Lower Melton Mill Branch Falls is a waterfall on Melton Mill Branch in Morgan County, Tennessee, in the Southwestern Appalachians region, with a total height of about 13 feet. It lies about 11.7 miles northeast of Fairfield Glade and roughly 45.6 miles west of Knoxville as the crow flies.
At 13 feet it is on the modest side for Tennessee, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 259th of 332. The water comes down as a fan, spreading out horizontally as it falls and staying in contact with the rock.
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. Melton Mill Branch carries 2 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 30 feet.
There are 14 recorded waterfalls in Morgan County. Melton Mill Branch Falls, a 30-foot block waterfall, is under a mile away. Double Drop Falls, an 8-foot tiered waterfall, is about 5.1 miles away. Lower Potters Falls, an 18-foot tiered waterfall, is about 7.9 miles away.
Lower Melton Mill Branch Falls is located at 36.1002° N, 84.7177° 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 creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.