About this river
Little River is a 4.9 mile river near NOC Paddling School in North Carolina. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little River above Townsend, TN (site 03497300). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1964 to 2026
Little River typically runs highest in March, at a median 351 cfs, and lowest in October, at 79 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,000 cfs, in 1994.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 300 | 202 to 498 | |
| February | 342 | 218 to 512 | |
| March | 351 | 255 to 525 | |
| April | 282 | 218 to 432 | |
| May | 220 | 153 to 321 | |
| June | 148 | 104 to 226 | |
| July | 130 | 80 to 220 | |
| August | 118 | 70 to 184 | |
| September | 86 | 53 to 138 | |
| October | 79 | 50 to 142 | |
| November | 140 | 76 to 241 | |
| December | 253 | 150 to 396 |
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 63 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little River above Townsend, TN (site 03497300). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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