South Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga, 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 03567500 sits on South Chickamauga Creek and reads everything draining 428 square miles of the Middle Tennessee-Chickamauga basin. Its datum sits 644 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1929, 78 years of it.

Normal flows here

South Chickamauga Creek runs a median of 273 cfs at this gauge across 78 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 782 cfs, and October the leanest at 146 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 26,500 cfs in 1973, and the lowest is 60 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1929 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

South Chickamauga Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 29.3 feet, in May 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CHKT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Chickamauga Dam is 6 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 6 miles
• Nickajack Dam 23 miles