Duck River level at Shelbyville
Tennessee · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 03597860 — DUCK RIVER AT SHELBYVILLE, TN
Reading taken · as of 58 min ago
About normal for the date
At 188 CFS, this gauge is inside the middle half of the 30 years USGS has recorded for this date (1992–2026), at 96% of the 195 CFS median.
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Flow history at Shelbyville
Daily values from USGS 03597860, updated every 15 to 60 minutes. Provisional.
About Duck River at Shelbyville
In Tennessee, below Normandy Lake. Releases can change the flow by hundreds of CFS in an hour with no rain in the basin — check it the morning you go, not the night before.
Reservoir feeding this stretch
Flow here is set by releases from Normandy Lake. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Duck River at Shelbyville — common questions
3 questions
How do releases from Normandy Lake affect this stretch?
Directly and fast. When the dam generates, flow here can climb by an order of magnitude within the hour, with no rain anywhere in the basin. That sudden release is the real hazard on a tailwater. The pool level is on lakelvl.com, linked below.
Is Duck River at Shelbyville high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 195 CFS, from 30 years of record (1992–2026). Today sits inside the middle half of those years, at 96% of the median. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 03597860 every 15 to 60 minutes. This page refreshes from USGS when you open it, and the reading is provisional until USGS reviews it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.