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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03532000 POWELL RIVER NEAR ARTHUR, TN
LOCATION - Lat 36°32'31.43", long 83°37'49.51" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Claiborne County, TN, Hydrologic Unit 06010206, on left bank, 500 ft upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 25E, 2.3 mi east of Arthur, 2.4 mi downstream from Indian Creek, and at mile 65.4.
DRAINAGE AREA - 685 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1336: 1920, 1921(M), 1923.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1919 to February 1982, October 1996 to current year. Gage-height records collected at same site December 1892 to August 1893, September 1904 to March 1925 are in reports of U.S. Weather Bureau (published as "near Tazewell").
GAGE -
Data collection platform. Datum of gage is 1043.24 ft above NAVD of 1988, (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000) GEOID18).
Prior to June 17, 2024, the datum of gage was 1,043.84 ft above NGVD of 1929, Tennessee River Survey datum.
Prior to July 23, 1927, nonrecording gage, and July 23, 1927, to Sept. 30, 1970, water-stage recorder, at same site at datum 2.00 ft higher.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood in March 1826 reached a stage of 29.5 ft present datum, discharge, 34,000 ft³/s, and flood of Jan. 29, 1918, reached a stage of 29.2 ft present datum, discharge, 33,000 ft³/s.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 59,500 ft³/s, Apr. 6, 1977, gage height, 38.96 ft, from floodmark; minimum, 47 ft³/s, Jan. 6, 1940, result of freezeup; minimum daily, 60 ft³/s, Sept. 23, 1955; minimum gage height, 1.32 ft, Sept. 6, 1975, result of dredging.
