Harpeth River at Mile 90.5 near Franklin, 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 0343233905 sits on the Harpeth River and reads everything draining 183 square miles of the Harpeth basin. Its datum sits 612 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2015, 7 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Harpeth River at Mcdaniel, TN, reading 67 square miles. This gauge adds the 116 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Harpeth River at Franklin, TN at 192 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 95% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Harpeth River below Franklin, TN, Harpeth River at Mile 81.33 near Berrys Chapel, TN and Harpeth River at Bellevue, TN.

Normal flows here

The Harpeth River runs a median of 39 cfs at this gauge across 7 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 99 cfs, and September the leanest at 9.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 152 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 1.9 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2015 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam is 21 miles from this gauge on the Stones system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• J Percy Priest Dam 21 miles