Bullrun Creek near Halls Crossroads, TN Flow & Water Level

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 03535000 sits on Bullrun Creek and reads everything draining 68 square miles of the Lower Clinch basin. Its datum sits 854 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1958, 54 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Melton Hill Lake at 3,343 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Bullrun Creek runs a median of 40 cfs at this gauge across 54 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 114 cfs, and September the leanest at 12 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,400 cfs in 1977, and the lowest is 3.3 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1958 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Bullrun Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.3 feet, in April 1977.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRCT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Norris Dam is 9 miles from this gauge on the Clinch system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Norris Dam 9 miles
• Melton Hill Dam 24 miles