About this river
Piney River is a 10.0 mile river near Buffalo River Resort LLC in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Piney River at Vernon, TN (site 03602500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1925 to 2026
Piney River typically runs highest in March, at a median 386 cfs, and lowest in September, at 87 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 40,000 cfs, in 2010.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 270 | 148 to 481 | |
| February | 343 | 217 to 597 | |
| March | 386 | 266 to 617 | |
| April | 336 | 241 to 539 | |
| May | 239 | 177 to 369 | |
| June | 150 | 120 to 200 | |
| July | 120 | 95 to 152 | |
| August | 104 | 81 to 133 | |
| September | 87 | 73 to 107 | |
| October | 87 | 71 to 108 | |
| November | 99 | 82 to 151 | |
| December | 154 | 95 to 320 |
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 94 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Piney River at Vernon, TN (site 03602500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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