Mill Creek near Nolensville, 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 03430550 sits on Mill Creek and reads everything draining 41 square miles of the Lower Cumberland-Sycamore basin. Its datum sits 524 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Mill Creek at Thompson Lane, near Woodbine, TN at 93 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 43% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Mill Creek at Lebanon Road at Nashville, TN, Cumberland River at Omohundro Wtr Plt at Nashville, TN and Cumberland River at Nashville, TN.

Flood stages and record crests

Mill Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 22.6 feet, in May 2010.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NLVT1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's J Percy Priest Dam is 11 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 11 miles
• Old Hickory Dam 20 miles