About this river
Sequatchie River is a 17.4 mile river near Watersports of Chattanooga in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sequatchie River near Whitwell, TN (site 03571000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1921 to 2026
Sequatchie River typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,010 cfs, and lowest in October, at 81 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 32,300 cfs, in 1991.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 857 | 490 to 1,540 | |
| February | 968 | 585 to 1,780 | |
| March | 1,010 | 662 to 1,730 | |
| April | 851 | 523 to 1,410 | |
| May | 400 | 260 to 697 | |
| June | 198 | 148 to 337 | |
| July | 153 | 103 to 303 | |
| August | 135 | 82 to 236 | |
| September | 92 | 57 to 147 | |
| October | 81 | 52 to 161 | |
| November | 146 | 64 to 382 | |
| December | 534 | 240 to 1,150 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 98 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sequatchie River near Whitwell, TN (site 03571000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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