HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 03518500 TELLICO RIVER AT TELLICO PLAINS, TENN.


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 118 sq.mi.                             Datum is 846.64 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 06010204 at Latitude: 35:21:42N  Longitude: 084:16:44W
Station is in the state of TN (county code 123) and serviced by the TN office.
Channel slope is 90.50 feet/mile
Stream length is 27.80 miles
Mean basin elevation is 2350.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.00%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 98.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 4.49 inches
Annual precipitation is 64.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.50 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 27.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Discontinued as a gaging station in 1982.


Daily and longer averages for 56 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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