East Fork Stones River near Lascassas, 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 03427500 sits on the East Fork Stones River and reads everything draining 262 square miles of the Stones basin. Its datum sits 508 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1951, 61 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from J Percy Priest Reservoir at 892 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 29% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Stones River at US Hwy 70 near Donelson, TN and Cumberland River at Stones River near Hermitage,tn.

Normal flows here

The East Fork Stones River runs a median of 106 cfs at this gauge across 61 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 412 cfs, and September the leanest at 26 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 34,900 cfs in 1975, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 1953.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1951 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 39.5 feet, in March 1975.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LAST1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam is 23 miles from this gauge on the Stones system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• J Percy Priest Dam 23 miles