Cumberland River at Stones River near Hermitage,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 03430250 sits on the Cumberland River and reads everything draining 12,685 square miles of the Lower Cumberland-Sycamore basin. Its datum sits 367 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Cumberland River at Edenwold, TN, reading 11,735 square miles. This gauge adds the 950 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Cumberland River at Omohundro Wtr Plt at Nashville, TN at 12,819 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 99% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cumberland River at Nashville, TN, Cumberland River near Bordeaux, TN and Cumberland River at Briley Pkwy at Cockrill Bend.

Flood stages and record crests

The Cumberland River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 48 feet. NWS starts watching it at 42 feet. The highest crest on record is 49.1 feet, in February 2019.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HTGT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam sits 4 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 4 miles
• Old Hickory Dam 7 miles