West Fork Stones River at Murfreesboro, 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 03428200 sits on the West Fork Stones River and reads everything draining 177 square miles of the Stones basin. Its datum sits 514 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1972, 50 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Wf Stones River at Blanton Rd Murfreesboro, TN, reading 170 square miles. This gauge adds the 7.0 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from J Percy Priest Reservoir at 892 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 20% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Stones River at US Hwy 70 near Donelson, TN, Cumberland River at Stones River near Hermitage,tn and Cumberland River at Omohundro Wtr Plt at Nashville, TN.

Normal flows here

The West Fork Stones River runs a median of 94 cfs at this gauge across 50 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 347 cfs, and September the leanest at 33 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 21,200 cfs in 1975, and the lowest is 4.7 cfs in 1981.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1972 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 23.8 feet, in March 1975.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MUGT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam is 20 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 20 miles