About this river
Island Creek is a 4.9 mile stream near Paddle Dynamics in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Obed River near Lancing, TN (site 03539800). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1957 to 2026
Island Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,310 cfs, and lowest in September, at 40 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 45,000 cfs, in 1977.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,000 | 564 to 1,990 | |
| February | 1,140 | 683 to 2,100 | |
| March | 1,310 | 750 to 2,230 | |
| April | 1,060 | 469 to 1,870 | |
| May | 452 | 234 to 1,060 | |
| June | 108 | 56 to 317 | |
| July | 87 | 34 to 290 | |
| August | 64 | 21 to 185 | |
| September | 40 | 14 to 108 | |
| October | 63 | 13 to 209 | |
| November | 225 | 44 to 800 | |
| December | 957 | 430 to 1,830 |
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 53 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Obed River near Lancing, TN (site 03539800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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