

21,300 

23,900 

25,900 

20,500 

21,000

18,600 

19,700 

25,200 

26,100 

26,700

25,800 

25,000 

25,600 

16,200 

21.900

22,900 

23,700 

22,900 

21,500 

21,800

696,700 

23,220

July

22,200 

25,800 

27,400 

13,800 

24,200

26,300 

25,400 

21,400 

23,300 

20,200

21,000 

24,000 

22,600 

21,200 

22,000

29,100 

29,400 

28,500 

30,700 

26,200

21,800 

22,500 

23,200 

28,400 

29,800

28,100 

26,200 

26,700 

25,900 

55,500 

*55,900

784,500 

25,310

Aug.

32,600 

27,900 

57,400 

27,600 

29.OOO

28,500 

27,000 

29,900 

32,300 

31,100

26,400 

28,500 

28,400 

29,400 

29,500

50,000 

29,900 

27,700 

21,200 

28,400

28,800 

27,600 

26 , 100 

27,700 

27,900

25,700 

26,900 

27,500 

27,000 

25,800 

29,200

882,700 

28,470

Sept.

27,000 

21,500 

27,500 

29,500 

26,000

27,700 

a29,400 

a26,000 

aSO.OOO 

a30,500

a30,400 

a29,000 

a55,800 

a53,200 

a35,400

a29,000 

a28,200 

a27,600 

a28,600 

a28,900

a28,800 

a27,800 

a28,400 

a50,100 

a24,100

a25,500 

aSO.OOO 

a31,800 

a54.200 

a5 1,000

868,500 

28,950

Calendar year 1955; Max 117,000 Min 7,800 Mean 31,58O Cfsm 1.48 In. 20.03 

Water year 1955-56: Max 158,000 Min 6,700 Mean 31,420 Cfsm 1.47 In. 19.99

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

* Expressed in thousands.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records of release from Chickamauga Dam.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 18 

Chattanooga Creek near Flintstone, Ga.

Location. Lat 34 0 58'20", long 85°19'40", on right bank 0.8 mile south of GeorgiaTennessee State line and 2.3 miles northeast of Flintstone, Walker County.

Drainage area. 50.6 sq mi.

Records available. December 1950 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 649.18 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 5 years (1951-56), 74.4 cf s.

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 2,130 cfs Feb. 3 (gage height, 9.56 ft)- minimum, 3.6 cfs Oct. 21, 22, 23 (gage height, 0.51 ft).

1950-56: Maximum discharge, 6,140 cfs Mar. 29, 1951 (gage height, 12.90 ft, from 

high-water mark in gage well); minimum, 1.0 cfs Sept. 8, 3, 1954; minimum gage height, 

0.15 ft July 29, 1952.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used June 1, June 3 to July 22, 

Aug. 1-19, Sept. 16-3O)

0.50

1.0

1.5

2.0

5.0 226

6.O 

6.5 

7.0 

7.5 

9.3

320

392

513

695

1,920

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3 

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

4.4

4.5

*4.4 

4.1

4.2

4.3

4.8

5^8

5.5

4.6

4.2

4.1

4.2

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.1

4.0

4.0

4.O

3^9

3.9

3.9

4.1

4.0

4.1

4.2

*4.4

5.5 

5.8

5.7

136.8

4.41

0.087

0.10

Nov.

 577 5.5

6.0 

5.9

5.8

5.8

6.3

6.2

6.2

6.7

6.8

6.8

26

46

M

24

19

15

18

21

15

13

30

40

a3O

a25

a21

a!8

a!6 

a!4

532.7

17.8

0.352

0.39

Dec.

*13

14

24 

205

162

100

72

55

44

33

29

25

23

21

19

17

16

25

40

33

31

29

28

25

23

21

19

18

17 

17

17

1,215

39.2

0.775

0.89

Jan.

16

16

*15 

15

14

14

14

13

13

13

13

13

12

12

12

13

12

12

17

2O

18

16

22

55

56

52

46

45

51

153

175

966

31.2

O.617

0.71

Feb.

157

563

* 1.8 70 

1,370

1.O9O

745

49O

302

229

181

208

196

172

147

155

135

249

479

387

468

366

246

183

177

190

188

184

2OO

168

11,475

396

7.83

8.43

Mar.

147

166

163

167

151

*137

122

162

165

146

132

114

122

235

334

430

"282" 448

197

156

131

115

99

87

78

70

65

6O

58 

52

48

4,839

156

3.O8

3.56

Apr.

43

*41

a40 

68

a65

208

622

256

169

135

126

111

94

87

135

1.O60

436

240

170

136

112

99

88

76

68

62

58

52

47 

42

4j946

165

3.26

3.64

Hay

40

*46

70

95

73

62

182

192

T38

105

85

70

58

47

39

33

28

25

23

21

19

17

16

15

15

15

15

14

15 

15

13.

1,601

51.6

1.02

1.18

June

*34

a25

17 

14

13

13

13

13

12

11

11

1O

10

11

11

11

11

11

10

9.5

11

11

9.3

9.3

9.6

1O

9.4

8.8

H

366.7

12.2

0.241

0.27

July

9.0

*11

9.4 

9.2

9.6

9.3

10

10

11

il

9.9

9.6

9.5

9.8

10

11

10

9.6

9.1

8.7

8.4

8.5

a8. 5

a9.O

a9.8

a9.2

a8. 6

a8. 2

a7.8 

a7.8

aS.O

291.5

9.40

0.186

0.21

Aug.

*8.1

13

20 

11

10

9.4

8.8

8.5

8.2

7.8

.3

.2

.2

.6

.6

.3

.1

TT

32

99

51

15

11

10

9.3

9.0

8.8

8.4

8.2 

8.2

8.1

441.3

14.2

O.281

0.32

Sept.

12

9.5

8.4 

*7.8

7.5

35

30

12

10

9.2

8.3

7.9

7.6

7.4

7.O

6.7

6.2

5.9

5.8

5.8

5.8

5.7

6.O

6.5

6.6

6.3

5.9

5.8

5.1 

5.7

269.9

9.0O

0.178

0.20

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,380 Win 3.3 Mean 78.0 Cfsm 1.54 In. 20.90

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,870 Win 3.9 Mean 74.0 Cfsm 1.46 In. 19. 9O

Peak discharge (base. 800 cfs). Feb. 3 (3 to 5 p.m.) 2,130 cfs (9.56 ft); Apr. 7 (3 to 4 a.m.) 

900 cfs (7.90 ft); Apr. 16 (7 to 9 a.m.) 1,42O cfs (8.62 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range in stage, weather records, 

and records for stations on nearby streams.
182 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Hales Bar,.near Chattanooga, Term.

Location. Lat 35°01 I 43", long 85 0 32'48", In center pier of bridge on U. S. Highways 41, 

64, and 72, 1.4 miles downstream from Hales Bar Dam, 5| miles southeast of Jasper, 

Marion Oounty, 7 miles upstream from Sequatchie River, 34.5 miles downstream from 

Chattanooga, and at mile 429.7.

Drainage area. 21,800 sq mi, approximately. 

Records available. July 1930 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 588.51 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Feb. 13, 1932, water-stage recorder 

on lower lock wall 1.4 miles upstream at datum 0.35 ft higher. Since Jan. 27, 1939, 

auxiliary water-stage recorder 22 miles downstream.

Average discharge. 26 years, 33,960 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 168,000 cfs Feb. 4; maximum gage height, 24.57 

ft Feb. 5; minimum daily discharge, 4,600 cfs Jan. 28; minimum gage height, 4.31 ft 

Jan. 8.

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 241,000 cfs Dec. 31, 1932, Jan. 1, 1933, Mar. 30, 1936 

(gage height, 31.2 ft); minimum daily, 2,900 cfs (estimated)Nov. 1, 15, 1953; minimum 

gage height, 1.21 ft Oct. 27, 1931, site and datum then in use.

Maximum stage known, 44.6 ft in March 1867, present site and datum. A stage of 

37.4 ft occurred Mar. 8, 1917, present site and datum (discharge, 320,000 cfs, from 

rating curve extended above 225,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Since 1936, flow regulated by increasing numbers of reservoirs 

above station (see p. 226).

Revisions (water years).--WSP 853: Drainage area. WSP 973: 1942. WSP 1386: 1932-34.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sm

In.

Oct.

23,4OO

15,800

25,200

27,2OO

24,400

22,OOO

22,000

25,800

22,500

28 , 1OO

27,000

28,300

28,900

26,400

26,300

23,000

26,200

26,700

28,600

31,700

30,800

24,000

22,600

26,200

30,600

26,800

25,100

26,700

55,700

22,700

27,100

808,800

26,090

-

-

Nov.

26,700

28,200

29,900

30,700

29,500

30,600

30,800

31,600

31,100

31,000

31,600

30,000

20,500

26,600

23,300

18,600

27,800

*29,200

27,400

28,300

28,300

25,100

21,800

18,600

25,600

22,400

13,000

28,900

56,800

36,600

820,500

27,350

-

"

Dec.

30,600

31,900

16,500

14,600

29,600

37,500

37,100

37,300

42-600

36,000

29,400

29,600

34,600

31,400

32,800

37,500

34,200

19,300

28,800

31,800

33,300

32,700

25,200

14,000

9,500

14,200

22,200

25,900

*23,600

26, OOO

24,400

874,100

28,200

-

"

Jan.

19,000

17,000

26,700

28,200

24,300

22,900

23,800

27,400

30,200

34,400

37,500

33,400

27,400

14,600

7,400

25,400

19,900

15,000

16,100

13,900

15,000

15,600

17,100

23,200

19,700

20,400

16,700

4,600

9,600

31,200

47,300

684,800

22,090

-

"

Feb.

51,600

64,100

108,000

159,000

156,000

 114,000

98,3OO

81,500

61,400

50,800

48 , 70O

41,300

41 , 400

40,200

42,400

44,300

52,300

78,700

97,000

91,700

79,800

66,600

57,100

48,600

54,900

50,900

45,200

48,400

48,200

------

*2,022.4

69,740

-

-

Mar.

46,700

43 , 200

41,300

42,300

43 , 700

46,400

47,200

48,700

49,200

47,800

47,400

45,000

48,400

51,800

73,200

98,900

103,000

84,500

66,900

55,800

48,300

47,900

45 , 900

43 , 300

32,800

42,300

34,600

36,200

41 , 900

42,400

40,300

*1,587.3

51,200

-

-

Apr.

30,200

33,800

32,000

33,800

35,900

48,100

49,800

33,200

30,800

35,000

32,700

28,900

*28,300

26,800

23,500

49,000

71,700

55,600

44,100

41,400

38,600

30,100

36,100

34,500

30,800

30,600

24,000

25,400

30,400

25,200

* 3, 060. 3

35,340

-

-

May

22,500

25,300

25,900

33,100

22,700

19,300

27,600

23,300

25,500

22,9OO

22,600

22,100

20,OOO

33 , 500

28,700

22,700

24,500

22,900

22,700

17,400

29,100

31,600

27,200

27,100

30,700

24,800

24,200

26,200

26,200

25,100

25,000

782,400

25,240

-

-

June

24,500

23,300

23 , 500

23 , 100

23,900

24,500

24,800

24 , OOO

24,900

21,800

21,700

23,6OO

23,300

17,900

19, OOO

17,000

19,400

23,800

26,100

26,400

24,900

22,700

23,600

17,900

23,400

22,800

22,300

20,900

20,200

23,400

678,600

22,620

-

-

July

22,OOO

*24,800

25,100

15,400

23,500

24,800

24,4OO

22,900

23,600

18 , 900

20,600

22,900

22,300

23,100

23 , 900

28,300

29,400

28,8OO

29,400

29,500

25,000

23,100

24,300

26,300

27 , 900

28,400

27,200

29,400

29,100

34,600

32,400

789,300

25,460

-

"

Aug.

32,100

27 , 4OO

37,200

29,700

31,100

28,400

27,400

28,400

31 , 900

32,800

27,700

29,900

28,200

26,900

28,400

28,700

29,600

30,100

23 , 800

27,700

29,100

26,500

25,800

27,800

29,100

26,600

25,500

26,200

26,600

25,200

*27,800

883,600

28,500

-

~

Sept.

28,800

25,100

25,900

28,7OO

27,600

26,800

29,400

30,000

30,500

30,500

30,400

29,600

32,200

33,100

56,400

30,OOO

29,200

28,500

29,100

29,100

29,700

28,300

32,300

29,500

28,100

26,400

29,800

32,800

34,900

32,000

894,700

29,820

-

"

Calendar year 1955: Max 122,000 win 9,500 Mean 33,250 Cfsra 1.53 In. 20.70

Water year 1955-56: Max 159,000 Min 4,600 Mean 32,480 Cfsra 1.49 In. 20.28

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

* Expressed in thousands.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 183

Sequatchie River near Whitwell, Term.

Location. Lat 35°12 '22", long 85°29'48", on right bank 15 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 1? miles east of Whitwell, Marion County, 3 miles upstream from bridge on 

State Highway 27, and 4? miles downstream from Griffith Creek.

Drainage area. 384 sq mi.

Records available. December 1920 to September 1956.

Datum of gage is 632.73 ft above mean sea level, datum of

Prior 

1927

. , , . , , gage, 

at bridge 15 ft upstream at present datum.

Average discharge.--35 years (1921-56), 722 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year 14,500 cfs Feb. 3 (gage height, 15 52 ft)- minimum, 46 cfs Oct. 7; minimum gage height, 0.72 ft Sept. 30.

1920-56: Maximum discharge, 21,400 cfs Jan. 5, 1949 (gage height, 16.55 ft): minimum, 16 cfs Sept. 6-21, 27, 28, 1925.

Remarks.--Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by two small mills above station.

Revisions (water years). WSP 603: 1922(M). WSP 758: 1929(M). WSP 823: Drainage 

area. WSP 1033:I943(M). WSP 1386: 1921-22, 1923-25(M), 1927-28(M), 1930(M), 

1933(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 8 to Sept. 30

0.8 

1.1

0.70 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

69

125

209

3.0

6.0

10.0

12.0

482

1,510

3,000

4,120

13.0

14.0

14.5

15.1

5,200

7,220

9,000

12,100

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

57

67

63

54

50

48

75

217

154

137

109

90

80

74

68

64

63

60

*59

58

56

55

53

51

50

49

50

*51

54

52 

51

2,219

71.6

0.186

0.21

Nov.

50

51

52

51

49

50

50

49

49

50

52

51

52

73

222

223

182

197

211

315

328

272

309

925

^50

556

424

348

*293

245

6,629

221

0.576

0.64

Dec.

217

205

221

1,520

5. 580

2,780

1,850

1,000

741

602

504

437

386

346

315

285

260

260

290

323

323

309

296

280

262

245

229

215

*203

195 

187

18,666

602

1.57

1.81

Jan.

184

180

175

171

166

161

158

152

146

143

140

140

136

132

131

128

125

122

TsT

140

148

149

158

217

280

320

366

380

652

3,140 

4.350

13,101

423

1.10

1.27

Feb.

3,370

2,650

8,150

*11.9QO

8,710

6,680

5,200

5,690

2,740

1,970

2,060

2,250

1,900

1,550

1,520

1.280

2,190

4,470

5,530

4,530

5,150

2,240

1,690

1,490

1,540

2,010

1,740

1,560

1,310

 "--

98,830

3,408

8.87

9.57

Mar.

1,120

1,130

1,280

1,750

1,570

 1,330

1,150

1,390

1,560

1,460

1,250

1,030

959

2,280

3,950

5,500

5.680

4,090

2,720

1,820

1,400

1,160

993

884

789

714

663

626

738

985 

772

52,741

1,701

4.43

5.11

Apr.

673

619

*605

2,100

3,810

3,940

5.050

3,730

2,440

1,650

1,380

1,250

1,050

935

1,710

3,700

3,670

3,060

1,980

1,510

1,150

972

843

745

666

605

556

517

476

450

51,842

1,728

4.50

5.02

May

*437

451

643

,220

,180

901

,190

.750

,280

935

758

659

552

488

440

404

366

551

301

277

257

240

227

221

211

203

197

193

201

209 

*229

16,891

545

1.42

1.64

June

380

296

285

223

199

184

173

165

157

152

144

142

178

163

149

142

136

131

126

148

130

184

185

184

157

180

154

136

128

119

5,230

174

0.453

0.51

July

1.15

*164

290

184

158

339

615

520

853

1.220

779

517

385

561

655

434

374

409

580

282

229

197

175

165

163

148

140

132

125

121 

156

10,959

554

0.922

1.06

Aug.

 117

124

395

282

557

247

168

138

121

111

105

100

96

90

87

83

80

80

110

119

145

126

125

105

89

86

78

76

74

75 

 70

4,055

131

0.341

0.39

Sept.

67

74

67

65

63

79

240

187

137

104

88

78

73

68

65

62

59

76

95

61

57

55

55

53

56

55

51

50

49

48

2,333

77.8

0.205

0.25

Calendar year 1955: Max 7,850 Min 41 Mean 701 Cfsm 1.83 In. 24.77

Water year 1955-56: Max 11,900 Min 48 Mean 775 Cfsm 2.02 In. 27.46

Peak discharg . 

5,860 cfs (13.41 ft); Ma

Discharge

(base. 5.500 cfs). Feb. 3 (11 p.m.) 14,500 cfs (15.52 ft); Feb. 19 (5:30 a.m.)

. Mar. 17 (12:30 a.m.) 6,290 cfs (13.63 ft). 

leasurement made on this day.
184 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Paint Rock River near Woodville, Ala.

Location. Lat 34°37'27", long 86°18'23", in NW£ sec. 10, T. 5 S., R. 3 E. , on left bank 

20 ft downstream from bridge on U. 3. Highway 72, 1,000 ft downstream from Southern 

Railway bridge, 2 miles west of Woodville, and 4 miles upstream from Little Paint Creek.

Drainage area. 320 sq mi.

Records available. December 1935 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 570.95 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Dec. 23, 1935, to Jan. 16, 1938, staff gage and Jan. 17, 1938, to July 24, 1940, 

water-stage recorder, at site 20 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 20 years (1936-56), 623 ofs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 23,600 cfs Feb. 4 (gage height, 19.90 ft)- minimum, 4.0 cfs Oct. 28 (gage height, 0.25 ft).

1935-56: Maximum discharge, 31,300 cfs Dec. 28, 1942; maximum gage height, 20.84 

ft Jan. 5, 1949; minimum discharge, 1.3 cfs Oct. 21, 1954 (gage height, 0.28 ft).

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, In cubic feet

per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 29 to Dec. 15, Mar. 29, Mar. 31 to Apr. 4; rate 

of change in stage used as a factor Dec. 5, 6, Jan. 30, 31, Feb. 1, 3-8, 18-22; 

Mar. 14-19, Apr. 5-9, 15-19, May 7-10)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 5

0.10 2.5 1.5 63

.2 5.0 2.0 108

.3 8.5 3.0 231

.7 24 5.0 606

1.0 38

Note. Same as following 

table above 5.0 ft.

Dec. 6 to Sept. 30

0.30 

.5

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

6.7

12

4.0

5.0

8.0

11.0

14.0

400

606

1,320

2,290

3,620

16.0

17.0

18.0

19.2

5,050

6,650

10,000

17,800

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

6.0

6.0

*6.0

6.0

5.7

5.7

12

18

16

12

10

10

10

11

11

11

10 

8.9

8.5

7.8

6.8

6.0

5.7

5.0

4.8

4.2 4T2-

4.8

7.1

7.1 

5.7

253.0

8.16

0.026

0.03

Nov.

*5.4

5.'7

6.0

7.8

8.2

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.9

10

450

723

195 

154

122

225

202

116

118

656

406

209

223

173

121

89

4,290.4

143

0.447

0.50

Dec.

*71

62

58

489

2,140

1,380

451

307

242

192

158

133

114

101

91

83

78 

83

158

247

202

169

147

133

120

106

96

86

80

76 

72

7,925

256

0 . 800

0.92

Jan.

71 >

69

*67

65

62

60

58

55

53

50

49

48

48

47

45

44

44 

42

4T

44

60

85

79

228

562

328

257

219

263

1,480 

2,870

7,496

242

0.756

0.87

Feb.

*2,700

1,890

8,030

17,700

9,050

5,680

4,040

2,690

1,600

1,100

1,250

1,630

1,200

932

768

805

1,300 

2,460

3,380

3,790

3,080

1,990

1,180

903

971

1,400

1,260

1,160

915

84,854

2,926

9.14

9.86

Mar.

*725

872

1,320

1,130

961

779

663

745

1,250

887

709

593

538

1,650

3,450

4,350

4,800 

3,880

2,140

1,170

791

637

533

463

398

358

336

319

306

317 

500

37,570

1,205

3.77

4.34

Apr.

278

*261

249

638

2,180

2,540

4,210

4,320

2,230

1,120

782

635

512

441

1,050

8,110

6,810 

5,910

1,990

1,040

716

604

495

424

368

332

306

282

260

242

47,335

1,578

4.93

5.50

May

*233

264

1,020

1,400

908

637

1,620

6,750

4,970

2,520

1,180

663

497

404

342

299

263 

231

206

184

167

151

136

123

112

102

96

91

86

78

25,793

832

2.60

3.00

June

*76

100

129 ~92~

75

66

59

54

50

47

44

41

41

45

45

46

44 

45

43

40

38

38

33

32

30

29

27

25

23

22_

1,479

49.3

0.154

0.17

July

22

*5T

185

198

103

72

164

164

295

435

292

181

190

198

160

129

97 

78

76

74

80

76

66

56

48

42

a39

a36

a32 

a29

a27

3,695

119

0.372

0.43

Aug.

a24

*22

20

20

25

22

19

18

18

16

14

14

13

27

21

20

14 

13

53

68

175

140

66

44

33

27

24

22

20

20 

*20

1,052

33.9

0.106

0.12

Sept.

20

25

19

16

15

25

31

25

25

33

28

22

19

16

14

12

11 

10

9.7

9.4

9.0

8.8

8.5

8.3 §75"

32

49

35

25 

20

589 .-2

19.6

0.061

0.07

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,990 Min 4.2 Mean 526 Cfsm 1.64 In. 22.32

Water year 1955-56: Max 17,700 Mln 4.2 Mean 607 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.81

Peak discharge (base, 6.000 cfs). Feb. 4 (3 a.m.) 23,600 cfs (19.90 ft); Apr. 16 (6:30 p.m.) 

12,700 cfs (18750 ft); May 8 (2:30 p.m.) 8,330 cfs (l7.58 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of recorded range In stage, weather 

records, and records for stations on nearby streams.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 185

Flint River near Chase, Ala.

Location. Lat 34°49'08", long 86°28'52", in SW£ sec. 36, T. 2 S., R. 1 E., on left bank 

250 ft downstream from Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway bridge, a quarter 

of a mile downstream from highway bridge, a third of a mile downstream from Brier 

Fork, and 5 miles northeast of Chase.

Drainage area. 342 sq mi.

Records available. May 1930 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 640.37 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929. Prior to May 18, 1934, staff gage at railway bridge 250 ft upstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 26 years, 515 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 14,900 cfs Feb. 3 (gage height, 16.0 ft); minimum, 59 cfs Oct. 19, 25 (gage height, 0.90 ft).

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 42,000 cfs Jan. 21, 1954 (gage height, 25.00 ft); minimum, 44 cfs Sept, 20, 27, 30, 1931; minimum gage height, 0.82 ft Sept. 3, 27, 1954.

Flood of September 1929 reached a stage of 25.0 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 

42,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 27,000 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Some diurnal fluctuation caused by small mills above station. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 853: 1936(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Jan. 30 to Feb. 1)

0.9 

1.2

1.5 

2.0

136 

226 

 406

4.0

8.0

12.0

15.0

1,400

4,120

8,050

12,400

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

78

78

*76

72

70

72

216 14"5"

103

85

80

78

80

76

76

76 

78

80

72

76

74

72

72

72

70

70

70

*78

106

103

90

2,644

85.3

0.249

0.29

Nov.

83

80

80

78

li

80

83

78

83

88

85

85

284

488

1.290

347

292

217

303

278

205

175

814

1,140

410

457

317

258

220

202

8,676

289

0.845

0.94

Dec.

193

208

227

2.460

*1,686

654

474

378

321

282

252

239

226

268

205

193 

187

223

306

255

232

217

208

199

190

184

175

169

163

160 

155

11,228

362

1.06

1.22

Jan.

163

157

151

148

*145

145

139

136

133

130

130

130

130

130

127

127 

124

T2T

139

157

154

145

160

347

285

245

223

217

464

2.700

1,406

9,165

294

6.860

0.99

Feb.

*895

1,190

* 11. OOP

8,666

5,090

2,180

1,460

1,020

945

822

1,510

1,040

822

678

750

995 

1,740

5,180

2,580

1,920

1,290

895

750

870

1,150

1,020

774

726

607

58,499

2,017

5.90

6.36

Mar.

*607

995

920

750

566

497

501

822

584

466

414

382

394

1,150

1,860

2.970 

1,626

945

702

584

506

457

419

386

355

336

324

310

292

282 

268

21,664

699

2.04

2.36

Apr.

258

248

242

4,535

2,380

2,900

1,920

945

678

*561

533

492

427

390

3,960

6.260 

I,5l6

846

654

552

474

431

398

366

347

328

314

296

282 

296

34,118

1,137

3.32

3.71

May

*324

334

1,516

920

515

579

1.920

1,666

678

654

607

351

314

289

268

255 

242

229

223

217

211

208

208

196

193

190

184

184

181 

172

166

14,202

458

1.34

1.54

June

*436

245

187

169

160

157

148

142

139

136

139

130

195

154

231

211 

163

145

139

136

537

607

275

232

187

416

278

196

169

157

6,617

221

0.646

0.72

July

184

*665

34 Q

239

486

354

325

252

312

275

202

175

304

205

193

255 

211

166

148

247

220

154

136

124

115

112

103

103

101 

101

6,913

223

0.652

0.75

Aug.

98

106

204

IK

145

*112

101

93

88

88

85

83

83

80

83

56" 78 

83

110

164

163

115

98

93

88

88

90

93

96 

93

139

3,265

105

0.307

0.36

Sept.

158

93

93

88

88

ITS- 248

US

98

93

88

88

*88

85

85

85 

83

80

80

83

80

80

226

186

93

83

80

78

76

3,152

105

0.307

0.34

Calendar year 1955: Max 13,100 Min 67 Mean 496 cfsm 1.45 In. 19.68

Water year 1955-56: Max 11,000 Min 70 Mean 492 Cfsm 1.44 In. 19.58

Peak discharge (base. 5.00O cf s) . Feb. 3 (1 p.m.) 14,900 cfs (16.0 ft)j Feb. 18 (7 p.m.) 6,500

cfB (10.5 ft;; Apr. 4 (5 p.m.; 7,420 cfs (11.4 ft); Apr. 16 (12:30 a.m.) 11,000 cfs (14.3 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

463897 O -58 -13
186 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Whitesburg, Ala.

Location. Lat 34°34 I 27", long 86°32'42", in NE^ sec. 30, T. 5 S., R. 1 E., on right bank 

at Whitesburg, a quarter of a mile upstream from Aldridge Creek, a third of a mile upstream from Clement C. Clay Bridge on State Highway 38, 5-| miles downstream from Flint 

River, 11 miles south of Huntsville, 15-j miles downstream from Guntersville Dam, 

685- miles upstream from Wheeler Dam, and at mile 333.3.

Drainage area. 25,610 sq mi, approximately.

Records available.--October 1924 to September 1956. Prior to October 1936, published as 

''at Decatur." Gage-height records collected in this vicinity since 1875 (fragmentary 

prior to April 1909) are contained in files of Corps of Engineers and in reports of 

U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 549.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Oct. 1, 1924, to Dec. 2, 1926, staff gage and Dec. 3, 1926, to Sept. 30, 1936, 

water-stage recorder, at site 28.3 miles downstream at datum 14.70 ft lower. Since 

Mar. 4, 1937, auxiliary water-stage recorder 28.3 miles downstream.

Average discharge.--31 years (1924-36, 1937-56), 41,820 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 230,000 cfs Feb. 6; maximum gage height, 19.80 

ft Feb. 6; minimum daily discharge, 1,300 cfs June 24, July 1; minimum gage height, 

0.90 ft Dec. 26.

1924-36, 1937-56: Maximum discharge, 283,000 cfs Jan. 1 

site and datum then in use); minimum daily, 700 cfs Sept. 7 

1954.

Maximum stage known, 31.4 ft in March 1867, present site and datum, from high-water 

profile by Corps of Engineers.

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge below 20,000 cfs computed on basis of records for 

Guntersville Dam, adjusted for storage and inflow. Since 1936, flow regulated by increasing numbers of reservoirs above station (see p. 226).

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1938, 1939, 1941, and 1942, superseding those published in WSP 893, 923, and 953, are 

given herewith:

1927 (gage height, 23.2 ft, 

1952, Nov. I, 1953, Aug. 1,

Date

1937

Oct. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

Nov. 6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

Discharge

17,400

17 , 900

16,800

18,400

21,900

24,100

23,700

24,000

21,800

26,000

31,700

30,900

28,000

23,600

16,600

12,300

10,600

13,400

19,700

22,700

23,300

33 , 100

32 , 600

30,400

30,100

28,100

25,900

24,500

24,800

27,200

30,500

28,700

29,000

28,800

28,100

31,100

32,300

28,100

26,300

27,900

26,700

24,800

25,600

25,600

27,900

Date

1937-Con.

Nov. 29

30

Dec. 1

2

3

4

5

g

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

1938

(Vug. 19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Sept. 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Disc

23 ,

20,

19,

19,

17,

17,

19,

20,

16,

17,

18,

17,

16 , is!

13,

13,

19,

24,

25,

29,

35,

31,

30,

30,

29,

29,

27,

26,

22,

20,

21,

2U,

20,

20,

20,

20,

20,

19,

19,

20,

22

23,

21,

Month

October 1937. ..................

November .......................

December. ......................

Calendar year 1937 ...........

Augus t 1938 ....................

September ......................

Water year 1937-38. ..........

October 1938 ...................

November. ......................

December. ......................

Calendar year 1938. ..........

harge

200

000

700

100

900

COO

100

400

900

500

100

500

600

200

300

700

800

100

700

800

400

600

400

200

000

400

300

400

600

500

700

700

700

100

700

100

100

800

800

500

800

900

200

Date

1938 -Cc

Sept.]

]

]

]

]

]

]

]

]

£

1

I

£

i

2

Oct.

]

]

]

]

]

]

]

]

]

]

1

^

^

z

HI.

1

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

1

2

3

4

5

e

7

8

9

0

1

2

3

4

25

Cfs -days

846 , 900

892,600

970,600

17,016,600

1,449,500

611,600

16,068,200

578,700

694,600

758,000

15.389.400

Discharge

20,600

19,800

19,800

22,000

22,800

23,000

20,300

20,300

21,800

21,800

21,900

20,403

19,200

18,400

17,600

18,200

18,400

17,700

19,000

19,600

19,600

19,600

18,900

25,600

23,400

22,000

16,000

16,000

17,400

19,300

19,200

17,900

18,000

19,000

18,600

17,900

18,400

18 , 000

17,400

18,900

17,900

18,000

18,900

19,100

17,100

Date

1938-Co

Oct. 2

2

2

2

3

3

Nov.

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

Dec.

1

1

1

n.

6

7

8

9

0

1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

1

C

7

8

9

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

1

2

13

Maximum Minimum

47,600 10,600

47,200 20,000

64,600 13,300

83,000 20,5OO

23,900 17,600

152,000 10,600

25,600 J.5,300

40,200 11,200

44,700 19,300

152,000 11,200

Discharge

17,900

20,000

19,200

18,500

15,700

15,300

14,500

13,200

12 , 300

11,200

14, 500

15,600

1 7 , 400

16,100

20,600

20,500

22,800

22,800

23,200

21,900

19,900

17,800

17,300

17,9UO

27,800

31,600

32,700

31,200

28,300

27,400

24,800

22,000

22,600

21,000

19,700

20,600

23,000

20,500

19,400

19,300

23,700

19,400

19,600

20,600

20,800

Mean

27,320

29,750

31,310

46,620

46,760

20,390

44,020

18 .,670

23,150

24,450

42,160

Date

1938-Con.

Dec. 14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

2 7

1939

Jan. 16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

£4

25

26

July 21

22

23

1940

Dec. 15

1941

Nov. 2

23

Dec. 6

7

1942

May 17

24

Per square

mile

_

_

_

1.82

_

_

1.72

_

_

1.65

Discharge

20,200

20,200

20,600

21,900

23,100

24,400

25,200

22,000

21,300

21,300

22,400

22,200

24,400

33,200

3,640

1,810

2,900

2,990

2,100

1,980

1,740

1,960

3,220

4,350

3,180

1,190

1,820

2,150

11 , 500

2,920

2,400

3,160

2,760

2,890

2,550

Runoff in

inches

_

_

_

24.71

_

_

23.33

_

_

22.35
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 187

Tennessee River at Whitesburg , Ala. Continued

Revised figures of monthly discharge, In cubic feet per second, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942--Contlnued

Month

Calendar year 1939 ...........

Water year 1940-41 ...........

Calendar year 1941 ...........

Calendar year 1942 ...........

Cfs-days

615,160

14,807,970

13,977,990

8,572,120

8,160,200

511,320

9,411,270

11,963,290

Maximum

53,300

221,000

221,000

64,300

26,200

64,300

26,400

110,000

248,000

Minimum

1,740

1,190

1,190

1,190

6,210

2,400

2,760

2,400

2,550

2,400

2,550

Mean

25,160

19,840

40,570

38,300

27,500

23,490

15,890

16,990

22,360

16,490

25,780

32,780

Per square 

mile

_

_

1.58

1.50

_

1.07

.917

_

.

.873

_

1.01

1.28

Runoff In 

Inches

_

_

21.50

20.30

14.61

12.45

_

_

11.85

.

13.67

17.37

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

23,900

14,800

21,200

23,500

26,500

26,500

23,200

29,300

15.200

32,500

26,800

26,500

31,000

32,900

29,600

19,000

55,400

35,500

31,200

28,300

30,200

20,200

21,200

50,300

51,500

26,600

26,800

29,700

27,800

50,500

29,000

850,400

26,790

-

-

Nov.

54,400

52,600

35 , 900

36,600

55,200

15,200

52,200

57,700

34,700

50,500

28,800

18,200

15,100

29 500

28,100

*34,500

41,200

40 , 800

34,100

29,100

31,200

23,100

24,400

25,600

52,400

28,200

13,900

59,200

39,200

35,200

912,600

30,420

-

-

Dec.

51,400

52,000

17,000

13,700

54,500

43,000

49,700

46,500

51.700

40,200

27,600

51,700

57,000

36,000

56,300

36,900

55,900

18,100

55 , 300

55,000

35 , 100

55,900

25,500

23,300

7,000

27,900

25,200

27,600

27,900

28,100

i-3,

970,200

31,300

-

-

Jan.

18,000

20,000

24,800

31 , 400

*25,400

20,000

30,800

26,600

50,000

56,200

57,900

50,800

24,600

14,300

5,400

30 , 100

16,700

12,400

14,100

21,100

12,500

10,600

14,500

24,600

21,600

25,400

25,000

10,000

8,500

39,100

55.100

712,900

23,000

-

-

Feb.

59,900

82,400

126,000

188,000

225,000

226,000

194,000

151,000

114,000

77,600

57,500

55,700

55,500

56,100

61,800

55,200

66,400

97,200

109,000

121,000

151,000

115,000

86 , 700

81,300

71,800

61,100

60,100

60,900

59,000

-------

$2,900

100,000

-

-

Mar.

56,600

*57,000

59,500

53,400

53,500

54,200

54,600

59,500

62 , 600

61,500

58,300

54,100

55 , 500

61,400

87,200

114,000

129,000

150,000

116,000

82,000

62,800

60,400

57,900

53,600

53,700

59,200

41,900

42,200

48,800

44,500

56 ,600

$2,001.1

64,550

-

-

Apr.

50,700

58,800

31,200

37,000

46 , 600

67,900

72,500

51,500

49,700

54,100

51,800

38,700

50,500

27,900

32,000

75,000

101^000

97,400

82,800

65,200

53,100

39,500

59,500

42,800

54,000

39,700

54,500

55,100

19,600

24,800

$1,444.1

48,140

-

-

May

20,700

*27,700

41,500

44,400

28,600

26,800

46,700

44,200

43 , 400

54,500

36,700

28,900

21,800

38,100

29,000

32,300

32 , 500

24,100

20,300

15,400

25,800

35,300

29,800

31,600

25,000

25,100

19,500

20,900

24,700

25,200

34,700

930,800

30,030

-

-

June

25,500

20,500

21,500

22,900

23,000

26,500

23,600

26,900

25,900

18,700

24,400

25,500

32,100

24,700

31,100

11,400

5,300

31 , 900

56,200

55,000

50,100

28,500

11,100

1,500

27,800

30,800

26,800

28,100

24,200

7,100

708,400

23,610

-

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 171,000 Mln 1,200 Mean 39,340 cfsm 1.54

July

1.30J

31,200

28,100

24,200

35,900

35,400

14,300

7,600

26,100

*32,500

38,500

35,400

30,900

10,500

12,400

37,000

40,500

39,100

40,700

57,500

2,700

6,400

28,100

29,700

55 , 400

41,300

40,900

13,700

9,800

39,600

42,000

846,700

27,310

-

-

Aug.

41,200

*54,600

40,000

22,000

11,600

58,000

55,200

53,400

55,700

38,900

12,100

7,000

50,000

30,800

32,500

53,000

32,600

17,500

12,700

28,200

35,800

36,400

39,100

35,600

12,400

9,600

28,100

51,400

36,600

57,600

57,800

903,400

29,140

-

-

Sept.

9,500

5,200

19,900

*33,700

35,800

58,800

45.600

22,400

7,200

33,300

38,700

36,300

38 , 500

38,400

17,100

15,400

28,700

37,200

40,700

37,800

54,500

15,900

14,700

35,100

34,800

33,900

30,300

29,500

28,600

31,500

866,800

28,890

-

-

In. 20.85

Waber year 1955-56: Max 226,000 Mln 1,300 Mean 38,330 Cfsm 1.50 In. 20.37

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

* Expressed In thousands.
188 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Flint Creek near Falkvllle, Ala.

Location. Lat 34°22'23", long 86°56'0l", In SW£ sec. 2, T. 8 S., R. 4 W., near left bank 

on downstream side of highway bridge, 1.2 miles downstream from Robinson Creek,

I.5 miles west of Falkvllle, and 2.8 miles upstream from Cedar Creek.

Drainage area. 86.3 sq ml.

Records available. July 1952 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 580 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge determined during year, 2,010 ofs Feb. 4 (gage height,

II.8 ft), but may have been greater during period of no gage-height record; no flow 

for many days.

1952-56: Maximum discharge, 6,100 cfs Mar. 21, 1955; no flow for many days each 

year.

Remarks. Records good prior to Dec. 1, fair thereafter except for periods of no gageheight record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height. In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used June 20 to Sept. 6)

1.0 1.1

1.3 

1.6 

2.0 

2.5 

3.5

4.5

6.0

7.0

8.0

9.0

10.0

10.5

11.0

12.0

99

183

255

361

550

795

970

1,280

2,230

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2 

3

4 

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28 

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

0

0 

0

0 

0

0 

0

0

0

.1

.3

.1

.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

*0 

0

0 

0

0.6

0.02

0.00023

0.0003

Nov.

0

0 

0

o

0

0 

0

0

0

o

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.1

2.4

9.0

9.4

6.5

4.3

2.8 

2.0

 1.6

38.1

1.27

0.015

0.02

Dec.

1.2

1.0 

1.0

1.7 

2.1

2^3

2.1

2.0

1.6

1.4

1.2

1.0

.9

.8

.8

.7

.6

.9

1.0

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2 

1.2

1.0

.9

39.8

1.28

0.015

0.02

Jan.

0.8

.7 

.7

.7 

.8

*.8 

7

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

.5

.5

.8

.8

1.2

1.2

1.5

1.9

2.6

2.2

2.0

2.1 

2.5

5.5

9.4

43.9

1.42

0.016

0.02

Feb.

*78" 13

1,100

1.700 

1,610

880 

550

255

225

183

225

183

147

122

124

a470

, a200

12,625

435

5.04

5.44

Mar.

, a!30

. (*)

138 1 ^ft

I a92

J

1V a410

1

1 j

a!30

].,.

J

5,790

187

2.17

2.50

Apr.

\

> a54

I

I a540

1

J

(*)

a340

a500

a88

8,770

292

3.38

3.78

May

. a!60

a!20

I'

J (*)

42

36

30

26

23

21

19

17

15

14

21

19 

15

12 

10

2,162

69.7

0.808

0.93

June

9.7

8.9 

7.9

7.3 

6.4

5.7 

*5.0

4.6

4.1

5.6

8.8

7.9

4.8

13

7.9

6.5

6.4

5.4

5.O

61

111

84

22

16

60

232 166"

40

25

20

965.9

32.2

0.373

0.42

July

44

82 

*27

19 

16

19 

16

15

23

34

18

12

28

20

25

22

14

1O

10

574

86

30

20

16

15

10

8.2

6.5 

5.2

5.8 

3 2 * 

1,029.9

55.2

0.585

0.44

Aug.

2.9

2.5 

2.1

2.0 

1.9

 1.8 

1.7

1.7

1.6

1.6

1.5

1.4

1.5

4.6

18

16

5.7

3.0

1.9

2.9

 20 .1

3.9

2.2

1.4

1.5

1.2

1.2 

1.2

1.2

1.1

117.9

5.80

0.044

0.05

Sept.

1.1

1.2 

1.1

1.1

n.o

*3

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.4

*.4

.5

.5

.5

.6

.6

.4

.4

.3

.2 

.1

0_

16.9

0.56

0.0065

0.007

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,990 Mln 0 Mean 106 Cfsm 1.23 In. 16.74

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,700 Mln 0 Mean 86.3 Cfsm 1.00 In. 13.63

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for West Fork Flint Creek near 

oakvllle.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

West Pork Flint Creek near Oakville, Ala.

189

Location. Lat 34°28'35", long 87°08'30", in SW^ sec. 35, T. 6 S., R. 6 W., on left bank 

at upstream side of bridge on county highway, 0.9 mile east of Five Points. 0.9 mile 

upstream from Shoal Creek, l£ miles downstream from McDaniel Branch, and 2^ miles 

northeast of Oakville.

Drainage area.--87.6 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1952 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 576.59 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,820 cfs Feb. 4 (gage height, 18.9 ft); no 

flow for many days.

1952-56: Maximum discharge, 3,180 cfs Mar. 22, 1955 (gage height, 20.28 ft); no 

flow for many days each year.

Remarks. Records good above 10 cfs and fair below.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

0.0

.1

.2

.3 

.4 

.5 

.7

.2

.5

1.2

2.7

4.7

14

1.0

1.5

3.0

6.0

11.0

16.0

19.0

33

83

278

538

1,090

2,100

2,850

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

(*)

0

0

0

0

Nov.

0

0

0

0

0

0

0 

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

41

63

T5

7.6

5.5

3.9

3.2

*2. 8

143.0

4.77

0.054

0.06

Dec.

2.5

777

3.0

60

57

27

20 

16

13

11

10

8.5

7.6

7.2

6.7

5.9

5.5

9.3

16

16

14

12

12

10

10

9.0

7.6

6.7

6.3

5 9

s!s

398.9

12.9

0.147

0.17

Jan.

5.5

5.5

5.1

*4.4

4.1

4.1

4.1 

3.9

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.5

3.3

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.0

377

5.1

5.5

4.7

5.9

12

16

16

15

16

20

59

70

31S.9

10.3

0.118

0.14

Feb.

75

*2'BT

834

2.700

2,020

1,090

479 

300

320

256

267

214

173

148

141

173

583

819

646

842

725

471

289

250

300

278

207

187

148

15,219

525

5.99

6.46

Mar.

131

207

1S7

143

126

116

*113 

180

119

104

99

92

123

423

675

950 "555

407

278

220

187

164

141

127

110

100

93

87

90

79 

70

6,596

213

2.43

2.80

Apr.

66

61

60

366

256

1,160

1.520 

786

510

244

*565

463

289

232

558

1,140

646

330

232

187

154

131

115

101

92

83

75

69

64

59

10,188

340

3.88

4.33

May

5S

135

152" 399

140

104

166 

151

112

92

78

65

58

51

46

*41

36

32

28

25

23

31

44

27

21

19

18

16

15

13

11

2,317

74.7

0.853

0.98

June

10

9.0

8.0

7.2

6.3

5.5

*4.4 

4.1

3.7

3.5

3.2

2.8

278- 2.7

5.2

7.2

7.2

4.7

4.4

70

782

257

75

52

39

140

375

106

62

47

2,116.9

70.6

0.806

0.90

July

3S

67

*70

59

28

25

19 

18

16

16

14

15

54

21

57

21

16

28

25

404

182

52

36

27

25

18

16

13

12

12 

9 5

1,567.5

44.1

0.503

0.58

Aug.

7.6

8.0

14

11

6.3

*4.7

3.7 

3.2

2.7

2.4

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.2

1.7

1.2

1.4

1.1

.9

1.4

7.9

3.8

2.2

1.6

1.1

.8 78-

5.9

6.6

2 5

i!e

110.9

5.58

0.041

0.05

Sept.

1.4

1.0

.8

.7

.6

1.5

1.1 

1.2

.9

.7

.5

.4

.4

.2

.1

0

7.4

15*?.o

1.5

.8

.7

.7

9.2

4.0

.8

.5

.4

.5

.5

48.9

1.65

0.019

0.02

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,900 Min 0 Mean 94.2 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.60

Water year 1955-56: Max 2,700 Min 0 Mean 106 Cfsm 1.21 In. 16.49

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 cfs), Feb. 4 (11:30 a.m.) 2,820 cfs (18.9 ft).

» Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Elk River near Pelham, Term.

Location. Lat 35°17'48", long 85°52'12", on right bank at downstream side of bridge on 

U. S. Highway 41, 1.1 miles southeast of Pelham, Grundy County, and 1.8 miles upstream 

from Caldwell Creek.

Drainage area. 65.6 sq mi.

Records available. November 1951 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 981.62 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 3,810 cfs Feb. 3 (gage height, 11.30 ft, from 

floodmark); minimum, 1.5 cfs Oct. 25, 26; minimum gage height, 1.90 ft Aug. 31.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 4,520 cfs Jan. 21, 1954 (gage height, 12.00 ft); minimum, 1.0 ofs Sept. 27, 28, 1954; minimum gage height, that-of Aug. 31, 1956.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 11 to Nov. 19, Sept. 26-30)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 2 Feb. 3 to Sept. 30

1.2 

3.1

3.5 

4.0 

8.0 

9.3

140

780

1,200

1.9 

2.2 

2.5 

3.0 

3.5

2.0 

7.3

90

5.0 305

8.0 780

9.0 1,060

9.5 1,340

11.0 3,330

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.2

2.1

2.1

3.6 375"

2.7

2.7

2.6

*2.4

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

*2.1

2.0

1.9

1.8

1.7 rrr

1.7

1.7

*1.7

2 . 2

z'.<3

3.1

73.0

2.35

0.036

0.04

Nov.

3.0

2.6

2.4

2.3

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.0 2TO"

*2.4

2.7

3.6

9.8

9.3

14

40

27

20

85

176

91

76

61

47

37

29

761.0

25.4

0.387

0.43

Dec.

24

2ff

60

1,070

1,200

448

202

134

95

71

60

52

45

*41

38

35

32

50

98

75

68

62

55

50

45

40

36

32

30

28

30

4,334

140

2.13

2.46

Jan.

30

27

26

24

23

22

21

19

19

17

17

17

17

16

TS

17

16

16

17

33

33

29

37

102

102

112

91

115

289

910

fa-? A 834

3,064

98.8

1.51

1.74

Feb.

500

600

5,090

*1,820

1,100

908

794

464

329

250

329

335

264

208

208

298

576

1,480

951

622

440

305

*226

248

282

245

210

192

150

______

17,424

601

9.16

9.88

Mar.

129

198

290

464

326

234

191

292

270

214

176

149

178

468

646

968

B5ff

486

298

209

166

136

*114

101

88

77

71

65

76

74

64

8,076

261

3.98

4.58

Apr.

58

55

61

530

548

*531

584

347

227

172

154

142

113

100

280

995

579

314

212

*162

127

111

96

82

72

65

60

57

50

47_

6,931

231

3.52

3.93

May

47

50

68

99

81

67

76

~90~ 114

74

63

53

45

38

*35

34

29

25

21

18

16

14

13

13

12

12

11

10

IS

12

31

1,281

41.3

0.630

0.73

June

98

59

34

24

18

15

13

11

10

9.3

12

8.8

8.2

8.8

11

13

12

10

*8.5

7.3

12

7.1

6.1

6.1

6.6

6.1

5.6

4.7

4.5

4.2

453,9

15.1

0.230

0.26

July

10

337

267

84

57

69

75

56

397

702

322

139

94

71

57

76

73

83

*48

36

29

24

20

16

14

13

11.

10

8.8

8.8

J3._5

3,216.1

104

1.59

1.82

Aug.

21

2U

16

10

8.2

7.3

6.3

5.6

5.1

4.7

4.4

4.2

4.0

4.0

3.5

3.3

3.1

3.3

3.0

3.3

3.0

2.8

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.4

2.8

2.4

2.2 2T2"

168.4

5.43

0.083

0.10

Sept.

2.9

2.9

2.7

2.7

2.7

5.9

4.6

3.3

3.0

2.9

2.9

*2.8

2.7

2.6

2.7

2.7

4.0

6.8

3.T

2.9

2.7

2.6

2.7

3.1

2.7

*2.4

2.4

2.2

^72

2.2

92.0

3.07

0.047

0.05

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,680 Min 1.7 Mean 143 Cfsm 2.18 In. 29.47

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,090 Mln 1.7 Mean 125 Cfsm 1.91 In. 26.02

Peak discharge (base. 1.000 cfa). Dee. 4 (10 p.m.) 2,040 cfs (10.09 ft): Jan. 30 (8 p.m.) 1,120 

cfs (9.15 ft); Feb. 3 (time unknown) 3,810 cfs (11.30 ft); Feb. 18 (Z p.m.) 2,010 cfs (10.07 ft); 

Mar. 16 (8 p.m.) 1,100 cfs (9.11 ft); Apr. 16 (9 a.m.) 1.110 cfs (9.12 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 191

Bradley Creek near Prairie Plains, Term.

Location. Lat 35°21'2l", long 85°58'45", on left bank 165 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, 1.1 miles northwest of Prairie Plains, Coffee County, and 3.6 miles upstream 

from mouth.

Drainage area. 41.3 sq mi.

Records available. November 1951 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 968.13 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,070 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 11.19 ft); minimum, 4.3 cfs Oct. 27, 28; minimum gage height, 1.18 ft Nov. 11-13.

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 4,050 cfs Mar. 22, 1955 (gage height, 11.95 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,000 cfs on basis of slope-conveyance study; minimum, 

3.2 cfs Nov. 23, 24, 1954; minimum gage height, 1.01 ft Nov. 17, 18, 1952.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 1386: 1952, 1954(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height. In feet, and discharge,

In cubic feet per second] 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 8 to Jan. 29)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 18 Feb. 13 to Sept. 30

1.1 3.7

l.Z 4.8

1.3 7.5

1.5 16

1.8 35

2.5 106

4.0 302

7.0 820

9.3 1,600

1.3 3.8

1.4 6.8

1.5 13

2.0 61

3.0 166

5.0 462

6.6 732

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16-

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.4

5.2

5.2

8.7

F7T

6.1

5.8

5.6

*5.4

5.4

5.2

5.2

5.0

5.0

4.8

4.8

*4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.3

*¥7 f

4.6

4.4

4.4

161.8

5.22

0.126

0.15

Nov.

4.4

47T

4.4

4.6

4.6

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.6

*7.1

6.4

11

18

9.5

13

12

9.1

8.3

80

2T

18

15

14

12

11

10

339.2

11.3

0.274

0.31

Dec.

9.9

97?

42

665

237

131

103

83

68

58

50

45

41

*37

35

33

32

37

38

34

32

30

29

29

27

26

26

25

24

24

24

2,084.8

67.3

1.63

1.88

Jan.

24

23

23

22

21

21

21

20

20

20

20

20

19

19

19

18

TS

18

19

19

19

18

19

21

23

25

24

29

100

*622 'zT5~

1,539

49.6

1.20

1.39

Feb.

157

232

*1,150

931

491

561

316

210

172

141

236

151

122

105

132

159

469

1,580

387

295

203

158

*132

176

156

124

116

136

102 _^ _ -- - -

9,300

321

7.77

8.37

Mar.

92

167

170

139

112

100

98

225

119

98

88

83

125

191

204

422 54~5

170

132

111

98

88

*78

71

65

60

56

53

56

49

46

3,811

123

2.98

3.43

Apr.

43

48

45

730

TST

*391

217

124

97

86

87

78

66

59

287

478

156

111

90

78

68

63

*58

53

50

47

44

41

38

36

3,963

132

3.20

3.57

May

35

35

48

44

36

32

50

50

37

32

31

28

27

26

*25

25

23

22

21

21

20

19

19

18

18

17

17

20

17

14

17

844

27.2

0.659

0.76

June

18

IT

13

13

13

12

12

11

10

9.8

9.8

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.2

8.7

9.2

8.7

*8.7

8.7

8.7

8.2

8.2

8.2

7.7

7.7

7.2

777

8.2

8.2

296.4

9.88

0.239

0.27

July

37

298

60

36

54

42

38

34

214

177

61

49

53

42

43

45

63

74

*43

38

34

30

28

26

24

23

22

21

20

19

18

1,766

57.0

1.38

1.59

Aug.

18

19

17

15

14

13

13

12

11

10

9.8

9.2

9.2

8.7

8.7

*8.7

8.7

8.7

8.7

9.8

9.8

9.2

9.2

8.7

8.7

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.2

8.2

7.7

326.5

10.5

0.254

0.29

Sept.

7.7

7.7

7.2

6.8

8.7

156

29

19

16

13

13

*12

11

10

9.8

8.7

21

22

12

10

9.8

8.7

8.2

8.2

7.7

*7.2

6.8

6.8

6.4

671

476.8

15.9

0.385

0.43

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,910 Mln 4.3 Mean 84.4 Cfsm 2.04 In. 27.77

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,580 Mln 4.3 Mean 68.1 Cfsm 1.65 In. 22.44

Peak discharge (base. 600 cfs). De

(7.10 ft); Feb. 3 (12:30 p.m.) 1,850

c. 4 (4:30 p.m.) 838 cfs (7.07 ft); Jan. 30 (7 a.m.) 845 cfs 

. .. , cfs (9.88 . ft); Feb. . 18 (9 a.m.) . 3,070 cfs (11.19 ft); Apr. 4

(12 m.) 1,500 cfs (9.06 ft); Apr. 16 (l a.m.) 927 cfs (7.39 ft). 

Discharge measurement made on this day.
192 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Elk River at Estill Springs, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°15'30", long 86°07'17", in center of stream on downstream side of pier 

of old bridge, 250 ft upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 41A, 400 ft downstream 

from Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway bridge, three-quarters of a mile 

southeast of Estill Springs, Franklin County, 1.0 mile upstream from Taylor Creek, 

and 1.4 miles upstream from Rock Creek.

Drainage area. 282 sq mi.

Records available. December 1920 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 859.10 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1926, staff gage at site 100 ft downstream at same datum.

Average discharge. 35 years (1921-56), 475 cfs (unadjusted).

gage height, 10.00 ft); mini38 cfs Nov. 7-9, 12; minimumExtremes. Maximum discharge during year, 5,480 cfs Feb. 4 ( 

mum, 28 cfs Oct. 27, 28, Nov. 1, 2, 6-13; minimum daily, 

gage height, 1.33 ft Oct. 11, 12. 27, 28.

1920-56: Maximum discharge, 22,900 cfs Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 20.2 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 18,000 cfs; minimum, 10 cfs Oct. 9, 10, 1925; minimum 

daily, 11 cfs Oct. 10, 1925; minimum gage height, 0.4 ft for several days in September, 

October, November 1924, October 1925.

Remarks. Records excellent. Prior to August 1949, diurnal fluctuations caused by powerplant upstream. Flow regulated by Woods Reservoir since 1952 (see p. 230),

Revisions (water years).--WSP 603: 1922(M). WSP 803: 1929(M), 1934-35.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

1.3 

1.6 

1.8 

2.2

28

61

93

198

3.0 

5.0 

7.0 

9.4

495

1,610

3,000

4,940

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

42

42

42

42

43

43

156

356

T?

42

37

*36

37

36

35

35

34

33

*32

32

32

32

32

32

31

31

30 *3S

32 

31

30

1,547

49.9

Nov.

29

29

29

29

29

29

282B"

28

29

29

28

29

*152

216

82

154

140

115

106

104

102

475" 650

422

202

118

162

108 

108

3,809

127

Calendar year 1955 : I

Water year 1955-56 : t

Dec.

Ill

198

181

2,410

2V370

2,340

1,540

438

422

442

307

293

157

*180

251

279

214

214

251

352

231

211

29S

265

198

195

174

T<52~ 102

203

162

15,089

487

Jan.

151

148

146

108

102

102

102

104

104

104

104

104

104

104

95

67

65

64 m

loo

104

148

256

352

198

248

204

306

270

*2.260 

^ 340

7,732

249

Feb.

*1,630

1,070

1,570

4,240

4,940

4,200

2,690

2,910

1,810

1,070

1,070

1,260

1,400

715

846

1,270

2,370

4,260

4,430

3,310

1,600

1,260

967

*1,080

1,170

972

868

760

567

56,305

1,942

Mar.

526

923

1,090

1,220

1,120

840

791

1,020

1,010

760

621

567

650

1,070

1,860

2,770

2.890

1,400

1,340

720

621

430

*705

464

552

374

370

366

366 

363

363

27,942

901

Observed

Apr.

364

310

165

W

967

1,140

1,330

1,310

780

434

346

258

254

251

749

2.170

627

204

366

434

459

885

*1,570

1,670

444

276

268

318

314 

307

19,937

665

May

208

204

197

88

120

171

402

374

346

276

165

186

192

195

*198

192

162

118

111

111

91

89

98

821

882

61

97

102

108 

113

128

6,602

213

June

214

ra

132

104

48

47

BT

57

68

89

130

64

64

64

62

62

65

64

62

65

*104

160

65

64

65

64

62

60

60 

65

2,459

82.0

July

62

651

1,360

985

335

346

370

446

768

1,380

1,070

426

206

402

394

240

258

349

*438

248

251

248

204

122

122

128

165

146

128

§1

12,387

400

Aug.

51

54

59

59

60

59

68

6T

57

42

41

41

41

41

39

39

*38

38

39

43

47

43

39

37

37

37

37

37

37

37 

36

1,397

45.1

Sept.

38

3S

42

45

65

327

594 134"

162

106

113

113

*113

108

86

84

88

86

84

84

84

86

88

88

86

88

88

84

62

43

3,607

120

Adjustedt

lax 6,280 Mln 28 Mean 591 Mean 571 Cfsm 2.02 In. 27.51

lax 4,940 Mln 28 Mean 434 Mean 454 Cfsm 1.61 In. 21.91

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change In contents In Woods Reservoir.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 193

West Pork Mulberry Creek at Mulberry, Term.

Location. Lat 35°12'34", long 86"27'46", near right bank on downstream side of old bridge, 

1,000 ft downstream from State Highway 50, 0.2 mile southwest of Mulberry, Lincoln 

County, and 1.7 miles upstream from confluence with East Pork.

Drainage area.--41.2 sq mi.

Records available. December 1953 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 687.72 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,500 cfs Dec. 4 (gage height, 13.28 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 5,600 cfs on basis of slope-area determination at gage 

height 13.15 ft; no flow Oct. 2-6, Sept. 29, 30.

1953-56: Maximum discharge, that of Dec. 4, 1955; no flow at times each year.

Remarks. Records fair.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 16 Apr. 17 to Sept. 30

1.0

1.1

1.2 

1.5 

1.8

0

.07

.2

1.5

10

26

2.0

2.5

3.5

5.0

10.0

11.0

45

130

372

840

2,920

3,720

0.9

1.0

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5

0 

.1 

.8 

2.3 

4.8 

13

1.8 

2.0 

2.4 

3.0 

4.0

33

50

108

242

520

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3 

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Of sm

In.

Oct.

0.01

0

C 

0 

0

*0

3.5

~T3.6

.2

.1

.08

.08

.08

.07

.06

.06

.06

.06

.06

.07

.07

.07

.07

.06

.05

.05

.08

.8

1.0 

.5

11.34

0.366

0.0089

0.01

Nov.

0.3

.2

73

.2 

.3

.3

.3

.3

*.4

.5

.8

.8

1.5

231

38

40

18

7.6

92

20

10

6.5

300

TS

31

28

18

12

8.2

6.5

921.0

30.7

0.745

0.83

Dec.

20~6.0

248 

5.580 

531

122

64

 42

26

20

18

15

14

11

10

9.3

9.0

38

28

20

18

15

14

12

10

9.3

8. 3

8.6

7.6 

7.6

6 8'

4,748.8

153

3.71

4.29

Jan.

6.8

6.2

6.2 

6.5 

6.2

*6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.5

6.2

6.0

STff

6.2

6.2

6.2

12

17

12

9.6

37

73

54

53

35

49

869

944

256

2,534.8

81.8

1.99

2.29

Feb.

170

538

*1.700 

1,640 

450

341

211

136

102

73

247

124

83

62

120

266

1,110

1,450

323

206

130

90

72

140

110

73

66

52

35

10,120

349

8.47

9.14

Mar.

33

133

268

146 

100

75

*64

54

42

35

31

29

77

268

201

T50" 357

128

82

57

44

34

30

26

20

20

20

18

15 

15

14

2,626

84.7

2.06

2.37

Apr.

12

10

7S 

*1.470 

194

544

225

130

82

58

50

33

25

25

774

375

154

92

67

49

40

36

32

26

24

22

19

18

17 

17

4,698

157

3.81

4.24

May

17

77

72 

39 

27

34

*176 ~BT

39

27

23

20

16

26

19

13

11

9.0

8.6

8.2

11

9.0

6.7

8.2

5.9

5.6

5.2

4.8

4.8 

4.3

3.6

797.9

25.7

0.624

0.72

June

4.0

3.6

3.3 

3.0 

3.0

*2.8

2.6

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.6

2.3

2.1

275

3.6

4.3

3.3

2.6

2.6

15

96

?5

11

9.5

28

12

7.1

4.6

5.9 

3*8

273.0

9.10

0.221

0.25

July

74

56

15 

94 

39

42

15

8.6

~4T 474

24

 15

11

98

32

19

13

12

7.8

7.8

77

13

8.6

6.3

4.8

4.0

3.3

3.0

18 

4.6

2 8

 

1,249.6

4.03

0.978

1.13

Aug.

2.3

l£BT5

3.0

2.1

 1.6

1.4

1.1

.8

.6

.6

.6

.2

.1

.06

.04

.04

.04

.02

755

.4

.3

.1

.06

.04

.03

.03

.8

.4 

.1

.1

30.52

0.985

0.024

0.03

Sept.

0.1

.05

.03 

.01 

.01

66

*7.5

2.3

1.4

.8

.6

.4

.3

.2

.1

.07

.06

.06

.05

.04

.03

.03

.03

.03

.02

.01

.01

.01

0 

C

60.25

2.67

0.065

0.07

Calendar year 1955: Max 4,040 Mln 0 Mean 83.9 Cfsm 2.04 in. 27.64

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,580 Mln 0 Mean 76.8 Cfsm 1.86 In. 25.37

Peak discharge (base, 5,500 pf s). Dec. 4 (2 p.m.) 12,500 cfs (13.28 ft); Jan. 29 (9 p.m.) 5,770 

cfs (11.04 ft); Feb. 4 (8 a.m.) 4,730 cfs (11.70 ft); Feb. 18 (2 a.m.) 4,080 cfs (11.28 ft); Apr. 4 

(2:30 a.m.) 6,950 cfs (12.55 ft).

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.
194 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Elk River above Fayetteville, Term.

Location..--Lat 35°08 I 04", long 86°32i23", on right bank 100 ft downstream from highway 

bridge, if miles southeast of Fayetteville, Lincoln County, 4 miles upstream from 

Norris Creek, and at mile 93.9.

Drainage area.--827 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1934 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 650.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of

Average discharge.--22 years, 1,370 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 18,700 cfs Feb. 4 (gage height, 21.45 ft); 

minimum, 143 cfs Oct. 25 (gage height, 1.47 ft); minimum gage height recorded, 

1.40 ft Sept. 5, but may have been less during period of no gage-height record.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 35,500 cfs Jan. 5, 1949 (gage height, 27.14 ft); minimum, 111 cfs Sept. 17, 1954; minimum gage height, 1.02 ft Oct. 27, 1941.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are 

poor. Prior to 1949, diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplant upstream. Flow regulated by Woods Reservoir since 1952 (see p. 230).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height. In feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 4 Dec. 5 to Sept. 30

1.4 

2.0 

2.7 

4.0

120

335

650

1,330

10.0

15.0

17.0

5,100

8,650

10,600

1.4

2.0

4.0

10.0

145

350

1,300

5,050

15.0 9,050

19.0 13,300

21.0 17,500

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

179

173

163

160

153

*153

196

319

2"87~ 447

189

173

166

163

160

160

160

160

160

160

156

153

150

150

146

146

146

156

189

196

176

5,645

182

Nov.

163

156

160

156

155

153

156

156

*153

156

160

160

173

465

885

795

600

406

670

537

393

335

1,910

1,890

1,360

1,150

870

564

479 

400

15,764

525

Calendar year 1955 :

Water year 1955-56 :

Dec.

500

800

1,000

10,000

9,000

6,500

4,000

*2,600

1,320

1,120

1,040

880

775

640

564

586

615

715

740

675

740

695

524

640

615

514

483

470

409 

578

385

49,923

1,610

Jan.

465

401

397

389

378

*346

340

329

322

322

322

322

318

315

315

315

304

284

298

315

308

322

374

650

900

1,000

900

850

1,500

4,000

5_,500

23,101

745

Feb.

3,230

3,650

*10,900

16,400

14,300

11,900

9,490

5,700

4,630

3,400

3,280

3,050

2,800

2,680

2,270

2,770

6,180

12,800

13,800

10,900

7,540

3,780

2,990

2,740

2,820

2,700

2,400

*2,210

1,980

173,290

5,976

Mar.

1,750

1,950

2,530

2,860

2,650

2,400

2,030

2,070

2,200

2,050

1,780

1,640

1,580

2,260

3,270

5,750

6,540

5,150

3,170

2,660

2,020

1,850

1,550

1,770

1,450

1,230

1,220

1,180

1,180

1,180

1,10_0

71,780

2,315

Apr.

1,060

1,020

990

*5,660

4,620

3,900

4,230

5,170

2,610

2,030

1,610

1,410

1,220

1,130

2,260

5,870

5,080

2,840

1,680

1,580

1,490

1,430

1,650

2,180

2,200

1,500

1,060

960

975 

950

68,165

2,272

May

940

1,000

1,600

1,260

960

1,060

1,270

1,810

1,420

*1,170

955

835

760

735

725

675

630

591

542

501

492

485

461

465

840

1,340

501

417

437 

425

435

25,735

830

June

1,140

715

519

465

433

389

*354

545

556

532

556

357

350

340

354

346

332

315

322

350

441

368

409

393

449

680

485

415

585 

374

12,825

427

July

595

665

1,200

1,000

1,300

1,100

1,010

705

1,430

*1,360

1.650

1,430

925

750

790

825

586

596

582

580

700

500

450

400

350

300

275

270

265 

26C

255

22,902

739

Aug.

250

550

500

525

260

*258

225

210

200

190

180

175

170

165

160

200

180

160

250

600

350

300

220

190

170

160

155

200

180 

160

150

7,223

233

Sept.

200

180

160

150

*145

828

730

680

605

564

266

251

251

224

220

210

196

560

512

228

210

205

200

220

220

214

205

200

200 

205

8,793

293

Observed Adjustedt

lax 23,600 Mln 146 Mean 1,623 Mean 1,603 Cfsm 1.94 In. 26.30

lax 16,400 Mln 145 Mean 1,326 Mean 1,345 Cfsm 1.63 In. 22.15

Peak discharge (base, 8,000 cfs). --Dec. 4 (time unknown) 12,400 cfs (18.70 ft, from f loodmark) ;

Feb. 4 (6 p.m.) 18,700 efs (21.45 ft); Feb. 19 (2 a.m.) 14,300 efs (19.60 ft).

* * Discharge Discharge measurement measurement made made on on this this day. day.

t Adjusted for change In contents In Woods Reservoir.

Note.--No gage-height record Nov. 30 to Dee. 7, Jan. 25-30, July 4-6, July 20 to Aug. 5, Aug. 7 

;pt. 4j discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for stations at Estlll SprLn 

id near Prospect.

Se.

and near Prospect.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 195

Bradshaw Creek at Frankewing, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°ll'3l", long 86°50'43", on downstream side of second pier from right 

abutment of bridge on U. S. Highway 64, 0.4 mile east of Frankewing, 2.2 miles downstream from Little Bradshaw Creek, and 10.5 miles east of Pulaski, Giles County.

Drainage area. 36.5 sq ml.

Records available. November 1954 to September 1956.

Gage_. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 655.61 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Extrernes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,290 cfs Dec. 3 (gage height, 12.65 ft); no 

flow Oct. 1-6, 20-27.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 12,600 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 16.38 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 7,200 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determination of peak flow; no flow at times each year.

Remarks. Records poor.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Mar. 4-12, Mar. 19 to Apr. 6, May 6, 

May 8 to June 25, June 28 to July l)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 6 Apr. 7 to Sept. 30

1.04

1.1

1.2

1.3 

1.5 

2.0

.2

1.1

3.4

10

40

2.5 

3.0 

5.0 

6.0 

8.0 

9.0

79

138

546

810

1,650

2,360

1.08 

1.1

0.03 

.05 

.6

2.0

6.5

1.7 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0 

5.0

15

36

78

138

546

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

0

0

0

0

*0

0

.7

.08

.02

.05

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.02

.2

.2

.2

1.65

0.053

0.0015

0.002

Nov.

~Tz~ 0.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

.2

*.2

.2

.3

.3

2.0

20

11

5.0

4.0

2.7

30

8.1

4.0

2.8

64

14

13

10

7.3

5.6

4.0

3.4

213.5

7.12

0.195

0.22

Dec.

4.0

B7T

1,170

1.270

92

45

33

*26

20

16

13

12

11

9.3

8.5

6.9

6.5

15

13

11

10

9.3

9.3

8.9

8.5

7.3

6.9

6.5

6.2

6.5

6.2

2,875.9

92.8

2.54

2.93

Jan.

5.9

5.9

5.6

5.6

5.3

*5.0

4.6

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.6

4.3

4.0

3.7

37o

4.0

3.7

3.7

8.4

6.9

5.6

4.6

13

26

24

23

19

26

1,200

*704

151

2,293.4

7.40

2.03

2.34

Feb.

128

671

1,680

1,940

437

378

203

122

94

89

152

83

68

60

187

205

*1,080

1,240

269

154

104

84

75

104

94

76

73

64

5§

9,970

344

9.42

10.16

Mar.

54

102

132

67

59

53

*50

49

42

39

38

39

81

227

112

254

12T

95

76

62

56

51

47

44

39

38

37

35

33

31

SO

2,197

70.9

1.94

2.24

Apr.

29

27

157

*508 ~§T

438

106

69

54

48

44

35

32

30

407

145

81

66

58

51

46

44

41

37

34

32

28

26

23

35

2,817

93.9

2.57

2.87

May

26

2?

26

21

18

17

18

14

12

9.3

8.6

6.8

6.0

5.2

5.2

5.0

*4.5

4.2

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.2

5.2

7.9

3.8

3.4

3.2

3.2

2.6

2.2

1.8

277.5

8.95

0.245

0.28

June

1.8

1.6

.5

.5

.3

* .2

.2

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.8

.9

.9

1.2

1.2

.9

.8

.6

188

41

15

6.2

4.8

94

42

22

12

6.2

4.8

457.0

15.2

0,416

0.47

July

465

209

49

26

15

12

9.0

7.9

314

*34

21

15

12

11

10

8.2

6.8

6.0

5.2

5.5

5.0

4.0

3.6

3.2

3.0

2.8

2.4

2.2

2.4

2.0

is!

1,273.8

41.1

1.13

1.30

Aug.

2.6

3.3

1.3

1.2

.6

.6

.3

.3

*.3

.2

.1

.1

.08

.08

.1

.08

.08

.3

19

8.6

5.0

2.4

1.6

1.2

.9

.6

.6

1.0

.8

.6

.4

54.32

1.75

0.048

0.06

Sept.

0.3

.2

.1

.1

*.l

2.2

3.0

173

.8

.5

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.2

.2

.2

.08

.08

.08

.08

.08

.04

.04

.03

753

.03

11.17

0.372

0.010

0.01

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,350 Min 0 Mean 77.3 Cfsm 2.12 In. 28.73

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,940 Min o Mean 61.3 Cfsm 1.68 In- 22.88

Peak discharge (base, 2,500 cfs). --Dec. 3 (ll p.m.) 7.290 cfs (12.65 ft); Jan. 29 (9 p.m.) 5,890

(11.65 ft); Feb. 4 (7 a.m.) 6.420 cfs (12.03 ft); Feb. 17 (10 a.m.} 4,280 cfs (10.50 ft), July 1

11 p.m. 4,080 cfs 11.25 ft); July 9 9 a.m.) 2,570 cfs (9.60 ft). 

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.
196 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Richland Creek near Pulaski, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35"12'51", long 87 0 06'05", on right bank 1,200 ft upstream from bridge

onTJT S. Highway 64, 1 mile downstream from Weakley Creek, and 4 miles west of Pulaski, 

Giles County.

Drainage area. 366 sq mi.

Records available. April 1934 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 642.54 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

-^7929.

Average discharge. 22 years, 588 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 12,200 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 17.05 ft), 

minimum, 18 cfs Sept. 18, 19 (gage height, 0.73 ft).

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 75,000 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 27.49 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 32,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determination of 

peak flow; minimum, 7.9 cfs Sept. 11, 1954 (gage height, 0.52 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 823: 1935-36(M), drainage area. WSP 1386: 1935-36, 1938, 

1944, 1945-46(M), 1948, 1950-51(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 6-8)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 29 Jan. 30 to Sept. 30

0.70

.9 

1.4

2.0 

3.0 

7.0

200

470

2,OZO

0.70

1.3

2.0

3.0

6.0

16

90

225

500

1,620

10.0

12.0

15.0

16.0

17.0

3,220

4,310

7,050

8,550

12,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19 

20

21 

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

38

32

29

26

*24

25

29

28

28

28

26

25

28

28

28

28

28

27

28 

29

30 

27

28

27

26

27

28

36

64 

B?

40

947

30.5

0.083

0.10

Nov.

34

32

31

31

31

31

33

*2955"

. 37

38

37

269

1,080

693

280

238

148

1,260 

491

275 

196

325

356

270

238

202

169

138

122

7,143

238

0.650

0.73

Dec.

116

145

307

3,010

1,930

900

*572

437

353

290

248

215

192

177

165

148

143

183

204 

177

165 

157

152

150

141

133

120

114

110

110

106

11,370

367

1.00

1.16

Jan.

104

104

100

96

92

*96

95

89

85

82

82

83

82

81

82

79

76

74

lIS 

136

119 

110

125

159

187

209

224

248

1,750

 9,820

4,070

18,852

608

1.66

1.92

Feb.

2,000

3,180

7,410

8,980

6,630

4,070

2,770

1,900

1,470

1,JL60

1,210

994

850

752

1,070

1,620

4,120

9.790

5,066 

2,360

1,580 

1,220

1,010

1,140

969

906

808

658

76,797

2,648

7.23

7.80

Mar.

580

832

997

1,040

882

794

*756

882

738

686

633

560

654

2.520

2,220

2,120

1,710

1,390

1,070 

857

724 

636

552

494

443

404

380

350

332

300

280

26,816

865

2.36

2.72

Apr.

268

260

250

5§ff

*476

1,550

1,600

983

748

633

612

494

419

380

1,410

2,880

1,646

1,100

857 

692

580 

500

449

389

348

322

298

275

260

298

21,660

722

1.97

2.20

May

305

315

325

255

250

225

215

208

180

166

156

147

138

135

238

178

*140

131

117 

114

109 

101

95

119

106

96

96

93

89

84 84"

5,043

163

0.445

0.51

June

98

84

80

75

70

*66

61

59

56

54

51

54" 48

82

89

82

69

61

68 

1,050

"310 1,240 

191

147

738

721

359

228

170

142

6,603

220

0.601

0.67

July

122

214

189

126

136

156

106

90

4"50~ 526

*151

122

119

119

191

114

95

82

72 

68

63 

63

61

52

49

48

46

41

37

34

3,750

121

0.331

0.38

Aug.

34

111

66

48

43

37

*34

31

30

26

24

?2~ 22

24

132

51

36

34

41 

141

101 

63

49

44

38

35

34

47

44 

38

57

1,537

49.6

0.136

0.16

Sept.

52

38

31

28

25

*123

106

58

41

34

30

28

25

24

22

22

20

19

Iff 

20

20 

20

34

34

28

23

21

21

21

21

1,008

33.6

0.092

0.10

Calendar year 1955: Max 32,600 Mln 16 Mean 661 Cfsm 1.81 In. 24.55

Water year 1955-56: Max 9,820 Min 19 Mean 496 Cfsm 1.36 In. 18.45

Peak discharge (base. 6.000 cfs). Jan. 30 (l p.m.) 11,800 cfs (16.95 ft)j Feb. 4 (10 p.m.) 11,000 

cfs (16.75 ft); Feb. 18 (3 p.m.) 12,200 cfs (17.05 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 197

Elk River near Prospect, Term.

Location. Lat 35°01 I 39", long 86°56 I 52", on right bank 50 ft upstream from highway bridge, 

1.1 miles downstream from Richland Creek, 3.2 miles east of Prospect. Giles County, 

5.4 miles (revised) upstream from Ford Creek, and 7.9 miles (revised) upstream from 

Tennessee-Alabama State line.

Drainage area. 1,784 sq mi.

Records available. July 1904 to February 1908, January 1919 to September 1956. Published 

as "near Elkmont, Ala." 1904-8, 1919-34.

£. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 563.29 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929. July 1904 to February 1908 and January 1919 to March 1934, chain gage at site 

llf miles downstream ft datum 13.52 ft lower.

Average discharge. 40 years (1904-7, 1919-56), 2,997 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 36,600 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 30.05 ft); minlmum, 152 cfs Oct. 27 (gage height, 0.75 ft).

1904-8, 1919-56: Maximum discharge, 104,000 cfs Mar. 22, 1955 (gage height, 38.96 

ft), from rating curve extended above 60,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determination of peak flow; minimum, 85 cfs Sept. 18-20, 1925, Sept. 11, 1931.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

523

523

543

563

583

643

683

713

728

Water 

year

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1927

1929

1931

1932

Date

Mar.

Apr.

Mar.

Feb.

Jan.

Dec.

Mar.

Mar.

Jan.

13,

17,

12,

14,

4,

28,

24,

29,

31,

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1926

1929

1931

1932

Discharge 

(cfs)

49,500

41,500

41,500

30,000

35,000

61,100

81,500

15,700

26,300

Gage height 

(feet)

e26.5

e25.0

e25.0

22.0

e23.5

28.2

30.53

13.4

20.6

e Estimated.

Remarks. Records excellent. Prior to August 1949, diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused 

by powerplants upstream. Flow regulated by Woods Reservoir since 1952 (see p. 230).

Revisions (water years1.--WSP 523: 1904-8, 1919-20. WSP 823: Drainage area. Revised 

figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 1920-22, 1924, 

1927, 1929, superseding those published in WSP 523, 543, 583, 643, and 683, are given 

herewith:

Date

1920 

Feb. 23 

24 

25 

Mar. 12 

13 

14 

15 

Apr. 2 

3 

4 

5

1921 

Apr. 17

Discharge

31,500 

41,500 

25,800 

27,300 

49,500 

38,600 

28,800 

30,000 

43,500 

39,000 

27,000

41,500

Date

1921-Con. 

Apr. 18

1922 

Mar. 1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

10 

11 

12 

13

1924 

Jan. 3

Month

February 

March

1920..................

April. .........................

Water 3 

Calends

April 192 

Water 3 

Calends

March 192 

Water j 

Calends

January 3 

Water 3 

Calends

December 

Calends

April 192 

Water 3 

Calends

March 192 

Water 3 

Calends

rear 1919-20 

LT year 1920

rear 1920-21 

ir year 1921

ear 1921-22 

ir year 1922

rear 1923-24 

ir year 1924

1926.......

ir year 1926 

7... .......

rear 1926-27 

r year 1927 

g

rear 1928-29 

r year 1929

Discharge

30,000

24,200 

35,000 

39,000 

37,000 

27,800 

27,000 

37,000 

41,500 

27,300

27,300

Maximum

41,500 

49,500 

43,500 

49,500 

49,500

41,500 

41,500 

41,500

41,500 

41,500 

41,500

35,000 

35,000 

35,000

56,000 

56,000

44,000 

56,000 

44,000

75,600 

75,600 

75,600

Date

1924-Con. 

Jan. 4 

5

1926 

Dee. 25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

1927 

Apr. 13

Minimum

1,850 

3,180 

3,100 

275 

465

1,490 

360 

360

3,230 

330

200

2,410 

220 

220

1,660 

245

2,010 

185 

185

4,420 

270 

270

Discharge

35,000 

31,500

42,000 

47,700 

51,900 

56,000 

47,700 

37,800 

28,800

44,000

Mean

7,210 

9,620 

9,890 

5,430 

4,710

6,430 

2,570 

2,770

15,400 

4,140 

4,050

9,180 

3,230 

2,870

16,300 

3,200

9,080 

4,500 

3,280

16»900 

4,280 

4,830

Date

192 7 -Con. 

Apr. 14

1929 

Mar. 15 

16 

23 

24 

25

Per square

mile

3.91 

5.22 

5.37 

2.95 

2.56

3.49 

1.39 

1.50

8.36 

2.25 

2.20

4.98 

1.75 

1.56

8.84 

1.74

4.93 

2.44 

1.78

9.17 

2.32 

2.62

Discharge

37,800

35,800 

34,200 

51,900 

75,600 

70,200

Runoff in 

inches

4.22. 

6.02 

5.99 

40.11 

34.82

3.89

18.94 

20.38

9.63 

30.52 

29.86

5.74 

23.87 

21.19

10.20 

23.53

5.49 

33.13 

24.10

10.59 

31.52 

35.58
198 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Elk River near Prospect, Term. Continued

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and 

discharge, in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 5 Feb. 6 to Sept. 30

0.70

1.0

1.8

3.0

6.0

540

1,260

3,640

10.0 7,280

18.0 15,600

25.0 25,100

30.0 36,400

0.80 210

1.8 545

3.0 1,260

Note. Same as 

preceding table 

above 3.0 ft.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to Septerobe

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Oct.

185

196

205

193

*180

172

208

226

344

476

380

247

214

193

182

17&

175

175

175

175

178

175

170

162

158

158

155

160

188

223

£60

6,466

209

Nov.

238

205

196

188

185

182

135

188

*188

188

190

202

223

948

5,720

1,400

1,310

962

1,550

1,940

1,090

806

2,560

3,570

2,650

2,010

1,620

1,250

938

31,712

1,057

Calendar year 1955:

Water year 1955-56:

Dec.

728

812

1,950

21,400

21,600

16,500

6,390

*4,460

3,050

2,040

1,730

1,570

1,360

1,230

1,060

950

950

,130

,360

,230

,140

,130

1,070

944

1,000

938

836

782

734

662

628

101,364

3,270

Jan.

628

734

680

600

*595

578

540

525

500

495

490

486

476

468

463

458

454

445

468

556

584

556

584

1,010

1,420

1,580

1,390

1,350

2,410

15,900

20,000

57,423

1,852

Feb.

11,000

10,400

21,500

28,300

55.700

32,700

25,8OO

17,500

9,240

7,210

6,370

5,950

5,010

4,640

4,790

6,170

11,500

22,600

27,500

25,700

19,800

11,200

6,070

5,410

5,440

5,110

4,620

4,100

5,510

384,840

13,270

Mar.

*3,200

3,580

4,100

5,510

4,750

4,410

3,680

3,630

3,410

3,400

3,070

2,820

2,640

5,030

6,990

9,450

10.600

9,580

7,280

5,010

4,100

3,350

2,880

2,560

2,610

2,160

1,950

1,890

1,810

1,750

1,670

128,870

4,157

Observed

Apr.

1,570

1,500

1,590

12,800

10,300

9,680

10,100

7,200

5,110

4,220

3,310

*2,760

2,330

2,050

4,120

11,000

10,300

7,300

4,150

3,120

2,760

2,510

2,340

2,730

2,970

2,680

1,790

1,540

1,440

1,490

136,760

4,559

May

1,520

1,430

1,870

2,020

1,670

1,370

1,670

2,070

2,160

*1,690

1,460

1,290

1,100

1,030

1,020

1,090

980

884

818

752

722

1,050

764

680

704

1,200

1,320

680

585

585

570

36,754

1,186

June

704

1,250

836

656

600

*545

500

456

428

414

400

397

418

484

442

480

453

425

390

1,560

'4,720

2,250

944

782

802

2,680

1,380

90S

668

560

27,532

918

July

496

2,710

1,470

1,490

2,090

1,720

1,530

1,180

1,600

*5.770

1,940

1,980

1,650

1,120

1,630

1,110

980

704

674

668

896

758

575

527

488

425

381

369

360

363

366

36,020

1,162

Aug.

342

458

714

532

369

324

297

273

*261

252

243

234

219

216

210

285

228

210

272

373

1,080

442

315

264

237

222

213

285

291

252

225

10,138

327

Sept.

282

240

213

210

*225

382

1,200

830

734

634

425

330

285

273

264

255

255

237

520

362

264

243

234

373

270

267

252

240

231

228

10,758

359

Adjustedt

lax 91,400 Min 150 Mean 3,311 Mean 3,291 Cfsro 1.84 In. 25.04

lax 35,700 Min 155 Mean 2,647 Mean 2,666 Cfsm 1.49 In. 2O.34

Peak discharge (base. 17,000 cfs).--Dec. 4 (4 p.m.) 23,40O cfs (23.80 ft)j Jan. 31 (11:30 a.m.) 

21,000 cfs (22.07 ft); Feb! 5 (9 p.m.) 36,600 cfs (30.05 ft); Feb. 19 (6:30 p.m.) 28,600 efs 

(27.21 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Adjusted for change in contents in Woods Reservoir.

Note.--Discharge Dec. 9 to Jan. 5, Jan. 9-30, computed from graph based on bihourly radio-gage 

readings furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 199

Big Nance Creek at Courtland, Ala.

Location. Lat 34°40'12", long 8?°19'02", in SW^- sec. 30, T. 4 S., R. 7 W., near right 

bank on downstream side of pier of bridge on State Highway 20, at Courtland, 12§ miles 

upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--166 sq mi.

Records available . July 1935 to September 1940, March 1945 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 537.60 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. July 25, 1935, to Sept. 30, 1940, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--16 years, 266 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 4,080 cfs Apr. 7 (gage height, 16.5 ft); minimum 

daily, 0.4 cfs Oct. 3-6, 12-17, 20-22.

1935-40; 1945-56: Maximum discharge, 12,300 cfs Jan. 7, 1950 (gage height, 22.60 

ft); minimum daily, 0.4 cfs Sept. 15-17, 1954, Oct. 3-6, 12-17, 20-22, 1955; minimum 

gage height observed, 1.18 ft Oct. 25, 1954.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of shifting-control, which are fair. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 1033: 1939, 1940(M). WSP 1053: 1939(M).

Rating tables , water year 1955-56, except for periods when shifting-control method 

is used (gage height, in feet, and discharge, in cubic feet per second) 

(Rate of change in stage used as a factor Feb. 4, 6, Apr. 6, 8, 15-17)

Oct. 1 to Apr. 6 Apr. 7 to Sept. 30

2.0

4.5

11

55

10.0

16.0

187

750

1,760

3., 860

1.28 

1.3

1.4

65

3.0

6.0

10.0

16.0

188

750

1,760

3,860

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

0.6

.5

*.4

74

.4

.4

.6

.6

.6

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

.4

.4

.4

.5

.5

.5

.5

.5

.9

1.1

.7 

.7

16.0

0.52

0.0051

0.004

Nov.

0.7

.7

1.1

.9

.9

.9

*.9

.7

.6

.6

.6

.6

.9

1.1

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

2.5

2.9

2.5

2.0

6.9

11

II

6.9

2.0

.7

6

jJL

71.9

2.40

0.014

0.02

Dec.

0.7

.9

2.0

69

*125

31

15

6.2

5.9

2.5

1.6

1.1

.7

.9

1.1

1.1

.7

1.6

1.6

2.0

1.6

1.6

2.0

1.6

2.0

2.0

1.6

1.3

1.5

2.5 

2.0

284.1

9.16

0.055

0.06

Jan.

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.5

2.5

2.0

*2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.5

2.5

2.5

2.9

6.2

6.2

8.3

9.8

9.8

9.8

12

15

12

14

18

59

*68

265.5

8.56

0.052

0.06

Feb.

152" 71

1,570

5,440

5,780

2,050

745

380

340

390

360

560

252

183

165

210

500

1,000

1,150

750

894

420

270

240

286

440

294

254

190

------

20,894

720

4.34

4.68

Mar.

149

224

400

254

*181

152

158

145

184

123

105

94

100

405

894

1,650

1,480

565

530

247

210

176

155

158

120

105

99

91

83

82

Zi

9,149

295

1.78

2.05

Apr.

65

59

65

1,130

1,150

1,790

5,750

1,750

470

*550

851

894

420

286

1,020

5,250

2,570

704

370

277

232

195

174

155

139

128

117

109

108

210

22,748

758

4.57

5.10

May

294

210

530

650

570

210

*187

286

178

128

105

92

85

76

68

65

57

55

50

47

45

41

40

59

57

34

32

51

51

29 

28

4,106

152

0.795

0.92

June

29

50

26

*24

22

19

19

17

16

15

14

14

14

19

19

17

22

19

16

18

577

790

262

74

42

45

287

294

80

46

2,686

89.5

0.539

0.60

July

36

31

*51

61

38

57

64

34

24

23

£2

18

14

12

17

29

26

22

18

278

710

144

48

29

22

18

15

11

195

164 

45

2,256

72.8

0.439

0.51

Aug.

25

16

91

64

35

17

*11

7.6

6.4

5.3

4.8

4.4

4.0

3.2

3.6

3.2

5.2

3.2

3.2

9.8

58

21

8.3

5.3

4.0

3.2

3.2

2.8

278

2.8

2 . 8

411.1

13.3

0.080

0.09

Sept.

2.8

2.8

2.8

2.4

*15

35

19

11

4.8

2.8

2.0

1.4

T74

1.4

1.4

1.7

2.0

2.8

5.2

3.2

3.2

3.6

8.8

107

37

9.8

4.4

2.8

1.7

1.4

298.6

9.95

0.060

0.07

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,610 Win 0.4 Mean 179 Cfsm 1.08 In. 14.59

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,780 Win 0.4 Mean 173 Cfsm 1.04 In. 14.16

Peak discharge (base, 5,800 ofs).--Feb. 5 (7 a.m.) 4,000 cfs (16.3 ft); Apr. 7 (1:30 p.m.) 4, 

cfs (16-5 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note.--Shifting-control method used Oct. 1 to Dec. 19, Dec. 31 to Feb. 2, June 28 to July 20, 

Sept. 26-30.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Shoal Creek at Iron City, Term.

Location. Lat 35°01'20", long 87°34'44", on right bank 600 ft upstream from Louisville 

& Nashville Railroad bridge, 700 ft downstream from highway bridge, 0.2 mile downstream 

from Holly Creek, a quarter of a mile east of Iron City, Lawrence County, and at mile 

21.7.

Drainage area.--348 sq ml.

Records available.--July 1925 to September 1956.

.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage Is 534.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

929. Prior to Feb. 25, 1931, staff gage at railroad bridge 600 ft downstream at datum

1.54 ft lower. Feb. 25, 1931, to Sept. 30, 1933, staff gage at site 75 ft downstream

at present datum.

Average discharge.--31 years, 632 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 17,400 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 15.40 ft); 

minimum, 76 cfs Sept. 19; minimum daily, 77 cfs Sept. 18, 19.

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 132,000 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 27.22 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 32,000 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determination at 

gage height 22.9 ft and a slope-area determination at gage height 27.22 ft; minimum, 

38 cfs Aug. 31, 1943 (gage height, -0.02 ft).

Revisions.--The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published In the water-supply 

papers indicated. Previously published maximums for these years were observed maximums.

WSP

623 

663 

683 

698 

728 

743

Water 

year

1926 

1928 

1929 

1930 

1932 

1933

Date

Nov. 12, 1925 

Mar. 9, 1928 

Mar. 23, 1929 

Mar. 7, 1930 

July 7, 1932 

Oct. 17, 1932

Discharge 

(cfs)

18,700 

20,900 

29,200 

11,800 

18,100 

25,400

Gage height 

(feet)

14.7 

15.4 

18.0 

12.4 

14.5 

16.8

Remarks.--Records good. 

Lawrenceburg.

Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplant at

if years).--WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 1113: 1927(M). Revised figures 

of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for high-water periods in the water years 

1927-29, and 1932, superseding those published in WSP 643, 663, 683, and 728, are given 

herewith:

1926 

Dec. 24.......... 7,53O

25.......... 20,900

26.......... 11,800

1927 

Mar. 13.......... 42,60O

14.......... 8,26O

1928 

Mar. 9.......... 15,300

1929 

Mar. 14.......... 8,58O

23.......... 22,200

May 9.......... 15,OOO

1932 

Jan. 3O.......... 12,9OO

July 7.......... 14,700

Month

Calendar year 1926 .............

Calendar year 1927. ............

Calendar year 1928 .............

Ma V

Calendar year 1929. ............

Water year 1931-32 .............

Calendar year 1932 .............

Maximum

20,900

42,600

15,300

22,200

15,500

Minimum

160

92

75

87

114

no

62

115

Mean

2,970

588

953

730

656

787

884

851

972

Per square

mile

8.53

1.69

9.05

2.74

2.10

1.94

1.89

7.82

2.54

2.45

2.79

Runoff In 

inches

9.83

22.92

L 28.47

26.45

25.65

9.02

34.47

3 75

38. 03
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 201

Shoal Creek at Iron City, Term. Contlnaed

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 14 Mar. 15 to Sept. 30

0.3 90

1.0 243

1.5 403

3.0 1,150

7.0

10.0

14.0

3,610

6,700

13,800

0.1 

.5

1.0

67

125

328

3.0 550

3.0 1,090

5.0 2,290

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

3

3

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

30

31

33

33

24

25

36

27

28

29

30 

31

TotaJ

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

151

135

112

109 

»109

109

107

111

111

105

104

102

105

109

107

107

107

109

112

114

112

112

111

107

105

105

112

128

217

TST 

156

5,651

118

0.339

0.39

Nov.

137

123 125"

132 

127

137

135

*123

123

132

151

159

159

338

1,030

359

371

333

1.320

658

514

236

375

359

370

357

325

303

187

177

8,405

280

0.805

0.9O

Dec.

173

219

341

1,750 

1,120

594

*428

338

281

343

223

209

197

189

183

177

172

211

245

315

201

195

189

187

181

177

170

166

162

160 

T60

9,550

301

0.865

1.00

Jan.

156

156

156

152 

151

149

149

145

*143

143

143

143

143

141

141

141

139

138

196

217

185

173

181

223

225

223

221

334

994

*10.200 

2,900

18,798

606

1.74

3.01

Feb.

1,640

2,760

7,920

10,300 

5,720

3,530

1,850

1,380

1,150

958

1,000

870

750

665

795

1,200

1,920

13,500

5,920

1,990

1,580

1,080

897

865

845

760

680

616

540

______

69,281

2,589

6.86

7.40

Mar.

486

670

705

705 

602

*571

544

690

616

558

526

490

540

2,070

1,830

1,670

1,440

1,130

880

710

604

534

478

438

395

370

353

339

316

301 

388

21,839

704

2.02

2.33

Apr.

?80

370

282

582 

450

1,150

1,850

1,040

751

636

*715

675

613

559

890

1,960

1,330

983

756

632

530

474

430

395

378

353

342

322

298

370

20,275

676

1.94

3.17

May

462

416

450

518 

490

433

550

494

*398

364

332

395

382

270

295

346

275

260

343

336

352

222

320

215

313

307

209

309

301

194 

184

9,695

313

0.899

1.04

June

190

182

173

171 

*165

165

163

159

157

154

148

146

148

169

220

207

g!83

g!61

g283

g725

K784

g768

g333

g362

g238

g546

g559

g370

g249

g230

8,396

280

0.805

0.90

July

gZOl

g!73

g!63

g!61 

g!67

190

311

169

g!65

g!84

*169

g!50

g!48

g!59

g748

g363

g!99

g!69

g!54

g!61

g!63

g!57

g232

g!65

g!93

g!71

g!44

g!34

g!27

g!32 

g!20

5,830

188

0.540

0.63

Aug.

g!33

g257

g298

g!84 

g!48

g!40

g!38

*115

111

108

106

125

111

105

162

182

120

111

gill

g!34

165

g!38

g!35

g!23

gl!6

gllO

g!08

gllO

g!23

gill 

g!05

4,340

137

0.394

0.45

Sept.

g!06

g!06

g98

g94 

g96

g!06

g!29 gin

g96

89

88

86

*85

85

84

83

79

77

77

80

83

81

81

86

94

86

84

83

83

81

2,697

89.9

0.258

0.39

Calendar year 1955: Max 40,200 Mln 76 Mean 690 Cfsm 1.98 In. 36.92

Water year 1955-56: Max 12,300 Min 77 Mean 498 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.50

 (11:30 a.m.) 13.100 cfs (13.69 ft); Feb. 4 (8 p.m.) 

,400 cfs (15.40 ft).

" Discharge measurement made on this day.

g Computed from graph based on bihourly radio-gage readings furnished by Tennessee Valley 

Authority.

463897 0-58-14
202 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala.

Location. Lat 34°47'12", long 87°40'08", in SWi sec. 14, T. 3 S., R. 11 W., on left bank 

at lock and dam 1 at lower end of Patten Island, 700 ft upstream from Southern Railway 

bridge, 1,000 ft upstream from O'Neal Bridge on U. S. Highway 72, 1 mile south of 

Florence, 1.7 miles upstream from Cypress Creek, 2.7 miles downstream from Wilson Dam, 

and at mile 256.7.

Drainage area.--30,810 sqmi, approximately.

Records available.--November 1871 to September 1894 (gage heights only), October 1894 to 

September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 401.12 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Apr. 1, 1326, several U. S. Weather Bureau staff gages at or near 

Southern Railway bridge 700 ft downstream at same datum. Since Oct. 1, 1938, auxiliary 

water-stage recorder 15y miles downstream.

Average discharge. 62 years (1894-56), 50,560 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 288,000 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 22.32 ft); 

minimum daily, 9,600 cfs Oct. 9; minimum gage height, 6.43 ft Dec. 18.

1871-1956: Maximum discharge observed, 444,000 cfs Mar. 19, 1897 (gage height, 

32.5 ft), from rating curve extended above 320,000 cfs; minimum daily discharge, 

250 cfs Sept. 13, 1953 (computed on basis of Wilson Dam records); minimum gage height, 

-3.0 ft Oct. 8, 1925, caused by filling of Wilson Lake.

Revisions.--Figures of maximum discharge for the water years 1899 and 1916 have 

been revised to 325,000 cfs Mar. 20. 1899 (gage height, 25.1 ft) and 252,000 cfs 

July 12, 1916 (gage height, 20.5 ft), superseding those published in WSP 353 and 433, 

respectively.

Remarks.--Records good. Discharge below 25,000 cfs computed on basis of records for 

Wilson Dam. Slight regulation since 1924 by Wilson Lake and increasing regulation 

since 1936 as other reservoirs have been built above station (see p. 226). Flow now 

almost completely regulated.

Cooperation. Auxiliary water-stage-recorder graph furnished by the Tennessee Valley 

Authority.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 473: 1897(M). Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet 

per second, for the water years 1897, 1899, and 1916, superseding those published in 

WSP 353 and 433, are given herewith:

Date

1897

Mar. 1

2

3

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Discharge

194,000

198,000

174..OOO

143,000

157,000

164,000

180,000

198,000

240,000

260,000

280,000

288,000

311,000

325,000

344,000

429,000

Date

1897-Con.

Mar. 20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

1899

Mar. 1

2

3

4

Discharge

413,000

381,000

359,000

328,000

311,000

292,000

272,000

253,000

228,000

159,000

168,000

161,000

160,000

151,000

Month

Calendar- year 1897. .........

Calendar- year 1899 ..........

Calendar- year 1916. .........

Maximum

429,000

325,000

252,000

Date

1899-Con.

Mar. 5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

Minimum

8,550

10,500

12,300

12,300

Discharge

135,000

131,000

140,000

154,000

164, OOO

172,000

173,000

155,000

126,000

203,000

260,000

272,000

285,000

317,000

325,000

320,000

Date

1899-Con.

Mar. 22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

1916

July 12

Mean

57,200

60,800

65,100

55,400

Per square 

mile

1 .86

1.97

2.11

1.80

Discharge

316, OOO

309,000

303,000

300,000

295,000

288,000

279,000

247,000

198,000

163,000

252,000

Runoff in 

inches

25.22

26.77

28.73

24.47
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Florence, Ala. Continued 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

203

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean 

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

19,800

17,400

25,600

*19,300

21,200

26,500

21,300

13,600

9,600

28,400

29,100

32,400

31,600

59.500

53,000

18,600

54,300

55,600

29,200

28,700

25,500

14,800

16,000

55,700

28,600

25,700

51,900

56,500

17,800

51,200

29,500

805,500

25,920

Nov.

35,500

58,600

41,500

56,200

29,400

12,200

50,100

31,700

39,600

56,900

28,200

18,600

11,400

31,500

51,400

42,100

44,600

35,000

35,200

34,400

32,200

28,400

24,200

22,200

31,700

30,200

21,400

46,100

38,300

37,400

955,600

31,790

Dec.

36,100

50,800

51,500

59,600

47,800

*56,600

58,500

56,700

54,200

52,600

45,000

44,500

 45,300

41,600

41,800

52,700

35,500

26,500

37,900

40,500

40,800

37,600

27,900

16,400

15,100

11,900

24,500

31,500

32,500

31,600

20,000

*1,140.5

36,790

Jan.

17,500

17,800

25,500

25,300

22,500

21,800

26,000

25,100

52,400

54,300

50,700

25,700

24,800

14,900

11,800

20,500

17,000

11,200

16,600

17,600

10.500

15,500

21,100

25,700

21,600

25,900

21,500

11,300

12,200

46,400

66.500

708,800

22,860

Feb.

97,100

109,000

187,000

248,000

265,000

245,000

258,000

217,000

171,000

107,000

77,600

71,000

74,100

66,500

66,900

71,800

82,100

156,000

167,000

155,000

152,000

151,000

151,000

109,000

89,700

76,900

77,600

75,400

75,400

*3, 802.1

131,100

Mar.

62,200

56,500

67,900

54,500

64,100

*60,800

74,200

75,900

69,900

65,900

55,800

68,900

55,400

72,400

106,000

154,000

152,000

140,000

122,000

94,200

76,400

75,600

65,800

59,100

50,500

50,800

52,100

47,500

55,500

48,500

40.200

*2,270.2

73,250

Apr.

25.700

55.000

28,800

58,800

47,800

88,800

105,000

76,700

59,400

50,400

61,500

55,500

40,700

32,500

52,100

102,000

120,000

101,000

91,700

74,500

69,700

47,500

47,000

41,800

55,400

57,700

39,100

54,600

26,000

41,800

* 1,704.1

56,800

May

42,400

56,200

59,500

45,000

57,700

51,800

47,800

54,000

50,500

44,000

45,900

56,000

25,100

49,200

46,200

58,600

59,400

25,800

24,400

16,800

35,600

38,900

28,500

27,100

26,500

25,400

12,000

25,900

25,400

25,500

52,700

1:1,074.4

34,650

June

27,200

28,000

20,100

28,600

26,500

25,100

22,700

24,600

25,200

17,400

25,800

25,400

25,500

56,200

37,400

25,100

20,600

54,000

55,100

29,600

35,500

42,700

55,100

14,500

24,900

25,200

55,100

27,700

26,500

21,000

821,900

27,400

July

19,500

26,800

27,900

20,400

51,000

39,200

28,400

16,200

19,500

25,000

*34,500

57,500

42,600

25 600

21^700

59,900

40,000

40,500

42 , 500

33,400

24,600

16,600

53,000

29,400

52,800

32,100

55,600

29,200

22,200

58,500

41,400

946,500

30,530

Aug.

*58.500

56,200

51,400

36,000

21,200

52,800

28,700

30 , 700

51 , 400

28,800

20,300

18,500

55 , 100

52,100

54,700

52,800

28,500

25,600

21,400

51,000

52,500

55,400

54,500

57,000

24,000

20,200

21,800

29,000

50,800

53,500 

29 200

921,400

29,720

Sept.

17,500

17,500

14.700

31,900

54,700

*36,500

44.400

30,000

24,200

52,400

58,200

55,400

51,700

28,900

24,400

21,500

30,900

55,900

59,200

55,000

27,600

22,800

20,000

53,100

55,200

58,400

57,000

54,400

28,900

17,000

895,100

29,770

Calendar year 1955: Max 280,000 Mln 9,600 Mean 45,060 Ofsm 1.46 In. 19.85

Water year 1955-56: Max 263,000 Mln 9,600 Mean 43,820 Cfsm 1.42 In. 19.36

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

* Expressed In thousands.

Note. Ho gage-height record at auxiliary gage Jan. 6 to Feb. 2, Feb. 18-21; discharge estimated 

on basis of records of release for Wilson Dam.
204 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tuscumbia Spring at Tuscumbia, Ala.

Location. Lat 34°43'45", long 87°42'15", in NW£ sec. 9, T. 4 S., R. 11 W., at south end 

of Main Street in Tuscumbia, about an eighth of a mile upstream from mouth.

Records available. November 1928 to April 1930, January to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 409.65 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929. Prior to April 1930 at approximately the same location at different datum.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during period January to September 1956 not determined; 

minimum daily, 15 cfs Jan. 17, 18, 20-22, 24-27.

1928-30, 1956: Maximum daily discharge, 160 cfs Mar. 9, 1929; minimum daily, that 

of Jan. 17, 18, 20-22, 24-27, 1956.

Remarks.--Records good except those for periods of backwater or no gage-height record, 

which are poor. An average of 1 cfs (included in records) is diverted from pool for 

water supply for city of Tuscumbia.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, January to September 1956

Day

1

Z

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

16

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct. Nov. Dec.

tie

Jan.

21

21

21

*20

19

19

19

19

18

18

17

17

17

17

17

16

15

15

16

15

15

15

17

15

15

15

15

17

18

22

23

544

17.5

-

-

Feb.

*26

32

85

a93

a97_

a97

a89

85

83

82

81

81

81

83

80

81

85

93

92

94

92

92

92

91

a90

a89

a88

a87

87

2,428

63.7

-

-

Mar.

87

87

85

83

83

82

81

a80

a79

a78

77

76

Te

79

83

87

86

89

90

*87

89

93

92

92

92

93

93

92

92

92

91

2,666

86.0

-

-

Apr.

88

83

10T

c!21

120

C120

c!20

120

120

120

124

120

120

120

152

C131

120

116

116

*112

112

112

112

112

112

112

112

108

108

112

3,436

115

-

-

May

112

108

107

107

106

106

105

105

104

103

102

102

101

100

99

*99

98

97

96

95

94

94

93

92

92

91

90

89

88

87

87

3,049

98.4

-

-

June

86

85

85

83

83

83

*81

81

80

60

79

78

79

77

76

75

73

73

71

71

71

70

69

69

68

67

66

66

66

6J5

2,256

75.2

-

-

July

64

64

*62

61

61

60

59

59

58

57

57

56

56

56

54

53

53

51

55

61

63

65

64

64

63

61

61

61

59

58

57

1,833

59.1

-

-

Aug.

56

54

54

53

52

51

*49

49

46

47

45

44

43

41

39

39

39

38

39

41

43

44

45

45

45

45

44

44

43

42

42

1,403

45.3

_

-

Sept.

42

41

41

40

*39

39

40

39

39

39

38

37

36

35

35

35

34

33

33

32

32

31

30

30

30

29

29

28

28

2!

1,041

34.7

_

-

Calendar year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

t Result of discharge measurement.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records.

c Backwater from Spring Creek.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 205

Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala.

Location.~Lat 34°39'2l", long 88 0 07'2l", in SE$ sec. 5, T. 5 S., R. 15 W., on left bank 

20 ft upstream from highway bridge, half a mile downstream from Cedar Creek (formerly 

called Little Bear Creek), three-quarters of a mile southwest of Bishop, and at mile 27.3.

Drainage area. 667 sq mi.

Records available. August 1926 to March 1932, June 1933 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 419.91 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to June 23, 1928, and Feb. 10, 1929, to Mar. 31, 1932, staff gage at site 

35 ft downstream at datum 5.00 ft (corrected) lower. June 7, 1933, to May 28, 1934, 

chain gage at bridge 20 ft downstream at same datum as staff gage.

Average discharge. 26 years (1926-27, 1929-31, 1933-56), 1,054 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11,100 cfs Feb. 5 (gage height, 15.81 ft); minimum, 24 cfs Sept. 23, 24.

1926-56: Maximum discharge, 37,000 cfs Mar. 22, 1955; maximum gage height, 22.0 ft 

(present datum) Dec. 26, 1926, from floodmarks; minimum discharge, 9.3 cfs Sept. 15-17, 

1954; minimum gage height, -0.15 ft Sept. 1, 1943.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years) WSP 698: 1929. WSP 823: Drainage area. WSP 853: 1927, 

1928(M), 1929, 1930(M), 1932(M).

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 5 Feb. 6 to Sept. 30

1.2 31

2.0 165

2.8 340

4.0 815

8.0 2,600

11.0 4,180

13.0 6,100

15.4 10,100

0.8 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0

18

36

103

195

460

5.0 1,210

10.0 3,650

13.0 6,200

15.4 10,100

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6 

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

41

38

32

*31 

3T

34 

34

34

37

35

47

47

42

39

38

37 

38

39

41

41

41

39

41

39

38

38

39

51

-JZ 107

70

1,335

43.1

0.065

0.07

Nov.

97

93

80

68 

66

59 

58

*64

66

73

85

93

86

90

105

90 

86

85

92

107

110

107

124

165

387

313

207

161

136

124

3,477

116

0.174

0.19

Dec.

T42- 115

203

2,050 

1,210

*623 

415

281

235

207

185

171

163

154

145

142

136

160

193

213

263

219

199

183

177

169

158

152

140

138

133

9,074

293

0.439

0.51

Jan.

127

126

126

122 

120

120 

119

115

114

*114

112

109

107

T05

110

112 

112

110

152

171

165

165

179

209

209

207

209

225

263

516

*803

5,557

179

0.268

0.31

Feb.

827

1,350"

4,520

*8,630 

10,000

10,100 

7,680

4,450

2,740

1,980

1,880

1,640

1,400

1,180

1,060

1,380 

2,400

4,540

4,310

3,560

3,300

2,800

2,260

1,750

1,560

1,510

1,420

1,270

1,090

92,557

3,192

4.79

5.16

Mar.

960

1,150

1,290

1,190 

*1,020

920 

868

856

805

746

696

665

863

2,320

2,370

4.420 

4,420

3,900

3,160

1,980

1,540

1,290

1,120

992

888

802

738

693

658

623

598

44,541

1,437

2.15

2.48

Apr.

546

522

l,0lo"

7,850 

3,880

5,460 

9,620

7,110

6,090

3,680

*5,190

4,800

4,010

3,390

3,310

8,980 

6,240

4,500

3,100

2,050

1,650

1,390

1,210

1,050

932

840

770

707

686

4,090

104,663

3,489

5.23

5.84

May

6,490

3,160

2,520

2,190 

1,810

1,570 

1,300

*1,400

2,100

1,740

1,090

860

724

648

570

484 

460

427

379

361

338

312

288

265

245

238

232

220

215

209

201

33,046

1,066

1.60

1.84

June

220

191

185

181 

*173

155 

144

137

132

125

127

120

T53" 117

167

175 

197

189

185

173

167

405

379

340

245

222

455" 578

546

302

6,930

231

0.346

0.39

July

228

220

373

*497 

275

340 

280

232

240

181

165

150

132

122

115

100 

97

90

103

95

95

98

84

97

93

78

68

68

59

53

il

4,875

157

0.235

0.27

Aug.

*53

60

84

101 

101

100 

113

78

62

49

188

112

93

87

167

179 

120

87

74

242

?7o" 475

295

181

127

100

86

76

72

63

58

3,952

127

0.190

0.22

Sept.

52

57

54

49 

*47

49 

87

90

78

75

62

57

49

43

37

35 

34

34

33

32

28

25

24

4T

139

112

68

51

42

39

1,623

54.1

0.081

0.09

Calendar year 1955: Max 35,200 Mln 31 Mean 1,071 Cfsm 1.61 In. 21.80

Water year 1955-56: Max 10,100 Mln 24 Mean 851 Cfsm 1.28 In. 17.37

Peak discharge (base, 7.500 efs). Feb. 5 (9 p.m.) 11,100 cfs (15.81 ft); Apr. 4 (l p.m.) 8,940 

cfs (14.82 ft); Apr. 7 (12:30 p.m.) 10,200 cfs (15.43 ft); Apr. 16 (1 to 2 p.m.) 9,920 cfs (15.30 ft); 

May 1 (3 a.m.) 7,690 cfs (14.12 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
206 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Tennessee River at Savannah, Term.

Location. Lat 35°13'29", long 88°15'36", on left bank pier of bridge on U. S. Highway 64, 

at Savannah, Hardin County, 16.8 miles downstream from Pickwick Landing Dam and at mile 

189.9.

Drainage area. 33,140 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. September 1930 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 300.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Apr. 7, 1945, at datum 41.61 ft higher. Since Oct. 1, 1948, auxiliary 

water-stage recorder on downstream end of lock wall in lower pool at Pickwick Landing 

Dam, 16.8 miles upstream. Apr. 5, 1937, to Jan. 31, 1939, auxiliary staff gage 

4.0 miles downstream and Feb. 1, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1948, water-stage recorder 

4.3 miles downstream.

Average discharge. 26 years, 51,540 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 282,000 cfs Feb. 5, maximum gage height, 83.23 

ft Feb. 7; minimum daily discharge, 10,400 cfs Oct. 9; minimum gage height, 53.78 ft 

Nov. 16.

1930-56: Maximum discharge, 396,000 cfs Feb. 16, 1948; maximum gage height, 92.29 

ft Feb. 17, 1948; minimum daily discharge, 1,100 cfs Sept. 3, 1945, caused by experimental closure of Pickwick Landing Dam; minimum gage height, 41.20 ft, present datum, 

Oct. 20, 1931 (corrected).

Maximum stage known, 101.2 ft Mar. 21, 1897, present datum, from floodmarks (discharge, 450,000 cfs, from rating curve extended above 320,000 cfs). Flood of Jan. 2, 

1927, reached a stage of 92.7 ft, present datum (discharge, 349,000 cfs).

Minimum stage known, 38.8 ft Sept. 8, 1925, present datum.

Remarks. Records good. Slight regulation by Wilson Lake and increasing regulation since 

1936 as other reservoirs have been built above station (see p. 226). Flow now almost 

completely regulated.

Cooperation. Auxiliary water-stage-recorder graph furnished by Tennessee Valley 

Authority.

Revisions (water yearsJ.--WSP 853: 1937, drainage area.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1 

2 

3 

4 

5

6 

7 

8 

9 

10

11 

12

13 

14 

15

16 

17 

18 

19 

20

21 

22 

23 

24 

25

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31

Total 

Mean 

Cfsm 

In.

Oct.

24,300 

18,600 

29,600 

21,600 

25,800

32,000 

22,400 

13,600 

10.400 

25,500

*28,900 

32,200 

29,400 

56.800 

29,600

21,200 

32,600 

34,300 

29,900 

28,400

26,800 

17,300 

15,300 

32,000 

29,000

26,900 

30,700 

36,600 

22,900 

24,100 

31,200

819,900 

26,450

Nov.

38,800 

37,500 

41,100 

31, 700 

28,400

17,200 

26,300 

34,400 

41,000 

37,100

31,600 

18,800 

15.200 

29,400 

29,900

35, 500 

49,400

26J100 

31,800

30,100 

28,000 

30, 400 

26,900 

36,100

30,100 

22,100 

36, 300 

38,500 

40,000

959,200 

31,970

Dec.

36,000 

32 , 000 

32,000 

32,000 

60,000

58, 000 

*65.000 

60 i 700 

58,600 

47,200

34,500 

44,600 

43, 700 

43, 300 

49,100

44,100 

31,600 

23,100 

41,300 

40, 200

37,000 

36,000 

23,000 

19,000 

14.000

14,000 

26,000 

31,000 

29,000 

30,600 

22,000

U,158.6 

37,370

Jan.

19,400 

17,500 

23,800 

31,800 

25, 300

18, 100 

28,400 

26,300 

30,400 

36,000

34,200 

25, 300 

21,300 

15,100 

13,500

18,000 

23,400 

18,600 

18,900 

16,500

14, 500 

14,100 

19,100 

30,000 

29,700

29,200 

22,800 

14,000 

18,400 

60,100 

83.000

794,500 

25, 630

Feb.

85,800 

111,000 

172,000 

249,000 

276,000

269,000 

258,000 

237,000 

201,000 

154,000

115,000 

89,500 

82,200 

68.000 

*71,000

75,200 

90, 400 

139,000 

172,000 

171,000

170,000 

160,000 

157,000 

120,000 

102,000

85,700 

85,300 

79,800 

75,900

$4,099.6 

141,400

Mar.

68 , 600 

59,500 

62,OOO 

57,500 

62,900

63, 700 

64, 600 

71,800 

69,300 

69,200

64,800 

65, 300 

62,300 

66,500 

96,600

129,000 

144,000

141,000 

124,000 

100,000

79,600 

76,900 

75, 300 

58,200 

47,000

59 . 400 

47,600 

47,100 

48,500 

45,500 

41,200

*2,248.7 

72,540

Apr.

25,500 

29,000 

22.900 

56,700 

60,400

101,000 

120,000 

97,700 

84, 900 

71,100

*76,500 

64,700 

49 , 700 

45,200 

47,600

99,800 

134,000

129,000 

108,000 

87,900

82,100 

69,300 

57,600 

47,700 

44, 100

44, 500 

39,200 

44,500 

33,700 

44,200

«,998.5 

66,620

May

57,400 

52,800 

55, 300 

52,100 

49,300

31,400 

42,700 

46,900 

46,000 

47,400

48,000 

43,400 

58,500 

60. 500 

60, 200

55, 100 

38 , 400 

43,100 

29,900 

17.100

35,200 

39 , 900 

34,100 

34,800 

33,900

27,500 

26,500 

51,400 

52, 500 

51,200 

51,500

*1,251.4 

40,570

June

29,100 

54,900 

27,000 

31,700 

28,000

29,500 

25,900 

31, 700 

33,200 

22,600

29,000 

29,700 

28, 100 

32,600 

34,200

42,300 

39, 500 

*29,700 

29,500 

24,900

28,300 

45.800 

45,400 

32,700 

21.200

23,700 

29,700 

30,500 

31 , 200 

35,200

932,400 

31,080

July

34,400 

32,400 

26,100 

21,200 

52,500

38,400 

43,700 

51,500 

19.100

50,700 

56,400 

44.000 

40,200 

51,400

55, 900 

41,600 

42,600 

40,100 

52,300

38, 400 

30,900 

31,800 

50,800 

52,400

34, 400 

35, 700 

39,600 

36, 500 

39,600 

41,400

tl,071.2 

54, 550

Aug.

40,500 

35, 500 

28, 400 

41.500 

38,200

34,500 

51,600 

28,900 

29,800 

29,800

50,400 

31,000 

35, 100 

32,800 

34, 000

50,000 

28,000 

37,000 

38,000 

30,000

31,000 

35,000 

32,000 

34,000 

39,000

37,000 

17.000 

*25,000 

30,000 

52,000 

53,000

H.003.6 

52,370

Sept.

36,400 

26,000 

15.200 

31^300 

34,100

28,200 

38,900 

45.400 

37,100 

30,000

33, 800 

31, 100 

28,500 

28,900 

36,600

57,000 

50, 600 

32,100 

36,000 

52,500

21,700 

33, 400 

51,800 

29,000 

52,400

57,500 

32,000 

33,900 

28,500 

24,000

953,900 

31,800

Calendar year 1955: Max 310,000 Min 1O.40O Mean 48,710 Cfsm 1.47 In. 19.95 

Water year 1955-56: Max 276,000 Min 1O.40O Mean 47,240 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19. 4O

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

* Expressed In thousands.

Note. No gage-height record at auxiliary gage Nov. 29 to Dec. 7, Dec. 21-29, Aug. 15-31; discharge estimated on basis of records of release from Pickwick Dam.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 207

Duck River below Manchester, Term.

Location. Lat 35"28'15", long 86"07'18", on right bank 50 ft downstream from Powers Bridge, 

2 miles southwest of Manchester, Coffee County, 3^ miles (revised) downstream from 

Little Duck River, and 7 miles upstream from Crumpton Creek.

Drainage area.--107 sq mi.

Records available.--April 1934 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 878.23 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--22 years, 176 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 6,760 cfs Jan. 30 (gage height, 11.96 ft); minimum, 16 cfs Sept. 30; minimum gage height, 1.20 ft Sept. 21, 22, 23.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 30,000 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 18.93 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 12,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; 

minimum, 8 ofs Aug. 12, 1934; minimum gage height, 0.57 ft Sept. 19, 20, 1947.

Remarks. Records good. Occasional regulation for short periods during low flow by small 

reservoir above station.

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1946-47, superseding those published in WSP 1053 and 1083, are given herewith:

Jan. 6, 1946........... 397

Apr. 11, 1947........... 162

Month

Calendar year 1946 ................

Calendar year 1947 ................

Cfs-days

79,193

67,425

48,327.3

Maximum

4,400

4,400

2,840

Minimum

145

15

18

9.1

9.1

Mean

621

217

185

146

142

132

Per square 

mile

5.80

2.03

1.73

1.36

1.33

1.23

Runoff In 

Inches

6.69

27.50

23.42

1.52

18.06

16.79

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 16-18, 21, 22, Nov. 26 to Dec. 3, 

May 10, 14-20, 24, June 1, 22, 23, July 2-5, 7, 8, 11-16, 19-22)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 30

1.3 18

1.5 34

2.0 108

2.4 201

3.0 

6.0 

9.0

10.0

445

1,880

3,850

4,700

1.2 

1.4 

1.7 

2.0

Jan. 31 to Sept. 30

15 2.5 280

29 4.0 895

65 7.0 2,480

120 9.0 3,850

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Tota]

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

24

21

21

21

21

21

32

30

24

23

22

22

22

22

22

22 

22

22

*22

21

21

21

20

19

19

21

21

22

29

24

22

696

22.5

0.210

0.24

Nov.

22

22

22

22

22

23

24

23

23

26

27

26

182

245

108

*63 

56

47

145

150

64

46

117

117

70

57

47

40

33

30

1,899

63.3

0.592

0.66

Dec.

29

35

60

1,260

751

241

157

121

103

88

78

70

66

62

59

54 

50

80

110

*86

75

69

66

66

59

56

50

47

45

45

44

4,182

135

1.26

1.45

Jan.

44

42

41

39

38

36

38

35

34

33

34

35

34

33

33

33

32

31

*39

50

47

42

47

59

66

70

70

86

805

4,400

1,020

7,446

240

2.24

2.59

Feb.

492

800

*5,590

3,040

1,600

1, 120

724

440

344

280

424

368

264

216

256

424 

922

3,400

1,020

632

416

300

230

*380

496

404

276

233

187

23,278

803

7.50

8.09

Mar.

157

308

388

428

260

208

181

248

222

157

142

132

226

676 5~6~0

592 

480

304

216

175

142

132

*120

112

103

95

94

92

107

103

90_

7,250

234

2.19

2.52

Apr.

81

as

94

2,010

584

978

800

340

222

181

184

187

148

122

1,570

2,270 

560

320

222

181

151

132

122

*112

103

97

92

88

85

85

12,206

407

3.80

4.24

May

86

103

264

312

IBT

110

110

118

92

73

67

61

59

54

*58

64 

57

59

49

45

44

44

43

45

43

41

40

43

41

38

43

2,463

79.5

0.743

0.86

June

46

40

37

36

35

34

33

33

32

31

31

30

34

34

35

36 

34

32

32

33

34

*55

5T

43

37

37

43

34

30

27

1,079

36.0

0.336

0.38

July

40

114

68

45

107

184

70

57

335

244

83

61

67

67

70

70 

77

202

71

*51

57

50

40

35

33

32

32

30

31

32

30

2,485

80.2

0.750

0.86

Aug.

30

32

31

30

28

27

26

24

24

24

24

27

24

24

23

23 

25

24

35

38

28

25

23

22

£1

21

21

35

27

26

24

816

26.3

0.246

0.28

Sept.

24

23

20

20

19

32

32

24

23

23

23

*23

22

22

21

20 

20

20

20

19

19

19

23

28

20

17

17

17

17

17

644

21.5

0.201

0.22

Calendar year 1955: Max 7.98O Min 16 Mean 198 cfsm 1.85 In. 25.11

Water year 1955-56: Max 4,400 Min 17 Mean 176 Cfsm 1.64 In. 22.39

Peak discharge (base, 2,50O cfs). --Jan. 30 (7 a.m.) 6,760 cfs (11.96 ft): Feb. 3 (1 p.m.) 4,950 of

(10.25 ft); Feb. 18 (12 m.) 4,470 cfs (9.73 ft); Apr. 4 (10 a .m» ) 2,710 cfs (7.38 ft); Apr. 16

(l a.m.) 4,080 cfa (9.27 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
208 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Garrison Pork at Pairf ield, Term.

Location. Lat 35°33'59", long 86°17'00", near left bank on downstream side of center

pier of highway bridge, 0.1 mile east of Pairfield, 0.6 mile downstream from Noah Pork, 

and 4.5 miles northeast of Wartrace, Bedford County.

Drainage area. 66.3 sq mi.

Records available. November 1953 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 800.85 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~1929.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 5,890 cfs Jan. 29 (gage height, 15.27 ft); minimum, 3.6 cfs Aug. 27 (gage height, 0.85 ft).

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 25,300 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 23.13 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 3,800 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak 

flow; minimum, 1.2 cfs Sept. 17-20, 1954 (gage height, 0.83 ft).

Remarks. Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 28 Jan. 29 to Sept. 30

0.9 

1.0 

1.2 

1.5

2.0 

5.0

2.0 92

2.5 180

3.0 310

6.0 1,470

0.8 

.9 

1.0 

1.2 

1.5

2.0

4.8

9.0

20

49

2.0 127

3.0 350

5.0 1,020

10.0 2,830

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

10

6.9

5.8

5.0 

4.6

5.0

~41 113

15

11

8.8

7.7

7.3

7.7

7.3

6.9

6.5

6.5

6.9

*6.5

6.1

5.8

6.5

5.8

5.4

5.8

6.1

6.1

*11

9 3

7.7

365.0

11.8

0.178

0.20

Nov.

7.3

6.9

C9

6.9 

6.9

6.9

6.9

7.3

7.3

7.7

8.4

8.0

579

189

82

84

*79

55

679

124

83

66

86

82

74

68

56

46

37

31

2,587.4

86.2

1.30

1.45

Dec.

29

41

147

1,580 

356

152

100

80

67

56

44

38

33

30

£8

25

24

55

66

*54

46

41

39

34

31

27

26

24

22 2?

22

3,139

101

1.52

1.76

Jan.

22

22

20

20 

19

18

17

16

15

14

15

15

15

14

14

14

13

12 IB"

19

19

18

18

44

42

*67

66

82

2.750

1,916

473

5,798

187

2.82

3.25

Feb.

328

696

*1,970

1,880 

677

512

342

244

183

145

239

165

136

115

183

218

1,010

2.070

532

300

201

156

127

*184

210

163

149

118

93.

13,346

460

6.94

7.49

Mar.

83

126

120

110 

107

100

93

96

80

77

72

66

92

376

237

274

205

169

131

105

91

80

71

65

57

54

52

48

*47

44

4JL

3,369

109

1.64

1.89

Apr.

38

41

50

251 

120

496

280

171

125

105

96

77

66

61

712

660

278

183

140

*117

98

85

74

62

56

53

47

44

41

40

4,667

156

2.35

2.62

May

40

39

46

IT 

35

32

33

31

26

24

22

21

20

21

34

*26

21

19

18

18

17

16

15

17

16

15

15

15

15

13

12

733

23.6

0.356

0.41

June

14

12

12

11 

10

9.5

9.5

9.0

8.0

7.5

7.0

6.6 775-

9.5

8.5

9.0

8.0

6.6

24

15

141

*37

22

18

14

13

12

9.5

8.5

7.5

486.7

16.2

0.244

0.27

July

22

30

19

21 

202

77

38

23

98

48

26

36

38

22

19

17

28

25

16

*13

21

12

10

9.5

8.5

IS

17

12

136

22

15

1,096.0

35.4

0.534

0.61

Aug.

81

33

19

14 

12

9.5

8.0

7.0

5.9

5.2

5.2

4.5

4.2

4.2

4.2

*4.2

4.5

21

17

8.0

7.5

6.2

4.8

4.2

3.9

3.9

7.3

"24 278

14

12

637.4

20.6

0.311

0.36

Sept.

15

10

7.5

6.6 

7.5

76

55

18

12

9.5

8.0

*7.5

7.0

6.2

5.9

5.2

4.8

4.5

4^5

4.8

5.2

5.2

5.6

6.2

7.0

6.2

5.9

5.6

5.9

5.9

317.2

10.6

0.160

0.18

Calendar year 1955 : Max 7,750 Min 2.0 Mean 120 Cfam 1.81 In. 24.64

Water year 1955-56 : Max 2,730 Min 3.9 Mean 99.8 Cfsm 1.51 In. 20.49

Peak discharge (base, 3,000 cfs). --Nov. 13 (3 p.m.) 3,250 cfs (10.46 ft); Jan. 29 (10 p.m.) 5,890

cfs (15.27 ft); Feb. 3 (4:30 a.m.) 3,940 cfs (12.71 ft); Feb. 18 (1:30 a.m.) 4,240 cfs (13.27 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Wartrace Creek at Bell Buckle, Term.

209

Location. Lat 35 0 35'16", long 86°20'22" , on downstream right bank wing wall of bridge on 

State Highway 82, 0.2 mile downstream from Kelly Creek, 0.9 mile east of Bell Buckle, 

Bedford County, 4.0 miles northeast of Fairfield, and 7.7 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 16.3 sq mi.

Records available. December 1953 to September 1956.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 822.74 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

^1929.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 3,220 cfs Jan. 29 (gage height, 8.83 ft); no 

flow for many days in October, November, July, September.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 8,240 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 11.25 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 1,200 cfs on basis of contracted-opening determination of 

peak flow; no flow at times each year.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height , in feet, and discharge, 

in cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 3 Feb. 4 to Sept. 30

2.2

2.3

2.6

2.7 5.6 7.3

18

34

99

426

705

920

1,460

2.11

2.2

2.3

2.4

2.5

2.6

.04

.2

.5 

1.6 

3.8

298

512

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

0

0

0

0

0

0

~2.3 22

.3

.2

.1

.07

.04

.04

.04

.03

.02

.02

.01

»0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.01

.04

.05

25.27

0.815

0.050

0.06

Nov.

0.02

.02

.02

.02

.01

.01

0

0

0

0

.01

.01

46

25

6.7

10

»5.8

8.9

145

TT

8.8

8.3

20

12

16

14

9.4

6.1

3.9

3.0

366.02

12.2

0.748

0.84

Dec.

3.0

7.8

78

340

60

29

20

14

9.9

7.8

6.1

4.7

3.9

3.6

3.0

2.3

273

14

14

*12

9.9

8.8

7.8

6.7

6.1

4.3

3.9

3.3

2.7

3.0

2.7

694.6

22.4

1.37

1.58

Jan.

2.5

2.3

2.3

1.9

1.9

1.6

1.4

.8

.8

.8

1.4

1.4

1.0

.8

.8

.5

.4

.4

2.6

3.0

2.3

1.4

3.1

9.9

18

*19

17

30

1,590

333

79

1,931.3

62.3

3.82

4.41

Feb.

89

286

*499

509

IzS

116

69

48

36

29

61

36

27

22

50

67

460

408

95

60

42

32

24

*52

55

33

29

21

16

3,399

117

7.18

7.76

Mar.

14

32

23

20

17

15

19

38

23

20

17

15

46

-61 167

130

50

38

27

20

16

13

11

9.8

8.3

7.8

6.8

6.4

»6.0

5.6

5.5

888.0

28.6

1.75

2.03

Apr.

4.5

5.3

6.4

47

15

-48- 186

28

20

16

15

11

9.8

8.3

179

84

44

29

21

»16

12

11

9.3

7.8

6.8

6.4

5.6

4.9

1^2

4.5

865.8

28.9

1.77

1.98

May

3.8

3.6

6.4

5.3

3.6

2.8

19

5.3

3.3

2.6

2.1

1.6

1.2

1.9

10

 3.6

2.1

1.3

1.0

1.0

3.1

2.8

1.3

2.6

1.3

1.0

.8

2.6

2.0

_!s

100.3

3.24

0.199

0.23

June

0.7

.4

.3

.3

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.08

.06

.05

.1

.2

.3

.2

.08

.7

4.8

2.0

*.8

.2

.2

.1

.1

.06

.05

.02

.01

12.81

0.427

0.026

0.03

July

0

0

0

16

161

20

7.6

4.5

18

7.6

5.6

4.6

3.3

1.9

1.3

1.0

1.2

2.0

.7

*.5

1.3

.3

.2

.1

.1

.08

.08

11

112

4.2

2.1

388.26

12.5

0.767

0.89

Aug.

21

7.8

4.2

2.6

1.3

.9

.6

.4

.3

.2

.2

.1

.08

.04

.3

*.l

.04

2.6

2.2

1.2

.5

.2

.04

.04

.05

.03

2.3

82

3.3

1.2

.7

136.50

4.40

0.270

0.31

Sept.

ao.5

a. 3

.2

.2

2.8

40

10

3.3

1.6

.7

.5

*.5

.5

.4

.3

.2

.1

.09

.08

.06

a. 04

a. 03

a. 02

a. 02

a. 01

a. 01

aO

aO

aO

aO

62.46

2.08

0.128

0.14

Calendar year 1955c Max 2,660 Min 0 Mean 29.6 Cfsm 1.82 In. 24.61

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,390 Min 0 Mean 24.2 Cfsm 1.48 In. 20.26

Peak discharge (base, 2,000 efs).--Jan. 29 (2:30 p.m.) 3,220 cfs (8.83 ft); Feb. 3 (2 a.m.) 2,210 

cfs (8.08 ft); Feb. 17 (10:30 p.m.) 2,130 cfs (8.25 ft).

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for stations 

on nearby streams.
210 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Duck River near Shelbyville, Tenn.

Location (revised). Lat 35°28'49", long 86°29'57", on right bank 150 ft downstream from 

Sims Bridge, 2.1 miles upstream from Sugar Creek, 2.2 miles west of Shelbyville, Bedford County, 2.9 miles downstream from Plat Creek, and at mile 216.2.

Drainage area. 481 sq mi.

Records available. April 1934 to September 1956.

gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 685.51 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge. 22 years, 794 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,400 cfs Jan. 30 (gage height, 22.32 ft); minimum, 66 cfs Sept. 21, 22, 23; minimum gage height, 0.94 ft Oct. 25, 26, 27.

1934-56: Maximum discharge, 62,900 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 36.40 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 27,000 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, 5 cfs Aug. 23, 1936; minimum daily, 20 cfs Sept. 2, 1945.

Remarks. Records good. Prior to 1948, diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplant upstream. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 783: 1934. WSP 853: Drainage area.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and 

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Dec. 4 Dec . 5 to Sept. 30

0.9

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

9.0 

13.0

62

169

287

740

3,850

6,400

0.9 

1.5 

2.0 

2.5

167

285

460

6.0 2,200

12.0 5,650

20.0 12,600

22.0 15,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4 

5

6

7

8

9 

10

11

12

13

14

15

16 

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

81

88

83

75 

72

70

92

304

liT 

104

86

ao

80

78

76

75

75

76

*76 

76

75

73

73

72

70

68

69

70

SO 

90

86

2,721

87.8

0.183

0.21

Nov.

78

75

75

75 

75

75

75

75

75 

76

£0

85

591

1,790

830

454

525

290

2,020 

925

*560

333

710

730

520

400

308

247

206

177

12,535

418

0.869

0.97

Dec.

161

155

221

6,550 

4,740

2,140

1,200

850

610 

464

574

515

279

252

255

220 

204

252

*596 

378

522

285

265

250

255

220

202

195

180

176 

174

22,286

719

1.49

1.72

Jan.

167

165

160

154

149

145

145

137

151

127

129

129

129

125

125

125 

123

120

141 

167

165

158

171

263

329

456

406

505

5,450

14,400

*9,080

52,150

1,057

2.16

2.49

Feb.

2,950

5,440

10,100

15,300 

10,800

4,730

3,420

2,560

1,780 

1,410

1,900

1,710

1,400

1,140

1,500

1,900 

4,070

10,600

8,120 

5,180

2,170

1,610

1,280

1,410

1,670

1,560

1,520

*1,110

900

102,620

3,539

7.36

7.93

Mar.

760

995

1,190

1,310 

1,200

1,000

870

875

845 

735

645

585

660

1,980

2,120

2,280 

2,160

1,680

1,260 

980

850

685

610

550

492

444

428

410

*410

I?0 368

29,765

960

2.00

2.30

Apr.

356

543

560

5,600 

5,750

5,520

5,510

2,100

1,340 

1,020

895

775

675

580

2,700

7,240 

4,040

1,880

*1,320 

1,020

820

700

625

550

487

444

413

585

554 

543

46 , 105

1,537

3.20

3.56

May

556

552

615

770 

690

482

575

655

448 

571

322

285

265

252

265

265

240

*224

213 

207

229

329

231

515

218

200

189

185

189

169

10,244

550

0.686

0.79

June

174

182

165

154 

145

141

135

131

129 

125

121

116

118

155

147

156 

157

125

118 

141

500

*346

T8T

215

271

288

176

154

139 

125

4,994

166

0.345

0.39

July

333

1,020

312

263 

570

894

546

300

1,460 

1,100

580

*322

279

229

226

255 

213

211

279 

209

187

189

154

155

125

116

114

165

292 

189

155

11,400

568

0.765

0.88

Aug.

116

257

211

141 

125

*111

107

98

95 

89

86

84

81

92

124

87 

86

84

96 

209

129

107

94

84

81

79

78

351

200 

121

107

3,808

125

0.256

0.29

Sept.

96

94

86

81 

76

447 *m

158

116 

98

89

86

85

79

76

75 

72

69

69 

69

67

66

67

76

96

84

75

70

67 

67

5,067

102

0.212

0.24

Calendar year 1955; Max 32,200 Hln 60 Mean 885 Cfsm 1.84 In. 24.98

Water year 1955-56: Max 14,400 Hln 66 Mean 770 Cfsm 1.60 In. 21.77

Peak discharge (base, 6,000 cfs).--Dec. 4 (5:50 p.m.) 8,460 cfs (15.40 ft); Jan. 30 (l p.m.)l5,400 

cfs (22.52 ft); Feb. 4 (10 p.m.) 14,500 cfs (21.58 ft); Feb. 18 (7:50 p.m.) 11,700 cfs (19.05 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 211

Big Rook Creek at Lewlsburg, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°26 I 56", long S6°47'09", on downstream side of center pier of bridge on 

State Highway 50, 800 ft east of Marshall County Courthouse in Lewisburg and at mile 

17.9.

Drainage area. 24.9 sq mi.

Records available. January 1954 to September 1956.

~"Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 705.01 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 2,910 cfs Jan. 29 (gage height, 10.30 ft); no 

flow for many days in October, November, August.

1954-56: Maximum discharge, 16,700 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 17.62 ft, from 

floodmarks), from rating curve extended above 2,400 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

determination 0.6 mile upstream (drainage area, 19.0 sq mi); no flow at times each 

year.

Remarks . Records fair.

Rabing tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feeb, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to July 14

0.25 0

.3 .08

.4 1.0

.5 2.7

.6 5.2

0.7 8.0

1.0 23

2.0 110

3.0 290

5.0 760

0.2 

.3 

.4

.5

July 15 to Sept. 3O 

0 0.6

.03 

.1

2.0 

.7 4.5 

.9 14

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

0

0

0

0

0

0

.06

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

*0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.01

0

0 

0

0.07

0.0023

0.000092

0.0001

Nov.

0

.5

.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.03

.04

.04

141

42

13

*27

14

44

-38 243

20

14

44

26

21

16

12

8.8

7.4

6.6

738.61

24.6

0.988

1.10

Dec.

7.2

12

66

~84 390

54

42

31

21

18

16

14

12

10

8.4

7.7

7.4

14

*13

11

9.6

8.4

8.0

7.4

6.6

6.3

5.8

5.5

4.9

5.2 

4.6

911.0

29.4

1.18

1.36

Jan.

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.1

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.4

3.1

3.1

3.1

2.9

2.9

13

9.2

5.5

5.2

9.1

18

*20

24

24

38

671

*527 

114

1,542.7

49.8

2.00

2.30

Feb.

108

382

692

752

221

197

102

76

62

63

73

54

48

44

81

141

572

595

144

88

66

55

48

73

68

54

*49

44

40

------

4,992

172

6.91

7.46

Mar.

36

53

85

54

48

43

50

51

40

36

33

32

130

215

80

128

70

57

48

41

37

32

29

26

23

21

21

17

*15

12 

12

1,575

50.8

2.04

2.35

Apr.

12

14

17

54

27

173

50

38

34

32

31

26

25

22

201

90

55

44

*39

34

30

28

25

22

19

16

14

12

10

16

1,210

40.3

1.62

1.81

May

12

22

20

12

9.6

8.0

8.4

6.9

5.5

4.6

4.3

3.8

3.8

4.1

7.3

4.9

*3.8

3.1

2.9

2.7

2.5

1.9

4.7

3.8

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

1.8

1.4 

1.0

175.2

5.65

0.227

0.26

June

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

.7

.6

.5

.4

.5

.5

.5

.3

.3

.3

.3

.3

.2

.3

.5

14

*10

1.8

1.4

1.4

4.0

2.4

1.4

2.5

1.7

1.4

53.2

1.77

0.071

0.08

July

16

20

T6

3.7

1.9

1.6

1.4

1.4

16

2.1

1.4

*1.6

1.8

7.5

3.8

.9

.4

.3

.2

.1

.08

.07

.1

.05

.04

.04

.03

.03

.02

.02 

.01

98.59

3.18

0.128

0.15

Aug.

0.04

.1

.03

.03

.02

.02

*.01

0

0

0

.01

.02

.01

.01

.02

.01

1.4

.2

4.7

2.8

.5

.07

.04 .03"

.03

.03

.02

12

.4

.1 

.07

22.72

0.733

0.029

0.03

Sept.

0.05

.05

.03

.03

.03

.9 *77

.5

.1

.05

.04

.03

.03

.03

.03

.03

.02

702

.02

.02

.02

.02

.04

.03

.03

.02

.02

.02

.02

.02

2.95

0.098

0.0039

0.004

Calendar year 1955: Max 3,800 Mln 0 Mean 47.4 Cfsm 1.90 In. 25.83

Water year 1955-56: Max 752 Mln 0 Mean 30.9 Cfsm 1.24 In. 16.90

Peak discharge (base. 1.500 cfs).--Jan. 29 (7 p.m.) 2,910 cfs (10.30 ft); Feb. 4 (4 a.m.) 2,280 

cfs (9.50 ft}; Feb. 17 (8:30 a.m.) 2,010 cfs (9.05 ft).

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.
212 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Duck River at Columbia, Tenn.

Location (revised) . La t 35°37'05", long 87 "01 1 56", on right bank 4 ft downstream from 

bridge on former U. S. Highway 31, 2 blocks north of public square at Columbia, Maury 

County, 0.7 mile downstream from Columbia hydroelectric plant, 2.4 miles upstream from 

Rutherford Creek, and at mile 132.8.

Drainage area. 1,208 sq mi.

Records available. October 1904 to December 1908 and April 1920 to September 1956 in 

reports of Geological Survey. October 1904 to December 1908 and April 1920 to October 

1924 (prior to December 1922, revised) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34. 

Gage-height records collected in this vicinity, during periods of high water, since 

1886, are contained in reports of U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 535.52 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to Jan. 9, 1925, chain, tape, or staff gages near this site; all gages at 

datum 2.37 ft higher prior to Oct. 1, 1933.

Average discharge.--40 years (1904-8, 1920-56), 1,915 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 27,800 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 34.54 ft); 

minimum, 27 cfs Oct. 30 (gage height, 1.49 ft); minimum daily, 29 cfs Oct. 30.

1904-8, 1920-56: Maximum discharge, 61,100 cfs Feb. 14, 1948 (gage height, 51.75 

ft); no flow Oct. 22, 1922.

Flood of Mar. 30, 1902, reached a stage of 48.0 ft, present datum (discharge, 

50,700 cfs).

Remarks. Records good. Occasional diurnal fluctuation and infrequent regulation at low 

flows caused by powerplants above station. Prior to about 1953, fluctuation and regulation were more pronounced.

Revisions (water years1.--WSP 783: 1929(M). See also Records available.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used May 20 to Sept. 25)

1.5 

1.7 

2.0 

4.0 

6.0

28

62

168

1,020

2,180

9.0

20.0

30.0

34.0

4,100

13,700

22,700

27,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

106

117

113

106

110

110

102

90

87

195

T99" 269 

160

129

106

98

90

90

*90

90

87

90

90

84

84

82

82

234

97

 32" 29

3,448

111

0.092

0.11

Nov.

36

62

94

98

90

84

79

79

76

84

84 

82

118

435

2,250

1,330

813

791

1,680

5,870

*2,170

1,050

853

1,210

1,330

1,110

917

730

524

458

22,587

753

0.623

0.70

Dec.

413

377

528

2,990

10.600

8,480

3,720

2,140

1,510

1,170

786 

791

612

633

475

438

426

413

*417

612

658

612

541

487

454

426

393

365

333

309

285

42,394

1,368

1.13

1.31

Jan.

277

273

262

246

250

226

223

215

211

195

180 

176

172

172

172

172

Teo" 160

180

215

285

345

345

377

*562

804

1,000

1,190

6,500

20,500

 ' 

59,845

1,930

1.60

1.84

Feb.

21,000

13,100

17,300

23,600

25,800

25,000

16,700

7,950

5,250

3,800

3,420 

4,160

3,320

2,760

2,640

4,630

11,700

26.200

24, 100

18,200

8,020

4,490

3,380

2,870

3,260

3,350

*3,030

2,490

2.080

293,600

10,120

8.38

9.04

Mar.

1,740

1,620

2,000

2,570

2,460

2,150

1,890

2,750

2,680

2,120

1,830 

1,530

1,420

5,920

7.290

5,550

5,770

4,300

3,220

2,500

2,010

1,670

1,420

1,260

1,110

995

912

848

*800

760

726

73,821

2,381

1.97

2.27

Apr.

679

633

633

1,500

4,280

10,100

10,100

6,240

3,660

2,440

1,930 

1,660

1,420

1,180

1,510

6,640

10.500

6,790

*3,150

2,230

1,750

1,370

1,250

951

975

817

817

730

671

574

87,180

2,906

2.41

2.68

May

654

637

641

726

1,020

970

1,080

808

1,090

722

679 

479

462

438

795

1,160

*688

612

428

329

325

301

446

554

475

499

385

325

289

266

258

18,541

598

0.495

0.57

June

262

219

199

195

199

180

172

164

152

148

itt 141

148

152

145

148

168

176

262

*466

35?

397

450

309

262

281

365

273

246

6,918

231

0.191

0.21

July

258

226

756

658

545

532

739

862

629

1,260

*1.520 

927

654

545

471

397

487

574

285

293

329

313

254

234

219

188

160

137

ISO" 117

188

14,917

481

0.398

0.46

Aug.

281

238

215

301

597

273

*211

168

125

106

90 

87

82

1(53

329

116

90

106

106

117

102

152

211

160

129

106

94

102

102

117

309

5,125

165

0.137

0.16

Sept.

234

164

125

113

135

*133

301

625

46?

521

230 

168

155

113

106

90

87

84

84

79

82

82

82

79

75

70TO"

70

70

70

4,555

151

0.125

0.14

Calendar year 1955: Max 46,200 Mln 29 Mean 2,176 Cfsm 1.80 In. 24.48

Water year 1955-56: Max 26,200 Mln 29 Mean 1,729 Cfsm 1.43 In. 19.49

Peak discharge (base. 16.000 cfs). Jan. 51 (5to4p.m.) 24,100 cfs (31.53 ft)j Feb. 6 (2:30 a.m.) 

26,200 cfs (33.36 ft)j Feb. 18 (1:30 p.m.) 27,800 cfs (34.54 ft). 

* Discharge measurement made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 213

Rutherford Creek: near Carters Creek, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°40'23", long 86°58'42", on right bank at upstream side of county road 

bridge, 1 mile downstream from Double Branch, 3.2 miles south of town of Carters Creek, 

Maury County, 3.5 miles upstream from Carters Creek, and 5.1 miles northeast of 

Columbia.

Drainage area. 68.8 sq mi.

Records available. September 1953 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 590 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 7,480 cfs Feb. 17 (gage height, 20.15 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,700 cfs on basis of slope-area determination at gage 

height 24.38 ft; no flow Aug. 14, 16-18, Sept. 17-30.

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 11,800 cfs Mar. 22, 1955, from rating curve extended 

above 2,700 cfs on basis of slope-area determination of peak flow; no flow for many 

days each year.

Remarks. Records good except those above 3,000 cfs, which are fair, and those below 

10 cfs and those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and

discharge, In cubic feet per second)

(Shifting-control method used Oct. 2-4, June 23, 24,

July 10-18, 21, Sept. 1, 7-9)

1.1

1.2

1.3

1.4

1.5

1.7

1.8

0

.2

1.0

2.3

4.2

10

16

2.0

2.4

3.0

4.0

8.0

12.0

16.0

35

87

182

373

1,300

2,440

4,270

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14 

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

7.8

270

1.4

 1.0

.4

.3

.2

.2

.2 

.2

.1

.1

.1

.2

.1

.1

.07

.07

.05

.05

.05

.03

.01

75T

.01

.01

.01

.03

.2

.5

.2

15.70

0.506

0.0074

O.OO8

Nov.

*0.07

.05

.2

.2

.2

.2

.1

.1

.1 

.3

.6

.5

.5

1.9 

3.2

3.6

4.0

5.2

76

TI

6.6

5.2

6.0

7.5

6.6

5.4

4.9

4.4

3.8

3.6

165.02

5.50

0.080

0.09

Dec.

3.4

476

24

365

»60

33

19

13

10 

8.5

7.5

6.6

6.3

6.0 

5.4

5.4

5.2

6.0

7.8

6.9

6.3

6.0

6.0

6.0

5.7

5.4

5.2

4.9

4.9

4.9

4.9

663.8

21.4

0.311

0.36

Jan.

4.9

4.9

4.9

*4.6

4.4

4.2

4.2

4.0

e

3.8

4.0

4.0

4.0 

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

5.2

6.9

6.6

5.7

6.0

6.9

7.5

a. 5

a. 5

10

1.910

1,180

381

3,617.5

117

1.70

1.96

Feb.

425

984

1,100

1,930

699

779

471

344

274 

222

242

177

146

127 

332

360

3,060

5.910

680

443

318

247

204

209

284

187

154

128

106

18,542

639

9.29

10.02

Mar.

96

*10Z

299

172

131

116

111

251

141 

119

104

96

144

m

39E

259

211

170

138

117

104

93

84

73

69

64

57

54

47

5,160

166

2.41

2.79

Apr.

41

*37

50

186

57

"3T3 1.750

232

174 

143

130

106

90

80 

179

186

116

94

83

76

68

61

55

48

45

40

36

34

31

30

4,631

154

2.24

2.50

May

32

 34

32

30

26

25

21

20

18 

a!6

a!5

a!4

a!3

a!5 

53

18

a!5

a!3

a!2

a!2

all

alo

a9

32

a!2

a!4

all

a9

a7.5

a6.5

a5.5

561.5

18.1

0.263

0.30

June

a6

a5

a4.5

*4.4

4.4

4.2

4.0

3.8

3.4 

3.0

3.0

2.8

2.6

H

3.4

3.8

3.8

4.5

72

399

54

14

8.8

a7.5

a7

a6.5

a6

a5

a4

655.4

21.8

0.317

0.35

July

a3.5

a3

a2.5

a2

*1.4

1.2

1.0

1.4

32 

7.3

2.3

14

24

7.9

9.1

3.4

2.6

3.2

2.0

a!5

3.6

2.2

1.5

1.2

1.0

.9

.7

.5

a30

38

6.3

224.7

7.25

0.105

0.12

Aug.

*3.0

5.9

5.2

3.4

2.0

1.5

1.0

.4

.2

.1

.03

.01

.01

0 

.01

0

0

0

.3

2.2

1.0

3.0

1.5

.9

.5

.2

.2

14

T2

2.0

1.1

61.66

1.99

0.029

0.03

Sept.

0.7

.5

.3

".2

.2

6.0

2.4

1.1

.7 

.4

.4

.2

.1

.1 

.03

.01

0

U

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

13.34

0.445

0.0065

0.007

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,OOO Mln O Mean 107 Cfsm 1.56 In. 21.13

Water year 1955-56: Max 3,91O Mln 0 Mean 93.7 Cfsm 1.36 In. 18.54

Peak discharge (base. 1.800 efs).--Jan. 29 (5 p.m.) 3.42O cfs (14.45 ft); Feb. 4 (12 m.) 3,270 cfs 

14.14 ft); Feb. 17 (11 p.m.) 7,480 cfs (20.15 ft); Mar. 14 (5 a.m.) 1,980 cfs (10.62 ft); Apr. 6 

(3 p.m.) 4,070 cfs (15.66 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of partial record, normal recession, and 

records for West Harpeth River near Lelpers Fork.
214 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Big Bigby Creek at Sandy Hook, Term.

Location (revised). Lat 35°29'19", long 87°13'59", on right bank 45 ft west of Louisville & Nashville Railroad track, 0.2 mile downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 43, 

0.4 mile northeast of Sandy Hook, Maury County, 0.5 mile upstream from Dry Creek, and 

3.5 miles southwest of Mount Pleasant.

Drainage area.--17.5 sq mi.

Records available. September 1953 to September 1956.

~~~T:929. Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 670.59 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 1,630 cfs Feb. 17 (gage height, 8.91 ft), from 

rating curve extended above .830 cfs; minimum, 2.0 cfs Sept. 17 (gage height, 0.80 ft). 

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 2,550 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 11.22 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 830 cfs; minimum, 1.5 cfs Sept. 4-7, 1954; minimum gage 

height, 0.80 ft Sept. 17, 1956.

Remarks. Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Mar. 13 Mar. 14 to Sept. 30

1.0 

1.2

1.4

1.5

2.0 51

3.0 180

4.0 365

5.0 575

0.8 2.0

.9 3.1

1.0 4.8

1.2 9.2

1.3 12

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

176

365

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cf sin

In.

Oct.

a6

a5

a4.5

*4.3

4.3

4.1

4.3

4.5

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.9

4.7

4.7

4.7

4.5

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.1

4.1

3.9

3.9

3.9

3.9

4.1

5,1

lil

4,7

4 3

138.4

4.46

0.255

0.29

Nov.

*4.1

4.7

5.7

5.3

5.3

5.3

5.1

4.9

4.7

5.3

5.3

5.3

6.4

9.9

8.4

6.7

5.9

6.4

47

13

9.3

7.9

12

9.9

9.6

8.4

7.7

6.9

6.2

5 9

248.5

8.28

0.473

0.53

Dec .

5.9

7.9

9.5

37

*18

12

9.9

8.4

7.4

^.9

6.4

5.9

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.3

5.3

7.7

7.9

7.4

6.9

6.2

5.9

5.9

5.7

5.3

5.1

5.1

4.9

479

4.9

246.7

7.96

0.455

0.52

Jan.

4.7

4.7

4.7

*4.5

175

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

4.5

9.0

7.7

6.7

6.4

6.7

7.2

6.9

6.9

7.2

14

130

~49 169

507.3

16.4

0.937

1.08

Feb.

57

*132

256

430

124

107

68

48

38

31

33

27

23

21

35

77

520

552

121

65

46

37

32

38

36

32

30

26

22

3,064

106

6.06

6.51

Mar.

19

*25

25

24

23

23

24

41

34

30

26

23

27

157

80

72

55

47

40

34

30

28

25

23

20

19

17

15

14

13

13

1,046

33.7

1.93

2.22

Apr.

1.2

*11

14

31

20

314

Too

59

43

38

38

32

28

27

38

48

40

33

29

25

23

20

18

!6

15

13

12

11

11

12

1,131

37.7

2.15

2.40

Hay

14

*18

19

16

15

14

20

19

16

13

12

11

10

9.5

25

14

11

10

9.5

9.2

8.4

7.7

7.9

9.5

7.9

7.7

7.4

7.2

6.8

6 . 6

6.4

366.7

11.8

0.674

0.78

June

6.4

6.2

6.0

*6.0

5.8

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.4

5.2

5.0

4.8

5.4

6.6

6.4

6.0

5.6

5.2

4.8

5.4

6.4

6.4

5.6

5.4

5.0

5.2

5.4

5.0

5.2

4.7

167.5

5.58

0.319

0.36

July

4.2

4.0

3.8

4.0

*4.5

5.2

4.5

4.3

5.2

5.0

4.3

4.0

4.0

16

7.4

5.8

5.2

4.7

4.3

6.2

5.0

4.5

4.3

4.0

4.2

4.0

3.6

3.4

3.3

3.4

3.4

149.7

4.83

0.276

0.32

Aug.

*4.0

8.7

6.4

4.8

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.4

3.3

 a3.2

,

V a3.3

1

J

a3.4

1

> a3.6

J

3.3

3.1

5.0

115.6

3.73

0.213

0.25

Sept.

2.8

2.6

2.6

*2.5

2.5

3.1

^7T

2.6

2.5

2.5

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.1

2.1

2.2

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.3

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2 . 6

74.6

2.49

0.142

0.16

Calendar year 1955: Max 1,400 Mln 3.1 Mean 23.4 Cfsm 1.34 In. 18.15

Water year 1955-56: Max 552 Mln 2.1 Mean 19.8 Cfsm 1.13 In. 15.42

Peak discharge (base. 600 cfs).--Feb. 4 (6 a.m.) 877 cfs (6.32 £t); Feb. 17 (11 p.m.) 1,630 cfE 

(8.91 ft); Apr. 6 (8 a.m.) 995 cfs (6.79 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in ate 

and records for station near Mount Pleasant and Rutherford Creek near Carters Creek.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Big Blgby Creek near Mount Pleasant, Term.

Location. Lat 35°30'12", long 87°13'54", near mldchannel on downstream side of pier of 

bridge on U. S. Highway 43, 400 ft downstream from small water-supply dam, 0.7 mile 

(revised) downstream from Dry Creek, 2.55 miles southwest of Mount Pleasant, Maury 

County, and^2.6 miles upstream from West Fork.

Drainage area.--25.8 sq mi.

Records available. September 1953 to September 1956.

e.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 654.£ 

929.

ft above mean sea level, datum of

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 2,720 cfs Feb. 17 (gage height, 8.25 ft); minimum, 1.3 cfs Oct. 11, 12; minimum gage height, 0.77 ft Sept. 27-29.

1953-56: Maximum discharge, 3,740 cfs Mar. 21, 1955 (gage height, 10.20 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 2,200 cfs; minimum, 0.9 cfs Oct. 20-22, 1954; minimum gage 

height, 0.58 ft Sept. 23, 27-29, 1954.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for period Aug. 30 to Sept. 30, which are poor.

Irregular discharge at low flow caused by removal and delayed return of ore-processing 

water upstream.

Rating tiables,

( Shifting -

Oct..

I,

I.

I.

I.

I,

,1

, 2

.4

.5

.6

1 to Nov.

1.3

2.4

6.3

9.0

13

water year 1955-56

control method used

18

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

2.

(ga

Aug

No

1

2

3

4

5

0

ge

V.

1

2

4

7

12

53

height,

30,

19

.4

.8

.8

.6

Sept.

In feet , and

, 4-30)

to Sept.

2.2

2.5

3.0

4.0

5.0

30

1

94

185

357

765

,200

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

£7

£8

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

9.3

7.0

3.8

*2.7

1.8

1.7

1.9

4.7

5.8

3.4

1.6

1.4

2.4

2.4

3,4

2.3

2.0

1.6

1.8

2.4

3.5

4.0

2.3

2.2

4.0

3.8

2.3

4.5

7.8

5.8

3 9

108.5

3.50

0.136

0.16

Nov.

*4.5

5.2

6.0

5.4

5.2

2.3

2.6

4.7

3.3

3.4

2.9

5.9

8.4

9.6

7.1

4.9

3.6

5.5

 2257

12

7.3

13

14

10

12

12

6.5

3.3

3 . 2

262.8

8.76

0.340

0.38

Dec .

3.5

7.0

14

42

*23

16

15

9.2

7.0

7.2

7.3

4.8

3.5

3.6

2.3

2.8

478

9.5

6.8

6.1

6.4

5.3

9.2

10

9.9

9.5

8.1

4.4

3.6

3.1

6.4

272.8

8.80

0.341

0.39

Jan.

5.0

7.3

4.1

*2.5

275

2.9

5.9

5.8

3.8

3.3

4.0

4.4

4.8

7.9

8.7

4.0

3.5

4.8

12

9.7

12

14

9.7

8.3

8.7

9.5

10

23

199

284

78

763.1

24.6

0.953

1.10

Feb.

90

*220

414

716

207

169

105

70

53

44

49

40

32

29

46

110

760

1,040

242

119

74

55

45

E3

52

45

42

34

32

4,987

172

6.67

7.19

Mar.

28

*32

33

32

32

31

34

58

48

45

41

33

43

274

144

119

85

70

50

39

33

30

28

29

28

23

22

20 20

20

22

1,546

49.9

1.93

2.23

Apr.

21

*14

17

40

27

473

172

85

53

44

46

38

32

32

49

62

49

40

33

30

30

28

23

22

20

19

18

18

20

20

1,575

52.5

2.03

2.27

May

22

*25

23

22

23

22

25

24

22

20

18

20

18

12

2J7

21

16

14

17

16

9.7

8.3

9.8

13

9.9

13

13

7.9

6.4

6.4

6.1

510.5

16.5

0.640

0.74

June

6.1

8.2

9.1

*5. 8

4.3

4.3

4.3

4.8

6.1

7.3

5.2

4.3

4.3

5.8

6.7

8.3

7.3

5.0

4.3

4.3

8.5

7.2

8.3

7.0

5.0

4.8

5.2

4.3

4.8

5.5

176.4

5.88

0.228

0.25

July

5.5

4.3

3.6

22

*6.5

8.9

6. 1

8.9

8.9

5.9

4.8

4.0

3.6

48

18

10

7.8

6.1

11

10

8.3

7.0

6.1

6.1

5.8

4.0

3.3

576

3.8

3.6

3.3

253. 8

8.35

0.324

0.37

Aug.

*4.4

18

9.8

7.0

5.8

4.8

4.0

3.6

3.6

4.3

4.3

4.0

3.6

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.0

3.2

3.5

4.5

3.6

3.2

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.3

3.2

3.0

2.8

278

a2.8

135.1

4.36

0. 169

0.19

Sept.

a2.7

a-277

a2.6

*2.5

2.3

2.1

2.5

2.3

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.5

*2.5

2.3

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2.1

2,1

2.1

2.1

2.0

1.8

2T5

2.1

67.8

2.26

0.088

0.10

Calendar year 1955: Max 2,320 Mln 1.4 Mean 35.6 Cfsm 1.38 In. 18.75

Water year 1955-56: Max 1,040 Mln 1.4 Mean 29.1 Cfsm 1.13 In. 15.37

Peak discharge (base, 1,000 efsJ.--Feb. 4 (6:30 a.m.) 1,500 cfs (5.65 ft); Feb. 17 (11:30 p.m.)

2.720 cfs (8.25 ft); Apr. 6 (9 a.m.) 1,450 cf3 (5.54 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of adjacent record, weather records, and

records for station at Sandy Hook.
216 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Piney River at Vernon, Term.

Location. Lat 35°52'17", long 87°30'00", on left bank 500 ft upstream from county highway 

bridge, 600 ft upstream from Pretty Creek, 0.2 mile northwest of Vernon, Hickman 

County, 2.2 miles downstream from Mill Creek, 6.5 miles north of Centerville, and 8.4 

miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--193 sq mi.

Records available. July 1925 to September 1956.

e. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 464.89 ft above mean sea level, datum of

929. Prior to Aug. 30, 1927, tape gage and Aug. 30, 1927, to Feb. 8, 1931, chain 

gage, at same site and datum. Feb. 9, 1931, to May 10, 1934, staff gage at site half 

a mile downstream at datum 2.77 ft lower.

Average discharge. 31 years, 304 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 15,000 cfs Jan. 29 (gage height, 13.78 ft); 

minimum, 53. cfs Sept. 16 (gage height, 0.62 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge observed, 32,500 cfs Dec. 21, 1926 (gage height, 16.5 

ft); minimum discharge, 35 cfs Sept. 19, 20, 1936; minimum gage height observed, -0.09 

ft Sept. 27, Oct. 16, 1951.

Revisions.--The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in water-supply 

papers indicated:

WSP

623 

683 

698 

713 

728 

758

Water 

year

1926 

1929 

1930 

1931 

1932 

1934

Dabe

Jan. 

Feb. 

May 

Mar. 

Feb. 

Mar.

21-22, 1926 

26, 1929 

18, 1930 

1, 1931 

3, 1932 

2, 1934

Discharge 

(cfs)

6,320 

9,040 

15,400 

1,390 

29,600 

16,400

Gage height 

(feet)

8.5 

9.85 

12.00 

4.6 

16.6 

13.70

Remarks. Records fair.

Revisions (water years). WSP 758: 1927(M). WSP 823: Drainage area. Revised figures 

 of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for periods in the water years 1927, 1929, ar 

1932, superseding those published in WSP 643, 683, and 728, are given herewibh:

Date

1926 

Dec. 21 

22 

24 

25 

26 

28

Discharge

31,200 

3,800 

13, 500 

5,800 

2,880 

2,660

Date

1926-Con. 

Dec. 30

1927 

Mar. 8 

13 

21

Discharge

2,220

2,550 

14,400 

2,220

Date

1929 

Feb. 26

1932 

Jan. 13 

23 

29

Discharge

7,900

2,950 

4,730 

3,730

Date

1932-Con. 

Jan. 30 

Feb. 3 

4 

17 

Apr. 30

Discharge

4,320 

21,500 

3,320 

2,640 

5,840

Month

Calendar year 1927. ............

Calendar year 1929. ............

Calendar year 1932 .............

Maximum

31,200

31,200

14,400

14,400

7,900

7,900

7,900

21,500

5,840

21,500

21,500

Minimum

235

63

216

66

68

178

42

70

126

440

250

48

67

Mean

2,530

392

1,330

684

461

626

355

343

1,000

1,700

657

420

423

Per square

mile

13.11

2.03

6.89

3.54

2.39

3.24

1.84

1.78

4.95

8.42

3.25

2.08

2.09

Runoff in 

inches

15.14

27.57

7.95

48.09

32.42

3.38

24.93

24.14

5.71

9.10

3.63

28.28

28.53
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 217

Piney River at Vernon, Term. --Cont inued

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 29

0.8 66 1.5 292

1.0 112 2.0 520

1.2 173 4.0 1,580

Jan. 29 to Sept. 30

0.6 

1.0 

1.5 

2.0

53

124

285

485

4.0 1,600

8.0 4,660

11.0 8,800

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1955

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

90

86

84

81

*144

129

102

93

88

88

105

98

90

88

84

84 

84

81

79

77

77

75

75

75

75

77

84

81

77

2,815

90.8

0.470

0.54

Nov.

77

77

79

79

77

77

75

73

73

73

73

73

73

77

84

81

79

81 

144

129

107

*100

135

150

132

120

115

107

102

100

2,822

94.1

0.438

0.54

Dec.

98

100

102

118

125

118

112

»110

107

102

100

95

93

90

90

88

88

90 

88

86

84

84

84

84

84

81

79

T9

79

79 

79

2,894

93.4

0.484

0.56

Jan.

79

79

77

77

77

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

75

73

73

70

75

70 

98

98

88

86

88

88

86

86

84

88

5,580

*7.660

1,490

16,965

547

2.83

3.27

Feb.

994

2,190

3,800

*3,050

1,740

1,200

898

720

615

- 521

508

453

413 809"

2,050

1,790

*5,050

6.970 

2,880

2,100

1,260

886

680

650

775

695

615

521

449

45,282

1,561

8.09

8.73

Mar.

409

405

389

361

341

333

449

494

469

441

409

381

381

770

760

815

735

630 

521

449

405

369

*337

317

293

278

268

250

236

226

JLH

13,136

424

2.20

2.53

Apr.

208

201

208

1,280

453

2.550

1,470

795

580

490

445

*385

337

313

355

341

309

293 

274

264

250

240

229

*215

208

201

194

187

187

198

13,418

447

2.52

2.59

May

222

282

357

297

264

246

240

218

204

194

184

171

165

159

162

156

147

142 

137

134

132

129

129

129

122

122

122

*117

115

115

115

5,426

175

0.907

1.05

June

113

111

106

106

104

100

100

98

97

97

95

93

95

97

98

95

93

91 

*98

150

150

109

102

100

95

98

102

93

89

88

3,065

102

0.528

0.59

July

84

82

82

82

79

79

79

79

84

*79

76

78

84

91

89

82

81

82 

147

252

102

86

81

82

84

79

76

74

a73

a72

ali

2,731

88.1

0.456

0.53

Aug.

a70

a75

a200

a!20

a90

78

74

71

70

*68

68

66

66

75

131

75

70

68 

82

188

91

78

74

71

68

68

68

68

66

66

66

2,585

85.4

0.432

0.50

Sept.

6£

62

60

60

60

60

60

58

58

58

58

58

*56

56

56

54

54

56 

56

58

58

58

58

59

56

54

54

54

54

54

1,721

57.4

0.297

0.35

Calendar year 1955: Max 10,800 Min 62 Mean 313 Cfsm 1.62 In. 22.01

Water year 1955-56: Max 7,660 Min 54 Mean 3O8 Cfsm 1.60 In. 21.76

Peak discharge (base. 4.000 efs).--Jan. 29 (8 p.m.) 15,000 cfs (13.78 ft); Peb 3 (10:30 a m ) 

5,550 cfs (8.79 ft); Feb. 18 (5:30 a.m.) 9,760 cfs (lL.48 ft); Apr. 6 (3:30 p.m.) 4,540 cfs (7.78 

ft) .

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, recorded range in stage 

and records for stations on Buffalo River.

463897 O -58 - 15
218 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Duck River above Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

Location. Lat 35°55'42", long 87°44'26", on left bank a quarter of a mile downstream from 

Tumbling Creek, 1.5 miles upstream from bridge on State Highway 13, 3.8 miles southeast 

of Hurricane Mills, Humphreys County, and at mile 26.0.

Drainage area.--2,557 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1925 to September 1956. Prior to October 1951, published as "near 

Hurricane Mills."

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 370.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to June 2, 1927, tape gage, June 2, 1927, to Feb. 20, 1934, staff gage, and 

Feb. 21, 1934, to Sept. 30, 1951, water-stage recorder, at bridge 5.6 miles downstream 

at datum 8.80 ft lower.

Average discharge.--31 years, 3,924 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 47,500 cfs Feb. 20 (gage height, 22.75 ft); minimum, 325 cfs Sept. 29, 30 (gage height, 0.59 ft).

1925-56: Maximum discharge, 122,000 cfs Feb. 14, 1948 (gage height, 30.70 ft, from 

floodmark in gage house, present site and datura); minimum, 185 cfs Sept. 11, 12, 1925; 

minimum gage height, 0.15 ft Oct. 2, 1941, site and datum then in use.

Revisions.--The date of the maximum discharge for the water year 1938 has been revised to Jan. C5, 1938, superseding figure published in WSP 853. Figures of maximum 

discharge for the water years 1926 and 1928 have been revised to 20,400 cfs Jan. 22, 

1926 (gage height, 14.54 ft) and 23,200 cfs Apr. 24, 1928 (gage height, 15.58 ft), superseding those published in WSP 623 and 663, respectively.

Remarks.--Records good. Occasional diurnal fluctuation and infrequent regulation at low 

flows caused by powerplants above station. Prior to about 1953, fluctuation and regulation were more pronounced. Minor diversions for irrigation.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 803: 1935. WSP 823: 1927(M). WSP 853: Drainage area. 

Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for periods in the water years 

1926, 1927, and 1928, superseding those published in WSP 623, 643, and 663, are given 

herewith:

Ddte

1926

Jan. 19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

Dec. 1

2

3

10

11

12

Discharge

5,850

6,620

10,500

20,400

17,200

13,900

9,310

6,460

13 , 900

10,500

6,940

5,850

7,610

7,270

Date

1926-Con.

Dec. 13

14

15

16

17

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

Discharge

8,460

11,200

13,400

9,480

6,460

42,100

50, EDO

38,900

35,400

47,400

56,200

50,200

49,600

50,200

Date

1926-Con.

Dec. 30

31

1927

Mar. 8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Discharge

50,200

45,200

18,300

19,100

19,300

18,300

17,900

38,000

65,000

50,200

26,600

17,000

Date

1928

Mar-. 10

11

12

18

19

20

Apr. 1

16

22

23

24

25

26

Discharge

16,400

21,600

19,100

14,800

12,000

9,140

14,900

12,500

12,900

20,400

23,200

20,200

11,700

Month

January 1926. ...............

Water year 1925-26. .......

Water year 1926-27. ....... 

Calendar year 1927........

April.......................

Water year 1927-28. .......

Maximum

20,400

56,200

65,000 

65,000

23,200 

23,200

Minimum

952 

276

320

338 

338

2,020

260 

260

Mean

4,190

2,580

4,030

6,650 

4,760

7,240

3,580 

3,700

Per square 

mile

1.63 

1.00

3.17

1.57

2.59 

1.85

2.82

1.39

1.44

Runoff in 

inches

1.88 

13.52

21.30

35.13

25.11

3.14

18.93 

19.60
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 

Duck River above Hurricane Mills, Tenn.--Continued

219

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, In cubic 

feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Feb. 7

0.8 395

1.0 500

1.5 790

2.0 1,180

5.0 4,080

9.O 9,60O

16.0 23,000

20.0 34,700

23.0 49,000

Feb. 8 to Sept. 30

0.5 280 6.0 5,100 

1.0 535 9.0 9,600 

2.0 1,180

Note, Same as preceding 

table above 9.0 ft.

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

L2

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

1,020

764

616

528

489

462

*572

594

544

494

462

456

555

648

599

544

511

484

462

450

450

450

445

435

425

420

415

415

450

462

*566

16,187

522

0.204

0.24

Nov.

533

462

445

435

450

440

456

462

450

445

445

445

450

484

489

817

2,380

1,730

1,480

1,870

3,670

*5,S40

2,540

1,850

1,640

1,980

1,940

1,720

1,470

1,270

37,068

1,236

0.483

0.54

Dec.

1,040

90S

916

980

1,910

8,430

10,100

*5,790

3,580

2,650

2,110

1,760

1,360

1,260

1,110

1,020

964

825

860

S68

839

956

1,050

1,030

972

900

868

818

784

751

725

58,134

1,875

0.733

0.85

Jan.

713

689

671

665

660

638

621

610

604

594

588

582

577

566

535

555

555

555

610

665

683

671

701

777

790

797

948

1,290

7,150

*29,300

51,900

87 , 280

2,815

1.10

1.27

Feb.

29,600

31,100

55,900

51,500

32,500

55,400

56,100

55,700

18,500

10,500

8,130

6,960

7,070

6,770

8,260

9,2BO

16,100

36,000

45,400

46,200

38,300

21,200

10,200

7,840

6,980

7,070

6,820

6,150

*5jl80

-------

592,710

20,440

7.99

8.62

Mar.

4,500

4,100

3,960

4,390

5,020

4,880

4,610

4,820

6,000

5,950

4,970

4,360

4,020

4,880

11,100

15,100

11,200

10,400

8,660

6,850

5,480

4,600

4,040

3,600

3,260

2,970

2,730

2,520

2,360

*2,200

2,090

163,600

5,277

2.06

E.38

Apr.

1,990

1,910

2,080

3,700

3,270

8,600

20,600

18,600

12,400

8,300

6,050

*4,920

4,220

3,780

3,490

3,620

7,180

12,500

10,100

5,870

4,260

3,590

3,130

2,700

2,540

2,180

2,140

1,900

1,890

1,850

--------

169,540

5,645

2.21

2.46

May

1,970

2,140

2,750

2,620

2,410

2,560

2,700

2,790

2,600

2,190

2,230

1,830

1,690

1,470

1,370

1,430

1,920

1,930

1,480

1,340

1,230

1,010

999

971

1,080

gl,220

gl,160

1,130

1,020

*943

880

52,843

1,705

0.667

0.77

 

June

832

790

778

772

724

706

684

8656

g628

g606

g590

g574

g562

g562

g562

g601

g584

g568

*552

623

784

772

1,710

1,150

880

g880

g838

g760

g712

g742

-- -- -

22,182

739

0.289

0.32

July

g730

*645

628

645

874

1,120

1,040

936

1,100

1,450

1,160

1,860

1,820

1,700

1,950

1,630

1,230

985

1,010

2,050

1,820

1,160

964

856

796

*700

650

601

557

530

*508

35,705

1,087

0.425

0.49

Aug.

546

601

850

1, 050

760

672

700

645

557

515

480

455

455

415

486

820

700

601

524

628

850

742

601

530

496

513

*496

g491

g491

g486

486

18,600

600

0.235

0.27

Sept.

475

455

546

513

470

450

785

790

568

712

760

650

*557

491

445

415

385

365

360

g355

g350

g545

g540

g540

g335

g335

g330

g350

g325

g325

13,902

463

0.181

0.20

Calendar year 1955: Max 74,500 

Water year 1955-56: Max 46,200

Mln

Mln

300

325

Mean 4,162 

Mean 3,458

1.63

1.35

22.10

18.41

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

g Computed from once-daily radio-gage readings furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority and normal 

recession.
220 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Buffalo River near Flat Woods, Term.

Location.--Lat 35°29'45", long 87°49'58", on right bank 0.5 mile downstream from Little 

Opossum Creek and bridge on State Highway 13, 1.3 miles north of Flat Woods, Perry 

County, 3.9 miles upstream from Sinking Creek, and at mile 58.7. 

Drainage area. 447 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1920 to September 1956. 

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 513.58 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929. Prior to May 27, 1934, staff gage at same site and datum, 

Average discharge. 36 years, 723 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 13,800 cfs Feb. 19 (gage height, 18.07 ft); minimum, 112 cfs Sept. 18, 19 (gage height, 1.80 ft).

1920-56: Maximum discharge, 90,000 cfs Feb. 13, 1948 (gage height, 32.0 ft, from highwater mark in gage house), from rating curve extended above 50,000 cfs on basis of slopearea and contracted-opening determinations of peak flow and rainfall-runoff study; minimum observed, 65 cfs Sept. 9, 1925; minimum gage height observed, 1.12 ft Sept. 26, 1931.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

523 

543 

563 

583 

603 

643 

758

Water 

year

1921 

1922 

1923 

1924 

1925 

1927 

1934

Date

Apr. 16, 1921 

Mar. 10, 1922 

Aug. 15, 1923 

Jan. 3, 1924 

May 11, 1925 

Mar. 13, 1927 ' 

Mar. 25, 1934

Discharge 

(cfs)

14,300 

22,400 

15,500 

17,800 

7,590 

52,200 

17,000

Gage height 

Tfeet)

15.60 

21.0 

16.4 

17.9 

10.80 

29.30 

18.3

Remarks. Records good except those for period of no gage-height record, which are poor.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 758: 1933. WSP 803: 1935. WSP 823: Drainage area. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for high-water periods in the water 

years 1922-24, superseding those published in WSP 543, 563, and 583, are given herewith:

1922 1922-Con. 1923-Con.

Mar. 2...... 12,600 Mar. 11...... 12,OOO Aug. 15...... 9,48O

3...... 5,500 1923 Dec. 23...... 13,40O

10...... 10,200 Aug. 14...... 5,280

1924 

Jan. 3...... 14,300

4...... 10, TOO

Month

March 1922. ...................

Water year 1921-22. .........

Water year 1922-23. .........

Calendar year 1923. .........

January 1924. .................

Water year 1923-24. .........

Calendar year 1924. .........

Discharge, in cubic feet per

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7 

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

203

206

185

170

167

164

*176 

176

170

164

161

170

182

182

173

170

170

165

165

165

165

165

165

160

160

160

160

170

190

210

215

5,404

174

0.389

0.45

Nov.

210

200

200

200

205

200

195 

190

185

185

180

180

190

220

320

450

350

330

400

,700

450

*350

320

310

3 2O

300

285

270

250

240

8,385

280

0.626

0.70

Dec.

230

230

250

300

4OO

500

*405 

349

314

286

272

251

240

221

218

215

209

224

282

268

244

234

227

227

224

218

215 2-^9

20J

Jan.

206

203

203

203

2OO

200

200 

197

197

194

197

*203

197

194

191

194

194

191

234

304

272

240

240

265

268

262

254

296

637

^ QOA

20 4^450

8,086

261

0.584

0.67

15,206

491

1.10

1.27

Maximum

12,600

12,600

12,600

9,480

9,480

13,400

13,400

14,300

14,300

14,300

Minimum

705

135

135

230

138

310

182

490

114

114

second, water year

Feb.

2,

2,

6,

8,

8,

3,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

*2,

9.

~3? 10

1,

1,

1,

010

980

290

360

970

870

520 

790

400

160

060

000

862

770

814

210

400

260

300

030

790

320

060

974

974

882

786

730

658

79,

2,

6

230

732

.11

6.59

Mar.

598

642

722

694

646

622

618 

842

984

862

806

718

714

1,050

1.810

1,500

1,420

1,170

1,010

878

770

686

*630

578

530

490

466

446

418

400

37E

24,098

111

1.74

2.00

Apr.

364

361

358

392

530

1,850

4.540 

2,150

1,380

1,070

*1,020

950

854

770

774

1,060

1,100

890

782

698

630

574

538

494

454

430

406

396

386

406

26,607

887

1.98

2.21

Mean

2,790

779

796

1,010

923

1,610

979

1,830

669

547

Per square Runoff in 

mile inches

6.24 7.20

1.74 23.63

1.78 24.15

2.26 2.60

2.06 28.03

3.60 4.15

2.19 29.73

4.09 4.72

1.50 20.38

1.22 16.67

October 1955 to September 1956

May

522

542

678

698

674

622

ftfsE ijzio

902

734

622

538

482

550

662

538

458

410

382

364

340

319

308

305

294

284

*277

266

26C

 252

19,283

622

1.39

1.60

June

249

252

235

228

224

221

218 

210

July

238

224

207

197

194

197

218 

200

207 204

204 *228

194

194

194

224

270

294

260

*228

214

256

434

490

45O

326

274

280

403

375

298

263

8,169

272

0.609

0.68

246

228

200

191

235

347

256

204

194

274

312

228

197

197

200

197

182

173

168

173

197

6,706

216

0.483

0.56

Aug.

170

176

238

242

200

182

168 

155

152

160

204

168

152

165

194

228

179

165

160

188

228

218

182

165

160

155

*155

158

162

162

160

5,551

179

0.400

0.46

Sept.

176

155

142

140

140

182

224

191

176

162

150

138

*132

132

128

122

118

US

115

120

122

125

122

125

125

125

122

120

120

120

4,184

139

0.311

0.35

Calendar year 1955 : Max 39,700 Min 111 Mean 7O5 Cfsm 1.58 in. 21.40

Water year 1955-56 : Max 10,300 Min 115 Mean 576 Cfsm 1.29 In. 17.54

Peak discharge (base. 4.5OO efs).--Jan. 31 (12:30 a.m.) 5.560 efs (1O.90 ft); Feb. 5 (4 a.m.) 

10.100 cfs (15.28 ft); Feb. 19 (3 a.m.) 13,80O cfs (18.07 ft); Apr. 7 (8:30 a.m.) 5,O90 cfs (1O.36 

ft). * Discharge measurement made on this day.

Note. No gage-height record Oct. 16 to Dec. 6; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, 

recorded range in stage when available, and records for station near Lobelville.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 221

Buffalo River near Lobelville, Term.

Location. Lat 35°48'46", long 87°47'51", on right bank 30 ft upstream from Standing Rock 

Bridge, 1.4 miles downstream from State Highway 13, 3 miles north of Lobelville, Perry 

County, 13 miles downstream from Cane Creek, and at mile 17.7.

Drainage area. 707 sq mi.

Records available. November 1927 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 403.15 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Prior to June 1, 1934, staff gage 40 ft downstream on left bank at same datum.

Average discharge.--28 years (1928-56), 1,155 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13,900 cfs Feb. 20 (gage height, 14.23 ft); minimum, 182 cfs Sept. 18-23 (gage height, 1.20 ft).

1927-56: Maximum discharge, 100,000 cfs Feb. 14, 1948 (gage height, 23.76 ft, from 

high-water mark in gage house), from rating curve extended above 40,000 cfs on basis of 

slope-area determination of peak flow; minimum, 135 cfs Aug. 18, 1953, caused by regulation upstream at unknown location; minimum discharge unaffected by regulation, 142 cfs 

Oct. 1-8, 1931; minimum gage height, 0.36 ft(revised) Oct. 3, 4, 7, 8, 1931.

Remarks. Records good.

Revisions (water years). WSP 803: 1935. WSP 853: 1928-37.

Rating tables, water year 1955-55 (gage height, In feet, and discharge, 

In cubic feet per second)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 29 Jan. 30 to Sept. 30

1.3 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

6.0

231

277

404

750

2,280

1.2 

1.5 

2.0 

3.0 

6.0

182

260

397

750

2,280

10.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

5,370

8,000

9,950

13,000

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

350

3TO

298

284

268

256

*315

312

293

275

263

275

300

300

293

284

275

266

263

263

261

261

259

256

254

252

249 235

275

288

298

8,655

279

0.395

0.46

Nov.

315

305

300

300

302

305

298

293

286

282

284

284

286

295

302

369

632

560

536

632

982

*ITG

655

560

526

520

488

456

424

393

12,980

433

0.612

0.68

Dec.

377

374

388

459

536

790

T74

*655

560

504

459

426

399

380

366

353

345

345

355

374

393

380

364

353

348

340

332

328

325

320

518

13,020

420

0.594

0.68

Jan.

315

310

308

305

302

300

298

298

295

293

291

29T

291

293

291

291

291

291

325

361

393

401

384

374

374

382

382

393

1,920

5,710

4,740

21,493

693

0.980

1.13

Feb.

5,170

4,270

6,240

8,390

10,600

10,500

5,910

3,510

2,700

2,170

1,850

1,650

1,500

1,400

1,440

1,750

5,260

11,000

11,300

12,200

4,600

2,720

2,070

1,760

1,620

1,550

1,410

1.2SO

*1,160

_______

-------

126,960

4,378

6.19

6.68

Mar.

1,070

1,040

1,040

1,160

1,140

1,090

1,080

1,160

1,290

1,440

1,330

1,230

1,180

1,490

1,980

2,550

2,290

2,100

1,780

1,540

1,380

1,240

1,120

1,030

946

874

822

774

738

682

*666

39,252

1,266

1.79

2.06

Apr.

630

603

592

698

666

2,810

4,670

5,220

3,140

2,220

1,860

* 1,640

1,540

1,410

1,340

1,380

1,580

1,580

1,390

1,240

1,120

1,040

950

894

826

766

718

682

662

670

44,537

1,485

2.10

2.34

May

802

874

890

968

1,030

968

972

2,340

2,560

1,580

1,240

1,040

902

806

782

786

846

770

686

619

574

531

515

510

468

444

420

*420

406

597

585

26,529

849

1.20

1.38

June

382

568

562

354

343

335

326

518

515

510

500

291

29T

500

313

551

374

371

*546

329

368

455

538

592

'5(56

458

412

441

486

444

------

11,557

378

0.535

0.60

July

391

360

552

510

291

283

278

283

303

*357

518

326

521

313

505

291

546

568

557

527

450

426

389

340

562

555

515

291

278

268

265

10,556

335

0.471

0.54

Aug.

276

521

371

345

343

526

291

275

255

242

259

252

260

239

242

526

502

297

268

368

362

324

521

305

278

260

*250

257

263

255

250

8,959

289

0.409

0.47

Sept.

244

244

250

259

234

231

229

260

281

268

244

251

*216

211

205

198

192

185

182 18~2

182

182

185

190

190

187

187

187

185

185

6,586

215

0.501

0.54

Calendar year 1955: Max 

Water year 1955-56: Max

42,600

12,200

Mln 

Mln

180

182

1,086

902

Cfsm 

Cfsm

1.54

1.28

In.

In.

20.84

17.56

Peak discharge (base. 5.200 cfs).--Jan. 30 (8:50 a.m.) 6,290 cfs (10.81 ft); Feb. 6 (9:50 a.m.) 

i,900 cfs (13755 ft); Feb. 20 (6 a.m. ) 15,900 cfs (14.23 ft)j Apr. 8 (9 a.m.) 5,600 cfs (10.21 ft) 

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

Note. Discharge for Mar. 1-30, Apr. 16 to May 27, computed from blhourly radio-gage readings 

furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Big Sandy River at Bruceton, Term.

Location.--Lat 36°02'19", long 88°13'42 M , on downstream end of right abutment of county

bridge, 700 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 0.6 mile upstream from Cherry 

Creek and 0.9 mile east of Bruceton, Carroll County.

Drainage area.--205 sq mi.

Records available.--July 1929 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage Gage. --W recorder. Datum of gage is 380.76 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929. Prior to Mar. 1, 1940, chain gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--27 years, 294 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 11.800 cfs Jan. 30 ge height, 14.85 ft); minimum, 35 cfs Aug. 19 (gage height, 2.17 ft).

1929-56: Maximum discharge, 17,000 cfs Jan. 21, 1935 (gage height, 16.16 ft, from 

graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 9,000 cfs; minimum, 

28 cfs Aug. 17-19, 22, Sept. 1, 1943.

Remarks.--Records fair except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions (water years).--WSP 853: Drainage area. WSP 923: 1929-35.

Rating tables, watt 

(Shifting-cc 

Oct. 1 to Jai

r year 1955-56 (gage height, In feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per tecond) 

ntrol method used Feb. 9-14, Mar. 5, 6, 9-12)

31 to Sept. 30

2.4 

2.7 

3.0 

4.0

51

77

110

250

11.0

11.5

12.0

13.0

15.0

1,670

1,970

2,700

5,150

12,400

3.0

9.0

10.0

31

59

110

983

1,190

11.0

12.0

13.0

14.0

1,620

2,700

5,150

8,500

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11 

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cf sni

In.

Oct.

651

784

*382

99

70

61

177

89

63

57

55 

116

538

192

89

71

65

64

64

*61

60

59

58

57

57

59

60

61

73

74 

66

4,432

143

0.698

0,80

Nov.

65

66

91

87

75

74

*71

69

69

71

73 

73

75

81

103

100

106

94

380

23T

124

108

237

285

135

111

101

92

84

81

3,412

114

0.556

0.62

Dec.

86

154

147

172

126

106

101

97

91

86

84 

*82

80

82

85

80

79

98

99

86

85

84

83

88

86

82

79

78

77

82 

88

2,938

94.8

0.462

0.53

Jan.

84

82

79

*77

78

79

77

74

72

74

77 

79

76

74

80

79

72

75

204

160

110

99

104

103

97

92

90

127

2,080

10,200

6,5c.O

21,374

689

3.36

3.88

Feb.

2,880

2,140

2,230

2,500

2,130

1,330

*620

344

349

293

420 

288

*124_

372

1,260

1,720

2,160

3,240

3,180

a2,500

al,500

al.OOO

a700

aSOO

a400

a320

a270

a230

a200

35,270

1,216

5.93

6.40

Mar.

alSO

a 190

3180

a!60

*152

148

470

720

440

202

163 

161

338

*1,280 553"

1,220

882

508

292

230

201

188

176

168

151

148

147

143

134

126 

121

10,602

342

1.67

1.92

Apr.

122

121

202

598

492

886

1,010

956

*426

666

1,170 

1,050

863

348

494

658

407

240

194

172

159

152

148

139

134

129

121

115

124

361

12,657

422

2.06

2.30

May

612

512

356

239

170

142

*150

132

112

107

103 

100

a97

a94

198

198

104

a82

a74

371

69

65

61

163

89

70

74

170

88

67

64

4,633

149

0.727

0.84

June

69

63

60

58

57

56

55

53

52

52

*50 

50

59

168

88

89

73

63

65

92

70

67

57

52

50

222

361

ITS

70

61

2,492

83.1

0.405

0.45

July

56

52

49

48

*47

45

45

45

45

44

43 

43

45

48

51

46

44

43

43

70

50

44

43

66

8_1

*51

45

43

41

41

41

1,498

48.3

0.236

0.27

Aug.

41

53

45

46

44

42

39

38

38

3J3

37 

38

38

36

36

36

36

37

36

43

48

42

39

39

37

36

40

40

39

39

*38

1,232

39.7

0. 194

0.22

Sept.

38

38

38

37

37

37

38

363"6

42

45

45

44

43

43

43

43

43

45

50

48

47

54

72

41

39

38

38

39

40

1,277

42.6

0.208

0.23

Calendar year 1955: Max 5,500 Min 39 Mean 238 Cfsm 1.16 In. 15.76

Water year 1955-56: Max 10,200 Min 36 Mean 278 Cfsm 1.36 In. 18.46

Peak discharge (base. 2,UOO cfs).--Jan. 30 (l p.m.) 11,800 cfs (14.85 ft); Feb. 18 (12:30 p.m.) 

i,430 ofs (12.37 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of weather records, normal recession characteristics, and records for South Fork Obion River near Qreenfield.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 223

Tennessee River near Paducah, Ky.

Location.--Lat 37°01'll", long 88°16'50", on left bank at Gilbertsville, Marshall County, 

3,500 ft downstream from Kentucky Dam, 2.3 miles upstream from Shadie Creek, 16 miles 

east of Paducah, McCracken County, and at mile 21.7.

Drainage area.--40,200 sq mi, approximately (at Gilbertsville).

Records available. October 1875 to September 1956. Prior to September 1889 (gage heights 

only) and October 1889 to September 1931, published as "at Johnsonville, Term." July 

1930 to September 1931, published as "at Aurora Landing, Ky." October 1931 to August 

1944, published as "near Johnsonville, Term." October 1931 to September 1935, published 

as "at Shannon dam site near Murray, Ky." October 1935 to December 1942, published as 

"near Buchanan, Tenn."

Gage.--Water-stage recorder at present site since Feb. 8, 1939. Datum of gage is 286.35 ft 

above mean sea level, datum of 1929. Feb. 8, 1939, to Sept. 30, 1942, water-stage recorder 16.3 miles downstream at same datum (prior to July 30, 1940, at datum 3.65 ft 

higher); Oct. 1, 1942, to Jan. 1, 1946, water-stage recorder 500 ft upstream from present site at same datum. Auxiliary water-stage recorder 16.3 miles downstream at same 

datum; Feb. 15, ],939, to Sept. 30, 1942, water-stage recorder 500 ft upstream from presen t base gage at same datum (prior to July 30, 1940, at datum 3.65 ft higher).

Prior to Oct. 21, 1926, U. S. Weather Bureau staff gages at various sites and datums 

in the vicinity of old Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Railway bridge near Johnsonville. Oct. 21, 1926, to Oct. 7, 1931, water-stage recorder at site 3.9 miles downstream 

from present U. 3. Highway 70 bridge, at datum 320.72 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929. Oct. 1, 1931, to Aug. 20, 1944, water-stage recorder at D. S. Highway 70 bridge 

at datum 1.21 ft lower.

July 15, 1930, to Dec. 12, 1942, staff and wire-weight gages and water-stage recorders 

used as base and auxiliary gages at five different locations, ranging from Paducah to 

river mile 66.2, all at different datums.

Average discharge.--67 years (1889-1956), 63,630 cfs.

Extremes. Maximum discharge during year, 322,000 cfs Feb. 5; maximum gage height, 45.41 ft 

Feb. 9; minimum daily discharge, 19,700 cfs Jan. 15; minimum gage height, 13.25 ft 

Nov. 20.

1889-1956: Maximum discharge, 500,000 cfs Feb. 17, 1948; maximum gage height, 62.43 

ft Feb. 2, 1937 at Gilbertsville, present datum; minimum dally discharge, 500 cfs 

Sept. 7, 1944.

Remarks.--Records good. Backwater from Ohio River and dam 52; discharge computed using 

fall as determined by auxiliary water-stage recorder as a factor. Discharge for days of 

extremely low fall (below 0.40 ft) computed on basis of records for Kentucky Dam. 

Slight regulation since 1924 by Wilson Lake and increasing regulation since 1936 as 

other reservoirs have been built above station (see p. 226). Flow now almost completely 

regulated.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

25,500

25,300

30,200

32,200

31,100

29,900

32,800

26,600

25,100

30,900

29,200

30,300

28,800

30,700

26,600

25,600

29,700

36,200

*38,300

28,300

28,800

26,200

26,600

33,900

34,600

32,100

31,400

32,000

32,700

32,300 

37,800

941,700

30,380

_

-

Nov.

36,800

42,100

41,000

39,700

38,700

29,400

38,000

38,200

38,800

33,700

32,400

29,200

28,800

29,900

35,600

40,000

45,800

40,700

38,400

37,000

*40,200

40,600

41,000

40,400

43 , 000

41 , 500

32,400

42,100

43,800

42,000

* 1,140, 2

38,010

_

-

Dec.

40,100

34,500

32,900

36,500

55,700

58 , 200

58,600

58,600

59,300

58,600

58,100

57,900

58,800

57,500

57,400

55,000

39,000

39,200

42,700

41,800

44,500

45,300

31,200

24,200

22,500

21,800

31,300

32,300

*27,100

29,200 

42,600

$1,334.4

43 , 050

_

-

Jan.

25,600

25,200

28,900

28,300

27,000

27,900

23,200

27,600

35,000

28,600

30,000

25,700

620,000

e21,200

619,700

24,600

e20,200

e20,700

e20,200

e20,300

e20,900

e21,400

e21,600

29,400

31,800

30,400

31,300

25,400

41,000

73,800 

128 ,000

954,900

30,800

_

-

Feb.

187,000

234,000

271,000

296,000

308,000

296,000

*304,000

308,000

310,000

283,000

235,000

182,000

134,000

99,300

101,000

101,000

128,000

206,000

238,000

246,000

234,000

204,000

182,000

181,000

182,000

165,400

123,000

e95,100

e8J,,200

*5,917.6

204,100

_

-

Mar.

685,500

*e85,000

683,500

e83,600

678,300

e73,500

673,400

89,000

90,300

87,100

84,600

83,300

78,600

94,400

117,000

142,000

153,000

157,000

152,000

150,000

130,OuO

95,800

672,100

655,100

652,600

652,900

653,000

653,100

651,900

642,600 

636,100

$2,736.3

88,270

_

-

Apr.

628,200

629,100

e26,400

e34,900

48,300

87,900

126,000

126,000

114,000

99,700

99,900

86,400

*e53,900

654,100

654,500

106,000

136,000

136,000

138,000

117,000

83,900

66,200

e58,600

e 55, 000

e55,000

59,000

50,500

637,600

36,400

39 ,800

*2,244.3

74,810

_

-

May

50,200

53,600

52,200

44,900

40,100

48 , 600

50,800

50,200

51,700

53,900

54,900

57,300

56,200

57 , 000

55,700

*55,100

54,500

50,600

35,500

29,800

33,200

34,000

32,500

29,300

32,000

29,200

3 0 , 3 00

35,700

35,300

34,500 

34,100

«,362.9

43,960

_

-

June

34,600

35,600

36,200

35,800

627,800

e 28, 900

e28,800

27,600

27,800

26,900

28 , 000

26,500

27,200

27,200

26,800

31,700

33,700

46,400

50,400

49,100

34,500

41,800

42,100

33,400

33,500

*35,100

40,000

41,800

41,200

31,200

*1, 031. 6

34,390

_

-

July

31,200

30,900

23,200

33,500

33,700

31,300

34,700

33,600

34,300

33,300

35,600

38,300

42,500

43,200

29,900

40,500

41,600

42,200

45,900

46,100

46,200

36,100

36,100

32,800

36,500

35,000

36,600

35,800

35,400

37,200 

38,100

*1,141.3

36,820

_

-

Aug.

39,600

38,700

*40,600

41,500

41,800

40,100

41,100

33,700

31,000

31,100

30,500

26,600

33 ,600

30,900

33,000

35,800

37,400

33,600

31,600

30,900

41,800

48,200

46,800

42,300

34,500

35,000

31,200

28,700

28,200

28 , 100 

31,200

$1,099.1

35,450

_

-

Sept.

30,400

31,000

32,700

33,900

*31,600

31,500

36,000

35,500

35,800

35,200

33,400

34,100

33,300

32,600

32,400

32,600

56,500

36,100

35,900

55,700

35,800

33,400

30,200

29,700

29,800

34,100

33,500

35,800

33,800 

29,100

a, 001. 4

33,380

_

-

Calendar year 1955: Max 

Water year 1955-56: Max

284,000

310,000

Min 

Min

20,400 Mean 

19,700 Mean

60,240 Cfsm 

57,120 Cfsm

1.50

1.42

20.24

19.34

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

* Expressed in thousands.

e Extremely low fall; discharge computed on basis of Kentucky Dam releases.

Note.--No gage-height record at auxiliary gage Dec. 24-29, June 8-24, July 19-29, Aug. 5-12, 

Aug. 20 to Sept. 2, Sept. 5-25; discharge estimated on basis of releases from Kentucky Dam.
224 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

East Fork Clarks River at Murray, Ky.

Location. Lat 36 "35 '34", long 88°18'00", on downstream side of left pier of Nashville, 

Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway bridge, 0.1 mile downstream from bridge on State Highway 121, 1 mile south of Murray, Galloway County, and lj miles upstream from Clayton 

Creek .

Drainage area. --89. 7 sq mi.

Records available. October 1951 to September 1956.

~"Gage . --Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 459.88 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

Average discharge. 5 years, 92.1 cf s .

Extremes . Maximum discharge during year, 7,900 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 12.60 ft); no 

flow for many days .

1951-56: Maximum discharge, 23,700 cfs Mar. 22, 1952 (gage height, 16.3 ft, from 

floodmark), from rating curve extended above 10,000 cfs by logarithmic plotting; no 

flow for many days each year.

Remarks . --Records good.

Rating tables, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge, 

(Shifting-control method used Nov. 28-30)

Oct. 1 to Jan. 29

0.95 0

1.0 .4

1.1 1.4

1.2 2.9

1.3 5.1

1.4 

1.7 

2.0 

3.0 

4.0

136

282

1.26

1.3

1.4

1.5 

2.0 

2.5 

3.0

Jan 3O to Sept. 30

4.0

7.0

9.0

9.5

10.0

55 11.0

105

260

1,060

1,780

2,040

2,540

4,140

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

3.9

.9

.3

.1

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

17

38

2.8

1.1

.7

.4

.4

.4

.4

.2

.1

.1

*0

0

0

0

0

.7

.7 

.5

68.7

2.22

0.025

0.03

Calendar yeai

Nov.

0.5

2.5

3.4

.9

.8

1.0

.5

^

.3

.9

.7

.9

1.2

1.6

2.0

6^

2.6

.9

2.6

1.8

1.2

.8

1.0

.8

.9

.5

.7

.9

.6

* . 6

39.6

1.32

O.O15

0.02

Dec.

0^7

1.2

3.6

ia

3.5

2.0

1.7

1.7

2.0

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.3

1.3

*1.6

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.6

1.4

1.1

1.3

1.3

55.2

1.78

O.O20

O.O2

Jan.

1.3

1.3

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.2

1.6

1.3

i=o

*1.1

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.3

3.3

2.4

1.8

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.7

1.6

2.0

2,220

5.470

126

5,857.8

189

2.11

2.43

Feb.

1,390

3,780

*992

157

64

121

43

38

149

43

107

38

26

184

864

461

3,630

4.040

318

105

56

41

34

683

243

68

*43

32

26

17,776

613

6.83

7.37

-1955: Max 3,440 Min 0

Mar.

23

21

19

17

16

16

17

60

24

18

15

15

149

2.070

182

205

85

48

39

31

26

22

19

17

16

*14

14

23

16

13 

IS.

3,262

105

1.17

1.35

Apr.

10

11

217

419

41

347

125

41

*26

1.040

809

114

49

35

304

290

54

34

26

21

18

16

14

13

12

10

9.5

8.0

10

14

4,137.5

138

1.54

1.72

May

24

201

59

*34

22

17

15

12

11

9.5

8.5

7.5

6.5

5.5

96

38

15

9.0

6.0

4.6

3.8

3.0

*2.2

2.0

1.8

2.4

2.4

3.0

3.4

1.7

628.0

20.3

0.226

0.26

June

1.2

1.1

1.1

.9

.8

.7

.6

.5

.4

.3

.3

.1

.1

.1

.1

.1

1^3

*1.1

.5

.4

.3

1.2

1.0

.4

.1

.1

.1

a.0

0

21.9

0.73

0.0081

0.009

July

0

0

0

0

12

5.9

.7

.2

0

0

*0

15

6.0

65

25

5.2

1.7

.8

.6

.5

.4

.4

.2

40

11

1.7

.6

.2

.2

.2 

*0

193.5

6.24

0.070

0.08

Aug.

137

31

47

26

3.0

1.2

.6

.6

.4

.4

.3

.2

.2

O

0

0

0

0

o

13

6.1

.8

.4

.2

0

0

0

0

0

O

0

268.4

8.66

0.097

0.11

Sept.

0

0

0

0

0

0

o

0

o

0

0

0

0

.9

1.0

.1

.6

U

1.8

1.0

.2

0

0

o

0

0

0

o

0

0

8.3

0.28

0.0031

0.003

Mean 74. o Cfsm O.825 In. 11.20

Water year 1955-56 : Max 4,040 Min o Mean 88.3 Cfsm 0.984 In. 13. 4O

Peak discharge (base. 3.0OO cfs). Jan. 30 (4:30 a.m.) 4,980 cfs (11.44 ft); Feb. 2 (10 a.m.)

4,210 cfs (11.04 ft); Feb. 18 (12:30 a.m.) 7,90O cfs (12. 6O ft); Mar. 14 (9 a.m.) 3,310 cfs

(10.52 ft).

* Discharge measurement or observation of no flow made on this day.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 225

East Fork Clarks River near Benton, Ky.

Location.--Lat 36°52 I 24", long 88°20'48", on downstream side of right pier of bridge on

U. S. Highway 641 (renumbered) and State Highway 58 (renumbered), 1 mile north of Benton, 

Marshall County, and 6.8 miles upstream from Middle Fork Creek.

Drainage area.--227 sq ml.

Records available.--May 1938 to September 1956.

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 344.52 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

~^T929 (Tennessee Valley Authority benchmark). Prior to Sept. 10, 1951, wire-weight gage 

at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--18 years, 274 cfs.

Extremes.--Maximum discharge during year, 13,400 cfs Feb. 18 (gage height, 15.04 ft); min- 

 ImurnT 3.2 cfs Sept. 23.

1938-56: Maximum discharge, 27,600 cfs Mar. 22, 1952 (gage height, 16.68 ft), from 

rating curve extended above 14,000 cfs; minimum observed, 1.8 cfs Aug. 9, 1948.

Maximum stage known, 17.8 ft in February 1937, from floodmarks.

Remarks. Records good except those for periods of no gage-height record, which are poor. 

Revisions (water years). WSP 923: Drainage area. WSP 1143: 1938-47. WSP 1206: 1949(M).

Rating table, water year 1955-56 (gage height, in feet, and discharge,

in cubic feet per second) 

(Shifting-control method used Dec. 2O to Jan. 26, May 4-7)

2.2 

2.4 

2.6 

3.0 

3.5 

4.0

3.0 

7.5

93

5.0

10.0

11.5

12.0

12.5

14.2

190

755

1,140

1,480

2,500

8,600

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

138

34

19

13

10

8.8

9.5

8.2

7.2

6.8

6.5

11

280

78

37

24

18

15

13

12

11

11

10

*9.8

9.2

8.8

8.5

9.2

9.8 

8.5

12

856.8

27.6

0.122

0.14

Nov.

13

14

14

28

21

17

14

*12

12

11

11

11

11

10

10

78

86

36

38

42

34

28

27

26

24

24

22

21

19 

*18

732

24.4

0.107

0.12

Dec.

18

23

76

72

60

46

38

33

30

27

24

23

22

22

21

20

19

21

21

19

18

18

*19

19

19

19

18

11

17

18

835

26.9

0.119

0.14

Jan.

18

18

18

18

17

17

17

16

16

16

16

*16

16

16

16

16

16

16

21

25

30

28

27

25

24

24

a30

a40

al.OOO

a6 .000

a5,00o

12,573

406

1.79

2.06

Feb.

a2,oOO

a500

*6,900

4,350

829

465

399

242

419

354

345

343

225

202

538

990

1,190

8.200

7,280

1,920

385

239

186

422

1,140

578

*276

195

145

41,257

1,423

6.27

6.76

Mar.

118

109

98

83

73

70

485

545

204

126

98

115

206

2,080

3.280

1,390

570

310

221

175

143

118

103

88

77

*72

66

108

116

73

aj50

11,380

367

1.62

1.86

Apr.

a55

a!30

a!2o

a750

a440

a220

a320

a260

*a!35

445

1,540

1 .880

436

226

741

1,200

548

248

171

129

104

88

75

69

63

58

54

50

52 

54

10,661

355

1.56

1.75

May

51

120

292

*135

84

62

55

a50

a40

a35

a30

a25

a20

a5o

a200

a4oO

aloo

a6O

a45

a40

a35

a30

a25

*23

21

22

22

26

20

21

2,161

69.7

0.307

0.35

June

18

15

14

14

13

12

11

11

10

10

9.5

8.5

8.2

7.5

2+S.

7.5

7.5

11

*14

74

42

126

30

16

16

a25

a60

a30

alo 

a9

646.9

21.6

0.095

0.11

July

a9

as

a7

alO

a40

aloo

aSO

a2O

alO

as

a7

*9.2

176

68

133

48

31

19

14

12

10

8.8

7.8

81

125

41

23

15

12 

9.8

*9.2

1,121.8

36.2

0.159

0.18

Aug.

7.8

178

65

54

52

24

16

12

10

9.8

9.2

7.8

7.5

7.0

6.5

6.2

6.0

6.0

6.0

27

96

36

*18

12

9.8

8.2

7.2

6.5

6.0

6.0 

5.5

729.0

23.5

0.104

0.12

Sept.

5,2

5.0

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.2

a4.2

a4.2

a4.2

a4.2

a4.2

a4.2

a4.2

a4

a4

a4

a4

a4

a4

a4

*5.2

3.8

3.6

4.0

3.8

3.8

3.8

3.8

4.0

4.0

125.4

4.18

0.018

0.02

Calendar year 1955: Max 6,700 Min 3.4 Mean 229 Cfsm 1.01 In. 13.71

Water year 1955-56: Max 8,200 Min 3.6 Mean 227 Cfsm 1.00 In. 13.61

Peak discharge (base. 4.400 efs).--Jan. 3O or 31 (time unknown) about 7,000 cfs; Feb. 3 (time

unknown) 7,460 cfs (13.94 ft); Feb. 18 (6 to 7 p.m.) 13,400 cfs (15.04 ft).

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a No gage-height record) discharge estimated on basis of weather records and records for station 

at Murray.
226 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin

Douglas Lake.--Lat 35°57'40", long 83°32'20", at Douglas Dam on French Broad River,

6f miles north of Sevierville, Sevier County, Term., and at mile 32.3. Drainage area, 

4,541 sq mi. Records available, February 1943 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage 

recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936. Maximum contents during year, 662,200 cfs-days May 13 (elevation, 995.32 ft); 

minimum, 1,000 cfs-days Jan. 16 (elevation, 883.7 ft, estimated). Maximum contents 

during period 1943-56, 760,000 cfs-days July 25, 1949 (elevation, 1,001.79 ft); minimum 

(after first filling), that of Jan. 16, 1956.

Reservoir formed by concrete main dam and 10 saddle dams. Spillway equipped with 

11 taintor gates, 32 ft high by 40 ft wide and 8 sluice gates 10 ft high by 5.67 ft 

wide. Closure of dam was made Feb. 19, 1943, water in reservoir first reached minimum 

pool elevation Feb. 25, 1943. Total capacity at elevation 1,002.00 ft (top of gates) 

is 763,400 cfs-days, of which 715,800 cfs-days is controlled storage above elevation 

920.00 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. 

Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Revisions (water years) . WSF 1276: 1948.

South Holston Lake. Lat 36°31'15", long 82°05'11", 470 ft upstream from South Holston 

Dam on South Fork Holston River in Sullivan County, Term., 7.0 miles southeast of Bristol, Virginia-Tennessee, and at mile 49.8. Drainage area, 703 sq mi. Records available, November 1950 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at 

mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to May 11, 1951, 

staff gage at same site and datum. Maximum contents during year, 267,100 cfs-days 

May 21 (elevation, 1,713.61 ft); minimum, 57,700 cfs-days Jan. 13 (elevation, 1,614.15 

ft). Maximum contents during period 1950-56, 293,800 cfs-days Apr. 14, 1952 (elevation, 1,721.40 ft); minimum [after first filling), that of Jan. 13, 1956.

Reservoir is formed by rock and rolled earth-fill dam. Spillway is uncontrolled 

morning-glory type, 128 ft in diameter with 6 piers 3 ft wide to guide flow spilling into 

a concrete-lined shaft and tunnel 34 ft in diameter. Closure of dam was made Nov. 20, 

1950; water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Jan. 25, 1951. Total 

capacity at elevation 1,742.00 ft (spillway crest) is 375,100 cfs-days, of which 

315,200 cfs-days is controlled storage above elevation 1,616.00 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee 

Valley Authority.

Watauga Lake. Lat 36°19'20", long 82°07'16", at Watauga Dam on Watauga River, 5 miles

east of Elizabethton, Carter County, Term., and at mile 36.7. Drainage area, 468 sq mi. 

Records available, December 1948 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum 

of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year. 190,100 cfs-days July 30 (elevation, 1,925.25 ft); minimum, 

25,100 cfs-days Jan. 13 (elevation, 1,813.47 ft). Maximum contents during period 1948- 

56, 285,900 cfs-days June 24, 1950 (elevation, 1,958.58 ft); minimum (after first 

filling), that of Jan. 13, 1956.

Reservoir is formed by rock and rolled earth-fill dam. Spillway is uncontrolled 

morning-glory type, 128 ft in diameter with 6 piers 3 ft wide to guide flow spilling 

into a concrete-lined shaft and tunnel 34 ft in diameter. Closure of dam was made 

Dec. 1, 1948; water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Dec. 31, 1948. 

Total capacity at elevation 1,975.00 ft (spillway crest) is 342,200 cfs-days, of which 

316,200 cfs-days is controlled storage above elevation 1,815.00 ft (minimum pool). 

Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by 

Tennessee Valley Authority.

Boone Lake. Lat 36°26'26", long 82°26'16", at Boone Dam on South Fork Holston River in 

Sullivan County, Term. , 0.7 mile northeast of Spurgeon, Washington County, Term., 

1.3 miles downstream from Watauga River, and at mile 18.6. Drainage area, 1,840 sq mi. 

Records available, December 1952 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum 

of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year. 93,300 cfs-days July 17 (elevation, 1,382.32 ft); minimum, 

21,300 cfs-days Jan. 23 (elevation. 1,327.06 ft). Maximum contents during period 1952- 

56, 98,100 cfs-days June 10, 1953 (elevation, 1,384.52 ft); minimum (after first filling), that of Jan. 23, 1956.

Reservoir is formed by gravity nonoverflow type concrete dam. Spillway equipped 

with 5 radial gates, 35 ft high by 35 ft wide. Storage began Dec. 16, 1952; water in 

reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Jan. 5, 1953. Total capacity at elevation 1,385.0 ft (top of gates) is 99,200 cfs-days, of which 75,700 cfs-days is controlled storage above elevation 1,330 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Fort Patrick Henry Lake.--Lat 36°29'53", long 82°30'32", at Fort Patrick Henry Dam on 

South Fork of Holston River, 0.2 mile upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 23, 

4.5 miles southeast of Kingsport, Sullivan County, Term., and at mile 8.2. Drainage 

area, 1,903 sq mi. Records available, October 1953 to September 1956. Gage, waterstage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year, 13,600 cfs-days July 22 (elevation, 

1,262.88 ft); minimum, 11,500 cfs-days Oct. 7 (elevation, 1 258.05 ft). Maximum contents during period 1953-56, 14,000 cfs-days Feb. 11, 1954 (elevation, 1,263.80 ft); 

minimum (after first filling) 9,300 cfs-days Mar. 16, 1954 (elevation, 1,252.32 ft). 

Reservoir is formed by gravity nonoverflow type concrete dam. Spillway equipped 

with 5 radial gates, 35 ft high by 35 ft wide. Storage began Oct. 27, 1953; water in 

reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Dec. 8, 1953. Total capacity at elevation 1,263 ft (top of gates) is 13,700 cfs-days, of which 1,700 cfs-days is controlled 

storage above elevation 1,258 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, 

flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 227 

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin Continued

Cherokee Lake.--Lat 36°10'00", long 83°29'55", at Cherokee Dam on Holston River, 0.3 mile 

upstream from bridge on State Highway 92, 2.7 miles upstream from Mill Spring Creek, 

2.8 miles north of Jefferson City, Jefferson County, Term., and at mile 52.3. Drainage 

area, 3,429 sq mi. Records available, December 1941 to September 1956. Gage, waterstage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year. 689,700 cfs-days May 15 (elevation, 

1,068.33 ft); minimum, 49,300 cfs-days Jan. 12 (elevation, 981.15 ft). Maximum contents 

during period 1941-56, 779,400 cfs-days May 11, 1944 (elevation, 1,074.37 ft); minimum 

(after first filling) 48,400 cfs-days Jan. 7, 1954 (elevation, 980.77 ft).

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with riprapped earth embankments. Spillway 

equipped with 9 radial gates 32 ft high by 40 ft wide. Storage began Dec. 5, 1941; 

water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Jan. 6, 1942. Total capacity 

at elevation 1,075.0 ft (top of gates) is 789,200 cfs-days, of which 742,700 cfs-days 

is controlled storage above elevation 980.0 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for 

navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Port Loudoun Lake. Lat 35°47'30", long 84°14'35", at Port Loudoun Dam on Tennessee River, 

1 mile northeast of Lenoir City, Loudon County, Term., and at mile 602.3. Drainage 

area, 9,550 sq mi. Records available, July 1943 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage 

recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936. Maximum 12 p.m. contents during year, 190,000 cfs-days Apr. 17; maximum elevation, 814.62 ft Apr. 18; minimum 12 p.m. contents, 139,000 cfs-days Jan. 10; minimum 

elevation, 806.74 ft Jan. 10. Maximum elevation during period 1943-56, 815.00 ft 

Sept. 11, 1943, May 14, 1945, minimum (after first filling), 805.54 ft Jan. 18, 1954. 

Contents based on backwater profile.

Reservoir formed by concrete dam with earth embankment. Spillway equipped with 

14 taintor gates 32 ft high by 40 ft wide. Closure of dam was made Aug. 2, 1943; water 

in reservoir first reached ordinary minimum pool elevation Sept. 4, 1943. Total level 

pool capacity at elevation 815.00 ft (top of gates) is 194,900 cfs-days, of which 

55,100 cfs-days is controlled flood storage above elevation 807.00 ft (minimum navigation pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Nantahala Lake. Lat 35°11'56", long 83°39'17", at Nantahala Dam on Nantahala River,

4.2 miles southeast of Topton, Cherokee County, N. C., 5.5 miles upstream from Whiteoak 

Creek, and at mile 22.8. Drainage area, 91.0 sq mi. Records available, October 1944 to 

September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is a local datum which is 

122.16 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year, 51,700 cfs-days Aug. 27 (elevation, 2,865.22 ft); minimum, 

8,600 cfs-days Jan. 18 (elevation, 2,768.56 ft). Maximum contents during period 1944- 

56, 70,200 cfs-days Jan. 19, 1950, Mar. 14, 1952 (elevation, 2,890.29 ft); minimum, 

6,700 cfs-days Jan. 28, 1955 (elevation, 2,760.11 ft).

Reservoir is formed by rock-fill dam with side channel gate-controlled spillway 

supplemented by fuse-plug dam. Dam completed and storage began Jan. 30, 1942; water in 

reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Feb. 16, 1942. Total capacity at elevation 2,890.0 ft (top of gates) is 69,900 cfs-days, of which 63,300 cfs-days is controlled storage above 2,760.0 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for flood control 

and power. Gage-height record furnished by the Aluminum Co. of America; level storage 

records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Thorpe Lake. Lat SS'll'S?", long 83°09'15", at Thorpe Dam on West Pork Tuckasegee River, 

2.3 miles northwest of Glenville, Jackson County, N. C., 3.0 miles upstream from Shoal 

Creek, and at mile 9.7. Drainage area, 36.7 sq mi. Records available, October 1944 to 

September 1956. Prior to October 1948, published as Glenville Reservoir. Gage, waterstage recorder. Datum of gage is a local datum which is 391.75 ft above mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year, 19,900 

cfs-days Sept. 4 (elevation, 3,075.45 ft); minimum, 2,200 cfs-days Jan. 13 (elevation, 

3,025.30 ft). Maximum contents during period 1944-56, 35,700 cfs-days Mar. 13, 1950 

(elevation, 3,100.01 ft); minimum, 2,200 cfs-days Feb. 5, 1955, Jan. 13, 1956; minimum 

elevation, 3,025.10 ft Feb. 5, 1955.

Reservoir is formed by earth and rock dam and six 40-foot fuse-plug dams. Side 

channel spillway equipped with 2 taintor gates 12 ft high by 25 ft wide. Dam completed 

and storage began Feb. 12, 1941. Water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Mar. 15, 1941. Total capacity at elevation 3,100.0 ft (top of gates) is 35,700 

cfs-days, of which 33,600 cfs-days is controlled storage above elevation 3,025.0 ft 

(minimum pool). Reservoir is used for flood control and power. Gage-height record 

furnished by Aluminum Co. of America; level storage records furnished by Tennessee 

Valley Authority.

Pontana Lake.--Lat 35°27'07", long 83 0 48'18", at Fontana Dam on Little Tennessee River, 

5.7 miles upstream from Twenty Mile Creek, 9.0 miles north of Robbinsville, Graham 

County, N. C., 9.5 miles upstream from Cheoah Dam, and at mile 61.0. Drainage area, 

1,571 sq mi. Records available, November 1944 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage 

recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936. Maximum contents during year. 635,600 cfs-days July 27 (elevation, 1,691.76 

ft); minimum, 95,200 cfs-days Jan. 23 (elevation, 1,487.6 ft). Maximum contents during 

period 1944-56, 722,300 cfs-days July 23, 1949 (elevation, 1,708.91 ft); minimum (after 

first filling), 78,300 cfs-days Jan. 29, 1955 (elevation, 1,472.0 ft).

Reservoir is formed by gravity nonoverflow type concrete dam. Spillway equipped 

with 4 radial gates 35 ft high by 35 ft wide. Storage began Nov. 7, 1944; dam completed March 1945; water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Jan. 16, 

1945. Total capacity at elevation 1,710.0 (top of gates) is 728,200 cfs-days, of which 

583,500 cfs-days is controlled storage above elevation 1,525.0 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee 

Valley Authority.
228 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin Continued

Sanbeetlah Lake. Lat 35°22'38", long 83 0 52'33", at Santeetlah Dam on Cheoah River, 1 mile 

downstream from Santeetlah Creek, 5.5 miles northwest of Robbinsville, Graham County, 

N. C., and at mile 9.3. Drainage area, 176 sq mi. Records available, October 1946 to 

September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is a local datum which is 

122.92 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year 57,300 cfs-days Apr. 21 (elevation, 1,799.71 ft); minimum, 

14,500 cfs-days Jan. 13 (elevation, 1,744.56 ft). Maximum contents during period 1946- 

56, 80,100 cfs-days Feb. 4, 1949 (elevation, 1,817.19 ft); minimum, that of Jan. 13, 

1956.

Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity and arch dam with concrete spillway controlled by 6 taintor gates 12 ft high by 25 ft wide. Dam completed and storage began 

Dec. 7, 1927. Water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation December 1927. 

Total capacity at elevation 1,817.00 ft (top of gates) is 79,800 cfs-days, of which 

67,200 cfs-days is controlled storage above 1,740.08 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is 

used for power. Gage-height record furnished by Aluminum Co. of America; level storage 

records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Norrls Lake.--Lat 36°13'29", long 84°05'29", at Norris Dam on Clinch River, Z\ miles northwest of Norris, Anderson County, Term., and at mile 79.8. Drainage area, 2,912 sq mi. 

Records available, June 1935 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of 

gage is at mean sea level, adjustment of 1912, and 0.11 ft above mean sea level, datum 

of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Elevations given herein are referred to adjustment of 1912. Maximum contents during year. 1,002,500 cfs-days May 13 (elevation, 

1,018.25 ft); minimum, 75,500 cfs-days Jan. 24 (elevation, 909.35 ft). Maximum contents 

during period 1935-56, 1.236,700 cfs-days Feb. 11, 1937 (elevation, 1,031.10 ft); minimum (after first filling), that of Jan. 24, 1956.

Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity dam with 3 drum gates 100 ft wide by 14 ft 

high. Some storage began in June 1935; dam was completely closed and placed in operation Mar. 4, 1936; water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Mar. 24, 

1936. Total capacity at elevation 1,034.0 ft (top of gates) is 1,294,200 cfs-days, of 

which 1,150,000 cfs-days is controlled storage above elevation 930.00 ft (minimum pool). 

Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by 

Tennessee Valley Authority.

Watts Bap Lake. Lat 35°37'13", long 84°47'00", at Watts Bar Dam on Tennessee River,

6.5 miles southeast of Spring City, Rhea County, Tenn., 72.4 miles downstream from Fort 

Loudoun Dam, and at mile 529.9. Drainage area, 17,310 sq mi. Records available, 

October 1941 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean 

sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum 12 p.m. contents 

during year, 531,000 cfs-days Apr. 16; maximum elevation, 743.46 ft Apr. 17; minimum 

12 p.m. contents, 383,000 cfs-days Jan. 11; minimum elevation, 735.00 ft Jan. 11. Maximum elevation during period 1941-56, 745.12 ft Mar. 9, 1942; minimum (after first filling), 733.44 ft Mar. 20, 1945. Contents based on backwater profile.

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with riprapped earth embankments. Spillway 

equipped with 20 taintor gates 32 ft high by 40 ft wide, also one 2-section leaf trashway gate 16.3 ft high by 24 ft wide. Storage began with partial closure Dec. 12, 1941, 

and final closure Jan. 1, 1942; water in reservoir first reached minimum navigation pool 

elevation Feb. 17, 1942. Total level pool capacity at elevation 745.0 ft (top of gates) 

is 570,700 cfs-days, of which 190,400 cfs-days is controlled flood storage above elevation 735.0 ft (minimum navigation pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Chatuge Lake.--Lat 35°01'01", long 83°47'28", at Chatuge Dam on Hiwassee River, 2.0 miles 

upstream from Hyatt Mill Creek, 2.5 miles downstream from Georgia-North Carolina State 

line, 2.5 miles southeast of Hayesville, Clay County, N. C., and at mile 121.0. Drainage area, 189 sq mi. Records available, February 1942 to September 1956. Gage, waterstage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year, 75,500 cfs-days May 15 (elevation, 

1,911.55 ft); mini Mm, 9,400 cfs-days Jan. 27 (elevation, 1,860.13 ft). Maximum contents during per' 1942-56, 124,200 cfs-days Apr. 20, 1943 (elevation, 1,927.80 ft); 

minimum (after ^irat filling), 9,400 cfs-days Sept. 5, 1947, Jan. 27, 1956; minimum 

elevation, 1,860.11 ft Sept. 5, 1947.

Reservoir is formed by a rolled earth-fill dam with side channel spillway equipped 

with flashboards. Storage began Feb. 12, 1942; water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Feb. 26, 1942. Total capacity at elevation 1,928.0 ft (top of 

flashboards) is 124,900 cfs-days, of which 115,600 cfs-days is controlled storage above 

elevation 1,860.0 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, 

and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Nottely Lake.--Lat 34°57'29", long 84°05'22", at Nottely Dam on Nottely River, 1.3 miles 

upstream from Djoley Creek, 1.8 miles west of Ivylog, Union County, Ga., 2.5 miles upstream from Georgia-North Carolina State line, and at mile 21.0. Drainage area, 214 

sq mi. Records available, January 1942 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. 

Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Maximum contents during year, 84,200 cfs-days Oct. 8 (elevation, 1,775.76 ft); minimum, 

19,900 ufs-days Aug. 18 (elevation, 1,720.55 ft). Maximum contents during period 

1942-56. 94,100 cfs-days Apr. 20, 1943 (elevation, 1,780.50 ft); minimum [after first 

filling), 200 cfs-days Oct. 6, 1947 (elevation, 1,638.6 ft).

Reservoir is formed by rock and rolled earth-fill dam with side channel spillway 

equipped with f hboards. Storage began Jan. 24, 1942; water in reservoir first 

reached ml imum pool elevation Jan. 26, 1942. Total capacity at elevation 1,780.00 ft 

(top of flasht-oards) is 93,000 cfs-days, of which 92,800 cfs-days is controlled storage 

above elevation 1,640.00 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation., flood 

control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 229 

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin--Continued

Hiwassee Lake. Lat 35°09'05", long 84°10'40", at Hiwassee Dam on Hiwassee River, a third 

of a mile northwest of village of Hiwassee Dam, Cherokee County, N. C., 3.9 miles upstream from Shoal Creek, and at mile 75.8. Drainage area, 968 sq mi. Records available, October 1939 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at 

mean sea level, preliminary adjustment of 1929. Subtract 0.63 ft from all elevations 

to reduce to datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during 

year, 205,100 cfs-days June 15 {elevation, 1,521.38 ft); minimum, 37,600 cfs-days 

Jan. 14 {elevation, 1,415.86 ft). Maximum contents during period 1939-56. 220,700 cfsdays Apr. 24, 1944 (elevation, 1,526.48 ft); minimum {after first filling), 35,800 cfsdays Jan. 28, 1948 (elevation, 1,413.41 ft).

Reservoir is formed by gravity overflow concrete dam with 7 taintor gates 23 ft high 

by 32 ft long. Slight storage began Apr. 13, 1939, during construction; systematic 

storage operation began Jan. 14, 1940; dam completed February 1940; water in reservoir 

first reached minimum pool elevation Feb. 23, 1940. Total capacity at elevation 

1,526.5 ft {top of gates) is 220,800 cfs-days, of which 183,800 cfs-days is controlled 

storage above elevation 1,415.0 ft {minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, 

flood control, and power. Records furbished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Apalachla Lake. Lat 35°10'04", long 84 0 17'49", at Apalachia Dam on Hiwassee River in 

Cherokee County, N. C., 0.1 mile upstream from North Carolina-Tennessee State line, 

1.5 miles northeast of Farner, Polk County, Term., 9.8 miles downstream from Hiwassee 

Dam, and at mile 66.1. Drainage area, 1,018 sq mi. Records available, February 1943 

to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, 

datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year, 29,500 

cfs-days Feb. 29 (elevation, 1,279.99 ft); minimum, 23,000 cfs-days Oct. 1 (elevation, 

1,267.85 ft). Maximum contents during period 1943-56, 30,300 cfs-days June 13, 1952 

(elevation, 1,281.40 ft); minimum {after first filling), 15,700 cfs-days Aug. 28, 1955 

(elevation, 1,251.73 ft).

Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity dam. Spillway equipped with 10 radial 

gates. Storage began Feb. 14, 1943; water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Feb. 21, 1943. Total capacity at elevation 1,280.00 ft {top of gates) is 

29,500 cfs-days, of which 18,000 cfs-days is controlled storage above elevation 

1,240.00 ft {minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. 

Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Blue Ridge Lake.--Lat 34°52 I 52", long 84°16'49", 400 ft upstream from Blue Ridge Dam on 

Toccoa River, 2j miles northeast of Blue Ridge, Fannin County, Ga., and at mile 53.0. 

Drainage area, 232 sq mi. Records available, December 1930 to September 1956. Gage, 

water-stage recorder. To convert elevations given herein to datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 0.18 ft should be subtracted. Maximum contents during year, 

96,200 cfs-days May 21 (elevation, 1,687.91 ft); minimum, 6,500 cfs-days Jan. 16 

{elevation, 1,587.75 ft). Maximum 12 p.m. contents during period 1930-56, 100,900 cfsdays Feb. 11, 1946 {elevation, 1,690.83 ft); minimum {after first filling), that of 

Jan. 16, 1956.

Reservoir is formed by earth dam. Spillway equipped with 5 taintor gates 15 ft high 

by 22 ft wide. Dam completed and storage began Dec. 6, 1930. Total capacity at elevation 1,690.0 ft {top of gates) is 99,600 cfs-days, of which 92,300 cfs-days is controlled storage above elevation 1,590.0 ft {minimum pool). Reservoir is used for power. 

Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Ocoee No. 3 Lake.--Lat 35°02 I 25", long 84°28'00", at Ocoee No. 3 Dam on Ocoee River, 

5 miles west of Ducktown, Polk County, Term., and at mile 29.2. Drainage area, 

496 sq mi. Records available, October 1942 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,410.00 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936; gage readings have been adjusted to mean sea level. Maximum 

contents during year, 4,500 cfs-days July 4 {elevation, 1,435.51 ft); minimum, 1,500 

cfs-days Dec. 26 {elevation, 1,413.72 ft). Maximum contents during period 1942-56, 

7,800 cfs-days Jan. 8, 1946 (elevation, 1,436.7 ft estimated); minimum 12 p.m. contents 

{after first filling), 1,100 cfs-days Apr. 3, 1943 (elevation, 1,394.95 ft).

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam. Spillway with crest at elevation 1,412.00 ft 

equipped with 7 taintor gates 23 ft high by 32 ft wide. Storage began Aug. 15, 1942; 

water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Dec. 28, 1942. Capacity of 

reservoir has been considerably reduced by silting; revised capacity tables used after 

Sept. 30, 1946, and after Dec. 31, 1953. Total capacity at elevation, 1,435.00 ft 

{top of gates) is 4,400 cfs-days, of which 3,000 cfs-days is controlled storage above 

elevation 1,413.00 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for power. Records furnished 

by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Parksville Lake.--Lat 35°05'44 M J long 84°38'51", at Parksville Dam on ucoee River at

Parksville, Polk County, Tenn., 13f miles east of Cleveland, and at mile 11.9. Drainage area, 595 sq mi. Records available, June 1914 to September 1956. Prior to October 

1953, published as "Parksville (Ocoee No. 1) Reservoir." Indicator gage. Datum of 

gage is 6.89 ft (revised) above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936. Gage readings have been reduced to elevations above mean sea level. Maximum 

contents during year, 44,300 cfs-days Apr. 16 (elevation, 838.1 ft); minimum, 27,300 

cfs-days Jan. 27 (elevation, 817.7 ft). Maximum 12 p.m. contents during period 1914-56, 

53,300 cfs-days July 9, 1916; maximum 12 p.m. elevation, 840.2 ft (revised) Feb. 10 

1946; minimum contents, that of Jan. 27, 1956; minimum 12 p.m. elevation, 814.8 ft (revised) Dec. 14, 1934

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with 347 ft of spillway. Spillway is equipped 

with 4 floodgates 7 ft high by 20 ft wide and 265 ft of flashboards about 5 2/3 ft high. 

Crest of spillway is 1.0 ft lower under gates. Dam completed and storage began in 1911. 

Capacity of reservoir has been considerably reduced by silting; revised capacity table 

used after Oct. 31, 1952. Total capacity at elevation 837.55 ft, revised (about top 

of flashboards), is 43,700 cfs-days, of which 16,900 cfs-days is controlled storage 

above elevation 816.9 ft, revised (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for power. Records 

furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.
230 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin Continued

Chickamauga Lake. Lat 35°06'07", long 85°13'4S", at Chickamauga Dam on Tennessee River, 

5f miles northeast of Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn., 58.9 miles downstream from 

Watts Bar Dam, and at mile 471.0. Drainage area, 20,790 sq mi. Records available, 

October 1939 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean 

sea level, datum of 1929. Maximum 12 p.m. contents during year, 344,000 cfs-days 

Apr. 19; maximum elevation, 684.85 ft Apr. 19; minimum 12 p.m. contents, 193,000 cfsdays Dec. 16; minimum elevation, 674.68 ft Jan. 4. Maximum elevation during period 

1939-56, 685.37 ft May 20, 1950; minimum (after first filling), 673.27 ft Jan. 21, 1942. 

Contents based on backwater profile.

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with riprapped earth embankments. Spillway 

equipped with eighteen 2-section lift gates 40.44 ft high by 40 ft wide. Storage began 

Feb. 6, 1940; water in reservoir first reached minimum navigation pool elevation 

Mar. 10, 1940. Total level pool capacity at elevation 685.44 ft (top of gates) is 

355,600 cfs-days, of which 166,100 cfs-days is controlled flood storage above elevation 

675.0 ft (minimum navigation pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, 

and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Hales Bar Lake. Lat 35°02'48", long 85°22'19", at Hales Bar Dam on Tennessee River,

5ij miles southeast of Jasper, Marion County, Tenn., 8.5 miles upstream from Sequatchie 

River, 39.9 miles downstream from Chickamauga Dam, and at mile 431.1. Drainage area, 

21,790 sq mi. Records available, October 1914 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage 

recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment 

of 1936. Maximum 12 p.m. contents during year, 103,000 cfs-days Feb. 4; maximum elevation, 634.72 ft Nov. 24; minimum 12 p.m. contents, 68,000 cfs-days Jan. 19; minimum 

elevation, 631.63 ft Dec. 31. Maximum elevation during period 1914-56, 642.8 ft Mar. 8, 

1917; minimum (after first filling) 619.0 ft Apr. 16, 1918. Contents based on backwater 

profile.

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with earth embankments containing concrete core 

walls. Spillway with crest at 616.0 ft equipped with 17 taintor gates 19 ft high by 

40 ft wide, and 1 trash gate 5.5 ft high by 15 ft wide (prior to July 1948 spillway, 

with crest elevation at 626.25 ft, equipped with flashboards 3 ft high prior to July 

1944 and 5 ft high thereafter). Dam completed and storage began Oct. 13, 1913. Capacity of reservoir has been considerably reduced by silting. Total level pool capacity 

at elevation 634.0 ft (maximum allowable pool) is 77,800 cfs-days, of which 6,600 cfsdays is controlled flood storage' above elevation 632.0 ft (minimum navigation pool). 

Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by 

Tennessee Valley Authority.

Guntersvllle Lake. Lat 34°25'17", long 86°23'34", in powerhouse at Guntersville Dam on 

Tennessee River in sec. 14, T. 7 S., R. 2 E., 11 miles northwest of Guntersville, Ala., 

82.1 miles downstream from Hales Bar Dam, and at mile 349.0. Drainage area, 24,450 

sq mi. Records available, October 1938 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. 

Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Maximum 12 p.m. contents during year, 

569,000 cfs-days Feb. 4; maximum elevation, 595.39 ft Apr. 17; minimum 12 p.m. contents, 

434,000 cfs-days Sept. 7; minimum elevation, 592.39 ft Feb. 25. Maximum elevation 

during period 1939-56, 596.29 ft Mar. 2, 1944; minimum (after start of operation plan 

in April 1940), 591.65 ft Sept. 8, 1953. Contents based on backwater profile.

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with riprapped earth embankments. Spillway 

equipped with eighteen 2-section lift gates 40.44 ft high by 50 ft wide. Dam completed 

and storage began Jan. 16, 1939; water in reservoir first reached minimum navigation 

pool elevation Jan. 27, 1939. Total level pool capacity at elevation 595.44 ft (top of 

gates) is 513,600 cfs-days, of which 82,100 cfs-days is controlled flood storage above 

elevation 593.0 ft (minimum navigation pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood 

control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Woods Reservoir.--Lat 35°17'54", long 86°05'48", at Elk River Dam on Elk River, 1.2 miles 

upstream from Spring Creek, Z\ miles northeast of Estill Springs, Franklin County, Tenn., 

and 6.8 miles upstream from bridge on U. S. Highway 41A. Drainage area, 263 sq mi. 

Records available, May 1952 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of 

gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Maximum contents during year, 42 300 cfs-days Apr. 21 22 (elevation, 960.98 ft); minimum, 28,900 

cfs-days Nov. 25, 26 (elevation, 953.65 ft). Maximum contents during period 1952-56, 

that of Apr. 21, 22, 1956; minimum (after first filling), 26,300 cfs-days Nov. 8-11, 

1953 (elevation, 951.93 ft).

Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity and earth-fill type dam with riprapped embankments. Spillway equipped with 3 taintor gates 25 ft high by 50 ft wide and 2 sluice 

gates 6 ft high by 4 ft wide. Closure of dam was made May 1, 1952; water in reservoir 

first reached minimum pool elevation Feb. 6, 1953. Total capacity at elevation 962.0 

ft (surcharge pool) is 44.400 cfs-days of which 9,900 efs-days is controlled storage 

above elevation 957.0 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for cooling water, flood 

control, and recreational purposes. Records furnished by United States Air Force.

Wheeler Lake.--Lat 34°47'52", long 87°22'51", at Wheeler Dam on Tennessee River, in SW£ 

sec. 9, T. 3 S., R. 8 W., 0.8 mile (revised) upstream from Big Nance Creek, 30.1 miles 

(revised) downstream from Decatur, Ala., 74.1 miles downstream from Guntersville Dam, 

and at mile 274.9. Drainage area, 29,590 sq mi. Records available, October 1936 to 

September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum 

of 1929. Maximum 12 p.m. contents during year, 618,000 cfs-days Feb. 6; maximum elevation, 556.39 ft Apr. 18; minimum 12 p.m. contents, 409,000 cfs-days Dec. 25; minimum 

elevation, 549.77 ft Jan. 10. Maximum elevation during period 1936-56, 557.32 ft 

Mar. 1, 1944; minimum (after start of operation plan in August 1937), 548.92 ft Nov. 1, 

1937. Contents based on backwater profile.

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with 60 taintor gates 15 ft high by 40 ft wide 

and 2 trashway gates 6 ft high by 37.5 ft wide. Storage began Oct. 3, 1936; water in 

reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Dec. 10, 1936. Total level pool capacity 

at elevation 556.28 ft (top of gates) is 580,000 cfs-days of which 175,200 cfs-days is 

controlled flood storage above elevation 550.0 ft (ordinary minimum pool). Reservoir 

is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley 

Authority.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN 231 

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin Continued

Wilson Lake.--Lat 34°47'46", long 87°37'27", in SE£ sec. 18, T. 3 S., R. 10 W., at coolingwater intake at Wilson Dam on Tennessee River, 2.9 miles southeast of Florence, Ala., 

4.1 miles upstream from Cypress Creek, 15.5 miles downstream from Wheeler Dam, and at 

mile 259.4. Drainage area, 30,750 sq mi. Records available, August 1926 to September 

1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. 

Maximum contents during year, 327,600 cfs-days Apr. 20 (elevation, 507.87 ft); minimum, 

298,400 cfs-days Dec. 23 (elevation 504.16 ft). Maximum contents during period 1926- 

56, 329,200 cfs-days Apr. 20, 1954 (elevation, 508.07 ft); maximum elevation, 508.35 ft 

Feb. 11, 1948; minimum contents, 233,200 cfs-days, Apr. 6, 1927 (elevation, 501.3 ft).

Reservoir is formed by concrete gravity dam with fixed ogee crest. Spillway equipped 

with 58 Stoney gates 20.54 ft (18.77 ft prior to June 1941) high by 38 ft wide. Storage 

began Apr. 14, 1924. Revised capacity table used after Dec. 31, 1953. Total capacity 

at elevation 507.88 ft (top of gates) is 327,700 cfs-days of which 26,700 cfs-days is 

controlled storage above elevation 504.50 ft (minimum pool). Reservoir is used for 

navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Pickwick Lake.--Lat 35°04'16", long 88°15'04", at Pickwick Landing Dam on Tennessee River, 

If miles north of town of Pickwick Dam, Hardin County, Term., 6.1 miles upstream from 

Lick Creek, 52.7 miles (revised) downstream from Wilson Dam, and at mile 206.7. Drainage area, 32,820 sq mi. Records available, October 1937 to September 1956. Gage, 

water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Maximum 

12 p.m. contents during year, 513,000 cfs-days May 12; maximum elevation, 416.53 ft 

May 12; minimum 12 p.m. contents 341,000 .cfs-days Jan. 11; minimum elevation, 407.80 ft 

Jan. 10. Maximum elevation during period 1937-56, 419.49 ft Mar. 30, 1944; minimum 

(after first filling), 407.12 ft Dec. 18, 1944. Contents based on backwater profile.

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with riprapped earth embankments. Spillway 

equipped with twenty-two 2-section lift gates 40 ft high by 40 ft wide, one of which 

is used as a trash gate. Dam completed and storage began Feb. 8, 1938 (corrected); 

water in reservoir first reached minimum pool elevation Feb. 18, 1938. Total level pool 

capacity at elevation 418.0 ft (top of gates) is 550,200 cfs-days, of which 210,900 cfsdays is controlled flood storage above elevation 408.0 ft (minimum navigation pool). 

Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by 

Tennessee Valley Authority.

Kentucky Lake. Lat 37°00'45", long 88°16 t 12", at Kentucky Dam on Tennessee River at 

Gilbertsville, Marshall County, Ky., and at mile 22.4. Drainage area, 40,200 sq mi. 

Records available, July 1944 to September 1956. Gage, water-stage recorder. Datum of 

gage is at mean sea level, datum of 1929. Maximum 12 p.m. contents during year, 

1,541,000 cfs-days Feb. 7; maximum elevation, 360.05 ft May 6; minimum 12 p.m. contents, 

992,000 cfs-days Nov. 29; minimum elevation, 353.05 ft Feb. 27. Maximum elevation 

during period 1944-56, 368.81 ft Jan. 24, 1950; minimum (after first filling) 349.20 ft 

Jan. 22, 1947. Contents based on backwater profile.

Reservoir is formed by concrete dam with 24 lift gates 50 ft high by 40 ft wide. 

Storage began Aug. 16, 1944, and final closure was made Aug. 30, 1944. Water in reservoir reached minimum pool elevation Apr. 7, 1945. Total level pool capacity at elevation 375.0 ft (top of gates) is 3,026,300 cfs-days, of which 2,022,100 cfs-days is 

controlled storage above 354.0 ft (ordinary minimum pool). Reservoir is used for navigation, flood control, and power. Records furnished by Tennessee Valley Authority.

Other reservoirs. The following smaller reservoirs in the Tennessee River basin are 

described below, but records of contents are not published herein:

Burnett Lake on North Fork Swannanoa River near Black Mountain, N. C., with total capacity 

of 11,600 cfs-days, of which 8,900 cfs-days is controlled storage. Storage began 

Jan. 28, 1954.

Lake Walters on Pigeon River near Waterville, N. C., with total capacity of 12,700 cfsdays, of which 10,300 cfs-days is controlled storage. Storage began Oct. 27, 1929.

Davy Crockett Lake on Nolichucky River at Nolichucky Dam, Term. , with total capacity of 

8,070 cfs-days of which 4,060 cfs-days is controlled storage.

Tennessee Creek project lakes , Wolf Creek Lake on Wolf Creek and East Fork Lake on Tuckasegee River near Tuckasegee, N. C., with total capacity of 5,750 cfs-days, of which 

4,480 cfs-days is controlled storage. Storage began Mar. 22, 1955.

Bear Creek Lake on Tuckasegee River near Tuckasegee, N. C., with total capacity of 17,500 

cfs-days, of which 2,290 cfs-days is controlled storage. Storage began Oct. 9, 1953.

Cedar Cliff Lake on Tuckasegee River near Tuckasegee, N. C., with total capacity of 3 200 

cfs-days, of which 400 cfs-days is controlled storage. Storage began Apr. 26, 1952.

Cheoah Lake on Little Tennessee River at Cheoah, N. C., with total capacity of 17,700 cfsdays, of which 3,700 cfs-days is controlled storage. Storage began Dec. 8, 1918.

Calderwood Lake on Little Tennessee River at Calderwood, Term., with total capacity of 

20,800 cfs-days of which 2,060 cfs-days is controlled storage.
232 TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin Continued

Month-end elevation and contents, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Date

Dec. 31........

Calendar year 

1955.

Sept. 30. ... ....

Water year 

1955-56.

Date

Dec. 31........

Calendar year 

1955.

May 51........

Sept. 50.. ......

Water year 

1955-56.

Date

Oct. 51........

Calendar year 

1955.

Water year 

1955-56.

Date

Dec. 31........

Calendar year 

1955.

Mar. 31........

Sept. 30..... ...

Water year 

1955-56.

Douglas Lake

Elevation 

(feet)t

956.74 

952.48 

928.55 

921.08

-

916.2 

948.87 

961.67 

989.32 

993.40 

988.83 

985.08 

969.38 

953.20

-

Contents 

(cfsdays)

110,600 

91,000 

75,100 

50,600

-

58,100 

181,300 

280,100 

579,300 

634,900 

572,900 

525,100 

351,500 

212,000

-

Change 

In 

contents 

(cfsdays)

-19,600 

-15,900 

-24,500

-22,800

-12,500 

+143,200 

+98,800 

+299,200 

+55,600 

-62,000 

-47,800 

-173,600 

-139,500

+101,400

Boone Lake

1,376.42 

1,372.41 

1,367.55 

1,548.65

-

1,330.88 

1,367.21 

1,375.82 

1,378.70 

1,577.70 

1,579.10 

1,379.35 

1,379.46 

1,378.09

-

81,600 

74,500 

66,200 

41,000

-

24,200 

65,600 

80,400 

85,900 

84,000 

86,700 

87,200 

87,400 

84,700

-

-7,300 

-8,100 

-25,200

+16,600

-16,800 

+41,400 

+14,800 

+5,500 

-1,900 

+2,700 

+500 

+200 

-2,700

+3,100

Port Loudoun Lake*

811.52 

809.89 

808.33 

807.74

-

808 . 60 

806.97 

807.52 

813.08 

812.93 

812.39 

812.17 

811.82 

813.17

-

168,000 

158,000 

148,000 

144,000

-

150,000 

140,000 

143,000 

180,000 

179,000 

175,000 

174,000 

171,000 

181,000

-

-10,000 

-10,000 

-4,000

-5,000

+6 , 000 

-10,000 

+3,000 

+37,000 

-1,000 

-4,000 

-1,000 

-3,000 

+10,000

+13,000

Font ana Lake

1,608.49 

1,580.99 

1,545.53 

al,506.2

-

al,492.6 

1,591.12 

1,656.10 

1,676.28 

1,686.81 

1,686.94 

1,690.52 

1,679.46 

1,660.97

-

320,400 

249,900 

178,400 

118,100

-

101,000 

274,200 

407,000 

564,400 

612,200 

612,800 

629,700 

578,600 

499,800

-

-70,500 

-71,500 

-60,300

+7 , 900

-17,100 

+175,200 

+152,800 

+157,400 

+47,800 

+600 

+16,900 

-51,100 

-78,800

+179,400

South Holston Lake

Elevation 

(feet)t

1,655.42 

1,655.48 

1,625.78 

1,619.76

-

,620.70 

,656.30 

,682.84 

,706.50 

,712.94 

,710.81 

,710.73 

,703.81 

,689.45

-

Contents 

(cfsdays)

120,000 

86,400 

72,400 

64 , 500

-

65,700 

121,700 

179,000 

244,400 

264,900 

258,000 

257,700 

236,200 

195,800

-

Change 

In 

contents 

(cfsdays)

-33,600 

-14,000 

-7,900

+1 , 900

+1,200 

+56,000 

+57 , 300 

+65,400 

+20,500 

-6,900 

-300 

-21,500 

-40,400

+75,800

Fort Patrick Henry Lake

1,261.82 

1,261.02 

1,260.32 

1,260.01

-

1,261.12 

1,258.80 

1,259.36 

1,260.29 

1,261.38 

1,260.93 

1,261.65 

1,261.64 

1,261.87

-

15,100 

12,800 

12,700 

12,400

-

12,800 

11,800 

12,100 

12,500 

13,000 

12,800 

13,100 

15,100 

13,200

-

-500 

-100 

-500

+500

+400 

-1,000 

+500 

+400 

+500 

-200 

+500 

0 

+100

+100

Hantahala Lake**

2,851.04 

2,806.92 

2,782.56 

2,781.75

-

2,772.50 

2,815.85 

2,842.94 

2,857.22 

2,860.48 

2,861.31 

2,859.79 

2,863.57 

2,848.25

-

31,800 

20,900 

12,400 

12,200

-

9,500 

24,600 

38,100 

46,500 

48,600 

49,100 

48,100 

50 , 600 

41,100

-

-10,900 

-8,500 

-200

+3,000

-2,700 

+15,100 

+13,500 

+8,400 

+2,100 

+500 

-1,000 

+2,500 

-9,500

+9,300

Santeetlah Lake**

1,748.99 

1,748.74 

1,755.81 

1,752.26

-

1,750.93 

1,785.20 

1,793.82 

1,798.37 

1,790.63 

1,773.91 

1,763.74 

1,768.96 

1,771.25

-

16,600 

16,500 

19,100 

18,200

-

17,600 

42,200 

50,800 

55,800 

47,500 

32,400 

25,100 

28,700 

30,400

-

-100 

+2,600 

-900

-2,900

-600 

+42,200 

+8,600 

+5 , 000 

-8,300 

-15,100 

-7,300 

+3,600 

+1,700

+13,800

Watauga Lake

Elevation 

(feet)t

1,890.48 

1,866.25 

1,829.98 

1,825.59

-

1,823.38 

1,866.86 

1,887.28 

1,908.12 

1,915.72 

1,918.69 

1,924.53 

1,923.10 

1,920.63

-

Contents 

(cfsdays)

112,900 

72,400 

36,100 

55,000

-

31,400 

73,200 

106 , 900 

149,200 

166,700 

175,800 

188,200 

184,600 

178,500

-

Change 

In 

contents 

(cfsdays)

-40,500 

-36,300 

-3,100

+4,400

-1,600 

+41,800 

+53 , 700 

+42,300 

+17,500 

+7,100 

+14,400 

-3,600 

-6,100

+65,600

Cherokee Lake

1,017.62 

1,009.37 

998.07 

987.50

-

987.70 

1,055.06 

1,045.95 

1,064.55 

1,065.71 

1,060.44 

1,056.71 

1,046.00 

1,053.43

-

197,100 

152,500 

102,400 

66,300

-

66,900 

304,200 

420,700 

637,400 

653,300 

584,300 

538,700 

421,200 

307,200

-

-44,600 

-50,100 

-36,100

-55,400

+600 

+237,300 

+116,500 

+216,700 

+15,900 

-69,000 

-45,600 

-117,500 

-114,000

+110,100

Thorpe Lake**

3,065.70 

5,050.88 

5,036.68 

3,051.22

-

5,028.77 

3,044.44 

3,055.70 

5,064.10 

5,069.25 

3,072.44 

3,074.45 

3,075.41 

3,071.40

-

13,900 

8,600 

4,400 

3,200

-

2,800 

6,500 

10,400 

14,100 

16,600 

18,300 

19,400 

19,900 

17 , 700

-

-5,300 

-4,200 

-1,200

-600

-400 

+5,700 

+3,900 

+3,700 

+2,500 

+1,700 +i;ioo

+500 

-2,200

+3,800

Norris Lake

975.98 

956.45 

956.88 

952.65

-

924.08 

988.58 

996.71 

1,015.19 

1,014.87 

1,010.53 

1,006.14 

996.05 

984.64

-

450,500 

289,000 

174,400 

155,200

-

121,500 

585,500 

682,900 

951,900 

946,700 

874,800 

812,200 

674,200 

539,100

-

-161,500 

-114,600 

-19,200

-122,400

-35,900 

+462,200 

+99,400 

+269,000 

-5,200 

-71,900 

-62,600 

-158,000 

-155,100

+88,600

t Elevation at 12 p.m. 

t Contents based on backwater profile.

** Elevation Is above a local datum; see text for adjustment to datum of 1929, supplementary 

adjustment of 1956.

a Estimated from 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. observations.
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin Continued 

Month-end elevation and contents, water year October 1955 to September 1956

233

Date

Calendar year 

1955.

Sept. 30. .......

Water year 

1955-56.

Date

Calendar year 

1955.

AUK 31

Sept. 30. .......

Water year 

1955-56.

Date

Oct. 31........

Calendar year 

1955.

Sept. 30. . ......

Water year 

1955-56.

Date

Oct. 31........

Dec. 31........

Calendar year 

1955.

Sept. 30. .......

Water year 

1955-56.

Watts Bar Lake*

Elevation 

(feet)t

738.63 

737.38 

735.67 

735.31

-

739.16 

736.27 

736.06 

740.76 

740.80 

740.46 

740.21 

740.92 

740.43

-

Contents 

(cfsdays)

444,000 

421,000 

392,000 

386,000

-

453,000 

403,000 

400,000 

484,000 

485,000 

478,000 

474,000 

488,000 

478,000

-

Change

contents 

(cfsdays)

-23,000 

-29,000 

-6,000

-122,000

+67 , 000 

-50,000 

-3,000 

+84,000 

+1,000 

-7,000 

-4,000 

+14,000 

-10,000

+34,000

Hiwassee Lake

1,502.92 

1,485.28 

1,464.84 

1,442.17

-

1,436.46 

1,479.56 

1,482.95 

1,508.76 

1,518.68 

1,519.82 

1,519.15 

1,517.64 

1,498.01

-

156,300 

119,600 

86,800 

59,900

-

54,300 

109,500 

115,400 

170,500 

197,200 

200,500 

198,600 

194,200 

145,200

-

-36,700 

-32,800 

-26,900

-8,300

-5,600 

+55,200 

+5,900 

+55,100 

+26,700 

+3 , 300 

-1,900 

-4,400 

-49,000

-11,100

Ocoee No. 3 Lake

1,432.82 

1,432.41 

1,430.89 

1,430.99

-

1,427.66 

1,432.92 

1,431.12 

1,430.31 

1,429.84 

1,433.95 

1,433.50 

1,433.27 

1,422.30

-

3,800 

3,700 

3,300 

3,400

-

2,700 

3,800 

3,400 

3,200 

3,100 

4,100 

4,000 

3,900 

2,100

-

-100 

-400 

+100

+800

-700 

+1,100 

-400 

-200 

-100 

+1,000 

-100 

-100 

-1,800

-1,700

Hales Bar Lake*

633.09 

634.10 

633.75 

632.85

-

633.08 

633.00 

632.50 

634.10 

633.88 

633.32 

633.13 

634.22 

633.81

-

73,000 

76,000 

76,000 

71,000

-

75,000 

75,000 

73,000 

76,000 

75,000 

74,000 

74,000 

76,000 

76,000

-

+3,000 

0 

-5,000

-7,000

+4 , 000 

0 

-2,000 

+3 , 000 

-1,000 

-1,000 

0 

+2,000 

0

+3,000

Chatuge Lake

Elevation 

(feet)t

1,890.49 

1,880.55 

1,874.76 

1,861.96

-

*1,861.9 

1,886.74 

1,898.58 

1,908.58 

1,910.62 

1,907.43 

1,906.15 

1,894.29 

1,895.10

-

Contents 

(cfsdays)

36,000 

24,200 

18 , 900 

10,300

-

10,300 

31,100 

48,500 

68 , 400 

73,300 

65,900 

63,100 

41 , 500 

42,800

-

Change 

in 

contents 

(cfsdays)

-11,800 

-5,300 

-8,600

-73,800

0 

+20,800 

+17,400 

+19,900 

+4,900 

-7,400 

-2,800 

-21,600 

+1,100

+6,600

Apalachia Lake

1,267.85 

1,277.33 

1,277.03 

1,277.33

-

1,272.26 

1,279.53 

1,275.60 

1,278.26 

1,277.49 

1,278.50 

1,278.17 

1,277.57 

1,278.68

-

23,000 

28,000 

27,900 

28,000

-

25,300 

29,300 

27,100 

28,600 

28 , 100 

28 , 700 

28 , 500 

28 , 200 

28,800

-

+5,000 

-100 

+100

+1 , 400

-2,700 

+4,000 

-2,200 

+1,500 

-500 

+600 

-200 

-300 

+600

+5,800

Parksville Lake

834.3 

835.0 

828.4 

826.6

-

821.6 

831.1 

833.2 

832.0 

834.9 

835.4 

835.0 

834.2 

836.1

-

40,600 

41,200 

35,300 

33,800

-

30,000 

37,600 

39,500 

38 , 400 

41,100 

41,600 

41,200 

40,500 

42,300

-

+600 

-5,900 

-1,500

-2,400

-3,800 

+7 , 600 

+1 , 900 

-1,100 

+2,700 

+500 

-400 

-700 

+1,800

+1,700

Guntersville Lake*

593.41 

593.99 

593.27 

593.07

-

593.45 

593.35 

593.23 

594.72 

594.69 

594.50 

593.61 

592.95 

593.10

-

451,000 

470,000 

450,000 

438,000

-

461,000 

459,000 

449,000 

494,000 

492,000 

485,000 

460,000 

437,000 

444,000

-

+19,000 

-20,000 

-12,000

-65,000

+23,000 

-2,000 

-10,000 

+45,000 

-2,000 

-7,000 

-25,000 

-23,000 

+7 , 000

-7,000

Nottely Lake

Elevation 

(feet)t

1,775.59 

1,775.35 

1,775.42 

1,775.42

-

1,762.55 

1,755.73 

1,753.39 

1,759.74 

1,754.14 

1,749.56 

1,746.40 

1,724.41 

1,727.42

-

Contents 

(cfsdays)

83,900 

83,400 

83,500 

83,500

-

61,400 

51,800 

48,900 

57,300 

49,800 

44,400 

41,000 

22,400 

24,500

-

Change 

in 

contents 

(cfsdays)

-500 

+100 

0

+58,300

-22,100 

-9,600 

-2,900 

+8,400 

-7,500 

-5,400 

-3,400 

-18,600 

+2 , 100

-59,400

Blue Ridge Lake

1,648.40 

1,633.68 

1,619.46 

*1,599.4

-

1,592.54 

1,638.60 

1,662.84 

1,684.08 

1,686.96 

1,685.57 

1,684.11 

1,675.04 

1,664.66

-

44 , 600 

30,400 

21,500 

11,000

-

8,200 

36,300 

60,600 

90,100 

94,700 

92,400 

90,200 

76,600 

62 , 800

-

-14,200 

-8,900 

-10,500

-12,600

-2,800 

+28,100 

+24,300 

+29,500 

+4,600 

-2,300 

-2,200 

-13,600 

-13,800

+18 , 200

Chickamauga Lake*

679.66 

677.56 

676.45 

675.25

-

676.72 

675.84 

675.96 

682.40 

682.52 

682.40 

681.06 

679.66 

678.61

-

254,000 

224,000 

209,000 

195,000

-

213,000 

202,000 

203,000 

299,000 

302 , 000 

299,000 

276,000 

255,000 

242,000

-

-30,000 

-15,000 

-14,000

-37,000

+18,000 

-11,000 

+1,000 

+96,000 

+3,000 

-3,000 

-23,000 

-21,000 

-13,000

-12,000

Woods Reservoir

953.75 

953.73 

953.73 

953.72

-

954.58 

957.05 

957.14 

959.52 

959.30 

959.26 

959.06 

958.98 

958.02

-

29,100 

29,100 

29,100 

29,000

-

30,400 

34,700 

34,800 

39,300 

38 , 900 

38,800 

38 , 400 

38,300 

36,400

-

0 

0 

-100

-7,300

+1,400 

+4,300 

+100 

+4,500 

-400 

-100 

-400 

-100 

-1,900

+7,300

* Estimated.

t Elevation at 12 p.m.

t Contents based on backwater profile.

463897 O -58 -16
TENNESSEE RIVER BASIN

Reservoirs in Tennessee River basin Continued 

Month-end elevation and contents, water year October 1955 to September 1956

Date

Calendar year

1955.

Sept. 30. .......

Water year 

1955-56.

Date

Calendar year 

1955.

Sept. 30. .......

Water year 

1955-56.

Wheeler Lake*

Elevation 

(feet)t

552.43 

552.07 

551.05 

550.28

-

551.68 

550.10 

552.13 

555.90 

556.03 

555.60 

555.90 

554.14 

553.33

-

Contents 

(cfsdays)

463,000 

454,000 

435,000 

412,000

-

457,000 

424,000 

46E,000 

568,000 

573,000 

557,000 

511,000 

512,000 

492,000

-

Change 

in 

contents 

(cfsdays)

-9,000 

-19,000 

-23,000

-102,000

+45 , 000 

-33,000 

+38,000 

+106,000 

+5,000 

-16,000 

-46,000 

+1,000 

-20,000

+29,000

Kentucky Lake*

355.78 

355.01 

354.01 

354.36

-

357.25 

354.09 

355.20 

358.94 

358.89 

357.98 

357.14 

356.02 

355.06

-

1,113,000 

Ij047,000 

999,000 

1,007,000

-

1,289,000 

1,038 , 000 

1,078,000 

1,365,000 

1,347,000 

1,270,000 

1,211,000 

1,124,000 

1,060,000

-

-66,000 

-48,000 

+8 , 000

-87,000

+282,000 

-251,000 

+40,000 

+287,000 

-18,000 

-77,000 

-59,000 

-87,000 

-64,000

-53,000

Wilson Lake

Elevation 

(feet)t

506.84 

507 . 28 

507.01 

504.83

-

507.12 

505.32 

505.72 

507.27 

507.52 

506.88 

507.43 

506.15 

506.44

-

Contents 

(cfsdays)

319,300 

322,800 

321,100 

303,600

-

321,500 

307,300 

310,400 

322,700 

324,800 

319,600 

324,000 

313,800 

316,100

-

Change

contents 

(cfsdays)

+3,500

-1,700 

-17,500

-5,800

+17,900 

-14,200 

+3,100 

+12,300 

+2 , 100 

-5,200 

+4,400 

-10,200 

+2 , 300

-3,200

Pickwick Lake*

Elevation 

(feet)t

410.78 

410.11 

408 . 90 

408.70

-

408.48 

408 . 50 

412.33 

414.84 

413.80 

413.43 

412.30 

411.90 

411.15

-

Contents 

(cfsdays)

393,000 

381,000 

358,000 

352,000

-

353,000 

353 , 000 

425,000 

478,000 

456,000 

448,000 

424,000 

416,000 

401,000

-

Change

contents 

(cfsdays)

-12,000 

-23,000 

-6,000

-32,000

+1,000 

0 

+72,000 

+53,000 

-22,000 

-8,000 

-24,000 

-8,000 

-15,000

+8,000

t Elevation at 12 p.m.

* Contents based on backwater profile.
SPRIHGS IN TENNESSEE 235

In 1931, a minor drought year, a study was made of large springs in East Tennessee and 

the results published in WSP 713. From 1950 to 1954, a more detailed study, including 

some of those springs, was carried on in cooperation with the Ground Water Branch in connection with an investigation of the ground-water resources of the region. This study was 

made on a roving basis, the discharge of one group of springs being measured monthly for 

one year and then measurements made on another group for a year. During a round of meas 

urements in June 1954, measurements were made at many springs where regular monthly measurements had previously been discontinued. The results of measurements made were published annually in WSP 1173, 1206, 1236, 1276, and 1336. As some of the springs were 

measured during the drought year 1931, comparisons might be made to determine probable 

minimum flow of springs which were not measured in 1931. Many of these springs are used 

for municipal or industrial water supplies. Others do not have well sustained flow durii 

the dry season. Results of the discharge measurements show the characteristics of the 

springs and give good indication of the variation of the flow.

During the water year October 1955 to September 1956, measurements were made at 

several springs, most of which were measured during the 1950-54 study. The results, 

showing the yield and in most instances the water temperature, are given in the following table:

Discharge measurements, water year October 1955 to September 1956 

Grundy County

Spring Location

miles northeast

of Mount View.

Tributary to 

River.

Loudon County

Lambert. .....

Wilson. ......

3.3 miles southeast

of Loudon, Loudon

Co.

At county road culvert O.7 mile

south of New Hope

Church and 4J

miles north of

Sweetwater (Monroe County) .

Clear Branch to

Tennessee River.

Unnamed tributary

to Pond Creek to

Tennessee River.

Date

July 24

Nov. 9

Discharge

per

minute)

Temperature

(degrees

Fahrenheit)

Air Water

Remarks

292

835

82

63

59

58

-

Clear.

Stewart County

11' bed in

WSP 743 as

Israel

Spring) .

Brandon. .....

Bufford. .....

Carlisle. ....

Cox. .........

Gum. ....

Melton. ......

Pearl. .......

Sexton. ......

Shelby No. 1.

Shelby No. 2.

Unnamed. .....

87° 48 '47" , at outlet to swamp , 1-jf

miles northeast

of Bumpus Mills.

Lat 36°33'54", long

87°53'16", 6.0

miles north of

Dover.

Lat 36°28'10", long

87°50'45", 1.3

miles south of

Dover.

Lat 36°25'50", long

87°45'28" J at

Carlisle, 3.7

miles south of

Bear Spring.

Lat 36°26'33 , long

87°56'51", 6.8

miles southwest

of Dover.

Lat 36°29'19", long

87°45'56", 1.1

miles north of

Bear Spring.

Lat 36°34'15W , long

87°49'28", 2.5

miles south of

Bumpus Mills.

Lat 36° 23 '32", long

87°55'33", 5.35

miles north of

McKinnon (Houston County).

Lat 36°28'36 fl , long

87°51'24", 1.2

miles southwest

of Dover.

Lat 36°39'21", long

87°52'32", 1.2

miles northeast

of Tobaccoport.

Lat 36°39'22", long

87°52'31", 1.2

miles northeast

of Tocacco port.

Lat 36° 28 '48" , long

87°53'04", at

"The Spring

Grill," 2^ miles

west of Dover.

Cumberland River. . . .

Bufford Hollow to

Lick Creek to

Cumberland River.

South Cross Creek

to Cumberland

River.

Palmer Branch to

Standing Rock

Creek to Tennessee River.

Rattlesnake Hollow

to Crooked Slough

to Cumberland

River.

Hayes Fork to

Saline Creek.

North Pork Leatherwood Creek to

Tennessee River.

Indian Creek to

Cumberland River.

Shelby Creek to Cumberland River.

.... do ..............

Hinson Creek to

Hickman Creek to

Cumberland River.

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

332

9

0

126

22

81

18

13

637

957

265

64

-

-

-

81

-

81

79

-

56

55

-

56

58

57

56

57

57

57

60

Clear.

-

Water in

pool.

_

Clear.

-

Clear.

Clear.

-
236 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Roan Creek at Butler, Term.

Location, Lat 36°20'22", long 81°59'36", on right bank half a mile northeast of Butler, 

Johnson County, and 0.7 mile upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 166 sq mi.

Records available.--August 1900 to November 1901 and May 1934 to October 1948 (discontinued) In reports of Geological Survey. Revised records for 1900 to 1901 in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,826.78 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. August 1900 to November 1901 staff gage at

site half a mile downstream at different datum.

Average discharge.--15 years (1933-48), 163 cfs.

Extremes.--1934-48: Maximum discharge, 4,940 cfs Mar. 26, 1935 (gage height, 7.68 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 2,500 cfs, but may have been greater during floods in 

March and April 1934; maximum gage height, 10.09 ft Aug. 13, 1940, caused by backwater 

from Watauga River; minimum discharge, 17 cfs Jan. 6, 1942 (gage height, 0.02 ft), but 

may have been less during period of ice effect.

Revisions. The maximum discharge for the water year 1934 has been revised to 2,670 

cfs Aug. 4, 1934 (gage height, 5.18 ft), superseding figure published in WSP 758.

Remarks. Some diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplants above station.

Revisions. WSP 823: Drainage area. See also Records available. Revised figures of 

discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 1934-35, superseding those 

published in WSP 758 and 738, are given herewith:

Month

Calendar year 1934. ..........

Calendar year 1935. ..........

Maximum

-

3,390

Minimum

72

-

89

55

55

Mean

273

127

147

228

251

244

Per square 

mile

1.64

.765

.886

1.37

1.51

1.47

Runoff In 

inches

1.90

10.36

12.03

1.58

20.47

19.93
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 237

Watauga River at Butler, Term.

Location.~Lat 36°19'59", long 82°00'16", on right bank at Butler, Johnson County, 200 ft 

upstream from Earl Stout Mill, 1,000 ft downstream from highway bridge, and 1,100 ft 

downstream from Roan Creek.

Drainage area. 427 sq mi.

Records available. August 1900 to December 1901, and October 1920 to October 1948 (discontinued) in reports of Geological Survey. Records prior to October 1924 (prior to 

October 1921 revised) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,809.38 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

T929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Aug. 14, 1900, to Dec. 28, 1901, staff gage 

800 ft upstream at unknown datum. Nov. 6, 1920, to Aug. 12, 1927, chain gage and 

Aug. 13, 1927, to Sept. 30, 1931, staff gage, 1,000 ft upstream at datum 2.88 ft higher.

Average discharge.--29 years, 691 cfs.

Extremes. iaooT~ Maximum daily discharge during period, 3,050 cfs Sept. 17 (gage height, 

4.50 ft); minimum daily, 157 cfs Aug. 15, 19, 20, 29, Sept. 7-13.

1901: Maximum daily discharge during year, 31,400 cfs May 21 (gage height, 16.27 ft); 

minimum daily, 120 cfs Feb. 23, 24.

1902: Maximum daily discharge during period, 13,300 cfs Dec. 14 (gage height, 9.5ft); 

minimum daily, 890 cfs Oct. 9-12, Oct. 27 to Nov. 3, Nov. 24 to Dec. 9.

1900-1901, 1920-48: Maximum discharge, 71,500 cfs Aug. 13, 1940 (gage height, 

25.4 ft, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 14,000 cfs on basis of 

contracted-opening determination of peak flow; minimum, 76 cfs Feb. 10, 1934 (gage 

height, 0.21 ft).

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge and gage height for some water years 

have been revised, as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published 

in the water-supply papers indicated:

WSP

523

563

583

603

623

643

663

683

698

713

Water 

year

1921

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

Date

Feb

Mar

Jan

Apr

Jan

Feb

Nov

Mar

Oct

Apr

9,

16,

11,

28,

18,

22,

17,

5,

2,

22,

1921

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1927

1929

1929

1931

Discharge 

(cfs)

10,500

11,100

11,300

8,700

12,500

15,500

18,600

11,400

9,350

6,150

Gage height 

(feet)t

7.7

8.0

8.1

6.8

8.7

10.2

11.6

8.0

7.0

5.4

T Site and datum then in use; from graph based on 

gage readings.

;r yea

of discharge, for the water years 1900-1902, 1931, and 1935, superseding those published in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34, and in WSP 713 and 783, are given 

herein. Complete tables of discharge are given for the period August 1900 to December 1901, but only revised figures are given for the other water years.

Aug. 23, 1931............ 930

Sept. 9, 1935............ 1,040

Month

Calendar year 1935. ...........

Maximum

11,400

Minimum

198

Mean

853

Per square 

mile

Z.OO

Runoff in 

Inches

1.71

27.14

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1900

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Runol

Aug.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

^f in ir

Sept.

180

180

180

180

180

180

157

15?

iches. . . .

Day

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

Aug.

-

-

-

-

-

283

157

135

Sept.

157

157

157

157

157

405

405

1,360

Day

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Aug.

158

180

157

157

230

373

283

255

Sept.

3j_050

2,360

1,460

980

230

205

230

180

Day

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Aug.

180

180

180

180

157

476

311

_

_

_

-

Sept.

180

180

180

180

180

180

-

14,124

1.10

1.23
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 

Watauga River at Butler, Term. Continued

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1900 to September 1901

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

180

180

180

180

180

180

180

180

180

180

180

157

157

180

157

i35

135

135

135

135

135

135

27.500

12,200

3,050

810

515

3,050

2,360

2,360 

1,460

56,681

1,830

4.29

4.94

Nov.

4.970

3,860

665

562

810

665

515

515

476

476

476

440

373

341

341

341

341

341

311

311

311

311

311

311

311

4,590

2,360

1,260

1 , 260

735

28,890

963

2.26

2.52

Dec.

515

735

735

5.860

2,360

1,780

1,260

810

562

476

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341

341 

341

20,254

653

1.53

1.76

Jan.

515

515

515

440

373

341

341

341

341

476

515

7.860

3,860

2,760

1,890

1,260

890

890

890

562

515

440

373

373

373

373

373

373

373

373 

373

29,887

964

2.26

2.60

Feb.

373

373

373

1,050

515

515

440

373

1,610

. 1,210

1,050

1,050

735

515

515

515

515

440

373

205

157

157

120

120

157

205

341

341

-

14,343

512

1.20

1.25

Mar.

341

341

341

341

341

341

405

515

515

515

2,360

1,260

515

515

515

515

515

515

440

373

373

373

373

440

515

7.860

5,760

3,520

1,780

1,260

1 , 260

35,033

1,130

2.65

3.05

Apr.

1,260

9,96d

7,860

6,390

3,860

3,050

1,670

1,260

810

810

810

810

810

810

810

810

810

810

810

19,100

4,220

3,050

3,050

3,050

2,000

2,000

2,000

1,260

1,260

1,260

86,470

2,880

6.74

7.53

May

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,890

3,200

1,780

1,460

1,460

1,460

1,070

890

890

890

890

890

1,070

1,260

51 , 4QQ

16,' 800

3,860

3,200

3,050

1,890

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,670

1,260

94,800

3,060

7.17

8.26

June

1,260

1,260

,260

,260

,260

,260

,260

1 .800

,390

,050

,050

,890

,670

,260

,260

1,260

810

810

810

810

810

810

810

810

810

1,460

11,500

11,900

2,120

890

80,610

2,690

6.30

7.02

July

6,600

2,490

1,780

1,070

810

810

810

665

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515

515 

515

26,880

867

2.03

2.34

Aug.

515

515

515

515

515

.960

,040

,670

,070

810

,780

,120

,400

,050

,360

,230

,230

,560

,200

,360

,650

,360

,360

,780

,780

,780

,780

,780

,780

,780 

1,780

97,025

3,130

7.33

8.45

Sept.

1,780

1,360

980

980

980

980

980

980

980

980

980

1,260

1,260

980

980

5,050

1,890

1,360

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

2,120

1,780

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,260

1,070

39,050

1,300

3.04

3.40

Calendar year 190u : Max - 

Water year 1900-01 : Max 31,400

Mln - 

Min 12

Mean - 

Mean 1,670

Cfsm - 

Cfsm 3.91

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, 1901

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Oct.

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

1 , 050

970

970

890

890

Nov.

890

890

890

1,290

1,210

1,050

1,050

1,050

1,050

Dec.

890

890

890

890

890

890

890

3,360

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

Oct.

890

890

2,090

2,010

1,690

1,690

1,370

1,370

1,370

1,370

Nov.

,050

,050

,050

,050

,050

,050

1,050

i,or,o

1,050

1,050

Dec.

1,890

1,560

1,260

13,500

9,960

5,760

5,050

1,890

1,260

1,260

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total. ...................................................

Runoff in inches .........................................

Oct.

1,370

1,370

1,130

1,130

1,130

1,130

890

890

890

890

890

36,470

3.18

Nov.

1,050

1,050

1,050

890

890

890

890

890

890

890

-

30,860

E.69

Dec.

1,260

1,260

1,260

5,760

2,360

1,260

1,260

1,260

-

-

-

_

_

_

-
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 239

Brush Creek at Johnson City, Term.

Location. Lat 36°19'C2", long 82°20'59", on right bank at Carr Brothers Lumber Co., in 

Johnson City, Washington County, 200 ft upstream from Millard Street Bridge and half 

a mile downstream from Crane Creek.

Drainage area.--9.38 sq mi (revised).

Records available. June 1932 to December 1933 (discontinued).

Gage.--Staff gage. Altitude of gage is 1,615 ft (from topographic map).

Extremes. 1932: Maximum discharge during period June to September, 310 cfs July 22, 

Aug. 17 (gage height, 2.00 ft), from rating curve extended above 37 cfs on basis of 

slope-area determination at gage height 4.35 ft; minimum, 2.3 cfs Aug. 25 (gage height, 

0.22 ft).

1932-33: Maximum discharge during water year, 540 cfs July 20 (gage height, 2.70 ft), 

from rating curve extended above 37 cfs on basis of slope-area determination at gage 

height 4.35 ft; minimum, 2.0 cfs Sept. CO-30 (gage height, 0.19 ft).

1933: Maximum discharge during period October to December, 40 cfs Nov. 13 (gage 

height, 0.70 ft); minimum, 1.6 cfs many days in October and November (gage height, 

0.18 ft).

Flood of Aug. 9, 1938, reached a stage of 4.35 ft, from floodmarks (discharge, 

1,250 cfs, from rating curve extended above 37 cfs on basis of slope-area determination 

of peak flow).

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge for the water years 1932-34, superseding those 

published in WSP 743 and 758, are given herein.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, June to September 1932

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6.0

6.0

5.6

6.5

6.0

5.6

6.0

6.0

5.6

5.2

15

19

63

7.0 

6.0

-

-

-

-

July

5.E

5 . L

4.4

46

7.0

11

6.0

7.0

6.0

4.8

5.2

5.2

5.2

22

4.4

1^1

40

6.5

5.2

5.2

5.2

115

4.4

4.1

4.4

4.4

4.8

5.E

5.2 

4.4

4.4

366.7

11.8

1.26

1.45

Aug.

4.8

4.4

4-. 4

4.1

3.7

3.7

3.7

4.1

4.1

8.6

2.6

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.3

3.0

310

22

3.7

3.3

3.3

3.0

3.0

2.6

1^3

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6 

2.6

2.6

432.3

13.9

1.48

1.71

Sept.

. 6

.6

.6

. 6

.6

.6

.6

. 6

.6

.6

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

5.2

43

5.2

4.4 

3.7

132.5

4.42

0.471

0.53

Calendar year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.

Water year : Max Min Mean Cfsm In.
240 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Brush Creek at Johnson City, Term. Continued 

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1932 to September 1933

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

8.0

3.0

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

2.6

ZJi

2.3

2.3

2.3

3fi

2.3

11

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

16

3.7

3.7

3.0

3.0

3.0

140.3

4.53

0.483

0.56

Nov.

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

9.2

3.7

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.6

6.0

5.2

3.0

3.0

3.0

2.6

3.3

3.3

3.3

3.7

3.7

103.6

3.45

0.368

0.41

Dec.

3.7

3.7

3.7

3.3

5.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

3.0

11

17

15

38

17

15

15

14

14

14

14

14

14

15

19

28

40

105

54

35

43

583.4

18.8

2.00

2.31

Jan.

28

24

24

24

24

19

28

40

51

28

28

24

21

21

20

19

19

17

17

17

15

15

15

15

35

17

17

17

17

17

17

690

22.3

2.38

2.74

Feb.

19

19

28

28

28

40

40

40

40

54

69

86

86

86

125

86

86

40

40

86

69

36

30

28

26

24

21

21

-

1,381

49.3

5.26

5.48

Mar.

21

19

19

19

17

17

17

17

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

16

57

25

19

19

17

16

16

16

14

12

12

12

11

11

547

17.6

1.88

2.17

Apr.

11

11

12

12

11

11

11

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

11

51

17

11

11

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

9.

11

355.9

11.9

1.27

1.41

May

14

12

11

9.7

8.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

7.5

32

105

54

47

30

21

16

12

12

12

50

16

11

10

10

11

9.7

57

10

9.7

16

9.7

646.3

20.8

2.22

2.56

June

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.5

8.0

7.5

7.0

6.6

6.6

32

6.6

8.0

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.6

6.2

6.2

5.7

5.7

5.7

11

12

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.7

5.7

240.7

8.02

0.855

0.95

July

5.7

5.7

5.7

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.4

4.0

4.0

22

7.5

4.8

4.4

4.4

4.4

101

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3,1

16

4.4

4.0

10

8.5

276.9

8.93

0.952

1.10

Aug.

4.0

4.0

3.2

4.4

4.4

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

10

4.8

4.4

15

6.6

4.0

4.0

4.0

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

li

5.2

3.6

157.8

5.09

0.543

0.63

Sept.

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

24

4.0

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.6

3.2

2.8

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

1*0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

105.2

3.51

0.374

0.42

Calendar year 1932: Max - Min - Mean - Cfsm - In.

Water year 1932-33: Max 125 Min 2.0 Mean 14.3 Cfsm 1.52 In. 20.74

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, October to December 1933

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29 

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Caler

Watei

Oct.

1.6

1.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

3.2

2.8

2.4

2.4

2.0

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6 

1.6

1.6

54.4

1.75

0.187

0.22

idar yeai

- year

Nov.

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

1.6

1.6

1.6

li

2.4

2.0

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

1.6

7.0

2.4

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0 

2.0

72.6

2.42

0.258

0.29

 1933: li

: I

Dec .

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

2.0

6.6

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

6.6

2.8

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

3.2

4.8

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

2.4

16

6.2

4.4

3.2

p ft 2.8

105.4

3.40

0.362

0.42

tax 125

1ax

Jan.

f

t

Feb.

lin 1.6

lin

Mar.

Mes

Mes

Apr.

n 12.7

n

May

Cfsc

Cfsii

June

n 1.35

n

July

In. IE

In.

Aug.

.39

Sept.
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 241

Big Creek near Rogersvllle, Tenn.

Location. Lat 36°25'34", long 82°57'07", on left bank 300 ft upstream from county bridge,

2.0 miles upstream from mouth, and 3.0 miles northeast of Rogersville, Hawkins County. 

Drainage area.--47.3 sq mi.

Records available. April 1941 to June 1949 (discontinued).

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Altitude of gage is 1,130 ft (from topographic map). 

Average discharge. 7 years (1941-48), 55.0 cfs. 

Extremes. 1941-49; Maximum discharge, 3,060 cfs Jan. 20, 1947 (gage height, 6.59 ft);

minimum, 2.6 cfs Sept. 25, 26, Oct. 9, 1941; minimum gage height, 1.32 ft Sept. 19,

Oct. 2, 1941. 

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water year

1945, superseding those published in WSP 1033, are given herewith:

July 15, 1945........... 113

Month

Water year 1944-45. 

Calendar year 1945.

Cfs-days

20,572.1 

21,273.1

Maximum

1,020 

1,020

Minimum

4.3 

4.3

Mean

56.4 

58.3

Per square

mile

1.19 

1.23

Runoff In 

Inches

0.51

16.15 

16.71

Little River near Walland, Tenn.

Location.--Lat 35°45'48", long 83°51'00", on right bank, 0.4 mile upstream from bridge on

State Highway 73, 1.0 mile upstream from Ellejoy Creek, 3 miles downstream from Walland,

Blount County, and at mile 20.7. 

Drainage area. 192 sq mi.

Records available. July 1931 to April 1952 (discontinued). 

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 877.36 ft above mean sea level, datum of

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Average discharge. 20 years (1931-51), 371 cfs. 

Extremes. 1931-52: Maximum discharge, 17,600 cfs Mar. 29, 1951 (gage height, 14.88 ft);

minimum (revised), 8.2 cfs Oct. 9, 1948 (gage height, 0.66 ft); minimum daily, 25 cfs

Oct. 22, 1939.

Revisions. The figure of minimum discharge for some water years have been revised,

as shown In the following table. They supersede those published in the water-supply

papers indicated.

WSP

713 

728 

743

Water 

year

1931 

1932 

1933

Date

Sept 

Sept 

Oct.

30, 1931 

23, 1932 

1, 3, 4, 1932

Discharge 

(cfs)

38 

22 

33

Gage height 

(feet)

1.15 

.96 

1.11

Remarks. Diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by small mills above station.

Revisions (water years).--WSP 743: 1932(M). WSP 783: 1934. WSP 823: Drainage area. 

Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 1932 and 

1942, superseding those published in WSP 728, and 953, and revised peak discharge for 

the water year 1947, superseding figure published in WSP 1083, are given herewith:

Date

1932

Sept. 1

2

3

4

8

9

10

11

Discharge

45

45

48

47

50

52

49

38

Date

1932-Con.

Sept. 12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Discharge

49

44

45

37

42

39

36

45

Date

1932-Con.

Sept. 20

21

22

24

1941

Nov. 24

25

Discharge

39

44

42

38

249

158

Month

Calendar year 1932. ......

Water year 1941-42 .......

Cfs-days

_

-

114,545

Maximum

5,900

2,480

Minimum

30

32

Mean

476

314

Per square 

mile

2.48

1.64

Runoff In 

Inches

33.72

22.20

Revised peak discharge. 1946-47: Jan. 18 (12 m.) 3,810 cfs.
242 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Nantahala River at Almond, N. C.

Location,--Lat 35°22'32", long 83°33'59", at highway bridge at Almond, Swain County, 

O.b mile (revised) upstream from mouth.

Drainage area.--174 sq mi.

Records_available.--April 1912 to December 1917 and October 1920 to September 1943 (discontinued) in reports of Geological Survey. Monthly discharge only for some periods, 

published in WSP 1306. April 1912 to December 1924 in Tennessee Division of Geology 

Bulletin 34 and April 1912 to December 1923 in North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34.

Gage. Water-stage recorder at described site after June 5, 1934. Datum of gage is 

1,596.53 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. 

Apr. 16, 1912, to Dec. 31, 1913, staff gage at site 900 ft downstream at different datum. 

Jan. 1, 1914, to Nov. 30, 1917, water-stage recorder 1,100 ft downstream at datum 

1,473.47 ft lower. Jan. 31, 1921, to June 5, 1934, staff gage 700 ft downstream at 

datum 2.34 ft lower.

Average discharge.--28 years (1912-17, 1920-43), 509 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes.--The maximum and minimum discharges for the water years 1921-32, 1934, some of 

which have been revised, are given In the following table. The maximum discharges for 

the water years IB"~2, 1927, and 1933, published in WSP 543, 643, and 743, are considered 

to be In error owing to backwater from Little Tennessee River and should not be used.

WSP

523

543

563

583

603

623

643

663

683

698

713

728

758

Water 

year

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1934

Maximum

Date

Feb. 10, 1921

-

Dec. 17, 1922

Jan. 11, 1924

Dec. 8, 1924

Jan. 18, 1926

-

Mar. 30, 1928

Sept. 26, 1929

Nov. 3, 1929

Apr. 4, 1931

Apr. 30, 1932

Mar. 3, 1934

Discharge 

(cfs)

15,190

(a)

t6,030

t3,980

t5,610

t3,780

(a)

t9,790

t6,910

t3,780

13,590

t5,820

19,790

Gage height 

(feet)

4.8

-

g5.2

4.2

g5.0

g4.1

6.80

5 .62

g4.14

g4.0

g5.10

g6.8

Minimum

Date

Sept. 23 ,24,1921

Sept. 25, 1922

Nov. 29, 1922

Nov. 21, 1923

-

Oct. 2, 1925

Oct.22,23,1926

-

-

-

-

-

-

Discharge 

(cfs)

190

150

115

t!42

-

84

161

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gage height 

(feet)

0.9

.80

.70

.78

-

.56

.84

-

-

-

-

-

-

t Revised.

a Previously published figure discredited.

g From graph based on gage readings.

1912-17, 1920-43: Maximum discharge not determined but probably occurred Mar. 4, 

1917; minimum, 28 cfs Jan. 2, 1940 (gage height, 0.20 ft), result of freezup; minimum 

daily, 70 cfs Jan. 2, 1940.

Remarks . Records good except those prior to June 5, 1934, which are fair. Slight diurnal 

fluctuation caused by mills above station. Considerable diurnal fluctuation caused by 

Nantahala Lake powerplant, and considerable regulation beginning Jan. 30, 1942, by 

Nantahala Lake (see p. 22?).

Cooperation. Records for the period 1912-1? computed by Knoxville Power Co. and reviewed 

by Geological Survey.

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, In cubic feet per second, for the water years 

1921-27 and 1933, superseding those published in North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development Bulletin 34, in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34, and in 

WSP 523, 543, 563, 583, 603, 623, 643, and 743, are given herein. Complete tables of 

daily discharges are given for water years 1921-24 and 1926-27, but only revised discharges are given for other water years.

Date

1924

Dec. 7

8

9

10

11

12

13

24

25

26

27

2B

29

Discharge

405

2,080

1,340

638

498

405

350

976

755

530

465

405

378

Date

1924-Con.

Dec. 30

31

1925

Jan. I

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Discharge

530

1,100

1,650

965

755

675

565

530

465

465

675

Date

1925-Con.

Jan. lo

II

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19

20

21

22

Discharge

1,310

1,670

1,360

1,060

878

755

920

965

1,800

1,800

1,480

1,200

1,060

Date

1925-Con.

Jan. 23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

1932

Dec. 28

29

Discharge

920

835

755

715

675

638

600

565

530

6,600

4,000

Month

Calendar year 1924. ............

Water year 1924-25. ............

Water year 1932-33. ............

Maximum

2,240

2,080

6,600

Minimum

125

79

105

Mean

482

347

684

Per square 

mile

2.77

1.99

3.93

Runoff in 

inches

3.14

37.71

27.02

53.84

53.37
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 243

Nantahala River at Almond, N. C. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1920 to September 1921

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

_

e294

1.69

1.95

Nov.

_

e350

2.01

2.25

Dec.

_

e955

5.49

6.33

Jan.

_

e754

4.33

4.99

Feb.

560

560

*500

500

611

560

500

862

1,650

5,580

2,480

1,540

1,200

1,010

920

840

760

725

690

1,540

1,010

840

840

760

760

690

760

690

-

27,938

998

5.74

5.97

Mar.

655

620

620

590

560

560

530

530

530

560

500

500

500

472

445

445

445

445

445

418

418

418

418

620

690

560

500

500

445

445

472

15,856

511

2.94

3.39

Apr.

620

500

500

472

445

445

418

445

445

390

390

390

362

*379

500

620

1,420

880

690

620

560

560

840

620

620

560

690

620

620

560

17,1B1

573

3.29

3.67

May

530

560

590

530

560

500

445

445

445

445

655

620

880

690

620

620

560

500

500

500

880

760

690

620

560

560

530

500

500

472 

445

17,712

571

5.28

3.79

June

445

418

418

390

445

418

390

362

379

445

362

346

335

335

346

379

362

335

310

346

310

310

310

335

379

418

325

295

310

390

10,948

365

2.10

2.34

July

295

275

285

285

245

*285

245

245

285

275

260

285

245

295

245

530

285

445

285

560

500

472

390

325

295

346

295

325

285

285 

310

9,983

322

1.85

2.13

Aug.

245

235

472

325

*346

418

346

445

*325

295

285

295

310

295

346

445

560

445

379

335

310

325

500

472

379

500

390

346

310

295 

295

11,269

364

2.09

2.41

Sept.

335

285

260

260

245

235

235

310

285

235

245

235

226

212

212

212

212

212

199

*226

212

235

199

190

235

56Q

390

295

245

500

7,937

265

1.52

1.70

Calendar year 1920 : Max - Min - Mean 746 Cfsm 4.29 In. 58.37

Water year 1920-21 : Max - Mln - Mean 524 Cfsm 3.01 In. 40.92

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

e Estimated on basis of records for stations on nearby streams.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1921 to September 1922

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

IB

19 

20

21

22

23

24

25

2S

27

2B

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

362

285

560

390

325

285

260

260

245

235

*226

212

212

212

212

212

212

199

190 

190

190

190

190

190

190

190

190

199

*182

295 

245

7,535

243

1.40

1.61

Nov.

445

445

295

260

245

235

235

226

285

285

235

235

235

560

500

432

1,080

620

690 

840

655

560

500

445

472

445

B40

1.150

840

690

14,980

499

2.87

3.20

Dec.

620

1,140

920

B80

760

690

620

560

560

500

500

472

445

445

418

390

445

760

530 

500

500

445

445

912

1 . 520

920

760

690

*655

590

560

20,152

650

3.74

4.31

Jan.

560

500

500

500

620

560

500

800

760

690

1,100

880

760

690

655

725

690

655

2,830 

C2.600

c6. OOP

c3,000

*c2,000

1,940

1,600

1,420

1,260

1,100

1,010

920

840

38,665

1,247

7.17

8.26

Feb.

840

920

840

760

1,200

920

920

800

760

840

840

800

760

945

2.680

1,880

1,360

1,150

1,010 

920

920

840

840

760

725

760

840

760

-

27,590

985

5.66

5.90

Mar.

840

2,870

1,600

1,200

1,010

*920

1,540

1,100

1,010

2.950

2,540

1,670

1,360

1,200

2,080

1,420

1,310

1,100

1,260 

1,420

1,200

1,100

1,010

920

880

840

1,670

1,540

1,420

1,200

1,480

43,660

1,408

8.09

9.33

Apr.

1,480

1,310

1,100

1,010

1,010

1,310

1,010

920

920

920

965

840

800

760

760

760

725

1,200

1.540 

1,310

1,100

1,010

920

840

760

840

800

1,010

965

840

29,735

991

5.70

6.36

May

BOO

760

1,010

1.670

1,420

1,310

1,100

1,010

920

840

965

840

800

760

725

840

760

760

760 

690

725

725

760

840

800

760

725

690

655

655

26,695

861

4.95

5.71

June

620

880

800

800

760

840

800

760

690

655

620

620

590

1.100

655

620

590

560

590 

560

560

530

500

472

445

445

445

445

500

445

18,897

630

3.62

4.04

July

445

472

620

500

445

472

445

445

500

390

390

390

390

500

500

560

445

530

445 

445

445

445

418

500

390

390

500

500

418

579

390

14,104

455

2.61

3.01

Aug.

362

335

325

310

310

285

285

362

346

285

445

*295

275

260

285

275

295

260

260 

235

235

235

235

235

245

325

260

235

212

212

212

8,731

282

1.62

1.87

Sept.

199

190

190

199

285

199

190

190

182

182

310

346

190

182

190

182

182

212

190 

182

235

190

182

170

I52.

190

245

182

170

170

6,056

202

1.16

1.29

Calendar year 1921: Max 3,580 Min 182 Mean 506 Cfsm 2.91 In. 39.51

Water year 1921-22: Max 6,000 Min 150 Mean 704 Cfsm 4.05 In. 54. B9

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

c Baclcwater from Little Tennessee River.
244 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Nantahala River at Almond, N. C. Continued

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1922 to September 1923

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17 

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30 

31

Testa 1

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

170

150

150

150

132

170

295

335

199

170

158

150

150

150

170

170

170 

170

150

143

132

132

190

325

182

158

150

150

150

150 

150

5,371

173

0.994

1.15

Nov.

143

132

150

132

132

132

150

143

132

132

132

132

132

132

158

a!80

158

150

199

212

170

150

150

150

143

132

150

170

143

4,479

149

0.856

0.96

Dec.

182

500

1,420

840

560

445

390

472

760

725

560

530

500

500

1,870

1,320

5.720 

2,270

1,260

920

760

690

620

560

560

500

500

760

560

595

26,349

850

4.89

5.63

Jan.

1,580

965

840

690

655

620

590

620

560

530

500

500

472

472

840

590

560 

530

530

560

500

560

865

1.850

1,100

920

840

1,010

840

840 

1,060

23,589

761

4.37

5.04

Feb.

920

1,150

1,310

1,480

2,230

1,670

1,310

1,100

1,010

1,010

920

840

2.860

1,940

1,420

1,200

1,060 

1,010

880

840

760

760

690

620

620

655

920

690

-

31,875

1,138

6.54

6.81

Mar.

690

620

620

655

620

655

1,200

840

760

725

1,010

1,010

1,480

1,200

1,010

1,670

2.080 

1,480

1,420

1,150

1,010

965

1,010

965

920

840

800

760

690

690

30,235

975

5.60

6.46

Apr.

620

620

690

760

840

760

690

760

690

655

620

620

1,400

1.540

1,100

920

840 

840

760

690

690

690

620

690

620

620

620

725

760

690

23,140

771

4.43

4.95

May

620

620

590

590

590

560

560

690

620

590

560

560

760

620

690

1,600

1,060 

880

800

1,150

1,100

920

920

1,010

920

1,010

920

1,100

1,480

2.080 

1,670

27,840

898

5.16

5.95

June

1,360

1,100

1,010

920

1,010

840

840

840

760

725

800

1 . 420

*1,100

920

800

760

725 

655

620

620

590

590

800

655

690

590

560

800

725

590

24,415

814

4.68

5.22

July

560

530

560

760

590

620

590

590

560

500

472

472

472

560

472

472

590 

530

472

445

418

390

418

384

445

379

562

390

620

418 

379

15,420

497

2.86

3.30

Aug.

390

445

390

379

390

374

590

472

560

530

472

445

445

418

384

368

352 

655

500

390

368

472

500

*445

384

368

346

346

445 zco

GO£

530

13,305

429

2.47

2.84

Sept.

550

525

357

346

362

325

525

325

310

280

255

255

250

240

235

255

235 

226

255

235

515

255

255

250

226

250

260

226

212

217

8,092

270

1.55

1.75

Calendar year 1922: Max 6,000 Min 132 Mean 686 Cfsm 3.94 In. 53.51

Water year 1922-23: Max 3,720 Min 132 Mean 641 Cfsm 3.68 In. 50.04

* Discharge measurement made on this day.

a Doubtful or no gage-height record; discharge estimated on basis of records for Little Tennessee 

River at Franklin and Judson.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1925 to September 1924

Day

1

2

5

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18 

19

20

21

22

25

24

25

26

27

28

29

50 

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

204

194

190

186

182

182

182

178

174

174

174

166

166

166

166

166

174

182

300

250

186

194

186

174

*166

166

162

166

158

174

240

5,728

185

1.06

1.2E

Nov.

174

162

158

352

315

226

212

186

170

170

170

166

166

158

158

158

154

158 

150

150

146

150

368

255

186

190

310

208

204

505

6,035

201

1.16

1.29

Dec.

240

217

208

280

840

600

405

550

550

510

340

296

282

455

540

455

405

350 

335

*535

325

310

675

465

435

405

405

755

675

530

715

15,048

421

2.42

2.79

Jan.

1,200

1,330

2.240

1,800

1,200

920

855

675

658

600

2,000

1,200

965

855

755

1,440

1,200

965 

878

795

715

675

638

755

878

715

658

600

600

638

565

29,888

964

5.54

6.39

Feb.

565

530

530

498

675

550

530

498

465

465

435

465

435

435

405

405

405

465 

638

1.420

878

715

658

600

565

600

1,010

835

*755

17,390

600

5.45

5.72

Mar.

675

675

600

600

1.740

1,480

1,100

920

835

835

755

675

638

675

*600

565

565

600 

600

675

920

755

675

675

600

600

565

565

638

675

565

23,041

743

4.27

4.92

Apr.

565

530

498

565

795

675

600

565

565

638

715

715

658

600

638

600

565

1.770 

1,510

1,010

878

795

715

675

658

600

658

565

530

965

21,556

719

4.13

4.61

May

*715

638

600

565

530

530

530

600

530

675

1.100

965

795

755

715

*638

600

565 

550

498

530

498

465

465

498

455

878

920

795

755 

638

19,951

644

5.70

4.26

June

600

600

530

530

498

465

465

465

435

498

638

498

465

530

435

465

405

405 

378

350

350

340

340

340

340

330

405

315

310

405

13,130

438

2.52

2.81

July

505

500

296

550

525

405

378

350

350

320

310

378

835

498

405

550

550

510 

500

505

278

273

255

286

255

286

247

239

291

231 

225

10,264

551

1.90

2.19

Aug.

291

247

498

255

239

255

278

239

231

223

208

310

227

212

201

201

231

201 

184

180

180

180

215

212

180

184

174

170

167

167

Mi

6,904

223

1.28

1.48

Sept.

167

255

259

177

167

161

158

154

545

184

161

154

148

154

161

154

154

154 

161

552

540

872

465

296

275

405

405

350

465

465

8,256

275

1.58

1.76

Calendar year 1923 : Max 2,860 Min 146 Mean 610 Cfsm 5.51 In. 47.60

Water year 1923-24: Max 2,240 Min 146 Mean 479 Cfsm 2.75 In. 57.44

Discharge measurement made on this day.
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 

Nantahala River at Almond, N. C. Continued 

Discharge, In cubic feet per second, water year October 1925 to September 1936

245

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

86

88

142

109

158

98

93

93

114

98

88

88

93

148

300

161

170

180

125

106

101

98

98

320

920

305

194

158

136

134

148

5,150

166

0.954

1.10

Nov.

148

223

187

154

145

121

145

1.000

498

305

247

330

565

378

310

378

282

255

239

247

208

208

201

190

187

231

498

405

320

282

8,900

297

1.71

1.90

Dec.

268

247

239

231

405

282

260

247

239

231

227

215

208

235

320

330

291

264

255

345

310

350

296

273

278

264

247

240

220

220

220

8,257

266

1.53

1.76

Jan.

200

200

255

675

1,200

755

565

530

435

378

378

340

320

286

305

268

320

2.100

1,150

835

715

920

675

600

565

530

498

465

435

405

530

17,833

575

3.30

3.81

Feb.

600

498

715

675

600

530

498

465

435

435

405

405

378

600

465

405

405

465

1.150

795

675

600

565

498

878

675

638

565

-

16,018

572

3.29

3.42

Mar.

565

600

498

498

465

465

1.620

1,010

795

715

715

638

638

530

565

530

498

498

498

49B

498

465

638

530

498

565

498

465

465

465

878

18,804

607

3.49

4.02

Apr.

600

565

530

498

465

465

530

1.100

920

795

795

675

835

715

675

638

600

565

530

498

498

465

530

498

465

435

405

*405

405

576

17,478

583

3.35

3.74

May

378

378

435

405

378

350

350

350

340

345

335

350

320

320

350

198

350

340

330

335

320

300

296

286

278

273

264

273

273

264

255

10,319

333

1.91

2.21

June

268

255

247

260

273

247

227

231

255

219

215

208

208

208

544

243

251

243

251

435

251

247

278

231

204

212

212

227

194

184

7,528

251

1.44

1.61

July

177

177

177

177

223

194

227

180

190

170

167

154

151

151

145

139

139

139

134

131

128

139

198

190

177

180

164

278

204

345

286

5,631

182

1.05

1.20

Aug.

565

378

296

260

243

255

264

194

184

167

177

219

177

198

215

187

320

251

330

435

378

310

264

638

855

565

435

350

310

286

268

9,954

321

1.84

2.13

Sept.

278

264

231

291

243

239

260

235

305

282

243

219

212

215

235

273

212

198

190

184

190

208

219

204

184

177

177

177

177

190

6,712

224

1.29

1.43

Calendar year 1925 : Max 1,800 Min 79 Mean 336 Cfsm 1.93 In. 26.21

Water year 1925-26 : Max 2,100 Min 86 Mean 363 Cfsm 2.09 In. 28.33

Discharge measurement made on this day.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, water year October 1926 to September 1927

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Total

Mean

Cfsm

In.

Oct.

251

184

177

167

227

247

170

164

154

158

164

180

194

212

170

177

*208

174

158

158

151

145

145

161

296

187

174

161

158

158

198

5,628

182

1.05

1.20

Nov.

215

177

170

164

158

158

158

158

795

508

305

260

243

235

498

1.150

675

715

565

498

435

378

378

350

350

729

715

530

465

435

12,570

419

2.41

2.69

Dec.

405

378

350

350

330

325

525

335

498

530

435

465

1,890

1,480

1,130

880

755

678

602

530

640

1,520

975

1,130

c2,400

C3.600

cl,800

c3,000

C2.400

c2,000

1,660

33,776

1,090

6.26

7.22

Jan.

1.420

1,180

1,020

975

838

795

715

678

640

640

565

565

530

795

565

495

565

495

495

495

495

462

462

462

462

495

565

495

715

640

678

20,397

658

3.78

4.36

Feb.

602

602

565

530

495

495

602

565

565

602

565

565

1,340

1,420

975

838

755

715

678

715

640

602

2.450

1,660

1,300

1,080

928

838

-

23,667

845

4.86

5.06

Calendar year 1926: Max 3,600 Min 128

Mar.

795

795

715

678

678

795

1,120

2.600

2,200

1,790

*1,420

1,240

1,130

1,420

1,130

1,020

975

880

838

795

795

838

715

715

678

640

640

602

565

f?f\n b(J£

755

30,559

986

5.67

6.53

Apr.

715

678

602

602

640

640

602

565

640

640

602

565

565

530

495

495

495

462

462

430

495

795

565

530

530

495

495

462

430

462

16,684

556

3.20

3.57

May

462

430

402

402

402

462

402

375

375

375

358

342

342

375

331

336

320

320

310

348

336

305

295

320

495

358

305

348

495

565

530

11,821

381

2.19

2.53

June

795

565

495

430

402

375

402

375

364

364

353

495

364

430

795

975

755

975

838

678

602

640

565

530

495

462

430

402

402

375

16,128

538

3.09

3.45

July

364

353

358

342

353

320

305

320

430

495

678

430

375

342

342

331

370

402

430

331

320

430

495

375

331

364

320

290

290 

290

678

11,854

382

2.20

2.53

Aug.

530

364

336

402

430

348

320

310

402

315

715

880

602

495

640

462

430

402

375

375

348

331

320

300

295

290

430

402

310 

*295

353

12,807

413

2.37

2.74

Sept.

320

300

353

331

300

295

430

326

336

310

320

290

280

266

261

252

238

234

300

336

252

230

230

216

216

207

216

216

212

198

8,271

276

1.59

1.77

 =an 445 Cfsm 2.56 In. 34.68

Water year 1926-27: Max 3,600 Min 145 . . 559 Cfsm 3.21 In. 43.65

* Discharge measurement made on this day. 

c Bacltwater from Little Tennessee River.
246 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

North Fork Powell River at Pennington Gap, Va.

Location. Lat 36°46'26", long 83°01'59" > in center span on downstream side of highway 

bridge, 0.8 mile north of town of Pennington Gap, Lee County, 1.3 miles downstream from 

Straight Creek, and 4.5 miles upstream from Powell River.

Drainage area. 70 sq mi, approximately.

Records available. October 1944 to September 1951 (discontinued).

Gage.--Wire-weight gage read twice daily. Altitude of gage is 1,365 ft (by barometer). 

Prior to Dec. 7, 1949, staff gage at same site and datum.

Average discharge.--? years, 133 cfs.

Extremes.--1944-51: Maximum discharge, 9,700 cfs (revised) Jan. 7, 1946 (gage height, 

12.1 ft, from floodmark), from rating curve extended above 2,300 cfs on basis of slopearea determinations at gage heights 8.7 and 12.1 ft; no flow Sept. 4, 5, 1951.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge have been revised, as shown in the 

following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply papers indicated.

WSP

1033 

1053 

1083 

1113 

1143 

1173 

1206

Water 

year

1945 

1946 

1947 

1948 

1949 

1950 

1951

Date

Feb. 13, 

Jan. 7, 

Jan. 15, 

Feb. 14, 

Jan . 5 , 

Dec. 13, 

Feb . 1 ,

1945 

1946 

1947 

1948 

1949 

1949 

1951

Discharge 

(cfs)

3,760 

9,700 

3,940 

5,400 

3,820 

6,100 

3,460

Gage height 

(feet)

T7.6

tlS.l 

*7.9 

T9.5 

T7.7 tio.o

T7.1

t From graph based on gage readings. 

t From floodmarks.

Remarks. Occasional diurnal fluctuation caused by powerplant 2.1 miles above station.

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for high-water

periods in the water years 1945-48 and 1950, superseding those published in WSP 1033, 

1053, 1083, 1113, and'1173, are given herewith:

Feb. 13, 1945....... 2,160

Jan. 7, 1946....... 4,100

Jan. 8, 1946....... 3,360

Jan. 15, 1947....... 1.9OO

Jan. 20, 1947....... 2,68O

Feb. 13, 1948....... 2,680

Feb. 14, 1948....... 2,810

Jan. 30, 1950....... 2,750

Month

Calendar year 1945. .......

Water year 1945-46 ........

Calendar year 1946........

January 1947 ................

Water year 1946-47 ........

Calendar year 1947 ........

Calendar year 1948 ........

Water year 1949-50. ....... 

Calendar year 1950. .......

Cfs -days

51,554.3

42,004.1

44,684.3

45,978.9

64,440.4 

56,368.2

Maximum

2,160

4,100

2,680

2,810

2,750 

2,750

Minimum

1.2

2.4

3.0

.3

5.4 

2.8

Mean

13°

141

434

115

122

450

126

547

177 

154

Per square 

mile

2.01

1.64

1.74

1.80

2.53 

2.20

Runoff in 

Inches

27.41

22.31

23.74

24.41

34.22 

29.93
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 247

Emory River at Deermont, Term. 

(Formerly published as Emery River at Deermont)

Location (revised). Lat 36°01'39", long 84°34'47", on county highway bridge at Deermont 

siding on Southern Railway, 0.4 mile upstream from Crab Orchard Creek, 2.0 miles downstream from Crooked Fork, 3.2 miles northwest of Oakdale, Morgan County, and at mile

21.8.

Drainage area. 704 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--July 1920 to September 1927 (discontinued). Published as Emery River 

at ueermont.

Gage.--Chain gage. Datum of gage is 791.7 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Average discharge.--? years, 1,384 cfs.

Extremes.--1920-27: Maximum discharge, 51,300 cfs (revised) Dec. 25, 1926 (gage height, 

 18.2 ft, from graph based on gage readings), from rating curve extended above 9,500 cfs

on basis of computed crest discharge at Oakdale; minimum, 2.2 cfs Aug. 22, 1924 (gage

height, -0.11 ft); minimum stage was probably as low or lower during 1925.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised,

as shown In the following table. They supersede figures published in water-supply

papers indicated.

WSP

543 

563 

583 

603

643

Water 

year

1921 

1922 

1923 

1924 

1925 

1926 

1927

Date

Aug. 16, 

Mar. 1, 

Mar. 11, 

May 28 , 

Feb. 15, 

Oct. 25, 

Dec. 25,

1921 

1922 

1923 

1924 

1925 

1925 

1926

Discharge 

(cfs)t

24,800 

41,100 

33,800 

24,100 

24,800 

32,200 

51,300

Gage height 

(feet)

TT12.0 

tT16.0 

tt!4.3 

tTll. 8

ttis.o

13.9 

tt!8.2

t From rating curve extended above 9,500 cfs on 

basis of computed crest discharge at Oakland for flood 

of Dec. 25, 1926.

tt From graph based on twice-daily chain-gage readings.

Revisions.--Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 

 1920-25, superseding those published in WSP 503, 523, 543, 563, 583, and 603, are given 

herewith:

Date

1920

Aug. 11

12

13

14

16

1921

Feb. 9

10

11

Apr. 16

17

1922

Mar. 1

Discharge

14,800

13,600

8,340

10,100

12,600

7,960

14,800

10,100

11,000

16,200

37,200

Date

1922-Con.

Mar. 2

3

10

11

Apr. 1

18

19

28

29

Dec. 15

16

17

18

1923

Feb. 1

Discharge

15,500

9,950

24,800

11,100

10,200

13,200

9,130

19,OOO

9,950

11,100

7,600

12,600

8,600

8,860

Date

1923-Con.

Feb. 2

3

4

12

13

14

Mar. 7

11

12

13

1924

Feb. 20

21

27

Discharge

11,400

17,900

9,670

7.84O

13,600

8,860

19 , 300

11,400

17,600

8,340

13,200

9,400

13,900

Date

1924-Con.

Feb. 28

May 28

29

1925

Feb. 15

16

17

Apr. 28

29

Discharge

11,400

13,900

16,900

11,100

11,400

11,700

15,500

7,360

Month

August 1920. .......................

Calendar year 1921 ...............

Calendar year 1922. ..............

Calendar year 1923. ..............

Calendar year 1924. ..............

Calendar year 1925. ..............

Maximum

14,800

16,200

37,200

19,300

16,900

23,300

'Minimum

8

12

4.0

5.0

3.8

4.2

Mean

3,510

1,130

1,900

1,510

1,190

1,100

Per square

mile

4.99

1.61

2.70

2.14

1.69

1.56

Runoff in 

inches

5.75

21.72

9.30

35.74

4.62

36.61

7.14

29.06

23.05

3.67

15.25

21.30
248 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Whites Creek at Glen Alice, Term. 

(Formerly published as White Creek at Glen Alice)

Location. Lat 35°47'40", long 84°44'51", 1,000 ft downstream from bridge on U. S. Hlghway 27, 0.5 mile downstream from Black Creek, and 0.8 mile (revised) southwest of Glen 

Alice, Roane County.

Drainage area.--135 sq ml (revised).

Records available.--October 1930 to June 1934 (discontinued). Published as White Creek at 

Glen Alice.

Gage. Staff gage. Datum of gage Is 753.76 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1935.

Extremes. 1930-34: Maximum discharge, 19,400 cfs (revised) Mar. 2, 1934 (gage height, 

10.70 ft), from rating curve extended above 2,800 cfs on basis of contracted-opening 

determination In 1957 at gage height 16.5 ft; minimum, 0.7 cfs Oct. 27, 1931; minimum 

gage height, 1.30 ft Sept. 29, 30, 1931.

Flood of Mar. 23, 1929, reached a stage of 18.7 ft.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers Indicated.

WSP

713 

728 

743 

758

Water 

year

1931 

1932 

1933 

1934

Date

Mar. 28, 1931 

Jan. 30, 1932 

Feb. 14, 1933 

Mar. 2, 1934

Discharge 

(cfs)

4,010 

15,720 

tlO,600 

t!9,400

Gage height 

(feet)

6.00 

tt6.70 

8.40 

10.70

t From rating curve extended above 2,800 cfs on 

basis of contracted-opening determination in 1957 at 

gage height 16.5 ft.

tt From graph based on twice-daily gage readings.

Revisions (water years). WSP 743: 1931. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per 

second, for high-water periods in the water years 1933-34, superseding those published 

In WSP 743 and 758, are given herewith:

Date

1932

Dec. 27

28

31

1933

Feb. 14

Discharge

2,200

5,470

2,850

4,010

Date

1933-Con.

Feb. 15

20

1934

Jan. 7

Mar. 2

Discharge

3,080

4,490

4,490

7,900

Date

1934-Con.

Mar. 3

24

25

Discharge

4,490

4,490

1,910

Month

January 1934........................

March. ..............................

Maximum

5,470

4,490

7,900

Minimum

92

5.1

5.1

82

Mean

313

212

1,028

Per square 

mile

2.32

1.57

7.62

Runoff In 

Inches

31. 5O

21.30

8.78
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 249

Ocoee River at McHarg, Term.

Location. Lat 35°00'25", long 84°24'46", 0.6 mile (revised) downstream from highway 

bridge, 1 mile downstream from McHarg railroad siding, Polk County, 1 mile downstream 

from North Potato Creek (formerly Potato Creek), 3 miles downstream from Copperhill, 

and at mile 34.6.

Drainage area. 447 sq mi.

Records available. May 1917 to November 1942 (discontinued) in reports of Geological 

Survey.Prior to October 1924 (including revised records November 1918 to September 

1920) in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,427.16 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Oct. 10, 1931, staff gage 0.6 mile 

upstream at datum 2.84 ft higher.

Average discharge. 26 years (1916-42), 1,073 cfs (unadjusted).

Extremes. 1916-42: Maximum discharge, 17,300 cfs July 22, 1938 (gage height, 9.58 ft); 

minimum, about 105 cfs (regulated) Oct. 3, 4, 1931 (gage height, -0.1 ft, estimated, 

site and datum then in use); minimum daily, 120 cfs Aug. 27, 31, Sept. 21-23, 1935.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

473

503

503

523

563

583

603

623

643

663

683

698

Water 

" year

1918

1919

1920

1921

1923

1924

1925

1926

1927

1928

1929

1930

Date

Jan.

Dec.

Apr.

Dec.

Dec.

Mar.

Dec .

Jan.

Dec.

Mar.

May

Mar.

28,

22,

2,

14,

IV,

5,

8,

18,

28,

30,

6,

7,

1918

1918

1920

1920

1922

1924

1924

1926

1926

1928

1929

1930

Discharge 

(cfs)

18,790

13,500

16,200

15,400

7,700

9,740

6,260

8,240

8,790

16,200

12,800

6,620

Gage height 

(feet)

7.1

9.65

11.0

10.55

6.48

7.60

5.70

6.80

7.10

11.0

9.20

5.88

t Discharge figure not previously published.

Remarks. Flow regulated since Dec. 6, 1930, by Blue Ridge Lake (see p. 229). 

diverted above station into North Potato Creek.

Some flow

Revisions. See Records available. Figures of monthly and annual discharge in cubic feet 

per second per square mile and runoff in inches for the period December 1930 to September 1936, previously published in WSP 713, 728, 743, 758, 783, and 803, are unadjusted 

for storage and should not be used. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per 

second, for the water years 1919-22, 1928, superseding those published in Tennessee 

Division of Geology Bulletin 34 and WSP 523, 543, and 663, are given herewith:

Date

1918

Dec. 22

23

1920

Apr. 1

2

3

4

Discharge

13,000

4,340

3,760

14,100

5,720

9,360

Date

1920-Con.

Apr. 5

6

7

9

1921

Feb. 8

9

Discharge

5,000

3,760

3,500

3,500

4,500

7,700

Date

19 21 -Con.

Feb. 10

11

12

13

14

20

Discharge

11,400

7,160

3,760

4,190

3,760

3,639

Date

1922

Jan. 19

20

21

22

1928

Mar. 30

Discharge

4,040

7,520

15,200

5,720

9,740

Month

Water year 1918-19. .............

Calendar year 1920 ..............

Calendar year 1921 ..............

Calendar year 1922 ..............

Calendar year 1928. .............

Maximum

13,000

14,100

11,400

15,200

9,740

Minimum

-

575

380

311

580

Mean

1,390

1,620

1,170

1,380

1,310

Per square 

mile

4.51

3.12

3.63

2.62

3.09

2.94

Runoff In 

Inches

5.19

42.16

49.33

35.57

42.08

39.86

463897 O -58 - 17
250 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Hiwassee River at Charleston, Term.

Location.--Lat 35°17'16", long 84°45'07", at Epperson packing plant, 250 ft downstream 

from old highway bridge, 250 ft upstream from Southern Railway bridge, 1,700 ft upstream from new bridge on U. S. Highway 11 at Charleston, Bradley County, and at mile 

18 .9.

Drainage area.--2.298 sq mi.

Records available.--January 1899 to December 1902 and October 1920 to September 1940 (gage 

heights only "after January 1940) in reports of Geological Survey. November 1898 to 

April 1903 and October 1919 to September 1924 in Tennessee Division of Geology Bulletin 34. Gage-height records collected at same site December 1884 to March 1889 are 

contained in Part 1, Stages of Ohio River, 1858-89, United States War Department, and 

January 1890 to December 1943 in reports of the U. S. Weather Bureau.

Gage. Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 665.56 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936. Prior to Sept. 29, 1922, staff gage, Sept 29 

1922, to July 17, 1925, chain gage, and July 18, 1925,to Sept. 6, 1926, water-stage 

recorder, at Southern Railway bridge 250 ft downstream at datum 1.5 ft higher. Auxiliary staff gages at several sites and datums used Jan. 1, 1921, to Aug. 16, 1924, 

July 6 to Aug. 9, 1930, and since Nov. 21, 1934.

Average discharge . 22 years (1900-1902, 1919-39), 4,821 cfs (unadjusted)

Extremes. 1898-1903. 1919-40: Maximum discharge, 55,800 cfs Dec. 29, 1932 (gage height, 

28.58 ft); minimum (corrected), 260 cfs Sept. 14, 1925 (gage height, -1.28 ft).

Maximum stage known, 34.0 ft Mar. 31, 1886, present datum (discharge, about 70,000 

cfs).

Revisions. Figures of maximum discharge for the water years 1922 and 1936 have been 

revised to 43,900 cfs Jan. 22, 1922 (gage height, 26.7 ft) and 53,400 cfs Feb. 5, 1936 

(gage height 27.19 ft), superseding figures published In WSP 543 and 803, respectively.

Remarks. Flow regulated by Parksville Lake beginning Dec. 15, 1911, by Blue Ridge Lake 

beginning Dec. 6, 1930, and by Hiwassee Lake beginning Apr. 13, 1939.

Revlsloas.--Previously published monthly and yearly figures of discharge in cubic feet per 

second per square mile and runoff in inches for October 1919 to January 1940 may be in 

error due to storage in lakes upstream and should not be used. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for the water years 1902 and 1928, superseding those 

published in WSP 65 and 663, are given herewith:

Month

Calendar year 19O1 . . . . 

Water year 1901-2.....

Calendar year 1927.... 

Water year 1927-28....

Observed

Maxl46, EDO 

46,200 

46,200

22,900 

24,000 

32,200

Minimum

2,390 

2,390 

1,120

1,510 

840 

840

Mean

9,660 

6,940 

5,230

6,100 

4,340 

5,460

Per square

mile

4.20 

3.02 

2.28

1

Runoff in 

Inches

4.85 

40.98 

30.89

1

Adjusted

Mean

1

4,350 

5,480

Per square 

mile

:

1.89 

2.38

Runoff in 

Inches

;

25.67 

32.46

Little Sequatchie River at Sequatchie, Term.

Location. Lat 35°07'47", long 85°35'10", at concrete bridge on State Highway 26, 1 mile

north of Sequatchie, Marion County. 

Drainage area. 116 sq mi (revised).

Records available.--June 1932 to March 1934 (discontinued). 

Gage. Staff gage. Altitude of gage is 620 ft (from topographic map). 

Extremes.--1932-34: Maximum discharge recorded, 11,700 cfs Mar. 2, 1934 (gage height,

12.40 ft); no flow Sept. 19, 1932 (gage height, 0.94 ft). 

Remarks.--Small diversion 1 mile above station. 

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge for the period June to September 1932, superseding those published in WSP 728, are given herein.

Discharge, in cubic feet per second, June to September 1932

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

June

-

-

15

*15

14

12

10

14

10

10

July

55

240

134

78

188

735

1,570

*865

*490

225

Aug.

4.2

2.6

*2.5

5,4

6.5

14

9.5

6.0

5.7

9.0

Sept.

0.9

.4

.3

.3

.3

. 2

.2

-1

.1

.1

Day

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

June

12

17

15

11

9.5

9.5

11

*7.0

5.7

5.4

July

127

80

50

39

28

24

20

18

13

10

Aug.

7.5

10

8.0

7.0

6.5

6.0

10

23

73

29

Sept.

.1

.1

.1

.1

*.l

.1

.1

.1

.1

.6

Day

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Runoff In Inches .......................................................

June

17

10

8.5

7.5

4.8

3.6

24

22

98

48

-

_

_

_

-

July

9.5

9.0

8.0

8.0

6.5

5.4

4.5

3.3

3.0

3.3

4.8

1.62

Aug.

20

16

12

9.5

8.5

12

8.0

6.0

7.5

6.5

5.7

0.11

Sept.

3.6

.4

.1

.1

.1

.1

.3

.4

.4

* . 4

-

0 34

0£029

0.003

Discharge easurement made this day.
REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS 251

Elk River near Rogersvllle, Ala.

Location. Lat 34°48'11", long 87°13'56", in sec. 12, T. 3 S., R. 7 W., at bridge on U. S. 

Highway 72, 4 miles east of Rogersville and at mile 4.8.

Drainage area. 2,239 sq ml (revised).

Gage.--Staff gage. Datum of gage is 518.31 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929.

Records available.--October 1927 to September 1935 (discontinued).

Average discharge.--8 years (1927-35), 3,654 cfs.

Extremes.--1927-35: Maximum discharge, 61,600 cfs Mar. 25, 1929 (gage height, 22.4 ft, 

from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 29,000 cfs; minimum, 110 cfs 

Sept. 12, 1931 (gage height, 0.50 ft).

Revisions.--The minimum discharge for the water year 1929 has been revised to 

315 cfs, Sept. 1-3,1929 (gage height, 0.9 ft), superseding figure published in WSP 683. 

The maximum discharge for the water year 1933 occurred on Feb. 17, 1933, rather than 

Feb. 16, as published in WSP 743.

Remarks. Slight diurnal fluctuation at low flow caused by powerplants upstream.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per second, for low-water periods 

In the water year 1929, superseding those published in WSP 683, are given herewith:

Date

1929

Aug. 4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Discharge

815

770

640

640

680

725

770

Date

1929-Con.

Aug. 11

12

13

14

15

16

17

Discharge

680

600

600

560

450

560

520

Date

1929-Con.

Aug. 18

19

20

21

22

23

24

Discharge

520

520

520

485

450

450

450

Date

1929-Con.

Aug. 25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Discharge

450

450

450

380

380

380

450

Month

Calendar year 1929 ..............

Maximum

56,600

Minimum

260

Mean

5,690

Per square 

mile

2.54

Runoff in 

inches

34.47

Cypress Creek near Florence, Ala.

Location. Lat 34°48'27", long 87°42'02", in NEij- sec. 9, T. 3 S., R. 11 W., 100 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 2, 2 miles west of Florence, 4 miles downstream 

from Cox Creek, and 4 miles upstream from mouth.

Drainage area. 209 sq mi.

Records available.--May 1934 to September 1950 (discontinued).

Gage.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 423.78 ft above mean sea level, datum of 

1929.

Average discharge.--17 years (1933-50), 358 cfs.

Extremes.--1933-50: Maximum discharge, 20,600 cfs May 4, 1937; maximum gage height, 17.40 

ft Feb. 13, 1948, backwater from Tennessee River; minimum discharge, 42 cfs Aug. 27, 

1936 (gage height, 0.35 ft).

Revisions (water years) . WSP 8U3: 1935. Revised figures of discharge, in cubic feet per 

second, for August 1934, superseding those published In WSP-758, are given herewith.

Month

Calendar year 1934. ...........

Maximum

-

Minimum

-

Mean

247

Per square 

mile

1.18

Runoff in 

Inches

16.05
252 REVISIONS OF RECORDS FOR DISCONTINUED STATIONS

Duck River at Normandy, Term.

Location (revised). Lat 35°27<26", long 86"15'25", at county highway bridge half a mile 

north of Normandy, Bedford County, 3,3 miles upstream from Nashville, Chattanooga 

& St. Louis Railway bridge, and 7.5 miles upstream from mouth of Garrison Fork.

Drainage area. 208 sq mi (revised).

Records available. December 1920 to September 1931.

Gage. Staff gage. Datum of gage is 785.65 ft above mean sea level, datum of 1929, supplementary adjustment of 1936.

Extremes.--1920-31; Maximum discharge, 60,000 cfs (revised) Mar. 23, 1929 (gage height, 

18.1 ft, from high-water mark), from rating curve extended above 4,600 cfs on basis of 

computation of peak discharge from a discharge-drainage area relationship for the flood 

of Mar. 23, 1929, on Duck River; minimum, 40 cfs Sept. 30, 1931; minimum gage height, 

0.60 ft July 30 to Oct. 2 (revised), Oct. 5-7, 1925.

Flood in March 1902 reached approximately the same stage as that of Mar. 23, 1929.

Revisions. The figures of maximum discharge for some water years have been revised, 

as shown in the following table. They supersede figures published in the water-supply 

papers indicated.

WSP

543 

563 

643 

663 

683

Water 

year

1922 

1923 

1927 

1928 

1929

Date

Mar. 2, 1922 

July 23, 1923 

Dec. 25, 1926 

June 29, 30,1928 

Mar. 23, 1929

Discharge 

(cfs)

119,500 

7,600 

122,400 

117,000 

160,000

Gage height 

(feet)

tt!3.5 

10.0 

14.0 

13.0 

ttlS.l

t From rating curve extended above 4,600 cfs on 

basis of computation of peak discharge at gage 

height 18.1 ft from a discharge-drainage area relationship for the flood of Mar. 23, 1929, on Duck 

River.

tt From high-water mark.

Revisions. Revised figures of discharge, in CUDIC feet per second, for high-water periods 

in the water years 1927 and 1929, superseding those published in WSP 643 and 683, are 

given herewith:

Month

Calendar year 1926. ............

Calendar year 1927. ............

Calendar year 1929 .............

Maximum

1S,OOO

17,000

49,000

Minimum

60

62

65

Mean

362

428

655

Per square 

mile

1.74

2.06

3.11

3.15

Runoff in 

inches

23.61

8.28

27.96

42.72
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 253

Measurements of streanflow In the Cumberland and Tennessee River basins made at points 

other than regular gaging stations are given in the following table. Most of these measurements were made during periods of base flow when streamflow is primarily from groundwater storage. Measurements believed to have been made under base-flow conditions are 

identified by an asterisk (*) to the left of the discharge figure. These measurements 

when correlated with the simultaneous discharge of a nearby stream where continuous records are available will give a picture of the low-flow potentiality of stream. The column 

headed, "Measured previously" shows the water years for which measurements were made at 

the same, or practically the same, site.

Determinations of peak flow at points other than regular gaging stations are given in 

a separate table on page 258.

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the Cumberland and 

Tennessee River basins during the water year 1956

Cumberland River basin

Stream

West Pork

Cane

Branch.

Long Creek. . .

Dyers Creek. .

Saline Creek.

Shelby Creek.

Do........

Tributary to

Cane Branch. .

Cumberland

Rive r .

....do.......

... .do. ......

.... do .......

....do.......

.... do .......

Location

Lat 36°51'45", long 84°26'46",

2,900 ft upstream from mouth

and 2.2 miles northeast of

Parkers Lake, McCreary County,

Ky.

Lat 36°28'45", long 87°48'14", 350

ft below State Highway 49 bridge

and 2.1 miles southeast of

Dover, Stewart County, Tenn.

Lat 36°27'49", long 87b 49'15", at

State Highway 49 Just above

Smith Hollow, 1.2 miles southeast of Dover, Stewart County,

Tenn.

Lat 36°30'05", long 87°50'07", at

second crossing of U. S. Highway

70 above mouth, 1 mile north of

Dover, Stewart County, Tenn.

Lat 36°36'33", long 87°52'58",

1OO ft above county highway

bridge and 2^ miles west of

Bumpus Mills, Stewart County,

Tenn.

Lat 36°39'22 n , long 87°52'3o",

above Shelby Springs above

county highway bridge, 1.2 miles

northeast of Tobaccoport, Stewart County, Tenn. 

Lat 36°29'22", long S7°52'32",

below Shelby ,'Springi No. 2, below county highway bridge, 1.2

miles northeast of Tobaccoport,

Stewart County, Tenn.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

0.26

16.2

11.9

18.1

52.2

2.85

2.87

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1951

1951

1951

1952-54

1953-54

Date

Mar. 12

Apr. 16

May 9

June 21

July 19

July 20

Aug. 23

Sept. 26

Sept. 2 6

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Sept. 2 6

Sept. 26

Discharge 

(ofs)

0.55

2.17

.08

O

0

0

0

*1.34

*2.08

*0

*2.63

*0

*1.91

Tennessee River basin

Davldson

River.

Laurel Branch

Left Pork

Beetree

Creek.

Brush Creek. .

Rlchland

Creek.

Lick Creek. ..

Do. .......

French Broad

River.

Clear Creek. .

Beetree Creek

French Broad

River.

Pigeon River.

Nollchucky

River.

....do.......

Lat 35°17'05", long 82 0 47'32", at

John Rock ranger station, 0.2

mile above Grogan Creek, 0.5

mile below Rockhouse Creek, and

4.8 miles northwest of Brevard,

N. C.

Lat 35°22'15", long 82°24'lo", at

U. S. Highway 64, O.5 mile above

mouth and 4 miles southwest of

Edneyvllle. N. C. 

Lat 35°38'58 fl , long 82°24'2l", at

mouth, at upstream end of Beetree Reservoir, 3.6 miles north

of Swannanoa, N. C.

Lat 35°50'40", long 82°44'30", at

county road bridge, 0.7 mile

southwest of Walnut, N. C. and

O.8 mile above mouth.

Lat 35°27'57", long SS'OO^l",

20 ft below Hyatt Creek and

0.3 mile above Alien Creek at

Hazelwood, N. C.

Lat 36°19'18", long 82°47'57'1 , at

mouth of Caney Creek, 2£ miles

east of Balleyton, Green

County, Tenn.

Lat 36°18'53", long 82°48'45", at

bridge, 1/8 mile below Lick

Creek Mill and 2 miles southeast of Baileyton, Greene

County, Tenn.

13.8

.57

.65

7.99

13.2

_

-

1954-55

1941,

1954-55

Oct. 21

June 5

Sept. 26

Nov. 3

Apr. 18

Oct. 10

Nov. 16

Dec. 13

Jan. 5

Feb. 9

Mar. 13

Apr. 13

May 8

June 2O

July 17

Aug. 7

Sept. 13

Sept.lO

Sept. 10

Sept. 13

*16.1

*21.0

.95

*.35

12.8

*8.25

*7.85

 11.1

*8.80

*47.8

*32.3

*33.8

*43.5

*17.7

*19.4

 11.0

*7.07

22.3

23.1

20.3
254 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the Cumberland and Tennessee 

River basins during the water year 1956 Continued

Tennessee River basin Continued

Stream

Staley Creek.

Little

Tennessee

River.

Connelly

Creek.

Deep Creek. . .

Sweetwater

Creek.

Do. .......

Do.... ....

Rock Creek. . .

Do. .......

Obed River. . .

Do........

Otter Creek. .

Obed River. . .

Daddy s Creek.

Clear Creek. .

Emory River. .

Crab Orchard

Creek.

Do........

Fall Creek. . .

Plney Creek. .

Mammys Creek.

Tributary to

Middle Fork

Hols ton

River.

Tennessee

River.

Tuokasegee

River.

Tennessee

River.

....do.... ...

....do.......

Emory River . .

....do.......

.... do .......

.... do .......

Obed River. . .

Emory River. .

Obed River. . .

Clinch River.

Emory River. .

.... do .......

White Creek. .

Fall Creek. . .

Plney Creek. .

Location

Lat 36°49'22", long 81°29'17",

above fish hatchery on State

Highway 16, Z\ miles southwest

of Marion, Va.

Lat 34°57'38", long 83°22'38", at

county road bridge 0.2 mile

above Darnell Creek, 0.5 mile

below Betty Creek, and 1.0 mile

southeast of Dlllard, da.

Lat 35°25'55", long 83°21'42", at

Southern Ry. bridge at mouth,

at Whlttler, N. C.

Lat 35° 27 '51", long 83°26'03", at

ranger station 100 ft below

Juney Whank Branch, 2.4 miles

above mouth, and 2.6 miles

north of Bryson City, N. C.

Lat 35°25'50", long 84°27'54", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 11, In

Sweetwater, Monroe County, Tenn.

Lat 35°36'37 , long 84°27'36",

just below last septic tank outfall, 0.4 mile southeast of

Tennessee Military Institute,

at Sweetwater, Monroe County,

Tenn.

Lat 35°44'18", long 84°22'25", at

bridge on State Highway 72, 1.8

miles west of Loudon, Loudon

County, Tenn.

Lat 36°11'54", long 84°39'39", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 27, at

Pilot Mountain, 3j miles south

of Sunbright, 8 miles north of

Wartburg, Morgan County, Tenn.

Lat 36 0 08'02", long 84°37'3l", at

county highway bridge, 0.7 mile

above mouth and 2.6 miles

northwest of Wartburg, Morgan

County, Tenn.

Lat 36"03'44", long 84°57'28",

1,000 ft below Adams Bridge and

9.6 miles northeast of Crossvllle, Cumberland County, Tenn.

Lat 36°04'22", long 84°54'10", at

Potter Ford, 11.1 miles northeast of Crossville, Cumberland

County, Tenn.

Lat 36°04'18", long 84°51'59", at

county highway bridge, 4.8

miles northwest of Hebbertsburg, Cumberland County, Tenn.

Lat 36°04'49", long 84°46'04",

500 ft above mouth of Daddys

Creek and 4.6 miles north of

Hebbertsburg, Cumberland County,

Tenn.

Lat 36°04'41", long 84°46'00",

200 ft above mouth and 4.3 miles

north of Hebbertsburg, Cumberland County, Tenn.

Lat 36°06'07 , long 84°43'0l", at

bridge below Old Howard Mill,

3.8 miles southwest of Lancing,

Morgan County, Tenn.

Lat 36"04'09", long 84°39'46", at

county highway bridge, 0.6 mile

west of Nemo, Morgan County,

Tenn.

Lat 35°58'09", long 84°40'13", at

Flat Rock Ford, 1.0 mile west

of Pine Orchard, Morgan County,

Tenn.

Lat 36°01'18", long 84°34'53", at

mouth, 0.4 mile south of Deermont, Morgan County, Tenn.

Lat 35°50'16", long 84°47'56", at

county highway bridge, 3.1

miles southeast of Ozone, Cumberland County, Tenn.

Lat 35°51'14", long 84°44'17",

near bridge on ,U. S. Highway 70,

at Cumberland-Roane County line,

Tenn.

Lat 35°52'29", long 84°47'19", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 70, 1.3

miles southeast of Ozone, Cumberland County, Tenn.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

8.34

36.8

13.5

40.2

-

23.3

_

5.54

31.2

92.4

108

11.4

156

175

170

612

18.9

47.2

21.1

19.0

9.45

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1952-55

1953,1955

1950-55

1932-33,

1950-54

1954

1955

1952,

1954-55

1954-55

1955

1954-55

1944,

1954-55

1954-55

1955

1955

1938,1941,

1955

1955

1955

1944,1953,

1955

1955

Date

May 7

Nov. 12

Sept. 24

Nov. 16

Dec. 8

Jan. 11

Feb. 16

Apr. 27

May 29

June 28

Aug. 30

Sept. 17

July 10

July 4

July 10

July 24

Aug. 28

Aug. 27

Aug. 2

Oct. 18

Oct. 19

Oct. 19

Oct. 19

Oct. 18

Oct. 18

Oct. 18

Oct. 18

Oct. 18

Oct. 18

Oct. 26

Oct. 26

Oct. 26

discharge 

(cfs)

12.4

*33.3

*8.22

*46.6

*96.8

*44.2

*142

*139

*77.4

*52.1

*32.5

*26.8

a8.86

all. 9

a!6.3

a!2.0

*a6.70

*a20.0

*.33

*3.19

*.18

*.90

*.003

*2.72

*4.70

*3.13

*20.5

*.55

*2.10

*.59

*.75

*.33

* Base flow.

a Furnished by State of Tennessee, Department of Public Health.
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING} STATIONS 255

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the Cumberland and Tennessee 

River basins during the water year 1956 Continued

Tennessee River basin Continued

Stream

White Creek. . 

Black Creek. .

Plney River. .

Town Creek. . . 

Clear Creek. .

Creek.

land Creek. 

Cane Creek. . .

Conasauga 

Creek.

Creek.

Creek.

North Mouse 

Creek.

Sale Creek. . .

Tributary to

Tennessee 

River.

White Creek. .

Tennessee 

River.

Plney River. .

Tennessee 

River.

Conasauga 

Creek.

Hlwassee 

River.

....do.......

....do.......

Tennessee 

River.

Location

Lat 35°47'49", long 84°45'37", at 

former gaging station, £ mile 

upstream from Black Creek, 

y mile upstream from Southern 

Ry. bridge and lj miles southwest of Glen Alice, Roane 

County, Term. 

Lat 35°47'45", long 84°45'25", 

100 ft above mouth and 1.0 mile 

southwest of Glen Alice, Roane 

County, Term.

bridge on U. S. Highway 27, 1.0 

mile northeast of Roddy, Rhea 

County, Term. 

Lat So 41 '59", long 84° 51 "17", at 

site of former gaging station 

on U. S. Highway 27, at Spring 

City, Rhea County, Term

Lat 35' 41 '24", long 84°51'28", at 

county highway bridge in Spring 

City, Rhea County, Term. 

Lat 35°36'42", long 84°54'49", at 

bridge on U. S. Highway 27, 6.1 

miles southwest of Spring City, 

Rhea County, Term.

former gaging station 0.4 mile 

upstream from bridge on State 

Highway 30 and 1 mile northwest 

of Dayton, Rhea County, Term.

county highway bridge, at Walnut Grove School, 2 miles 

northeast of Dayton, Rhea 

County, Term. 

Lat 35°20'09", long 84°31'07", at 

county highway bridge, 0.1 mile 

downstream from tributary 

draining North Etowah, McMinn 

County, Term.

bridge on U. S. Highway 411, 

0.9 mile south of city limits 

of Etowah, McMinn County, Term.

Lat 35°16'.30", long 84°34'06", at 

county highway bridge at Coghill, 1.0 mile northwest of 

Delano, Polk County, Term, and 

1-j miles downstream from Cane 

Creek.

county highway bridge, 1.0 mile 

northeast of Englewood, McMinn 

County, Term.

bridge on U. S. Highway 411, 

1.4 miles southwest of Englewood, McMinn County, Term.

Just off State Highway 30, 0.8 

mile southeast of courthouse 

In Athens, McMinn County, Tenn.

site of former TVA gaging station, 400 ft downstream from 

Meadow Pork and about 2j miles 

northeast of Calhoun, McMinn 

County, Tenn. 

Lat 35°29'20", long 84° 36 '46", at 

county highway bridge, Just 

downstream from Little Mouse 

Creek, 1.8 miles north of city 

limits of Athens, McMinn 

County, Term.

county highway bridge, 3j miles 

west of Athens, McMinn County, 

Tenn. 

Lat 35°25'35", long 85°05'24", at 

county highway bridge, 3.5 

miles northeast of Sale Creek, 

Hamilton County, Tenn.

county highway bridge, 0.7 mile 

southeast of Bakewell, Hamilton 

County, Tenn.

county highway bridge, 0.8 mile 

north of Soddy, Hamilton 

County, Tenn.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

123

11.7

98.3

6.78 

7.47

10.3

57.2

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1934-55

1944, 

1952-53, 

1955

1927-32, 

1944, 

1952-53, 

1955

1944,1953, 

1955

1952,1955

1934-55

1954

1940, 

1950-52

1953 

1951-52

1955

1932 1944

1953,1955

Date

Oct. 26 

Oct. 26

Oct. 26

Oct. 26 

Oct. 25

July 12 

July 16 

Aug. 7

July 12 

July 16 

Aug. 7

July 12 

Aug. 7

July 11 

Aug. 29

July 11 

Aug. 29

July 11

Oct. 25

Discharge 

(cfs)

*1.60

*2.30 

*1.09

*3.95

*.86 

*.84

*.55

*a.60 

al.57 

*a.59

*1.20

*a.73 

*a4.53 

*a.90

*a43.8 

*a41 . 5

a!7.7 

all.O

a42.1 

a25.0

a!9.7

0

* Base flow.

a Furnished by State of Tennessee Department of Public Health.
256 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the Cumberland and Tennessee 

River basins during the water year 1956 Continued

Tennessee River basin Continued

Stream

Falling Water

Creek.

North Chlckamauga

Creek.

West Chlckamauga

Creek.

Do. .......

Tiger Creek. .

Do........

Chattanooga

Creek.

Rook Creek. . .

Depot Branch.

Juanlta Creek

Henley Creek.

Caldwell

Creek.

Beans Creek. .

Taylor Creek.

Rock Creek. . .

Boiling Fork

Creek.

Norwood Creek

Boiling Fork

Creek.

Kitchens

Creek.

Beans Creek. .

Robertson

Fork.

Rlchland

Creek.

Big Creek. . . .

Tributary to

North Chlckamauga

Creek.

Tennessee

River.

South Chlckaraauga

Creek.

.... do .......

....do.......

.... do .......

Tennessee

River.

Chattanooga

Creek.

Lost Creek. . .

Qllllan Creek

Caldwell

Creek.

Ellc River. . . .

....do.......

.... do .......

.... do .......

....do.......

Boiling Fork

Creek.

Elk River... .

do

.... do .......

Rlchland

Creek.

Elk River. . . .

Rlchland

Creek.

Location

Lat 35°11'40", long 85° 14 '40", at

bridge on II. S. Highway 27, at

Falling Water, Hamilton County,

Tenn.

Lat 35°10'30", long 85°13'40" J at

county highway bridge, 2.3

miles north of Hlxson, Hamilton

County, Tenn.

Lat 34°44', long 85°24', at

bridge on county road, 65 miles

west of LaFayette, Oa.

Lat 34° 48', long 85°21 ' , at

bridge on State Highway 2, 5f

miles southwest of Chlckamauga,

Oa. 

Lat 34°59', long 84°58', at

bridge on county road, 0.7 mile

south of Georgia-Tennessee

State line and 14-J miles north

of Dalton, Oa.

Lat 34°54', long 85°05' , at

bridge on State Highway 3,

2 miles southeast of Ringgold,

Oa.

Lat 34° 55', long 85°21', at

bridge on State Highway 193, 4i

miles northwest of Chlckamauga,

Oa.

Lat 34° 57', long 85° 21', at

bridge on county road, 1 mile

north of Fllntstone, Qa.

Lat 35"11'10", long 85°55'05",

 J mile south of depot at

Sewanee, Franklin County, Tenn.

Lat 35°14'46", long 850 50'36", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 41, 0.5

mile west of Monteagle, Qrundy

County, Tenn.

Lat 35°16'30", long 85°51'34", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 41, 1.2

miles south of Mount View,

Orundy County, Tenn.

Lat 35°17'05", long 85°53'14",

near Bells Mill, 1.5 miles

southwest of Mount View and 1.8

miles south of Pelham, Qrundy

County, Tenn.

Lat 35°20'34", long 85°57'37", at

county highway bridge, 0.5 mile

east of Prairie Plains, Coffee

County, Tenn.

Lat 35°15'48", long 86°08'12 11 , at

bridge 0.6 mile above mouth and

 J mile southwest of Estlll

Springs, Franklin County, Tenn.

Lat 350 15'09", long 86°08'30",

450 ft upstream from mouth and

1.5 miles southwest of Estlll

Springs, Franklin County, Tenn.

Lat 35°09'28", long 86°00'57", at

bridge near pumping station at

Cowan, Franklin County, Tenn.

Lat 35°09'08", long 86°03'48",

3.1 miles southwest of Cowan

and 3.6 miles southeast of

Winchester, Franklin County,

Tenn.

Lat 35°11'18", long 86 0 06'34n , at

bridge on U. S. Highway 41A, at

Winchester, Franklin County,

Tenn.

Lat 35°11'5411 , long 86°14'43", at

Mansford, 1.3 miles northeast

of Harmony, Franklin County,

Tenn.

Lat 35°03'46", long 86°14'48", at

Beans Creek, 1.5 miles south of

Old Salem, Franklin County,

Tenn.

Lat 35 0 19'50", long 87°01'53", at

county highway bridge at Bufords, Giles County, Tenn.

Lat 35°18'46", long 87°01'48", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 31, 1.3

miles southwest of Bufords,

Giles County, Tenn.

Lat 35°16'31n , long 87°03'30", at

county highway bridge, 0.8 mile

west of Rlversburg, Giles

County, Tenn.

Drainage 

area 

(sq ml)

13.2

99.5

-

_

-

-

.420

.427

1.88

21.6

18.1

6.86

41.2

20.2

12.8

57.2

2.57

19.0

52.0

149

85.2

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1944,1953

1955

1925,1953,

1955

1943

1951

1950-54

1950-54

1953-54

1953-54

1951,

1953-54

1953-54

1953-54

1933,1948,

1950-52

1954-55

1953-54

1948,

1950-54

1953-54

1953-54

1949,

1952-54

1952-54

Date

Oct. 25

Oct. 25

1954

Nov. 2

1954

Nov. 2

1954

Oct. 27

1954

Oct. 27

1954

Nov. 2

1954

Nov. 2

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 28

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Aug. 7

Oct. 27

Discharge 

(cfs)

*1.29

*9.21

*2.14

*6.58

0

*10.2

*1.44

*1.35

*.15

0

*.52

*.43

*.38

*8.42

*10.4

*.62

*.78

*6.88

*2.02

*.90

*.023

*5.84

*12.9
DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN GAGING STATIONS 257

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations In the Cumberland and Tennessee 

River basins during the water year 1956 Continued

Tennessee River basin Continued

Stream

Rlchland

Creek.

Pigeon Roost

Creek.

Sweetwater

Spring.

Gravelly

Spring.

Bear Creek. . .

Cripple Deer

Creek.

Yellow Creek.

Do........

Cypress Creek

Boiling 

Springs

Branch. 

Messlck Creek

Wolf Creek. . .

Hunt Creek

Little Duck

River.

Brewer Creek.

Crumpton 

Creek.

Tributary to

Elk River. . . .

Rlchland

Creek.

Sweetwater

Creek.

Sinking

Creek.

Tennessee

River.

Bear Creek. . .

Tennessee

River.

.... do .......

.... do .......

Duck River. . .

.... do .......

little Duck

River.

....do.......

Duck River. . .

....do.......

.... do .......

Location

Lat 35°15'02", long 87°05'12", at

county road bridge, at Wales,

4.6 miles northwest of Pulaski,

Giles County, Term.

Lat 35°14'00", long 87°05 1 04", at

county highway bridge, 0.6 mile

above mouth and 1.0 mile south

of Wales, Giles County, Tenn.

NEi sec. 1, T. 3 S., R. 11 W.,

2^ miles northeast of Florence,

Ala.

NEi sec. 32, T. 33., R. 12 W.,

9 miles southwest of Florence,

Ala.

Lat 34° 38', long 88°09', in SE-J

sec. 20, T. 5 S., R. 11 E. ,

at bridge on county road,

4 miles east of Tishomingo,

Hiss.

Lat 34° 42', long 88°18', in SWi

sec. 26, T. 4 S., R. 10 E.,

Chlckasaw meridian, at bridge

on State Highway 25, 4j miles

north of Tishomingo, Hiss.

Lat 34°51', long 88°21', NWj sec.

3, T. 3 S., R. 9 E. , Chickasaw

meridian, at bridge J mile upstream from Southern Ry. bridge

and 1.5 miles northwest of

Burnsville, Miss, on State

Highway 72. 

Lat 34°50', long 88°18', si sec.

12, T. 3 S., R. 9 E.. Chickasaw

meridian, at bridge 5 mile upstream from Southern Ry. bridge

and f mile southeast from

Burnsville, Miss, on State Highway 72.

Lat 35°36'55", long 87" 59 "24", at

county highway bridge £ mile

southeast of Pope, Perry County,

Tenn.

Lat 350 33 1 54n , long 86 0 05 1 24" J at 

ford, 2 miles northeast of

Fredonia, Coffee County, Tenn. 

Lat 35°33'02", long a6 0 04'57", at

bridge on State Highway 53, 1.6

miles northeast of Fredonia,

Coffee County, Tenn.

Lat 35°28'5l", long ae'OS'Sl", at

bridge on county highway, 1.0

mile upstream from mouth and

1.4 miles east of Manchester,

Coffee County, Tenn.

Lat 35°27'44", long 86°03'53", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 41,

2 miles southeast of Manchester,

Coffee County, Tenn.

Lat 35°29'10", long 86 0 05'27", at

bridge on U. S. Highway 41,

northwest of Manchester, Coffee

County, Tenn.

Lat 35°29'35", long 86 0 07'59",

0.7 mile east of Blanton Chapel,

Coffee County, Tenn., and 1.3

miles upstream from mouth.

Lat 35°25'19", long 86°08'10", 

150 ft downstream from Wiley

Creek and 0.1 mile north of

Rut ledge Falls, Coffee County,

Tenn.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

255

22.9

_

-

_

.

_

16.8

3.29

7.12

19.2

9.93

36.4

8 . 64

28.1

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years)

1950-55

1913,1954

1953-54

1953

1954

1953,1954

1953-54

1953-54

1953-54

1953-54

1948,

1950-55

1953-54

1953-54

Date

Aug. 7

Oct. 5

Nov. 8

Dec. 7

Jan. 6

Mar. '

Apr. j

May 3

June 6

July 10

Jan. 4

Feb. 1

Mar. 20

Apr. 20

May 16

June 8

July 4

Aug. 7

Sept. 6

Jan. 4

Feb. 1

Mar. 20

Apr. 20

May 16

June 8

July 4

Aug. 7

Sept. 6

1954

Oct. 25

1955

Oct. 25

Apr. 24

1954

Oct. 25

1955

Oct. 25

Apr. 24

1954

Oct. 25

1955

Oct. 25

Apr. 24

Oct. 25 

1955

Oct. 25

Apr. 24

Nov. 22

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 28

Oct. 28

Oct. 27

Discharge 

(cfs)

*22.0

*1.62

*1.17

15.9

*5.03

39.6

22.8

9.03

*5.12

15.2

*.58

*.99

*1.20

*1.44

*1.19

*.92

*1.00

*.76

*.72

*3.46

*10.7

*15.4

*18.2

*14.0

*9.52

*9.28

*9.67

*7.22

*21.8

*29.8

*540

*.35

*.24

*5.25

*2.31

*2.37

*16.0

*.07

*.13

*37.8

*6.13

*.056

*.25

*1.36

*1.43

 6.14

*1.09

*4.19

* Base flow.
258 DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS AT POINTS OTHER THAN CAGING STATIONS

Discharge measurements made at points other than gaging stations in the Cumberland and Tennessee 

River basins during the water year 1956 Continued

Tennessee River basin Continued

Stream

Shipman Creek

Thompson

Creek.

Flat Creek. . .

Big Rock

Creek.

Flat Creek

Fountain

Creek.

Big Bigby

Creek.

Tumbling

Creek.

Cane Creek. . .

Trace Creek. .

Leather-wood

Creek.

Standing

Rook

Creek.

Tributary to

Duck River. . .

do

.... do .......

do

do

.... do .......

. ...do..... ..

.... do .......

Buffalo River

Tennessee

River.

....do.......

do

Location

Lat 35°27'32", long 86°18'04", at

county highway bridge at Roseville, 0.8 mile upstream from

mouth and 2.5 miles west of

Normandy, Bedford County, Term.

Lat 35°27'19", long 86°19'57", at

county highway bridge, 1.5

miles upstream from mouth, 1.8

miles west of Roseville, and

3.0 miles west of Normandy,

Bedford County, Term.

Lat 35°28'17", long 86°Z8'39", at

State Highway 64, 0.6 mile upstream from mouth and 1.2 miles

southwest of Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tenn.

Lat 350 30'16'', long 86°46'03", at

Double Bridges, 1.5 miles south

of Oslin and 1.8 miles south of

Verona, Marshall County, Tenn.

Lat 35°38'32", long 86°51'16", at

bridge on State Highway 99, 1.0

mile upstream from mouth and

1.7 miles west of Pottsville,

Maury County, Tenn.

Lat 35°28'18", long 86°57'22", at

bridge on State Highway 50A,

1.6 miles southeast of Culleoka,

Maury County, Tenn. and 1.8

miles above Globe Creek.

Lat 35°37'04", long 87°12'34", at

site of former gaging station

on State Highway 39, at Cross

Bridges, 5.8 miles north of

Mount Pleasant, Maury County,

Tenn.

Lat 35°55'46", long 87°44'05",

1,000 ft above mouth and

4 miles southeast of Hurricane

Mills, Humphreys County, Tenn. 

Lat 35°38'53tl , long 87°39'39", at

county highway bridge, ^ mile

north of Farmers Exchange,

Hickman County, Tenn.

Lat 36°04'58", long 87°46'32", at

bridge on U. 3. Highway 70, 0.3

mile east of Waverly, Humphreys

County, Tenn.

Lat 36°23'01", long 87°56'3l",

800 ft above county highway

bridge and 5 miles northwest of

McKinnon, Houston County, Tenn.

Lat 36°26'13", long 87°59'57", at

point of flow into Kentucky

Lake, 4.9 miles south of Fort

Henry, Stewart County, Tenn.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

5.92

18.3

49.6

48.7

41.6

26.9

112

51.2

45.1

17.4

-

_

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1953-54

1953-54

1953-54

1953-54

1949,

1953-54

1953-55

1938-39,

1944-45,

1953-54

1944,1953,

1955

1953-55

Date

Oct. 28

Oct. 28

Oct. 28

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

Oct. 27

June 26

July 26

Nov. 22

Feb. 17

Aug. 10

Sept. 26

Sept. 26

Discharge 

(cfs)

*4.47

*1.99

*1.48

*1.53

*.002

*.82

*a!2.5

*21.4

*24.9

2,910

0

*.82

*2.35

* Base flow.

a Furnished by State of Tennessee, Department of Public Health.

The following table contains determinations of peak discharge made at crest stage by 

indirect methods or by current meter or computed from rating curve at points other than 

regular gaging stations.

Determinations of peak discharge during water year October 1955 to September 1956

Stream

Staley Creek.

Cove Creek. . .

Tributary to

Middle Fork 

Holston 

River.

North Fork 

Holston 

River.

Location

Lat 36°49'22", long 81°29'17", 

above fish hatchery on State 

Highway 16, Z\ miles southeast 

of Marion, Va.

Lat 36°39'26", long 82°20'37", at 

bridge on State Highway 42, 2j 

miles northwest of Chatham

Hill, Va.

Drainage 

area 

(sq mi)

8.34

17.3

Measured 

previously 

(water 

years )

1954

Date

Apr. 16

Apr. 16

Discharge 

(cfs)

148

1,260
Page 

Accuracy of field data and computed

results......................... 7-6

Acre-foot, definition of.............. 2

Adams, Term., Red River near.......... 57,58

Agencies other than the Geological

Survey, records collected by.... 11-12

Alien Creek near Hazelwood, N. C...... 84

Almond, N. C., Nantahala River at....242-245

Alpine, Term., West Pork Obey River

near............................ 3]

Altapass, N. C., North Toe River at... 88! 

Antioch, Term., Mill Creek near....... 53

Apalachia Lake, N. C., contents of...229,233 

Arthur, Term., Powell River near...... 151

Asheville, N. C., French Broad River

at.............................. 13,75

Barbourville, Ky., Cumberland River at 18 

Barren Fork near Trousdale, Term...... 37

Bear Creek at Bishop, Ala............. 206

Bear Creek Lake, N. C., capacity of... 231 

Beaver Creek near Wallace, Va......... 104

Beaverdam Creek at Damascus, Va....... 99

Beetree Creek near Swannanoa, N. C.... 73

Bell Buckle, Term., Wartrace Creek at. 209 

Belleview, Term., Harpeth River at.... 5£i

Bent Creek, N. C., French Broad River

at.............................. 70

Benton, Ky., East Fork Clarks River

near............................

Big Bigby Creek, at Sandy Hook, Term.. 

near Mount Pleasant, Term...........

Big Creek near Rogersville, Tenn. .....

Big Laurel Creek near Stackhouse,

N. C............................ 78

Big Moccasin Creek near Gate City,

Va. ............................112-113

Big Nance Creek at Courtland, Ala..... 199

Big Rock Creek at Lewisburg, Term..... 211

Big Sandy River at Bruceton, Term..... 222

Big Stone Gap, Va., Powell River at... 149 

Billows, Ky., Rockcastle River at..... 23

Blltmore, N. C., Swannanoa River at... 74 

Birdtown, N. C., Oconaluftee River at. 134 

Bishop, Ala., Bear Creek at........... 205

Black Mountain, N. C., North Fork

Swannanoa River near............ 7"

Blairsville, Ga., Nottely River near.. 164 

Blantyre, N. C., French Broad River at 67 

Blue Ridge, Ga., Toccoa River near.... 169

Blue Ridge Lake, Ga., contents of....229,233

Boone Lake, Term., contents of.......226,2312

Bradley Creek (tributary to East Fork

Stones River) at Lascassas,

Tenn............................ 413

Bradley Creek (tributary to Elk River)

near Prairie Plains, Tenn....... 191

Bradshaw Creek at Frankewing, Term.... 195

Brevard, N. C., Davidson River near... 66 

Bruceton, Tenn., Big Sandy River at... 222 

Brush Creek at Johnson City, Tenn....239-240

Bryson City, N. C., Noland Creek near. 136 

Tuckasegee River at................. 135

Buck Creek near Shopville, Ky.......... 24

Buffalo River, near Flat Woods, Term.. 220 

near Lobelville, Term............... 22 L

Burnett Lake, N. C., capacity of...... 23L

Butler, Term., Roan Creek at.......... 236

Watauga River at................... 237-238

Byrdstown, Term., Wolf River near..... 312

Cadiz, Ky., Little River near......... 6L

Calderwood, Tenn., Little Tennessee

River at........................ 137

Calderwood Lake, Term., capacity of... 23L 

Calf killer River below Sparta, Term... 36 

Candler, N. C., Hominy Creek at....... 7L

Cane Creek at Fletcher, N. C.......... 69

Cane River near Sioux, N. C........... 89

Caney Fork, below Center Hill Dam,

near Lancaster, Term............ 41

near Rock Island, Tenn.............. 33

Page 

Canton, N. C., East Fork Pigeon River

near............................. 82

Pigeon River at...................... 83

Carters Creek, Term., Rutherford Creek

near............................. 213

Carthage, Term., Cumberland River at... 42 

Cedar Cliff Lake, N. C., capacity of... 231 

Cedar Creek near Lebanon, Va........... 141

Celina, Term., Cumberland River at..... 34

Center Hill Reservoir, Term., contents

of............................... 63,64

Cfs-day, definition of................. 2

Charleston, Term., Hiwassee River above 176 

Hiwassee River at.................... 250

Chase, Ala., Flint River near.......... 185

Chattanooga, Term., Tennessee River at. 180 

Tennessee River near ................. 182

Chattanooga Creek near Flintstone, Ga.. 181 

Chatuga Lake, N. C., contents of......228,233

Cheatham Reservoir, Term., capacity of. 64 

Cheoah Lake, N. C., capacity of........ 231

Cherokee Lake, Term., contents of.....227,232

Chickamauga, Term., South Chickamauga

Creek near....................... 179

Chickamauga Lake, Tenn., contents of..230,233 

Chilhowie, Va., South Fork Holston

River near....................... 98

Clarks River, East Fork, at Murray, Ky. 224 

East Fork, near Benton, Ky........... 225

Clear Fork near Robbins, Tenn.......... 26

Cleveland, Va., Clinch River at........ 142

Clinch River, above Tazewell, Term..... 148

at Cleveland, Va..................... 142

at Richlands, Va..................... 140

at Speers Ferry, Va.................. 146

below Morris Dam, Term............... 152

near Scarboro, Term.................. 153

North Fork, at Duffield, Va.......... 147

Coeburn, Va., Guest River at........... 143

Collins River near McMinnville, Term... 38 

Columbia, Term., Duck River at......... 212

Contents, definition of................ 3

Control, definition of................. 2

Cookeville, Term., Falling Water River

near............................. 40

Cooperation, record of................. 1-2

Copper Creek near Gat« City, Va.......144-145

Copperhill, Term., Davis Mill Creek

at............................... 172

Ocoee River at....................... 170

Corbin, Ky., Laurel River at........... 21

Courtland, Ala., Big Nance Creek at.... 199

Cove Creek, N. C., Jonathan Creek near. 85 

Crab Orchard, Term., Daddys Creek near. 157 

Cubic feet per second per square mile,

definition of.................... 2

Cubic foot per second, definition of... 2 

Cullasaja River, at Cullasaja, N. C.... 127

at Highlands, N. C................... 126

Cumberland, Ky., Poor Fork at.......... 14

Cumberland Falls, Ky., Cumberland

River at......................... 20

Cumberland River, at Barbourville, Ky.. 18 

at Carthage, Term.................... 42

at Celina, Tenn...................... 34

at Cumberland Falls, Ky.............. 20

at Dover, Term....................... 59

at Smithland, Ky..................... 62

at Williamsburg, Ky.................. 19

near Harlan, Ky...................... 15

near Pineville, Ky................... 17

near Rowena, Ky...................... 29

South Fork, near Stearns, Ky......... 27

Cumberland River basin, Ky.-Term.,

gaging-station records in........ 14-62

reservoirs in........................ 63-64

Cypress Creek near Florence, Ala....... 251

Daddys Creek near Crab Orchard,

Term............................. 157

Dale Hollow Dam, Tenn., Obey River

below............................ 33

259
260 INDEX

Page 

Dale Hollow Reservoir, Term., contents

of........... ................... 63,64

Damascus, Va., Beaverdam Creek at..... 99

Data, accuracy of..................... 7-8

explanation of...................... 3-7

Davidson River near Brevard, N. C..... 66

Davis Mill Creek at Copperhill, Term.. 172 

Davy Crockett Lake, Tenn., capacity of 231 

Decatur, Tenn., Sewee Creek near...... 159

Deermont, Tenn., Emory River at....... 247

Dial, Ga., Toccoa River near.......... 168

Dillsboro, N. C., Tuckasegee River at. 133 

Discharge measurements:

Cumberland River basin.............. 253

Peak discharges..................... 258

Tennessee River basin..............253-258

Note. Streams for which only discharge measurements are available 

are not entered by name in this 

index. 

Discontinued stations, revisions of,

records for....................236-252

Doe River at Elizabethton, Tenn....... 107

Donelson, Tenn., Stones River above... 52 

Douglas Dam, Tenn., French Broad River

below........................... 95

Douglas Lake, Tenn., contents of.....226,232

Dover, Tenn., Cumberland River at..... 59

Drainage area, definition of.......... 3

Drakes Creek above Hendersonville,

Tenn............................ 44-45

Duck River, above Hurricane Mills,

Tenn........................13,218-219

at Columbia, Tenn................... 212

at Normandy, Tenn................... 252

below Manchester, Tenn.............. 207

near Shelbyville, Tenn.............. 210

Ducktown, Tenn., North Potato Creek

near............................ 173

Duffield, Va., North Pork Clinch River

at.............................. 147

East Fork Lake, N. C., capacity of.... 231

Elizabethton, Tenn., Doe River at..... 107

Watauga River at.................... 108

Elk River, above Fayetteville, Tenn... 194

at Estill Springs, Tenn............. 192

near Pelham, Tenn................... 190

near Prospect, Tenn................197-198

near Rogersville, Ala............... 251

Embreeville, Tenn., Nolichucky River

at.............................. 91

Emf, Tenn., Ocoee River at............ 174

Emory River, at Deermont, Tenn........ 247

at Oakdale, Tenn.................... 158

near Wartburg, Tenn................. 156

Estill Springs, Tenn., Elk River at... 192

Fairfield, Tenn., Garrison Fork at.... 208

Falkville, Ala., Flint Creek near..... 188

Falling Water River near Cookeville,

Tenn............................ 40

Fayetteville, Tenn., Elk River above.. 194 

Fightingtown Creek at McCaysville, Ga. 171 

First Creek, at Fifth Avenue, at

Knoxville, Tenn................. 121

at Mineral Springs Avenue, at

Knoxville, Tenn................. 120

Flat Woods, Tenn., Buffalo River near. 220 

Fletcher, N. C., Cane Creek at........ 69

Flint Creek, near Falkville, Ala...... 188

West Fork, near Oakville, Ala....... 189

Flint River near Chase, Ala........... 185

Flintstone, Ga., Chattanooga Creek

near............................ 181

Floods, reports on.................... 11

Florence, Ala., Cypress Creek near.... 251

Tennessee River at.................202-203

Fontana Lake, N. C., contents of.....227,232

Fort Loudoun Lake, Tenn., contents

of.............................227,232

Fort Patrick Henry Lake, Tenn., contents of....................... 226,232

Frankewing, Tenn., Bradshaw Creek at.. 195 

French Broad River, at Asheville,

N. C............................ 13,75

at Bent Creek, N. C................. 70

at Blantyre, N. C................... 67

at Marshall, N. C................... 77

at Rosman, N. C..................... 65

below Douglas Dam, Tenn............. 95

French Broad River, near Knoxville, 

Tenn..........................

near Newport, Tenn................

97

79

Garrison Fork at Fairfield, Tenn.... 208

Gate City, Va., Big Moccasin Creek

near............................112-113

Copper Creek near...................144-145

North Fork Holston River near........ 114

Quillen Spring near.................. 146

Glen Alice, Tenn., Whites Creek at..... 248

Great Falls Lake, Tenn., contents of... 63,64 

[roseclose, Va., Middle Fork Holston

River at......................... 101

Guest River at Coeburn, Va............. 143

Guntersville Lake, Ala., contents of..230,233

Hales Bar Lake, Tenn., contents of....230,233

Harlan, Ky., Cumberland River near..... 15

Harpeth River, at Belleview, Tenn...... 55

near Kingston Springs, Tenn.......... 56

Hayesville, N. C., Hiwassee River near. 161 

Hazelwood, N. C., Alien Creek near..... 84

West Fork Pigeon River near.......... 80

Hendersonville, Tenn., Drakes Creek

above............................ 44-45

Hepco, N. C., Pigeon River near........ 86

Highlands, N. C., Cullasaja River at... 126 

Hilham, Term., Roaring River near...... 35

Hiwassee Lake, N. C., contents of.....229,233

Hiwassee River, above Charleston, Tenn. 176 

above Murphy, N. C................... 162

at Charleston, Tenn.................. 250

at Presley, Ga....................... 160

below Chatuge Dam, near Hayesville,

N. C............................. 161

near McFarland, Tenn................. 167

Holston River, at Surgoinsville, Tenn.. 115 

Middle Fork, at Groseclose, Va....... 101

at Sevenmile Ford, Va.............. 102

near Jefferson City, Tenn............ 117

near Knoxville, Tenn................. 119

North Fork, at Holston, Va........... Ill

near Gate City, Va................. 114

near Saltville, Va.................13,110

South Fork, at Kingsport, Tenn....... 109

at Riverside, near Chilhowie, Va... 98 

at Vestal, Va...................... 100

below South Holston Dam, Tenn...... 103

Hominy Creek at Candler, N. C.......... 71

Hopkinsville, Ky., South Fork Little

River at......................... 60

Hurricane Mills, Tenn., Duck River

above........................13,218-219

Hydrologic conditions.................. 12

diagram of........................... 13

Iron City, Tenn., Shoal Creek at......200-201

Ivy River near Marshall, N. C.......... 76

Ivylog, Ga., Nottely River near........ 165

Jamestown, Tenn., East Fork Obey River

near............................. 30

Jefferson City, Tenn., Holston River

near............................. 117

Mill Spring near..................... 118

Mossy Spring near.................... 116

Johnson City, Tenn., Brush Creek at...239-240 

Jonathan Creek near Cove Creek, N. C... 85 

Jonesville, Va., Powell River near..... 150

Kentucky Lake, Ky., contents of.......231,234

Kingsport, Tenn., South Fork Holston

River at......................... 109

Kingston Springs, Tenn., Harpeth River

near............................. 56

Knoxville, Tenn., First Creek at......120,121

French Broad River near.............. 97

Holston River near................... 119

Tennessee River at...................4, 122

Lake Cumberland, Ky., contents of...... 63,64

Lake Walters, N. C., capacity of....... 231

Lancaster, Term., Caney Fork near...... 41

Lascassas, Tenn., Bradley Creek at..... 46

East Fork Stones River near.......... 47

Laurel River at Corbin, Ky............. 21

Lebanon, Tenn., Spring Creek near...... 43

Lebanon, Va., Cedar Creek near......... 141

Leipers Fork, Tenn., West Harpeth River

near............................. 54
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Lewisburg, Term., Big Rook Creek at... 211 

Lick Creek at Mohawk, Term............ 93

Little Pigeon River at Sevierville,

Tenn............................ 96

Little River (tributary to Cumberland

River) near Cadiz, Ky........... 61

South Fork, at Hopkinsville, Ky..... 60

Little River (tributary to Tennessee

River) near Maryville, Tenn..... 123

near Walland, Tenn.................. 241

Little Sequatchie River at Sequatchie,

Tenn............................ 250

Little Tennessee River, at Calderwood,

Tenn............................ 137

at McGhee, Tenn..................... 139

at Needmore, N. C................... 128

near Prentiss, N. C................ 124-125

Lobelville, Tenn., Buffalo River near. 

London, Ky., Wood Creek near.

221

22

McCaysville, Ga., Fightingtovm Creek

at.............................. 171

MoFarland, Tenn., Hiwassee River near. 167 

McGhee, Tenn., Little Tennessee River

at.............................. 139

McHarg, Tenn., Ocoee River at......... 249

McMinnvllle, Tenn., Collins River near 38 

Manchester, Tenn., Duck River below... 207 

Map of the United States.............. 9

Marshall, N. C., French Broad River at 77 

Ivy River near...................... 76

Maryville, Tenn., Little River near... 123 

Melton Branch near Oak Ridge, Tenn.... 155

Middlesboro, Ky., Yellow Creek near... 16 

Mill Creek near Antioch, Tenn......... 53

Mill Spring near Jefferson City, Tenn. 118 

Mills River near Mills River, N. C.... 68

Mohawk, Tenn., Lick Creek at.......... 93

Morristown, Tenn., Nolichucky River

near............................ 94

Mossy Spring near Jefferson City,

Tenn............................ 116

Mount Pleasant, Tenn., Big Bigby Creek

near............................ 215

Mulberry Creek, West Fork, at

Mulberry, Tenn.................. 193

Murfreesboro, Tenn., West Fork Stones

River near...................... 48

Murphy, N. C., Hiwassee River above... 162 

Murray, Ky., East Fork Clarks River at 224

Nantahala Lake, N. C., contents of...227,232 

Nantahala River, at Almond, N. C.... .242-245

at Nantahala, N. C..................

near Rainbow Springs, N. C..........4

Needmore, N. C., Little Tennessee

River at........................

New River at New River, Tenn..........

Newport, Tenn., French Broad River

near............................

Pigeon River at.....................

Noland Creek near Bryson City, N. C... 

Nolichucky Dam, Tenn., Nolichucky

River below.....................

Nolichucky River, at Embreeville,

Tenn............................

below Nolichucky Dam, Tenn..........

near Morristovm, Tenn...............

Normandy, Tenn., Duck River at........

Norris Dam, Tenn., Clinch River below.

92

92

94

252

152 Tenn.

Norris Lake, Term., contents of......228,232

North Indian Creek near Unicoi, Tenn.. 90 

North Potato Creek near Ducktovm,

Tenn............................ 173

North Toe River at Altapass, N. C.....

Nottely Lake, Ga., contents of.......228,233 Sanford, Tenn., Oostanaula Creek near..

Nottely River, at Nottely Dam, near 

Ivylog, Ga.......

near Blairsville, Ga. 164

Oak Ridge, Tenn., Melton Branch near. 

Whiteoak Creek near................. 154

Oakdale, Term., Emory River at........ 158

Oakville, Ala., West Fork Flint Creek

near............................ 189

Obey River, below Dale Hollow Dam,

Tenn............................ 33

East Fork, near Jamestown, Tenn..... 30

West Fork, near Alpine, Tenn........ 31

Ocoee No. 3 Lake, Tenn., contents

of.............................229,233

Ocoee River, at Copperhill, Term....... 170

at Emf, Tenn......................... 174

at McHarg, Term...................... 249

at Parksville, Tenn.................. 175

Oconaluftee River at Birdtown, N. C.... 134

Old Hickory Reservoir, Tenn., contents

Oostanaula Creek near Sanford, Tenn..,. 177 

Order, downstream, of listing gaging

stations.

Paducah, Ky., Tennessee River near...., 

Paint Rock River near Woodville, Ala.. 

Parksville, Tenn., Ocoee River at..... 

Parksville (Ocoee No. 1) Lake, Term.,

223

184

175

Peak discharge, measurements of, at

points other than gaging stations

Pelham, Tenn., Elk River near..........

Pennington Gap, Va., North Pork Powell 

River at.........................

Percy Preston Spring near Wallace, Va..

258

190

246

104

Pickwick Lake, Tenn., - - contents -- of .... .231,234

Pigeon River, at Canton, N. C.

at Newport, Tenn.....................

East Fork, near Canton, N. C.........

near Hepco, N. C.....................

West Fork, above Lake Logan, near

Hazelwood, N. C ..................

below Lake Logan, near Waynesville, 

N. C.............................

Pineville, Ky., Cumberland River near..

87

82

80

81

17

Piney River at Vernon, Tenn...........216-217

Pitman Creek at Somerset, Ky.

Poor Fork at Cumberland, Ky............

Powell River, at Big Stone Gap, Va....,

near Arthur, Tenn....................

near Jonesvilie, Va..................

North Fork, at Pennington Gap, Va..., 

Prairie Plains, Tenn., Bradley Creek 

near............................

Prentiss, N. C., Little Tennessee River

28

14

149

151

150

246

191

near............................ 124-125

Presley, Ga., Hiwasse River at......... 160

Prospect, Tenn., Elk River near.......197-198

Publications on streamflow, by

Geological Survey................ 8-11

by State agencies.

Pulaski, Tenn., Richland Creek near.... 

Quillin Spring near Gate City, Va......

Rainbow Springs, N. C., Nantahala River

130

129 Red River, near Adams, Tenn.

Sulphur Fork, near Adams, Tenn. 128 ~- - ' ' - - . - _ 

25

Richland Creek near Pulaski, Tenn.... 

Richlands, Va., Clinch River at.......

Roan Creek at Butler, Tenn. 

79 Roaring River near Hilham, Tenn. 

87 

136

Robbins, Tenn., Clear Fork near........

Rock Island, Term., Caney Fork near..., 

Rockcastle River at Billows, Ky........

Rogersville, Ala., Elk River near......

Rogersville, Tenn., Big Creek near....,

Rosman, N. C., French Broad River at.., 

Rowena, Ky., Cumberland River near....,

Runoff in inches, definition of.

Rutherford Creek near Carters Creek,

11

196

129

57

58

196

140

236

35

26

39

23

251

241

65

29

2

213

Saltville, Va., North Fork Holston

River near.......................13,110

Sandy Hook, Term., Big Bigby Creek

at. 214 

177 

Santeetlah Lake, N. C., contents of...228,232

165 Savannah, Tenn., Tennessee River at....

Scarboro, Tenn., Clinch River near.....

206

153

Scott Creek above Sylva, N. C .......... 132

155 Sequatchie, Tenn., Little Sequatchie

River at.

Sequatchie River near Whitwell, Tenn.., 

Sevenmile Ford, Va., Middle Fork

250

183

Holston River at. 102

96 

159 

210 

Shoal"Creek at Iron City, Tenn........200-201

Shopville, Ky., Buck Creek near........ 24

Sevierville, Tenn., Little Pigeon River 

at...............................

Sewee Creek near Decatur, Tenn.........

Shelbyville, Tenn., Duck River near....
262

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Sioux, N. C., Cane River near......... 89

Smithland, Ky., Cumberland River at... 62 

Smyrna, Tenn., Stewart Creek near..... 51

Stones River near................... 49-50

Somerset, Ky., Pitman Creek at. ....... 28

South Chickamauga Creek, below

Georgia-Tennessee State line.... 178

near Chickamauga, Tenn.............. 179

South Holston Dam, Tenn., South Fork

Holston River below............. 103

South Holston Lake, Tenn., contents

Of.............................226,232

Sparta, Tenn., Calfkiller River below. 36 

Speers Ferry, Va., Clinch River at.... 146

Spring Creek near Lebanon, Tenn....... 43

Springs in Tennessee, discharge

measurements of................. 235

Stackhouse, N. C., Big Laurel Creek

near............................ 78

Stage-discharge relation, definition

of.............................. 2

Stearns, Ky., South Fork Cumberland

River near...................... 27

Steve Keesling Spring at Sugar Grove,

Va. ............................. 97

Stewart Creek near Smyrna, Tenn....... 51

Stones River, above Donelson, Tenn.... 52

East Fork, near Lascassas, Tenn..... 47

near Smyrna, Tenn................... 49-50

West Fork, near Murfreesboro, Tenn.. 48 

Sugar Grove, N. C., Watauga River near 105 

Sugar Grove, Va., Steve Keesling

Spring at....................... 97

Sulphur Fork. See Red River, Sulphur

Fork.

Surgoinsville, Term., Holston River at 115 

Swannanoa, N. C., Beetree Creek near.. 73 

Swannanoa River, at Biltmore, N. C.... 74 

North Fork, near Black Mountain,

N. C............................ 72

Sylva, N. C., Scott Creek above....... 132

Tazewell, Tenn., Clinch River above... 148 

Tellico River at Tellico Plains, Tenn. 138 

Tennessee, springs in, discharge

measurements of................. 235

Tennessee Creek project lakes......... 231

Tennessee River, at Chattanooga, Tenn. 180 

at Florence, Ala................... 202-203

at Hales Bar, near Chattanooga,

Tenn............................ 182

at Knoxville, Tenn..................4, 122

at Savannah, Tenn................... 206

at Whitesburg, Ala................. 186-187

near Paducah, Ky.................... 223

Tennessee River basin, Ala.-Ga.-N. C.- 

Tenn.-Va., gaging-station 

records in......................65-225

reservoirs in......................226-234

Terms and abbreviations, definition

of.............................. 2-3

Thorpe Lake, N. C., contents of.......227,232

Toccoa River, near Blue Ridge, Ga...... 169

near Dial, Ga........................ 168

Tomotla, N. C., Valley River at........ 163

Trousdale, Tenn., Barren Fork near..... 37

Tuckasegee River, at Bryson City,

N. C............................. 135

at Dillsboro, N. C................... 133

at Tuekasegee, N. C .................. 131

Turtletown Creek at Turtletown, Tenn... 166

Tuscumbia Spring at Tuseumbia,

Ala............................. 204-205

Unicoi, Tenn., North Indian Creek 

near........................ 90

Valley River at Tomotla, N. C.......... 163

Vernon, Tenn., Piney Hiver at.........216-217

Vestal, Va., South Fork Holston River

at............................... 100

WSP, definition of..................... 3

Wallace, Va., Beaver Creek near........ 104

Percy Preston Spring near............ 104

Walland, Tenn., Little River near...... 241

Wartburg, Tenn., Emory River near...... 156

Wartrace Creek at Bell Buckle, Tenn.... 209

Watauga Lake, Tenn., contents of......226,232

Watauga River, at Butler, Tenn........237-238

at Elizabethton, Tenn................ 108

below Wilbur Dam, Tenn............... 106

near Sugar Grove, N. C ............... 105

Watts Bar Lake, Tenn., contents

of..............................228,233

Waynesville, N. C., West Fork Pigeon

River near....................... 81

West Harpeth River near Leipers Fork,

Tenn............................. 54

Wheeler Lake, Ala., contents of.......230,234

Whiteoak Creek below Oak Ridge

National Laboratory, near

Oak Ridge, Tenn.................. 154

Whites Creek at Glen Alice, Tenn....... 248

Whitesburg, Ala., Tennessee River

at..............................186-187

Whitwell , Tenn., Sequatchie Hiver

near............................. 183

Wilbur Dam, Tenn., Watauga River

below............................ 106

Williamsburg, Ky., Cumberland River

at............................... 19

Wilson Lake, Ala., contents of........231,234

Wolf Creek Lake, capacity of........... 231

Wolf River near Byrdstown, Tenn........ 32

Wood Creek near London, Ky............. 22

Woods Reservoir, Tenn., contents of...230,233 

Woodville, Ala., Paint Rock River near. 184 

Work, division of...................... 2

scope of............................. 1

Yellow Creek near Middlesboro, Ky. 16

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