Cumberland River at Briley Pkwy at Cockrill Bend 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 03431712 sits on the Cumberland River and reads everything draining 12,900 square miles of the Lower Cumberland-Sycamore basin. Its datum sits 370 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Six gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Cumberland River near Bordeaux, TN, reading 12,862 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Cumberland River at Ashland City, TN at 13,117 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 98% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cumberland River below Cheatham Dam, 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 35 feet. NWS starts watching it at 31 feet. The highest crest on record is 26.3 feet, in April 2013.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BPYT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam sits 14 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 14 miles
• Old Hickory Dam 14 miles
• Cheatham Dam 22 miles