TidalMapCumberland River at Ashland City, TN Flow & Water Level
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 03431790 sits on the Cumberland River and reads everything draining 13,117 square miles of the Lower Cumberland-Sycamore basin. Its datum sits 367 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 2013 to 2023, 11 years in all.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Cumberland River at Briley Pkwy at Cockrill Bend, reading 12,900 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Cheatham Reservoir near Ashland City, TN at 14,159 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 93% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cumberland River below Cheatham Dam, TN.
Normal flows here
The Cumberland River runs a median of 15,100 cfs at this gauge across 11 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 44,900 cfs, and October the leanest at 8,250 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 116,000 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 1,980 cfs in 2017.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35,900 cfs | 238% |
| Feb | 44,900 cfs | 297% |
| Mar | 42,600 cfs | 282% |
| Apr | 31,400 cfs | 208% |
| May | 16,900 cfs | 112% |
| Jun | 10,900 cfs | 72% |
| Jul | 14,200 cfs | 94% |
| Aug | 13,500 cfs | 89% |
| Sep | 9,440 cfs | 63% |
| Oct | 8,250 cfs | 55% |
| Nov | 12,300 cfs | 81% |
| Dec | 35,500 cfs | 235% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2013 to 2023. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.
Flood stages and record crests
The Cumberland River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 28 feet. NWS starts watching it at 24 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.7 feet, in February 2019.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 24 ft |
| Minor flooding | 28 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 32 ft |
| Major flooding | 36 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| February 2019 | 28.7 ft |
| February 2014 | 21.3 ft |
| February 2015 | 21.2 ft |
| April 2017 | 20.7 ft |
| February 2016 | 20.4 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ACIT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
TVA dams near this gauge
TVA's Cheatham Dam is 8 miles from this gauge on the Cumberland system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.
- Cheatham Dam 8 miles
- Old Hickory Dam 23 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Sycamore Creek near Ashland City, TN
- Harpeth River near Kingston Springs, TN
- Cumberland River below Cheatham Dam, TN
- Cumberland River at Briley Pkwy at Cockrill Bend
- Richland Creek at Charlotte Ave, at Nashville, TN
- Whites C at Old Hickory Blvd at Whites Creek, TN
- Cumberland River near Bordeaux, TN
- Whites Creek near Bordeaux, TN
- Harpeth River at Bellevue, TN
- Richland Creek at Harding Place at Belle Meade, TN
- Red River at Port Royal, TN
- Cumberland River at Nashville, TN
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03431790. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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