Lamance Falls is a waterfall on Crooked Fork Creek in Morgan County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 9.5 miles northwest of Coalfield and roughly 37.6 miles west of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 199th of 332. The water comes down as a punchbowl, where the water is forced through a narrow gap into a large pool.
The Southwestern Appalachians are the Cumberland Plateau and its escarpments, a sandstone tableland covered in oak and mixed mesophytic forest and cut by deep gorges. Creeks pour off the plateau rim over sandstone caprock into gorges, creating many tall, dramatic falls. Crooked Fork Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Lamance Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 14 recorded waterfalls in Morgan County. Shannon Falls, a 20-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Lower Potters Falls, an 18-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Debord Falls, a 12-foot block waterfall, is about 6.5 miles away.
Lamance Falls is located at 36.0879° N, 84.5747° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.