Pigeon Releases

Hartford,TN

Boatable releases occur on the Pigeon most of the year.  In addition to the releases whose main purpose is to generate power, Progress Energy is required to provide recreational releases from 12noon to 6pm (as recorded at a brige one mile downstream from the put-in) every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend to the Saturday of Labor Day weekend.  They are also required to provide recreational releases from 2pm to 6pm (as recorded at the brige) three weekdays a week for each of the four weeks preceeding Memorial Day weekend.

Notes

Call 1-800-899-4435 to hear a recorded message announcing the anticipated release dates for the coming week.  The message is updated every Friday year round.  For current Pigeon River Gorge levels, consult the boatingbeta MyFlows page.  The minimum recreational release is 1200 cfs.