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Mountain Cove Marina and RV Park now Smoky Mountain Lakeside RV Resort and Marina

West Prong Little Pigeon River near Mountain Cove Marina and RV Park now Smoky Mountain Lakeside RV Resort and Marina

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About this river

West Prong Little Pigeon River is a 10.7 mile river near Mountain Cove Marina and RV Park now Smoky Mountain Lakeside RV Resort and Marina in Tennessee. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge West Prong Little Pigeon R near Gatlinburg, TN (site 03469251). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2017 to 2022

West Prong Little Pigeon River typically runs highest in March, at a median 109 cfs, and lowest in July, at 34 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,590 cfs, in 2020.

Typical flow by month at West Prong Little Pigeon R near Gatlinburg, TN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January8246 to 203
February10942 to 260
March10966 to 278
April7453 to 183
May9251 to 180
June4129 to 71
July3426 to 53
August3826 to 87
September3623 to 80
October3927 to 88
November3628 to 71
December9345 to 179

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 3 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for West Prong Little Pigeon R near Gatlinburg, TN (site 03469251). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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