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Cumberland River at Edenwold, TN Flow & Water Level

Tennessee · USGS gauge 03426490 · live data

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 03426490 sits on the Cumberland River and reads everything draining 11,735 square miles of the Lower Cumberland-Sycamore basin. Its datum sits 370 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Cumberland River at Old Hickory Dam (Tw), TN, reading 11,673 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Cumberland River at Stones River near Hermitage,tn at 12,685 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 93% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cumberland River at Omohundro Wtr Plt at Nashville, TN, Cumberland River at Nashville, TN and Cumberland River near Bordeaux, TN.

Flood stages and record crests

The Cumberland River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 49 feet. NWS starts watching it at 42 feet. The highest crest on record is 50.7 feet, in February 2019.

NWS flood categories
CategoryGage height
Action42 ft
Minor flooding49 ft
Moderate flooding55 ft
Major flooding60 ft
Highest crests on record
WhenCrest
February 201950.7 ft
April 201342.3 ft
March 201138.5 ft
March 201237.7 ft
February 201435.2 ft

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EDWT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Old Hickory Dam sits 2 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.

Nearby river gauges

Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03426490. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.

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