Obed River at Adams Bridge near Crossville, 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 03538830 sits on the Obed River and reads everything draining 92 square miles of the Emory basin. Its datum sits 1,366 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2010, 15 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 Obed River near Lancing, TN at 518 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 18% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Emory River at Oakdale, TN.

Normal flows here

The Obed River runs a median of 50 cfs at this gauge across 15 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 244 cfs, and September the leanest at 14 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,500 cfs in 2012, and the lowest is 0.5 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2010 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.