USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03467609 NOLICHUCKY RIVER NEAR LOWLAND, TN
LOCATION - Lat 36°07'34.47", long 83°10'31.51" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Cocke County, TN, Hydrologic Unit 06010108, on left bank at Jones Bridge on Tennessee Highway 160, 2.85 mi southeast of Lowland, and at mile 10.3.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,688.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Operated by Tennessee Valley Authority as stage-discharge site from March 1990 to April 2001. Not published by the USGS. Re-established as stage discharge recording station by USGS personnel October 2001 to current year. Operated as a water-quality site from March 1996 to February 1998 (destroyed by flood of February 1998). Re-established November 1998, discontinued as water quality site October 2000.
GAGE - Data collection platform. Datum of gage 999.31 ft NAVD88 from a GNSS Level II, Rapid-static survey of reference mark TBM1.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 188,000 ft³/s (E), September 28, 2024, gage height 35.16 ft; minimum discharge 208 ft³/s, September 13, 15-16, 2002.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1996 to February 1998 (destroyed by flood of February 1998). Re-established November 1998. Water quality record discontinued Oct. 2000.