Tellico River at Tellico Plains, 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 03518500 sits on the Tellico River and reads everything draining 118 square miles of the Lower Little Tennessee basin. Its datum sits 846 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1925, 81 years of it.

Normal flows here

The Tellico River runs a median of 172 cfs at this gauge across 81 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 364 cfs, and October the leanest at 73 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,100 cfs in 2003, and the lowest is 12 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1925 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Apalachia Dam is 13 miles from this gauge on the None system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Apalachia Dam 13 miles
• Hiwassee Dam 16 miles
• Ocoee No. 2 Dam 23 miles
• Ocoee No. 3 Dam 25 miles