Yo-SUP Paddleboard Instruction on Chickamauga Lake
North Chickamauga Creek near Chattanooga, TN
Around here
Around North Chickamauga Creek
- Lookout Mountain Battlefield Visitor CenterVisitor center11.8 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Chickamauga Battlefield Visitor CenterVisitor center14.5 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military ParkRecreation area14.7 mi (opens in a new tab)
- Cherokee National ForestRecreation area20.5 mi (opens in a new tab)
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
North Chickamauga Creek is a 31.5 mile river near Yo-SUP Paddleboard Instruction on Chickamauga Lake in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge North Chickamauga CR at Mile Straight, TN (site 03566535). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2016 to 2026
North Chickamauga Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 169 cfs, and lowest in October, at 0.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,450 cfs, in 2020.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 145 | 45 to 307 |
| February | 169 | 73 to 381 |
| March | 160 | 76 to 353 |
| April | 99 | 45 to 249 |
| May | 49 | 6.0 to 129 |
| June | 7.8 | 0.6 to 51 |
| July | 0.3 | 0.0 to 21 |
| August | 0.5 | 0.0 to 19 |
| September | 0.4 | 0.0 to 6.3 |
| October | 0.0 | 0.0 to 33 |
| November | 2.3 | 0.0 to 49 |
| December | 91 | 30 to 307 |
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 10 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for North Chickamauga CR at Mile Straight, TN (site 03566535). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of North Chickamauga Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Lakeshore MarinaTennessee River - Chickamauga LakeRestricted
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