West Prong Little Pigeon River near Gatlinburg, 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 03469251 sits on the West Prong Little Pigeon River and reads everything draining 32 square miles of the Lower French Broad basin. Its datum sits 1,353 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 2017 to 2022, 3 years in all.

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 Little Pigeon River at Sevierville, TN at 353 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 9% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The West Prong Little Pigeon River runs a median of 56 cfs at this gauge across 3 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 109 cfs, and July the leanest at 34 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,590 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 10 cfs in 2018.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2017 to 2022. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.

Flood stages and record crests

The West Prong Little Pigeon River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 10 feet, in April 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GATT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Douglas Dam is 18 miles from this gauge on the French Broad system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Douglas Dam 18 miles
• Fontana Dam 23 miles