Caney Fork

Bankfull on Boatertalk had this to say about the CF drainage and the run's response to rainfall. Very useful:

It has somewhere around a 200 square mile drainage (50% bigger than Watauga). If if wasn't for all the karst around, it would be the Tennessee Class 4 staple. But the last months of the year are usually spent filling all the massive cave systems.

But once the system is filled up, 1/2 inch can do it every time. If daddys hits 500 or more and the Calfkiller is at 5.5 feet or higher, game on.

Calfkiller is really the best barometer for the run, as it has a similar drainage and has the same karst issues. When you see 2 inches at De Rosset and the calfkiller doesn't budge, you know things aren't filled in yet. But once it starts holding at around 5.1 - 5.3, a half an inch widespread will do it every time.

Here's a link to the DeRossett rain gauge that shows the past 6 days:

http://amazon.nws.noaa.gov/nexhads2/servlet/CreateDCPChart?nesdis\_id=244B32BC&nwsli=DERT1&minimumdate=6&maximumdate=0&location=Precipitation+Data+For+DE+ROSSETT+RAIN&pe\_code=DERT1PC