Buffalo River Below Lobelville, TN

USGS Site No: 03604400Buffalo River • Perry County, TN

Buffalo River Below Lobelville, TN on the Buffalo River is currently at 1,230 cfs (High — 78th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 5.30 ft.

Reading from

1,230
CFS Discharge
5.30
Gage Height (ft)
High
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 335
25th Low threshold 447
50th (Median) Normal (median) 604
75th High threshold 935
95th Very High threshold 2,710 Today: 1,230 cfs

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

10k 5.2k 0 cfs Apr 5 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 1,540
May 27, 2026 1,090
May 26, 2026 980
May 25, 2026 1,090
May 24, 2026 860
May 23, 2026 638
May 22, 2026 549
May 21, 2026 455
May 20, 2026 454
May 19, 2026 469
May 18, 2026 487
May 17, 2026 509
May 16, 2026 535
May 15, 2026 569
Apr 20, 2026 470
Apr 19, 2026 484
Apr 18, 2026 487
Apr 17, 2026 494
Apr 16, 2026 495
Apr 15, 2026 507
Apr 14, 2026 520
Apr 13, 2026 533
Apr 12, 2026 550
Apr 11, 2026 573
Apr 10, 2026 596
Apr 9, 2026 628
Apr 8, 2026 670
Apr 7, 2026 716
Apr 6, 2026 659
Apr 5, 2026 602

Station Information

USGS Site No
03604400
State
TN
County
Perry County
Coordinates
35.8118, -87.7788
Drainage Area
702 mi²
Datum (ft)
404.9
HUC Code
06040004
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
10.0 ft
Flood Stage
14.0 ft
Moderate Flood
18.0 ft
Major Flood
22.0 ft

Currently 8.70 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
3,980 cfs
Jan 27, 2026
Min discharge
293 cfs
Sep 2, 2025
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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