Piney River at Vernon, 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 03602500 sits on the Piney River and reads everything draining 193 square miles of the Lower Duck basin. Its datum sits 461 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1925, 94 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 Duck River above Hurricane Mills, TN at 2,557 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Piney River runs a median of 152 cfs at this gauge across 94 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 386 cfs, and September the leanest at 87 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 40,000 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 38 cfs in 1936.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1925 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Piney River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 32.8 feet, in August 2021.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge VERT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.