Duck River at Centerville
Highest listed crest 47.50 ftFlood stage 22.0 ft9 crests since 2002
The Duck River at Centerville crested at major flood stage 4 times among the 9 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2002 to 2019. The highest, 47.50 ft on May 2, 2010, was major flooding, 25.50 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Duck River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 47.50 ft
- May 2, 2010
- Flood stage
- 22.0 ft
- Major flooding from 32.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 4
- 22nd of 100 gauges in Tennessee
- Most recent flood crest
- February 24, 2019
- 35.45 ft, major flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 17.0 | 1 | Mar 3, 2007 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 22.0 | 1 | Apr 5, 2008 |
| Moderate flood stage | 25.0 | 3 | Jan 25, 2006 |
| Major flood stage | 32.0 | 4 | Feb 24, 2019 |
Every listed crest
9 crests from 2002 to 2019. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
- 13 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 29.00 ft on Apr 7, 1892; 27.00 ft on Mar 19, 1897; 32.90 ft on Mar 29, 1902; 27.30 ft on Mar 27, 1929; 26.30 ft on Jan 3, 1937; 23.81 ft on Mar 30, 1944; and more.
Highest crests
| 1 | May 2, 2010 | 47.50 | +25.50 | Major |
| 2 | Feb 24, 2019 | 35.45 | +13.45 | Major |
| 3 | May 8, 2003 | 33.10 | +11.10 | Major |
| 4 | Jan 26, 2002 | 32.72 | +10.72 | Major |
| 5 | May 6, 2004 | 29.98 | +7.98 | Moderate |
| 6 | Dec 10, 2004 | 26.40 | +4.40 | Moderate |
| 7 | Jan 25, 2006 | 25.76 | +3.76 | Moderate |
| 8 | Apr 5, 2008 | 23.69 | +1.69 | Minor |
| 9 | Mar 3, 2007 | 17.87 | −4.13 | Action |
The worst floods along the Duck River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Duck River that crested above flood stage within a week.
May 2, 2010: 47.50 ft here, major flooding
- ColumbiaTN · May 3, 2010 · 44.91 ft · Major
- Hurricane MillsTN · May 2, 2010 · 34.21 ft · Major · its highest
February 24, 2019: 35.45 ft here, major flooding
- ColumbiaTN · Feb 24, 2019 · 42.76 ft · Major
- ShelbyvilleTN · Feb 24, 2019 · 30.65 ft · Moderate
- Hurricane MillsTN · Feb 24, 2019 · 27.04 ft · Moderate
- MilltownTN · Feb 24, 2019 · 38.35 ft · Minor · its highest
May 8, 2003: 33.10 ft here, major flooding
- ColumbiaTN · May 8, 2003 · 44.83 ft · Major
- ShelbyvilleTN · May 7, 2003 · 33.46 ft · Major
- Hurricane MillsTN · May 9, 2003 · 25.06 ft · Moderate
Gauges on the Duck River
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Shelbyville | TN | 42.00 ft, Mar 29, 1926 | 10 |
| Milltown | TN | 38.35 ft, Feb 24, 2019 | 0 |
| Columbia | TN | 51.75 ft, Feb 14, 1948 | 15 |
| Centerville this gauge | TN | 47.50 ft, May 2, 2010 | 4 |
| Hurricane Mills | TN | 34.21 ft, May 2, 2010 | 3 |
Other gauges in Hickman County
| Vernon | 32.78 ft, Aug 21, 2021 | 3 |
Hickman County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Tennessee
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CNVT1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.