Cartoogechaye Creek at SR 1148 near Franklin, NC 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 0350011450 sits on Cartoogechaye Creek and reads everything draining 49 square miles of the Upper Little Tennessee basin. Its datum sits 2,043 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2019, 7 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 Little Tennessee River at Lake Emory Dam, NC at 310 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 16% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Little Tennessee River at Needmore, NC.

Normal flows here

Cartoogechaye Creek runs a median of 100 cfs at this gauge across 7 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 187 cfs, and October the leanest at 44 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,790 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 20 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2019 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Cartoogechaye Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.6 feet, in June 1949.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CARN7. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Chatuge Dam is 23 miles from this gauge on the Hiwassee system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Chatuge Dam 23 miles