Stewarts Creek at Smyrna,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 03429498 sits on Stewarts Creek in the Stones basin. Its datum sits 497 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2021, 5 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Downstream the next reading comes from J Percy Priest Reservoir at 892 square miles. Water passing here goes on to Stones River at US Hwy 70 near Donelson, TN, Cumberland River at Stones River near Hermitage,tn and Cumberland River at Omohundro Wtr Plt at Nashville, TN.

Normal flows here

Stewarts Creek runs a median of 38 cfs at this gauge across 5 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 140 cfs, and October the leanest at 9.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,530 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 4.4 cfs in 2025.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2021 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam is 14 miles from this gauge on the Stones system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• J Percy Priest Dam 14 miles
• Old Hickory Dam 24 miles