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Yellow Creek in Tennessee

River27.5 mi
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5 mi

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

About this river

Yellow Creek is a 27.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Yellow Creek at Ellis Mills, TN (site 03436690). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1981 to 2026

Yellow Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 185 cfs, and lowest in September, at 29 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,600 cfs, in 2010.

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Typical flow by month at Yellow Creek at Ellis Mills, TN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January13677 to 226
February174115 to 344
March185128 to 279
April163118 to 264
May11575 to 179
June6352 to 110
July4637 to 65
August3326 to 46
September2922 to 46
October3123 to 47
November4329 to 93
December9245 to 195

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 37 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Yellow Creek at Ellis Mills, TN (site 03436690). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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