USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03491000 BIG CREEK NEAR ROGERSVILLE, TN
LOCATION - Lat 36°25'34", long 82°57'07" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Hawkins County, TN, Hydrologic Unit 06010104, on left bank 500 ft upstream from county road bridge, 3 mi northeast of Rogersville, and at mile 2.0.
DRAINAGE AREA - 47.3 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1436: 1945.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 1941 to June 1949. Occasional low-flow measurements, water years 1950-55, 1957. Annual maximum, water years 1955-57; October 1957 to current year.
GAGE - Data collection platform. Datum of gage is 1,128.9 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels based on City of Rogersville construction plans for pumping station).
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum discharge, 6,320 ft³/s, March 28, 2021, from a straight-line rating extension above 5,760 ft³/s, gage height 9.92 ft, from cork line on crest stage gage; maximum gage height, 12.21 ft, April 17, 1988, caused by backwater from debris; minimum discharge, 1.0 ft³/s, October 3, 2007, August 19 & 21, 2008.