Paint Rock River

River in Alabama, United States

34°53′53″N 86°10′14″W / 34.89814°N 86.17053°W / 34.89814; -86.17053 Mouth

• coordinates

34°28′34″N 86°28′04″W / 34.47620°N 86.46776°W / 34.47620; -86.46776Length58.7 mi (94.5 km)Discharge • locationWoodville, AL • average667 cu/ft. per sec.^[1]

The Paint Rock River is a 58.7-mile-long (94.5 km)^[2] tributary of the Tennessee River in northern Alabama in the United States. Its tributaries also drain a portion of south-central Tennessee.^[3]

The river is formed in northeastern Jackson County by the confluence of Estill Fork and Hurricane Creek, and flows generally southwardly, past the town of Paint Rock. In its upper course, the river flows through a deep valley cut into the Cumberland Plateau. In its lower course, the river is used to define part of the boundary between Madison and Marshall Counties.

References

^ "USGS Current Conditions for USGS 03574500 PAINT ROCK RIVER NEAR WOODVILLE AL".
^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved Feb 23, 2011.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paint Rock River

DeLorme (1998). Alabama Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-274-9.
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Paint Rock River