TidalMapNorth Chickamauga Creek at Mile Straight, 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 03566535 sits on North Chickamauga Creek and reads everything draining 74 square miles of the Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga basin. Its datum sits 662 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2016, 10 years of it.
Normal flows here
North Chickamauga Creek runs a median of 22 cfs at this gauge across 10 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 169 cfs, and October the leanest at 0.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,450 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2021.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 145 cfs | 644% |
| Feb | 169 cfs | 751% |
| Mar | 160 cfs | 711% |
| Apr | 99 cfs | 440% |
| May | 49 cfs | 218% |
| Jun | 6.2 cfs | 28% |
| Jul | 0.3 cfs | 1% |
| Aug | 0.5 cfs | 2% |
| Sep | 0.4 cfs | 2% |
| Oct | 0.0 cfs | 0% |
| Nov | 2.3 cfs | 10% |
| Dec | 91 cfs | 404% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2016 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
TVA dams near this gauge
TVA's Chickamauga Dam is 8 miles from this gauge on the Tennessee system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.
- Chickamauga Dam 8 miles
Nearby river gauges
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- Friar Branch at Polymer Dr at Chattanooga, TN
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- Lookout Creek at Mile 2.6 near Wauhatchie, TN
- Sequatchie River near Whitwell, TN
- Richland Creek at Dayton, TN
- Little Richland Creek at 16Th Ave at Dayton, TN
- Oostanaula Creek near Sanford, TN
- Sewee Creek near Decatur, TN
- Basses Creek at Lake Tansi near Crossville,tn
- Elk River near Pelham, TN
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03566535. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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