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Higher Pursuits

Big Rock Creek near Higher Pursuits

River15.6 mi
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About this river

Big Rock Creek is a 15.6 mile river near Higher Pursuits in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Duck River above Milltown, TN (site 03599240). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2003 to 2026

Big Rock Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 1,630 cfs, and lowest in September, at 230 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 42,200 cfs, in 2019.

Typical flow by month at Duck River above Milltown, TN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January1,600720 to 3,510
February1,6301,030 to 3,540
March1,470776 to 3,070
April1,025543 to 2,290
May518343 to 1,050
June296237 to 645
July313218 to 589
August245198 to 389
September230190 to 406
October240191 to 443
November497272 to 795
December1,310565 to 2,970

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 23 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Duck River above Milltown, TN (site 03599240). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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