About this river
Duck River is a 42.3 mile river near Higher Pursuits in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Duck River at Columbia, TN (site 03599500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 7. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1977 to 2026
Duck River typically runs highest in January, at a median 2,160 cfs, and lowest in September, at 213 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 52,300 cfs, in 1991.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2,160 | 1,000 to 4,350 | |
| February | 1,980 | 1,200 to 4,260 | |
| March | 2,030 | 1,130 to 4,080 | |
| April | 1,285 | 634 to 2,950 | |
| May | 688 | 422 to 1,570 | |
| June | 412 | 268 to 962 | |
| July | 333 | 226 to 663 | |
| August | 261 | 189 to 446 | |
| September | 213 | 172 to 452 | |
| October | 253 | 182 to 530 | |
| November | 642 | 307 to 1,720 | |
| December | 1,730 | 842 to 3,810 |
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 50 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Duck River at Columbia, TN (site 03599500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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