Clinch River at Speers Ferry, VA Water Level Today

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 03527000 sits on the Clinch River and reads everything draining 1,123 square miles of the Upper Clinch basin. Its datum sits 1,196 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1921, 84 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 Clinch River at Kyles Ford, TN at 1,267 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 89% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Clinch River runs a median of 756 cfs at this gauge across 84 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,080 cfs, and October the leanest at 253 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 43,600 cfs in 2002, and the lowest is 77 cfs in 1931.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1921 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 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 36.7 feet, in April 1977.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SFYV2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Fort Patrick Henry Dam is 17 miles from this gauge on the None system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Fort Patrick Henry Dam 17 miles
• Boone Dam 23 miles