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Tennessee
Stony Creek
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What we do know
Inside Cherokee National Forest
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Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Why you'll love it
River facts
- Water
- Seasonal — can run dry
- Average flow
- 91 cfs
- Average current
- 1.3 ft/s
- Gradient
- 87.8 ft/mi
- Drainage area
- 54 sq mi
Long-term averages modeled by USGS (NHDPlus HR), not today's conditions. Check a gauge before you go.
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Stony Creek
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About this water
Stony Creek is a 14-mile paddling stretch near Elizabethton, Tennessee. It is intermittent and may run dry in some seasons. USGS models an average flow of about 91 cfs and a gradient of about 87.8 feet per mile.
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