Navigation Aid Problem Report

TVA and the United States Coast Guard work together to keep buoys, daymarks, and other Tennessee River system navigation aids accurate and in excellent condition. Navigation aids on the commercial navigation channel are maintained by the Coast Guard, while those on the secondary channels and tributary reservoirs are maintained by TVA.

You can help ensure travel on the waterways is safe by notifying us of problems or issues with the navigation aids on the river system.

If you see a navigation aid that is damaged, out of place, missing, or not operating properly, please make a selection below and complete the form to notify us.  Making a selection below will either take you to the Coast Guard website for navigation aids they maintain, or to the form for TVA navigation aids.

For a complete description of these navigation aids, please visit the navigation aids page. (This link opens in a new window.)

The first step in notifying us of a problem is to click the button under the picture that best identifies the type of navigation aid you are reporting.

Main River Navigation Aids Maintained By U.S. Coast Guard

Note: Clicking the Choose button under these pictures of navigation aids will open the Coast Guard reporting form in a new window.

Red Nun Buoy	Green (or black) Can Buoy	Red Commercial Channel Passing Daymark/Daybeacon	Green Commercial Channel Passing Daymark/Daybeacon
Red Over Green Junction Buoy	Green Over Red Junction Buoy	Red Light	Green Light
Red Commercial Channel Unilateral Daymark/Daybeacon	Green Commercial Channel Unilateral Daymark/Daybeacon
Secondary Channel and Tributary Reservoir Navigation Aids Maintained By TVA
Secondary Stream Red Buoy	Secondary Stream Green Buoy	Secondary Stream Red Fingerboard	Secondary Stream Green Fingerboard
Keep Out/Hazard Buoy	Danger Buoy	Information Buoy	Control Buoy
Creek Fingerboard	Elevation Gauge	Secondary Stream Daybeacon	Daymark With Mile Marker
	Not Shown/Other

TVA Navigation Aid Problem Report Form

Date observed:

Date reported:

Type of navigation aid:

River, creek or embayment name:

If available:

Mile marker:

GPS coordinates (Example 35.76/-84.21):

Description of location if mile marker/GPS are not available:

 

Problem: Please choose Missing Off Station Damaged Sinking Unreadable Daybeacon light out Other

Additional description of discrepancy (if needed):

Additional comments:

Reported by: (Optional - in case we need additional information)

Name:
Phone:
E-Mail:

Caution:

Collisions by boats, wave action, vandalism, and other factors make maintenance of navigation aids a continuous task for TVA and the U.S. Coast Guard. For this reason, boaters should not rely on any single aid to navigation for determining their position, particularly buoys.