TidalMapNolichucky River at Embreeville, TN Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 03465500 sits on the Nolichucky River and reads everything draining 805 square miles of the Nolichucky basin. Its datum sits 1,519 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 1920 to 2024, 104 years in all.
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 Nolichucky River below Nolichucky Dam, TN at 1,184 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 68% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
The Nolichucky River runs a median of 968 cfs at this gauge across 104 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,750 cfs, and September the leanest at 536 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 50,800 cfs in 1978, and the lowest is 88 cfs in 1925.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1,320 cfs | 136% |
| Feb | 1,550 cfs | 160% |
| Mar | 1,750 cfs | 181% |
| Apr | 1,610 cfs | 166% |
| May | 1,290 cfs | 133% |
| Jun | 934 cfs | 96% |
| Jul | 768 cfs | 79% |
| Aug | 673 cfs | 69% |
| Sep | 536 cfs | 55% |
| Oct | 538 cfs | 56% |
| Nov | 676 cfs | 70% |
| Dec | 1,050 cfs | 108% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1920 to 2024. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.
Flood stages and record crests
The Nolichucky River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.9 feet, in September 2024.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 10 ft |
| Minor flooding | 12 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 16 ft |
| Major flooding | 20 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | 33.9 ft |
| May 1901 | 24 ft |
| November 1977 | 21.5 ft |
| August 1940 | 18.6 ft |
| September 2004 | 15.6 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EMBT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
TVA dams near this gauge
TVA's Boone Dam is 18 miles from this gauge on the South Fork Holston system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.
- Boone Dam 18 miles
- Watauga Dam 21 miles
- Wilbur Dam 22 miles
- Fort Patrick Henry Dam 22 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Big Limestone Creek near Limestone, TN
- Watauga River at Elizabethton
- Doe River at Elizabethton, TN
- Watauga River below Watauga Dam
- Watauga River below Wilbur Dam
- Nolichucky River below Nolichucky Dam, TN
- South Toe River near Celo, NC
- Ivy River near Marshall, NC
- French Broad River at Marshall, NC
- French Broad River at Hot Springs, NC
- North Fork Swannanoa River near Walkertown, NC
- South Fork Holston below South Holston Dam
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03465500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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