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Little Duck River in Tennessee

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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Little Duck River is a 6.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Duck River below Manchester, TN (site 03596000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1934 to 2026

Little Duck River typically runs highest in March, at a median 210 cfs, and lowest in September, at 28 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 17,800 cfs, in 1970.

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Typical flow by month at Duck River below Manchester, TN, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January18098 to 330
February197126 to 388
March210144 to 381
April14287 to 265
May8050 to 137
June4736 to 77
July3930 to 64
August3325 to 52
September2821 to 40
October2821 to 44
November4127 to 78
December10849 to 234

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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Duck River below Manchester, TN (site 03596000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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