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Scott Patton’s Guide Service
Scott Patton’s Guide Service

Scott Patton’s Guide Service

Scott Patton’s Guide Service is a fishing guide service based in Birchwood, Tennessee.

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Around Scott Patton’s Guide Service

2 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1955 to 2026

The water at Scott Patton’s Guide Service typically runs highest in March, at a median 123 cfs, and lowest in October, at 29 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,920 cfs, in 1973.

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Typical flow by month at Oostanaula Creek near Sanford, TN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January9663 to 157
February11583 to 170
March12389 to 171
April10378 to 142
May6955 to 94
June5241 to 65
July4233 to 56
August3528 to 47
September3023 to 43
October2923 to 48
November3225 to 58
December6438 to 118

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 58 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Oostanaula Creek near Sanford, TN (site 03565500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

92Go/ 100

FogHigh 69°F, low 47°FRain 0%Wind 9 kt, gusts 22

Streamflow

36 cfs

Normal (58th)

Water level

2.46 ft

Air quality

16 Good

ATHENS monitor, 34 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 9 ft. NWS reads 2.28 ft here.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Tennessee Air Pollution Control Div. via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →