Stratigraphic columns of the Clinch Formation were measured at three locations in northeastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia. Two additional sections were measured in a portion of the overlying Clinton Formation, which has similar facies. Four additional incomplete exposures of the Clinch were used to supplement regional facies descriptions and relations. The Clinch Formation contains three depositional sequences with two distinct facies associations representing eight individual facies. The first and second sequences contain wave-dominated shelf facies associations with transgressive (TST), highstand (HST), and falling-stage (FSST) systems tracts. The FSST is expressed by surfaces of forced regression, which become more frequent down depositional dip. A major sequence boundary is recognized across the study area, above which a reorganization of the depositional basin occurs. Lying above this sequence boundary, the third sequence is an incised-valley fill with tidally dominated estuarine facies in lowstand and transgressive system tracts, possibly with HST and FSST deposits.