About this river
Little Pigeon River is a 10.5 mile river near Big Bear Whitewater Rafting in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Pigeon River at Sevierville, TN (site 03470000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1921 to 2026
Little Pigeon River typically runs highest in March, at a median 699 cfs, and lowest in October, at 141 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 25,700 cfs, in 1963.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 528 | 329 to 896 | |
| February | 649 | 421 to 1,140 | |
| March | 699 | 481 to 1,090 | |
| April | 566 | 399 to 893 | |
| May | 393 | 266 to 634 | |
| June | 280 | 186 to 461 | |
| July | 284 | 172 to 494 | |
| August | 263 | 166 to 423 | |
| September | 152 | 95 to 250 | |
| October | 141 | 88 to 258 | |
| November | 205 | 118 to 358 | |
| December | 362 | 201 to 691 |
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 76 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Pigeon River at Sevierville, TN (site 03470000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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