Hiwassee

Notes:
Do not confuse the Applachia Dam with the Applachia Powerhouse. The Powerhouse is 8.8 miles downstream from the dam. It gets its water from the dam via a tunnel. (Hiwassee dam is completely different from either of these.)

The dam may release water into the river at very high lake levels, but it does not generate power, and has no scheduled releases.

The Powerhouse is about 1/2 mile above the put in, and is where all the water for paddling from the Powerhouse put-in to Reliance comes from. (Unless the dam is spilling water.)

The USGS river gauge on the Hiwassee is at Charleston, below the confluence of the Hiwassee and the Ocoee Rivers, so it cannot be used as a reliable indicator of water levels for either river, especially since both are dam controlled.

The link to TVA Applachia Powerhouse is: http://www.tva.gov/lakes/aph\_r.htm

TVA has a smartphone app that makes it very easy to check all its dam releases.