Cumberland River at Omohundro Wtr Plt at Nashville, TN Flow & Water Level

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 03431091 sits on the Cumberland River and reads everything draining 12,819 square miles of the Lower Cumberland-Sycamore basin. Its datum sits 366 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Cumberland River at Stones River near Hermitage,tn, reading 12,685 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Cumberland River at Nashville, TN at 12,856 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 100% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cumberland River near Bordeaux, TN, Cumberland River at Briley Pkwy at Cockrill Bend and Cumberland River at Ashland City, TN. It then enters Cheatham Reservoir near Ashland City, TN, below which releases set the flow.

Flood stages and record crests

The Cumberland River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 41 feet. NWS starts watching it at 35 feet. The highest crest on record is 44.7 feet, in February 2019.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OMOT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam sits 6 miles from this gauge and its releases set what this gauge reads. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• J Percy Priest Dam 6 miles
• Old Hickory Dam 10 miles