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Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute
Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute

Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute

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Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute is a paddling school in Erwin. They offer instruction in kayaking and whitewater canoeing on the Nolichucky, French Broad, and other rivers. Classes range from beginner to advanced instruction, including destination trips.

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Around Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute

Rock Creek Recreation Area5.4 miKaty Branch7.5 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1920 to 2024

The water at Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,750 cfs, and lowest in September, at 537 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 50,800 cfs, in 1978.

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Typical flow by month at Nolichucky River at Embreeville, TN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January1,320897 to 2,010
February1,5501,070 to 2,370
March1,7501,340 to 2,520
April1,6101,175 to 2,330
May1,290947 to 1,860
June934685 to 1,340
July768558 to 1,090
August673478 to 1,050
September537382 to 814
October538359 to 880
November676451 to 1,155
December1,050665 to 1,570

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 104 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Nolichucky River at Embreeville, TN (site 03465500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

90Go/ 100

FogHigh 66°F, low 52°FRain 0%Wind 6 kt, gusts 15

Water level

2.52 ft

Air quality

14 Good

Spruce Pine monitor, 39 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 12 ft. NWS reads 1.93 ft here.

NWS forecast: 1.5 ft by Fri 7 PM, below flood stage.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: North Carolina DEQ - Division of Air Quality via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified.

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