Tennessee River List

Name
Section
Latest FlowUpdated As Of
Abrams Creek - II-III+(V)
1. Cades Cove to Abrams Creek Campground
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Abrams Creek - II
2. Abrams Creek Campground to Hwy 129(Lower Abrams)
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Bald River - II-IV(V)
F.S. 126 bridge to Bald River Falls
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Basin Creek - V
Jeep Trail to Fall Creek
BearPen Branch - III
from upstream to Duskin Creek
Beaver Creek - I-II
Pellisippi Parkway to Melton Hill Lake
42 cfs
1 hour ago
Beaverdam Creek - II-III
Backbone Rock Park to Laurel Creek (Damascus)
179 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Bee Creek - III-V
Taft Center or County Bridge at Glade Creek to Caney Fork
Big Brush Creek - III-V+
Bridge on FS road off Highway 8/111 to Highway 127
Big Creek - III-IV+
FR221/Peavine Road to US64
Big Fiery Gizzard Creek - III-V
Tracy City section
Big Flat Creek - II
Mine Rd To Mascot Rd
Big Lost Creek - V
1) Upper - Concrete Bridge to Lost Creek Campground (Upper Big Lost Creek)
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Big Lost Creek - III-IV
2) Lost Creek Campground to Hiwassee Public Take-Out
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Big Marrowbone Creek - I(II)
Abernathy Rd to Walmart Supercenter on Ashland City HWY 12
21 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Big Sewee - I(II)
Hwy 58 bridge to Decatur-Watts Bar Rd(Flat Shoal River)
Blackburn Fork - II-III
TN 6294 to Roaring River
Bledsoe Creek - I-II
Ford west of Greenfield Road to Old Union Recreation Area
Board Camp Creek - IV-V
Jones Gap Rd to Soddy Creek
Bruce Creek - V
Tea Cups / Cascades
Brush Creek - V+
Seventh Day Adventist Compound to Roaring Creek
Buffalo River - I(II)
Murphy Bridge to Topsy Bridge(Upper Buffalo River)
535 cfs
1 hour ago
Bullet Creek - V+
Starr Mountain to Yellow Creek
Bumbee Creek - III-IV+(V)
Bumbee Creek / Mapleslush Branch Confluence to Piney River
Cain Creek - IV-V
Barker Camp Rd. to Bowater Parking lot
12 cfs
5335 days ago! data is stale
Cane Creek - IV-V
Fall Creek Falls State Park to Highway 30
Cane Creek - I-III(IV)
Window Cliff Road to Center Hill Lake
Caney Fork - II-IV(V)
0. Rock Island State Park - Bridge above Blue Hole picnic area to picnic area(Rock Island)
Caney Fork - III-V
1. Clifty Bridge to Bee Creek(Caney Fork Gorge)
Caney Fork - I-III
2. Bee Creek to Collins River(Lower Upper Caney Fork)
Citico Creek - III-IV
1. Indian Boundary to Below Pigs in Space(Upper Citico)
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Citico Creek - II-III
2. Doublecamp to Little Tennessee River
Clear Creek - I-II+(III)
1. US 127 to Barnett Bridge (Upper Upper Clear Creek)
34 cfs
1 hour ago
Clear Creek - I-III
2. Barnett Bridge to Jett Bridge
34 cfs
1 hour ago
Clear Creek - II+(III)
3. Jett to Lilly
34 cfs
1 hour ago
Clear Creek - II-IV
4. Lilly to Nemo (Clear Creek Gorge)
34 cfs
1 hour ago
Clear Creek - V
Clear Creek-Waldens Ridge(Clear Creek)
Clear Fork - I-II
1. Gatewood Bridge to Brewster Bridge
64 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Clear Fork - II+
2. Brewster Bridge to Burnt Mill Bridge
64 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Clear Fork - II+(III)
3. Burnt Mill Bridge to Confluence with New River
64 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Clear Fork (of the Cumberland) - II-III
Hwy 90 bridge to Sandy Beach Cove(Clear Fork near Jellico)
95 cfs
1 hour ago
Clear Fork, North Prong - III-IV
1. Old Sunbright to Banner Springs
Clear Fork, North Prong - I-II
2. Banner Springs Rd. to Gatewood Bridge
Clifty Creek - V
Eastland Rd to Caney Fork
Coal Creek-White's Creek Trib Rhea County - III
Coal Creek-White's Creek Trib(Coal Creek)
Coker Creek - III-IV(V)
Highway 68 to Hiwassee River
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Conasauga Creek (Hiwassee R. trib.) - III-IV(V+)
FR 341 to Holly Springs Rd Bridge
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Conasauga River - II-III
Jacks River to U.S. 411 Bridge
3.77 ft
1 hour ago
Conner Creek - V
Headwaters to North Suck Creek(North Suck Creek Trib)
Cooper Creek - IV-V+
Barker Camp Rd to Bowater Parking Lot
Cosby Creek - III-IV
Tom's Creek to Hwy 32
Cove Creek - II-IV
Cascades
Crab Orchard Creek - II-IV
Flat Rock Ford to Oakdale (Emory River)
224 cfs
1 hour ago
Crooked Fork Creek - III-IV(V)
1. US 27 to Potter's Falls (Upper)
224 cfs
1 hour ago
Crooked Fork Creek - III-IV
2. Potter's Falls to Camp Austin (Lower)
224 cfs
1 hour ago
Cumberland, Big South Fork - II-IV
1. The Confluence to Leatherwood Ford
230 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Cumberland, Big South Fork - I-II(IV)
2. Leatherwood Ford to Station Camp
230 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Cumberland, Big South Fork - II+(IV)
3. Station Camp to Blue Heron, KY (19 miles)
230 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Daddy's Creek - I-II
1. Big Lick to Sutton Dam
58 cfs
1 hour ago
Daddy's Creek - I-II
2. Sutton Dam to Antioch Bridge
1.90 ft
1 hour ago
Daddy's Creek - III-IV
3. Antioch Bridge to Devils Breakfast Table Bridge
58 cfs
1 hour ago
Daddy's Creek - II-III
4. Devils Breakfast Table to Obed River
Deep Creek - V
Mowbray to Soddy
Doe - II-III
1. Crabtree Road to Bear Cage Road (Blevins Bridge)
Doe - III-IV
2. Gorge: Bear Cage Road (Blevins Bridge) to Highway 19E bridge at Hampton High School
Doe - II-III
3. Highway 19E bridge @ Hampton High School to Covered Bridge Park - Elizabethton(Lower Doe)
Doe, Laurel Fork - IV-V(V+)
Dennis Cove to Hampton
Doublecamp Creek - IV
to Citico Creek
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Duck River - IV-V
Old Stone Fort
73 cfs
1 hour ago
Dunlap Creek - III-IV
Jolley Road to Piney River
Duskin Creek - III-IV
Off Shut - In Gap Road to the Piney River at Spring City
Elk - IV-V(V+)
B) Twisting Falls Gorge: Big Falls (Route 1306) to bridge above Stone Mtn Church (TN)
Elk - II-III
C. Bridge Above Stone Mtn Church (Route 2520) to US 321 bridge near Elk Mills
Elk (Carter County) - IV-V(V+)
Big Falls to Poga Rd (Twisting Falls Gorge)
Emory - II-IV
1. Coal loading facility at base of Ligias Ridge to Hwy 62
Emory - II-III
2. Emory River Canyon - Hwy 62 to Nemo
224 cfs
1 hour ago
Emory - I-III
3. Nemo to Oakdale
Ensor Creek - IV(V)
Baxter Road to Mine Lick Creek(Secret Creek)
Fall Creek - II-IV
Ozone Falls to White's Creek
Falling Water Creek - IV-V+
Waldens Ridge to Soddy Daisy
Flat Creek - II-III
Highway 136 to Roaring River
Flat Fork, North Prong - II-III(IV)
Panther Branch & Emory Gap Branch Confluence to Parking Lot
224 cfs
1 hour ago
Forked Deer Creek - II-III
Kincaid Farms Dr to Clinch River
French Broad - I-III
Del Rio to Bridgeport Market
French Broad - I-III
Hot Springs (NC) to Highway 107 at Del Rio
Gee Creek - IV-V
hike up back to parking area
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Goforth Creek - IV-V
to the Ocoee
Griffin Creek - IV(V+)
to the Sequatchie
Hall Branch - III-IV+
Camp Austin road to Emory River
Hamilton Branch - III+(IV)
Baxter Road to Mine Lick Creek
Henderson Creek - V
Liberty Hill Rd to Laurel-Snow Parking lot(Hendy!)
Hiwassee - III-IV
1. Dries: Turtletown Creek to Apalachia Powerhouse (Dries)
Hiwassee - II
2. Apalachia Powerhouse to Reliance
17.88 ft
2896 days ago! data is stale
Hiwassee - I-II
3. Reliance to U.S. 411 Bridge(Lower Hiwassee)
Holston - I-II
South Holston Dam to Boone Lake
Hurricane Creek - IV-V
Camp Ground Rd to East Fork Obey
13 cfs
2413 days ago! data is stale
Indian Creek - I-II(III)
Beaver Brk Rd to Powell River Rd
Island Creek - III-IV
1. Catoosa Road to Catoosa Bridge
Island Creek - III-IV+
2. Catoosa Bridge to Emory River
Jennings Creek - V
Laurel Branch to Lee Asbury Road
Laurel Creek - V
to Tellico just below Turkey Creek Confluence
Little - III-IV
0. Old Rail Bridge to Elkmont C.G. (Hike Up Elkmont)(Hike Up Elkmont)
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Little - II-III
1. Bridge at Elkmont to Sinks
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Little - III-IV+
2. Sinks to the Elbow(Lower Little)
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Little - II+(III)
3. Elbow to the 'Y' (Townsend)
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Little - II
4. Townsend to Dam at Melrose
205 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Little - I
5. Dam at Melrose to the Tennessee River
205 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Little Brush Creek - IV-V
To Rte. 111 just past Dunlap
Little Clear Creek - III-IV+
Hwy 62 to Lily
34 cfs
1 hour ago
Little Emory - II-III
Ford Near Right Fork to Kring Hollow Rd.
Little Emory, Middle Fork - III-IV(V)
Stephens to below Coalfield
224 cfs
1 hour ago
Little Fiery Gizzard Creek - III-IV
Into Big Fiery Gizzard Creek
Little Harpeth River - I(II)
Granny White Pike to Hwy 100(Park & Play at Warner Rapid)
Little Hurricane Creek - V
Muddy Pond Rd. to Hurricane Creek
13 cfs
2413 days ago! data is stale
Little Laurel Trib of E F Obey - III+
Little Laurel Trib of E F Obey Western Cumberland Plateau(Little Laurel Trib of E F Obey)
Little Lost Creek - I(IV)
into Big Lost Creek
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Little Pigeon, Middle Prong - IV-V
0. Buck Fork to Ramsay Prong
357 cfs
6065 days ago! data is stale
Little Pigeon, Middle Prong - V
1. Ramsey Prong confluence to Bridge at Trailhead
357 cfs
6065 days ago! data is stale
Little Pigeon, Middle Prong - IV-V
2. Ramsey's Cascade trailhead to Porters Creek confluence
357 cfs
6065 days ago! data is stale
Little Pigeon, Middle Prong - III-IV
3. Porter's Creek Confluence to Hwy 73 (The Greenbriar)
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Little Pigeon, Middle Prong - II-III
4. Highway 73 to Richardson Cove
300 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Little Pigeon, West Prong - V
1. Chimneys Trailhead to Chimneys Picnic Area (Trailhead [Upper])
42 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Little Pigeon, West Prong - V
2. Chimneys Picnic Area to Campbell Overlook (Picnic put-in - [Lower])
42 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Little Pigeon, West Prong - III-V
3. Campbell Overlook to Sugarlands Visitor Center(Lower Lower)
42 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Little Pigeon, West Prong - II-III
4. Gatlinburg to 1st bridge in Pigeon Forge
42 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Little Pigeon, West Prong, Roaring Fork - IV+
Second Bridge down to Park Boundary
Little Piney Creek(Grandview) - III-IV(V+)
Grandview Tenn. to Piney River(Tiny Piney)
Little Sequatchie - II-III
Indian Creek to Sequatchie River
300 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Little Soddy Creek - IV-V+
Hotwater Rd to Back Valley Rd
Little, Middle Prong - IV
1) Thunderhead and Lynn Camp Prong confluence to next bridge(Upper Tremont, Danger Alley)
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Little, Middle Prong (Tremont) - III-IV
2) First Bridge below Lynn Camp and Thunderhead Prong Confluence to Tremont Institute(Tremont)
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Little, West Prong - III-IV
1. Cold Water Knob to Cades Cove Rd.
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Little, West Prong - III+
2. Confluence with Laurel Creek to the Y(West Prong of the Little River)
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Lower Cane Creek - I-II
Hwy 30 to Hickory Valley Road (or Owl Hole down when low)
Lynn Camp Prong - III-IV+(V+)
to confluence with Thunderhead Prong
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Mammys Creek - II-III(IV)
US 70 to US 27(Mammys Creek)
McGill Creek - IV-V
Hendon Rd to Coulterville Rd
Middle Creek (Tennessee River trib.) - V
Rainbow Lake to Tennessee River
Middle Creek-South Pole (Rock Creek trib.) - V
Middle Creek-South Pole Rock Creek Trib (Sale Creek Tennessee)(South Pole)
Moccasin Creek - I-II
Shut-In Gap Road to Piney River(Other Piney River Put-in)
Morgan Creek - V
Snow Falls to Laurel-Snow Parking Lot(North Pole Run)
Mud Lick Creek - III+
culvert to Emory River
Mullens Creek - IV-V(V+)
Prentice Cooper State Park to Mullens Cove
New River - II-III
US 27 Bridge to Clear Fork River(New River Gorge above Big South Fork)
94 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Nolichucky River - III-IV
1. Poplar NC to Chestoa TN(Nolichucky Gorge)
1.28 ft
< 1 hour ago
Nolichucky River - I-II(III)
2. Nolichucky Gorge Campground to Sawmill(Lower Noli)
1.28 ft
< 1 hour ago
Nolichucky River - II+(III)
3.5 Big Rocks
Nolichucky River - II+(III)
7.5 The Secret Spot
North Chickamauga Creek - II-III
1. Double Bridge to put-in for gorge run
12 cfs
5335 days ago! data is stale
North Chickamauga Creek - IV-V
2. Walden Ridge to Soddy-Daisy(North Chick)
3.38 ft
1 hour ago
North Chickamauga Creek - III-IV
3. Bowater Parking Area to Hwy 27(The Bowling Alley)
12 cfs
5335 days ago! data is stale
North River - III-IV
North River Campground to Tellico River
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
North White Oak Creek - II
Zenith Mines to Leatherwood Ford
Obed - II-III+(V)
1. U.S. 127 near Crossville to Adams Bridge(Gould's Bend)
21 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Obed - II-IV
2. Adams Bridge to Potter's Ford
21 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Obed - I-III
3. Potter's Ford to Obed Junction
21 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Obed - II-IV
4. Obed Junction to Nemo
224 cfs
1 hour ago
Obey, E. Fork - II-V+
1. Cliff Springs to TN 85 Bridge
13 cfs
2413 days ago! data is stale
Obey, E. Fork - I-II
5. TN 85 Bridge to Dale Hollow Lake
Obey, West Fork - II-III
TN 85n Bridge to Dale Hollow Lake
16 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Ocoee - III
Middle Ocoee - #2 Dam to #2 Powerhouse(Lower Whitewater Section)
Ocoee - III-IV
Upper Ocoee - Ocoee #3 to Ocoee #2 Dam(Upper Whitewater Section and Olympic Course)
Paine Creek - I
to Richland Creek
Paint Creek - III+(IV)
Kelley Falls to Dudley Falls
Panther Creek - II-IV(V)
to Abrams Creek at Hwy 129
Phelps Branch - IV(V)
Old Mill Road to Center Hill lake
Pigeon - II-III+
1. Walters Power Plant at Waterville/Big Creek to Hartford Bridge(Pigeon Gorge / The Dirty Bird!)
201 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Pigeon - II(III)
2. Lower Pigeon(Bridge at Hartford to Denton)
201 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Pine Creek (Caney Fork R. trib.) - III-IV+(V)
to Center Hill Reservior(Cow Pie Creek)
Pine Creek (South Fork Cumberland R. trib.) - IV-V
Bend in road to Big South Fork
Piney Creek - III-IV
Hwy 70 to Hwy 27 (Whites Creek)(Tiny Piney)
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Piney River - II-III
Play Park
Piney River - III-IV
Wash-Pelfrey Road to Spring City(Wash-Pelfrey Road to Spring City<br>Alternate putin on Mossican Cr, unmarked log)
Pocket Creek - IV-V
Bridge Creek Road to Bee Branch
Possum Creek, Big - III+(IV)
Waldens Ridge to Bakewell
Possum Creek, Little - V
Waldens Ridge to Bakewell
Richland Creek - III-IV(V)
Old Dayton Reservoir to Laurel-Snow Parking Lot
Road Prong - V+
1. Green Light Falls to Third Bridge(Upper Road Prong)
Road Prong - V
2. Third bridge to just above West Prong confluence
Roaring Creek - III-IV+(V)
New Harmony Rd to Brayton Mountain Rd (Montague)
Roaring River - II-III
Hwy 135 to Stock Gap Rd. Bridge(Roaring River Gorge)
Rock Creek (Emory R. trib) - I-II+(III)
Annadel to Hwy 62
Rock Creek (Sale Crk. trib.) - III-IV+
Retro-Hughes Road to Leggett Rd bridge
12 cfs
5335 days ago! data is stale
RockHouse Branch - IV(V)
Shut-in-Gap Road to Piney Take-Out (Spring City)
Rocky Fork (South Indian Creek trib) - IV(V)
State Park Run
Rocky River - I
to Caney Fork
Running Water Creek - II-III
Katy Lane to Nickajack Lake
Rutherford Creek - I-II(III)
Columbia Rock Road to Duck River
Savage Creek - I
Savage Gulf
Sawmill Creek-Soddy Trib. Waldens Ridge - III
Lewis Chapel area(Sawmill Creek)
Soak Creek - III-IV
Dirt road, off Jewitt Rd to Piney River
Soddy Creek - IV-V+
Waldens Ridge to Jones Gap Road
0 cfs
7243 days ago! data is stale
Spivey Creek - V+
Little Bald Creek to Tumbling Rich Gap Brook
Spring Creek - II-III+(IV)
1. Hwy 42 near Rickman to the Roaring River
Spring Creek - II-III(IV)
2. Waterloo Falls to Spring Creek Community(Spring Creek Gorge)
Spring Creek (Hiwassee Tributary) - II(III)
Concrete Bridge to Spring Creek Campsite 1
Spruce Flats Prong - V+
Honey Cove Branch confluence to Middle Prong Little River
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Stinging Fork - IV(V)
Stinging Fork Falls to Piney River
Stone Coalbank Creek - IV(V+)
Nunley Road to Cartwright Loop Road(Coalbank Creek)
Stones, W.Fk. - II(III)
Barfield Crescent Road to Nice Mill Dam
67 cfs
1 hour ago
Suck Creek - IV-V+
Suck Confluence to Bridge
Suck Creek, North - III-IV+(V)
above pipeline to Suck Confluence
Suck Creek, South - IV-V+
undisclosed put-in (Pipeline?) to Suck Confluence
Tellico - II-III
1. Trout Hatchery to Bridge above Bald River
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Tellico - III-IV
2. Bridge above Bald River to bridge below Jared's Knee(Upper Tellico)
180 cfs
1 hour ago
Tellico - II-III
3. Bridge below Jared's Knee to Ranger Station(Middle Tellico)
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Tellico - I-III
4. Oosterneck Access point to Tellico Plains
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Thunderhead Prong - IV
to confluence with Lynn Camp Prong
1.77 ft
< 1 hour ago
Trail Fork - V
Boomer to USFS Border
Turkey Creek - IV-V
Waucheesi to Tellico River
180 cfs
1 hour ago
Turtletown Creek - IV-V
Off Hwy 68 near Farner to off F.S. road 23
180 cfs
1 hour ago
Walker Camp Prong - IV-V
Bridge below Alum Cave Creek confluence to Chimney's Trailhead(aka Upper Upper West Prong)
Watauga - IV-V
5. Guys Ford Bridge to AW Sherwood Horine Access(Watauga Gorge)
50 cfs
< 1 hour ago
Watauga - I-II
6. Watauga Reservoir to Boone Lake
White Creek (Morgan County) - I-II
Twin Bridges to Barnett Bridge
34 cfs
1 hour ago
White Oak Creek - II
1. Burville Road to Burnt Mill Bridge
64 cfs
< 1 hour ago
White Oak Creek - I-II
2. Highway 52 to Clear Fork River
64 cfs
< 1 hour ago
White's Creek (Rhea County) - III+
1. Rt 68 to Possum Trot/Alloway Bridge(Upper White's Creek)
White's Creek (Rhea County) - III
2. Possum Trot/Alloway Road to Route 27(Lower Whites Creek)
Wildcat Creek (Tellico Tributary) - III-IV+
Source to Tellico River
1.24 ft
1 hour ago
Wolf Creek (Hiawassee R. trib.) - IV+
FR to Hiawassee River
Wolf River (Obay R./Dale Hollow Lake trib.) - II
Hwy 325 (Moodyville Rd/Red Hill Rd) to S Ford Rd / Hwy 111(Wolf)
1.66 ft
1 hour ago
Woodcock Creek - IV-V+
Woodcock Gulf to Daus
Yellow Creek (Bullet Crk. trib./Monroe Co.) - V
FR 44 to Bullet Creek
Yellow Creek (Daddy's Crk. trib/Cumberland Co.) - III-IV+
Catoosa Road to Daddy's Creek
58 cfs
1 hour ago

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