Smith Fork at Temperance Hall, 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 03424730 sits on the Smith Fork and reads everything draining 214 square miles of the Caney basin. Its datum sits 498 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1991, 35 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 Caney Fork at Stonewall at 2,520 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Smith Fork runs a median of 84 cfs at this gauge across 35 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 321 cfs, and September the leanest at 29 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 20,000 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 3.3 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1991 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 26.9 feet, in May 2010.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GVST1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Center Hill Dam is 5 miles from this gauge on the Caney Fork system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Center Hill Dam 5 miles
• Cordell Hull Dam 14 miles
• Great Falls Dam 25 miles