New River at New River, 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 03408500 sits on the New River and reads everything draining 382 square miles of the South Fork Cumberland basin. Its datum sits 1,092 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1934, 87 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 South Fork Cumberland River at Leatherwood Ford, TN at 806 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 47% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The New River runs a median of 223 cfs at this gauge across 87 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 885 cfs, and September the leanest at 32 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 39,100 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 1944.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1934 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.