South Fork Cumberland River at Leatherwood Ford, 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 03410210 sits on the South Fork Cumberland River and reads everything draining 806 square miles of the South Fork Cumberland basin. Its datum sits 862 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1984, 31 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is New River at New River, TN, reading 382 square miles. This gauge adds the 424 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The South Fork Cumberland River runs a median of 516 cfs at this gauge across 31 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,760 cfs, and September the leanest at 121 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 78,100 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 8.0 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1984 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.