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TVA City River Elevations and Forecasts

Midnight river elevations in feet for 11 cities, with the observed day and three forecast days in one publication.

Native record
publication snapshot x requested location x city x day
daily values, collected every 15 minutes publication cadence
Evidence
Mixed evidence
Multiple evidence types kept distinct in the contract
Time basis
Point-in-time records
UTC · snapshot_time

Overview

The response does not label evidence per row; preserve the whole snapshot and its date context rather than calling every row observed.

Query contract

Preserve one canonical row per (location_id, snapshot_time, city, day) before aggregating.

Analysis rules

  • For current state, select the latest complete snapshot_time per location_id from tva.feed_snapshots for this table. A row_count of zero means empty; never fall back to an older nonempty snapshot.

Interpretation

  • snapshot_time is collection time. Check the source day/time labels before describing data as current.
  • Raw strings preserve source units, missing-value sentinels and estimation marks; source_record retains all source fields.

Access

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Schema8

Column
Type
location_idString
snapshot_timeDateTime64(6, 'UTC')
source_urlString
source_recordString
cityString
dayString
elevationNullable(String)
ingested_atDateTime64(6, 'UTC')

Sample data

location_idsnapshot_timesource_urlsource_recordcitydayelevationingested_at
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Knoxville","Day":"10/13/2026","Elevation":"812.546154"}Knoxville10/13/2026812.5461542026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Chattanooga (Selected)","Day":"10/12/2026","Elevation":"634.07002"}Chattanooga (Selected)10/12/2026634.070022026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Chattanooga (Selected)","Day":"10/13/2026","Elevation":"634.160768"}Chattanooga (Selected)10/13/2026634.1607682026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Chattanooga (Selected)","Day":"10/14/2026","Elevation":"634.198858"}Chattanooga (Selected)10/14/2026634.1988582026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Chattanooga (Selected)","Day":"10/15/2026","Elevation":"634.56533"}Chattanooga (Selected)10/15/2026634.565332026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Decatur","Day":"10/12/2026","Elevation":"553.380005"}Decatur10/12/2026553.3800052026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Decatur","Day":"10/13/2026","Elevation":"553.4489025"}Decatur10/13/2026553.44890252026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Decatur","Day":"10/14/2026","Elevation":"553.3474587"}Decatur10/14/2026553.34745872026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Decatur","Day":"10/15/2026","Elevation":"553.2474264"}Decatur10/15/2026553.24742642026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Florence","Day":"10/12/2026","Elevation":"411.420013"}Florence10/12/2026411.4200132026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Florence","Day":"10/13/2026","Elevation":"411.767716"}Florence10/13/2026411.7677162026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Florence","Day":"10/14/2026","Elevation":"412.0209"}Florence10/14/2026412.02092026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Florence","Day":"10/15/2026","Elevation":"412.0028875"}Florence10/15/2026412.00288752026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Johnsonville","Day":"10/12/2026","Elevation":"354.149998"}Johnsonville10/12/2026354.1499982026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Johnsonville","Day":"10/13/2026","Elevation":"354.3041"}Johnsonville10/13/2026354.30412026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Johnsonville","Day":"10/14/2026","Elevation":"354.3102"}Johnsonville10/14/2026354.31022026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Johnsonville","Day":"10/15/2026","Elevation":"354.154266"}Johnsonville10/15/2026354.1542662026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Kingston","Day":"10/12/2026","Elevation":"741.020367"}Kingston10/12/2026741.0203672026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Kingston","Day":"10/13/2026","Elevation":"741.102781"}Kingston10/13/2026741.1027812026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Kingston","Day":"10/14/2026","Elevation":"741.008781"}Kingston10/14/2026741.0087812026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Whitesburg","Day":"10/15/2026","Elevation":"554.09677"}Whitesburg10/15/2026554.096772026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Knoxville","Day":"10/12/2026","Elevation":"812.810033"}Knoxville10/12/2026812.8100332026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"Kingston","Day":"10/15/2026","Elevation":"740.989918"}Kingston10/15/2026740.9899182026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"South Pittsburg","Day":"10/12/2026","Elevation":"595.81002"}South Pittsburg10/12/2026595.810022026-10-13 23:52:09.359968
2026-10-13 23:52:09.259789https://www.tva.com/RestApi/city-river-elevations{"City":"South Pittsburg","Day":"10/14/2026","Elevation":"596.628129"}South Pittsburg10/14/2026596.6281292026-10-13 23:52:09.359968

Coverage

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Coverage: 100.0%Days with data: 1Gaps: 0
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