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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03414500 EAST FORK OBEY RIVER NEAR JAMESTOWN, TN
LOCATION - Lat 36°24'58", long 85°01'35" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Fentress County, TN, Hydrologic Unit 05130105, on right bank at bridge 200 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 52, 0.5 mi upstream from Poplar Cove Creek, 7.3 mi west of Jamestown, and 12.7 miles upstream from confluence with West Fork.
DRAINAGE AREA - 202 mi² of which 6 mi² probably is noncontributing.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1276: 1944, 1946(M). WSP 1506: Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1942 to September 1991. October 1991 to September 1992, miscellaneous water-quality measurements. October 1992 to September 2000, crest-stage partial record station. October 2000 to September 2008, October 2011 to Current year. Prior to February 1943 monthly discharges only, published in WSP 1306.
GAGE - Data collection platform and radar stage sensor. Datum of gage is 679.54 ft, NAVD88(Computed using GEOID12B). February 24 to April 7, 1943, non-recording gage 200 ft upstream at same datum.
REMARKS - Records good except for estimated daily discharges which are poor and other periods as noted.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in March 1929 reached a stage of about 30.7 ft, from flood profile by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 44,800 ft³/s, May 27, 1973, gage height, 30.46 ft. from rating curve extended above 32,000 ft³/s, on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow;
Minimum, 3.6 ft³/s, Sept. 26-28, 1948; minimum gage height, 0.55 ft, Sept 12-17, 1954.
