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Elk River

Live conditions for Elk River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

381cfs↗ risingcaution

Inside the wade band but rising · +21.3% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp78.3°F (downstream gauge)

Stage1.75 ft

Engine callOFF rising

Gauge read 1:15 AM CDT · USGS 03582000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Elk River is a tailwater below Tims Ford Dam in Middle TN, fished for trout, bass — brown, rainbow, brook, cutthroat. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.

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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Beth Page Bridgebridge
Estill Springs Parkcarry
Rock Creek Bridgebridge
Winchester City Park (Bass Club) Boat Rampramp
Pleasant Grove Boat Rampramp
Neals Bridge Boat Rampbridge
Devils Step Boat Rampramp
Tims Ford State Park – Woodland Point Rampramp

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Elk River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in September:

Midges

The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

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