Tennessee · Unknown Co.

Obed River

★ Wild & Scenic🏞 National Park
· 26 mi · Class
Optimal: 525–1550 CFS · USGS #03539800
1,049 avg
153CFS
1.51 ft gauge height
Below Optimal
→Stable
⚡Flow data is live from USGS·Rapid classifications and CFS ranges need community verification·Know this river?
Avg flow: 1,049 cfsHist. median: 0 cfsUSGS #03539800
National Wild & Scenic River · National Park Service

The Obed River system is a high-quality, rainfall-runoff-dominated watershed characterized by extremes in stream flow, both in response to seasonal rainfall variation and individual storms. The Obed River and its designated tributaries, Daddys Creek and Clear Creek, are located atop the Cumberland Plateau physiographic province in Tennessee. Wild whitewater running through 500-foot deep gorges offers boaters the chance to drift below rock climbers challenging their skills on the sandstone bluffs. The Obed River corridor extends from one mile downstream (east) of Highway 298 (Genesis Roa

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