USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03410210 SOUTH FORK CUMBERLAND RIVER AT LEATHERWOOD FORD, TN
LOCATION - Lat 36°28'38.30", long 84°40'09.94" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Scott County, TN, Hydrologic Unit 05130104, on left bank at bridge on State Route 297, 1.0 mi above Anderson Branch, 1.3 miles below North White Oak Creek, 10.1 mi southwest of Oneida, and at mile 70.1.
DRAINAGE AREA - 806 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY -
Revisions: Gage height and discharge for the period Feb. 7, 2019, to Feb. 15, 2019, was revised on Nov. 16, 2022, based on the gage height record not being valid for the period.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1983 to September 1987. October 1998 to September 1999, May 2001 to current year. Occasional discharge measurements, water years 1961-62, 1979-80, 1991-94.
GAGE - Data collection platform. Datum of gage is
861.65 ft above NAVD of 1988, (Reference Frame NAD_83 (2011) (EPOCH:2010.0000) GEOID18).
Prior to March 29, 2024, the datum of gage was 862.10 ft NAVD88. Improper use of GNSS method was used to determine that elevation, "Datum elevation was determined using a Trimble R10 GPS unit, which occupied a temporary benchmark for 130 minutes on May 9, 2016." The "Method Code (D) was also incorrectly assigned.
Prior to May 9, 2016, the datum of gage was 862.794 ft (Sandy Hook Datum).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 83,700 ft³/s Mar. 28, 2021, gage height 42.50 ft; minimum discharge, 7.7 ft³/s October 9-10, 2007.