Duck River above Milltown, TN Flow & Water Level

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 03599240 sits on the Duck River and reads everything draining 916 square miles of the Upper Duck basin. Its datum sits 609 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2003, 23 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Duck River at Halls Mill Bridge, TN, reading 585 square miles. This gauge adds the 331 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Duck River at Mile 156 near Pottsville, TN at 1,029 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 89% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Duck River at Columbia, TN.

Normal flows here

The Duck River runs a median of 507 cfs at this gauge across 23 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,630 cfs, and September the leanest at 230 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 42,200 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 126 cfs in 2016.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2003 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Duck River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 36 feet. NWS starts watching it at 30 feet. The highest crest on record is 38.4 feet, in February 2019.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MLTT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.