Richland Creek at Hwy 64 Bypass at Pulaski, 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 03584045 sits on Richland Creek and reads everything draining 375 square miles of the Lower Elk basin. Its datum sits 629 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2010, 16 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 Elk River at Prospect, TN at 1,805 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 21% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Richland Creek runs a median of 261 cfs at this gauge across 16 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 784 cfs, and September the leanest at 72 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 22,700 cfs in 2011, and the lowest is 21 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2010 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Richland Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.9 feet, in January 2002.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PLKT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.