Cumberland River near Bordeaux, 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 03431514 sits on the Cumberland River and reads everything draining 12,862 square miles of the Lower Cumberland-Sycamore basin. Its datum sits 369 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Cumberland River at Nashville, TN, reading 12,856 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Cumberland River at Briley Pkwy at Cockrill Bend at 12,900 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 100% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cumberland River at Ashland City, TN and 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 34 feet. NWS starts watching it at 30 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.5 feet, in April 2013.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BDXT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam sits 12 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 12 miles
• Old Hickory Dam 12 miles
• Cheatham Dam 23 miles