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Tennessee
Paint Rock Creek
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Why you'll love it
9.9 mi run
Flows year-round
51 cfs avg flow
River facts
- Water
- Flows year-round
- Average flow
- 51 cfs
- Average current
- 0.9 ft/s
- Gradient
- 25.0 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 28 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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About this water
Paint Rock Creek is a 9.9-mile paddling stretch near Philadelphia, Tennessee. It flows year-round. USGS models an average flow of about 51 cfs and a gradient of about 25.0 feet per mile.
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