About this river
Tellico River is a 6.1 mile river near Ocoee Rafting in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Tellico River at Tellico Plains, TN (site 03518500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1925 to 2026
Tellico River typically runs highest in March, at a median 364 cfs, and lowest in October, at 73 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,100 cfs, in 2003.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 290 | 193 to 462 | |
| February | 336 | 238 to 534 | |
| March | 364 | 271 to 542 | |
| April | 322 | 241 to 454 | |
| May | 227 | 173 to 324 | |
| June | 156 | 119 to 209 | |
| July | 128 | 87 to 218 | |
| August | 112 | 72 to 167 | |
| September | 78 | 54 to 123 | |
| October | 73 | 47 to 124 | |
| November | 108 | 69 to 197 | |
| December | 201 | 121 to 387 |
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 81 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Tellico River at Tellico Plains, TN (site 03518500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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