Duck River near Shelbyville, 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 03598000 sits on the Duck River and reads everything draining 481 square miles of the Upper Duck basin. Its datum sits 683 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1977, 50 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Duck River at Shelbyville, TN, reading 425 square miles. This gauge adds the 56 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Duck River at Halls Mill Bridge, TN at 585 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 82% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Duck River above Milltown, TN.

Normal flows here

The Duck River runs a median of 352 cfs at this gauge across 50 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 826 cfs, and September the leanest at 196 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 30,100 cfs in 2003, and the lowest is 72 cfs in 1983.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1977 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 25 feet. NWS starts watching it at 21 feet. The highest crest on record is 42 feet, in March 1926.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SHVT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Normandy Dam is 14 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 14 miles
• Tims Ford Dam 23 miles