Duck River at Halls Mill Bridge, 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 03598185 sits on the Duck River and reads everything draining 585 square miles of the Upper Duck basin. Its datum sits 650 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2019, 5 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Duck River near Shelbyville, TN, reading 481 square miles. This gauge adds the 104 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Duck River above Milltown, TN at 916 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 64% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Duck River at Mile 156 near Pottsville, TN.

Normal flows here

The Duck River runs a median of 280 cfs at this gauge across 5 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 584 cfs, and October the leanest at 193 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 730 cfs in 2026, and the lowest is 130 cfs in 2026.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2019 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Normandy Dam is 20 miles from this gauge on the Duck system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Normandy Dam 20 miles