Little Tennessee River at Needmore, NC - 03503000

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March 9, 2025 - March 16, 2025

Gage height, feet

Important Data may be provisional

Latest value

3.98 ft

Provisional

Mar 16, 2025

07:15:00 AM EDT

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3.98 ft

Provisional

Mar 16, 2025

07:15:00 AM EDT

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Statistics for March 16, 2025 based on 29 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (2017)

2.31 ft

25th percentile

2.98 ft

median

3.27 ft

75th percentile

3.63 ft

mean

3.33 ft

high (2019)

4.83 ft

Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-03-16T07:15:00.000-04:00	3.98	Provisional
2025-03-16T07:00:00.000-04:00	3.92	Provisional
2025-03-16T06:45:00.000-04:00	3.84	Provisional
2025-03-16T06:30:00.000-04:00	3.76	Provisional
2025-03-16T06:15:00.000-04:00	3.68	Provisional
2025-03-16T06:00:00.000-04:00	3.59	Provisional
2025-03-16T05:45:00.000-04:00	3.54	Provisional
2025-03-16T05:30:00.000-04:00	3.49	Provisional
2025-03-16T05:15:00.000-04:00	3.43	Provisional
2025-03-16T05:00:00.000-04:00	3.37	Provisional
2025-03-16T04:45:00.000-04:00	3.30	Provisional
2025-03-16T04:30:00.000-04:00	3.23	Provisional
2025-03-16T04:15:00.000-04:00	3.16	Provisional
2025-03-16T04:00:00.000-04:00	3.11	Provisional
2025-03-16T03:45:00.000-04:00	3.05	Provisional
2025-03-16T03:30:00.000-04:00	3.00	Provisional

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Continuous data

3 data types available - data from 1985-10-01 to 2025-03-16

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Gage height, feet

2007-10-01 - 2025-03-16

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

1985-10-01 - 2025-03-16

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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

2021-10-01 - 2025-03-16

Daily data

3 data types available - data from 1944-06-01 to 2025-03-15

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Discrete sample data

131 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1954-08-27 to 2011-01-20

128 Sampling activities

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USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Information	Water-quality	1954-08-27	2010-09-27
Inorganics, Major, Metals	Water-quality	1954-08-27	1973-02-20
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Water-quality	1954-08-27	2010-12-10
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals	Water-quality	1971-06-28	1971-06-28
Inorganics, Minor, metals	Water-quality	1954-08-27	2011-01-20
Microbiological	Water-quality	1968-12-02	1973-02-20
Nutrient	Water-quality	1954-08-27	2011-01-20
Organics, other	Water-quality	1968-05-21	2010-09-17
Organics, pesticide	Water-quality	2010-09-17	2010-09-17
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1944-06-01	2025-03-16
Sediment	Water-quality	1977-03-29	2010-09-27
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1898-10-01	2024-09-27
_n/a	Site Visits	1944-07-11	2024-11-07
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03503000 is associated with a Stream in Swain County, North Carolina. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1898 are available online.

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	03503000	_n/a
Site name	LITTLE TENNESSEE RIVER AT NEEDMORE, NC	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	352011	_n/a
DMS longitude	0833137	_n/a
Decimal latitude	35.33638889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-83.5269444	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	North Carolina	37
State	North Carolina	37
County	Swain County	173
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	WESSER, NC	_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	1760.90 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.13 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Little Tennessee	06010202
Drainage basin	12	_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	NNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	436 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NYNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number		_n/a

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Little Tennessee River at Needmore, NC - 03503000

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