Calfkiller River at Hwy 70 at Sparta, 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 03419530 sits on the Calfkiller River and reads everything draining 157 square miles of the Caney basin. Its datum sits 835 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2017, 9 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 Great Falls Lake at 1,677 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 9% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Calfkiller River runs a median of 166 cfs at this gauge across 9 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 581 cfs, and October the leanest at 39 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,600 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 20 cfs in 2023.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2017 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 20.2 feet, in March 2021.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CAFT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Great Falls Dam is 12 miles from this gauge on the Caney Fork system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Great Falls Dam 12 miles
• Center Hill Dam 23 miles