Mill Creek at Thompson Lane, near Woodbine, 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 03431060 sits on Mill Creek and reads everything draining 93 square miles of the Lower Cumberland-Sycamore basin. Its datum sits 433 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 29 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Mill Creek near Nolensville, TN, reading 41 square miles. This gauge adds the 53 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Mill Creek at Lebanon Road at Nashville, TN at 107 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 87% 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.

Normal flows here

Mill Creek runs a median of 46 cfs at this gauge across 29 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 142 cfs, and September the leanest at 16 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 18,000 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Mill Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 21.8 feet, in May 2010.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WBNT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam is 6 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 6 miles
• Old Hickory Dam 13 miles