About this river
South Chickamauga Creek is a 15.2 mile river near L2 Outside in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge South Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga, TN (site 03567500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1929 to 2026
South Chickamauga Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 782 cfs, and lowest in October, at 146 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 26,500 cfs, in 1973.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 669 | 395 to 1,330 | |
| February | 782 | 462 to 1,580 | |
| March | 776 | 516 to 1,400 | |
| April | 552 | 387 to 877 | |
| May | 322 | 236 to 549 | |
| June | 231 | 182 to 355 | |
| July | 206 | 151 to 321 | |
| August | 175 | 141 to 239 | |
| September | 147 | 120 to 194 | |
| October | 146 | 113 to 229 | |
| November | 179 | 132 to 326 | |
| December | 411 | 203 to 825 |
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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for South Chickamauga Creek near Chickamauga, TN (site 03567500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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