Smith Fork (Tennessee)

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Smith Fork is a stream in Hardin County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. [1]

Variant names were "Smiths Creek" and "Smiths Fork". [1] Smith Fork has the name of a pioneer settler. [2] Smith Fork has a mean annual discharge of 336 cubic feet per second (9.5 cubic metres per second) [3] at Temperance Hall.

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Smith Fork
  2. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present. Southern Historical Press. 1886. p. 829. ISBN   9780893080976.
  3. "USGS Surface Water data for Tennessee: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".

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