Elk River in Tennessee

Elk River typically runs highest in December, at a median 2,290 cfs, and lowest in September, at 346 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 31,300 cfs, in 1973.

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 29 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Elk River above Fayetteville, TN (site 03582000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.