Clinch River above Tazewell, 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 03528000 sits on the Clinch River and reads everything draining 1,474 square miles of the Upper Clinch basin. Its datum sits 1,061 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1919, 107 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Clinch River at Kyles Ford, TN, reading 1,267 square miles. This gauge adds the 207 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Clinch River runs a median of 1,020 cfs at this gauge across 107 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,850 cfs, and October the leanest at 320 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 83,300 cfs in 1977, and the lowest is 99 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1919 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Clinch River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 29.3 feet, in April 1977.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TAZT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Cherokee Dam is 19 miles from this gauge on the Holston system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Cherokee Dam 19 miles