About this river
Tuckasegee River is a 23.8 mile river near Smoky Mountain River Adventures in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, NC (site 03513000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1898 to 2026
Tuckasegee River typically runs highest in March, at a median 2,070 cfs, and lowest in October, at 711 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 28,000 cfs, in 1917.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,650 | 1,150 to 2,400 | |
| February | 1,820 | 1,330 to 2,720 | |
| March | 2,070 | 1,560 to 2,790 | |
| April | 1,935 | 1,455 to 2,570 | |
| May | 1,510 | 1,180 to 2,000 | |
| June | 1,215 | 953 to 1,630 | |
| July | 1,030 | 811 to 1,420 | |
| August | 930 | 713 to 1,330 | |
| September | 760 | 560 to 1,065 | |
| October | 711 | 527 to 1,060 | |
| November | 816 | 603 to 1,255 | |
| December | 1,260 | 827 to 1,900 |
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 126 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tuckasegee River at Bryson City, NC (site 03513000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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