Pomme De Terre River level at Hermitage
Missouri · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 06921350 — Pomme de Terre River near Hermitage, MO · NWS forecast point PTZM7
Reading taken · as of 18 min ago
About normal for the date
At 46 CFS, this gauge is running 94% of normal for mid-September — close to the 49 CFS median USGS has recorded for this date across 66 years of record (1960–2026).
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Flood stages at Hermitage
National Weather Service categories for gauge PTZM7, WFO SGF. Impact wording is the NWS's own, verbatim.
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Major flood 15.0 ft · 9,000 CFS
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Moderate flood 12.0 ft · 5,720 CFS
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Minor flood 10.0 ft · 4,750 CFS
- 10.0 ft Approximate level where campsites near the gage flood.
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Action 18.0 ft
- Right now 1.79 ft
Flow history at Hermitage
Daily values from USGS 06921350, updated every 15 to 60 minutes; NWS forecast for PTZM7 reissued through the day. Provisional.
Highest crests on record at Hermitage
5 on record
| Stage | Flow | Date |
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| 15.02 ft | 9,000 CFS | May 9, 1961 |
| 12.43 ft | 6,170 CFS | Mar 23, 1962 |
| 12.15 ft | 5,910 CFS | May 5, 1970 |
| 11.97 ft | 5,710 CFS | Jun 11, 1968 |
| 7.24 ft | 1,920 CFS | May 7, 2003 |
Crests published by the National Weather Service.
About Pomme De Terre River at Hermitage
In Missouri, below Pomme de Terre 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 Pomme de Terre Lake. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Pomme De Terre River at Hermitage — common questions
3 questions
How do releases from Pomme de Terre 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 Pomme De Terre River at Hermitage high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for mid-September here is 49 CFS, from 66 years of record (1960–2026). Today is 94% of it. 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 06921350 every 15 to 60 minutes, and the National Weather Service reissues the flood forecast for PTZM7 a few times a day — more often when the river is rising. This page refreshes from both when you open it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.