TidalMapSewee Creek near Decatur, 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 03543500 sits on Sewee Creek and reads everything draining 117 square miles of the Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga basin. Its datum sits 694 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1934, 75 years of it.
Normal flows here
Sewee Creek runs a median of 68 cfs at this gauge across 75 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 240 cfs, and September the leanest at 28 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,900 cfs in 1963, and the lowest is 8.1 cfs in 1988.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 201 cfs | 298% |
| Feb | 232 cfs | 344% |
| Mar | 240 cfs | 356% |
| Apr | 178 cfs | 264% |
| May | 90 cfs | 133% |
| Jun | 54 cfs | 81% |
| Jul | 44 cfs | 65% |
| Aug | 36 cfs | 53% |
| Sep | 28 cfs | 41% |
| Oct | 29 cfs | 43% |
| Nov | 41 cfs | 61% |
| Dec | 110 cfs | 163% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1934 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
Sewee Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 24 feet, in January 1946.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 10 ft |
| Minor flooding | 10 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 15 ft |
| Major flooding | 20 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| January 1946 | 24 ft |
| February 1994 | 17.3 ft |
| April 1994 | 17.1 ft |
| February 2019 | 16.5 ft |
| February 2004 | 15.7 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SEET1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
TVA dams near this gauge
TVA's Watts Bar Dam is 3 miles from this gauge on the Tennessee system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.
- Watts Bar Dam 3 miles
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03543500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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