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 and pressure transducer with crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,128.9 ft above NGVD of 1929 (levels based on City of Rogersville construction plans for pumping station). Dec. 7, 1954, to Sept. 30, 1957, crest-stage gage at same site and datum.
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.