Environmental Setting and Water-Quality Issues
in the Lower Tennessee River Basin
Table 1. Streamflow and baseflow estimates for selected streams in the lower Tennessee River Basin
[ID, identification number; mi2, square miles; ft3/s, cubic feet per second; in/yr, inches per year; C, Cretaceous sand aquifer;
P, Pennsylvanian sandstone aquifer; M, Mississippian carbonate aquifer; O, Ordovician carbonate aquifer]
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Station name Princi- Station Drainage Period of Recession Mean Baseflow, Ground-water
pal ID area, record index streamflow range of estimatesa dischargeb,
aquifer mi2 ft3/s in/yr in/yr Percentage of in/yr
streamflow
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Clarks River at Almo, Ky. C 03610200 134 1983-95 30 180 18.2 3.7-4.8 20-26 --
Crow Creek at Bass, Ala. P 03572110 131 1976-95 21 281 29.2 13.4-19.2 46-66 --
Town Creek near Geraldine, Ala. P 03572900 141 1992-94 33 336 32.4 13.3-17.8 41-55 --
Flint Creek near Falkville, Ala. M & P 03576500 84 1993-96 22 142 23.1 11.0-14.7 48-64 --
Sequatchie River near M & P 03571000 402 1921-93 35 752 25.4 15.1-18.4 59-72 8.7
Whitwell, Tenn.
Paint Rock River near M & P 03574500 320 1936-96 28 689 29.2 12.1-15.2 41-52
Woodville, Ala.
Shoal Creek at Iron City, Tenn. M 03588500 348 1926-94 63 653 25.5 14.9-16.8 58-66 9.2
Buffalo River near M 03604000 447 1921-97 54 768 23.3 14.2-16.2 61-70 8.7
Flatwoods, Tenn.
Buffalo River below M 03604400 702 1928-93 55 202 23.3 14.9-17.0 64-73 7.3
Lobelville, Tenn.
Indian Creek near Madison, Ala. M 03575830 49 1976-96 34 70 19.3 10.9-12.8 56-66 --
Flint River near Chase, Ala. M 03575000 342 1931-80 48 558 22.2 11.5-13.2 52-59 --
Big Nance Creek at Courtland, Ala. M 03586500 166 1989-97 26 350 28.7 10.9-13.9 38-48 --
Piney River at Vernon, Tenn. M 03602500 193 1926-93 55 315 22.2 14.8-17.2 67-77 5.0
West Flint Creek near M 03577000 88 1993-96 20 168 26.1 12.0-15.9 46-61 --
Oakville, Ala.
Elk River at Prospect, Tenn. M & O 03584600 1,805 1920-93 40 3,090 23.3 11.5-14.5 49-62 4.1
Duck River above M & O 03603000 2,557 1926-93 48 4,106 21.8 11.1-13.5 51-62 6.2
Hurricane Mills, Tenn.
Carters Creek at Butler O 03600088 20 1987-97 30.1 34 22.6 11.6-15.7 51-69 --
Road at Carters Creek, Tenn.
Garrison Fork above L&N O 03597210 86 1990-97 21.5 169 26.9 10.8-15.3 40-57 --
Railroad at Wartrace, Tenn.
E. Fork Mulberry Creek below Jack O 03580995 23 1988-93 45.5 48 28.1 14.2-18.0 51-64 --
Daniels Distillery at
Lynchburg, Tenn.
Wartrace Creek below County Road O 03597590 36 1990-97 16.7 72 27.3 7.4-11.3 27-41 --
at Wartrace, Tenn.
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aThe lower value of the ranges was estimated using streamflow partitioning (PART computer program, Rutledge, 1998); the higher
value of the ranges was estimated by using recession-curve displacement (RORA computer program, Rutledge, 1998).
bFrom Hoos, 1990, table 2, average net annual recharge.
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