USFWS · Tennessee

Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge

Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge is an area of swampy bottomland consisting of a portion of the floodplain of the Hatchie River in West Tennessee, covering 11,556 acres in southern Haywood County, Tennessee. It is a rich environment for aquatic life and waterfowl. The refuge is bisected by Interstate 40 and hence almost all motor vehicle traffic between Nashville and Memphis passes through it. Wildlife includes fish, snakes, and mammals.

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Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge
Photo by Thomas R Machnitzki (thomas@machnitzki.com), licensed CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons.

Facts

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DesignationNational Wildlife Refuge
Managed byU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
StateTennessee
Size11,480 acres
FWS regionRegion 4
Center point35.50° N, 89.22° W
Night skyVery dark ground, a faint glow at most (Black Marble reading 26)

Boundary map

3 outlines

Boundary, simplified to about 0.005 degrees

The outline is the agency boundary simplified for display, so small parcels and inholdings may not show. The agency page has the authoritative map.

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge30°40°50°60°70°80°90°January: 4.19 inches of precipitation, 0.8 inches of snowFebruary: 4.95 inches of precipitation, 0.8 inches of snowMarch: 5.56 inches of precipitation, 0.4 inches of snowApril: 5.15 inches of precipitation, 0.1 inches of snowMay: 6.00 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJune: 4.68 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 4.13 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 3.32 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 3.85 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 3.80 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowNovember: 4.71 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowDecember: 5.78 inches of precipitation, 0.1 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 39.0°F averageFebruary: 43.1°F averageMarch: 51.4°F averageApril: 61.0°F averageMay: 70.2°F averageJune: 77.8°F averageJuly: 81.0°F averageAugust: 79.9°F averageSeptember: 73.4°F averageOctober: 61.9°F averageNovember: 50.5°F averageDecember: 42.3°F average0 in2 in4 in6 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Brownsville, 7 miles from the center point at 330 feet, station USC00401145 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 56 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 2 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Large units span more than one climate. The station stands in for the center point, and the outer parts of the boundary can be warmer or colder.

Explore

Nearby on the other atlases

National Register listings within 15 miles · 15 in all · Register Atlas

Landmarks are listed first, then by distance from the boundary.

Guidebooks for Tennessee

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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

How big is Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge?

11,480 acres.

Source: How acreage is computed

Who manages Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge?

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

What state is Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge in?

Tennessee.

Source: How states are assigned

How do I get to Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge?

A point inside the boundary is at 35.497° N, 89.216° W. The official page carries directions and the office address.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Are there historic places near Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge?

The National Register has 15 listings within 15 miles, including Brownsville Carnegie Library and Temple Adas Israel.

Source: Register Atlas

Sources

  • Boundary, name: the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuge boundary layer.
  • States and territories: computed by intersecting the boundary with Census state polygons and coarse outlines of the territories and outlying islands. A place is listed when it holds at least one percent of the area. A boundary that touches no outline is listed under the nearest one.
  • Acreage: geodesic area of the published polygon. The agency’s official acreage can differ where the boundary includes water, easements or inholdings.
  • Photograph: the image Wikidata records for this refuge (Q5681135), the item linked to its Wikipedia article. Author and license come from the file page on Wikimedia Commons.
  • Description: Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. The article was accepted because its title contains this unit’s name.
  • Campgrounds: the Campsite Atlas index of federal campgrounds, matched to this boundary at build time.
  • Night sky: NASA Black Marble (VIIRS, 2016 composite) sampled at zoom 6 around the center point.
  • Weather, alerts, air quality, river flow and earthquakes load live in your browser from NWS, AirNow, USGS and iNaturalist when you open the page.