Cumberland River at Ashland City
Highest listed crest 28.66 ftFlood stage 28.0 ft5 crests since 2014
The Cumberland River at Ashland City crested above flood stage 1 time among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2014 to 2019. The highest, 28.66 ft on February 24, 2019, was minor flooding, 0.66 feet above flood stage. 10 other gauges on the Cumberland River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 5 at their own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 28.66 ft
- February 24, 2019; 149,548 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 28.0 ft
- Major flooding from 36.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- February 24, 2019
- 28.66 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 24.0 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 28.0 | 1 | Feb 24, 2019 |
| Moderate flood stage | 32.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 36.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
5 crests from 2014 to 2019. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
Highest crests
| 1 | Feb 24, 2019 | 28.66 | +0.66 | Minor |
| 2 | Feb 5, 2014 | 21.32 | −6.68 | Below flood stage |
| 3 | Feb 22, 2015 | 21.23 | −6.77 | Below flood stage |
| 4 | Apr 24, 2017 | 20.68 | −7.32 | Below flood stage |
| 5 | Feb 18, 2016 | 20.45 | −7.55 | Below flood stage |
The worst floods along the Cumberland River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Cumberland River that crested above flood stage within a week.
February 24, 2019: 28.66 ft here, minor flooding
- BurkesvilleKY · Feb 28, 2019 · 56.60 ft · Moderate · its highest
- ClarksvilleTN · Feb 25, 2019 · 51.44 ft · Moderate
- WilliamsburgKY · Feb 25, 2019 · 28.58 ft · Moderate
- PinevilleKY · Feb 21, 2019 · 1,003.11 ft · Minor
- EdenwoldTN · Feb 24, 2019 · 50.70 ft · Minor · its highest
- HermitageTN · Feb 24, 2019 · 49.11 ft · Minor · its highest
- Penington BendTN · Feb 24, 2019 · 48.83 ft · Minor · its highest
- OmohundroTN · Feb 24, 2019 · 44.69 ft · Minor · its highest
- NashvilleTN · Feb 24, 2019 · 40.93 ft · Minor
- BarbourvilleKY · Feb 25, 2019 · 31.46 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Cumberland River
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Ashland City this gauge | TN | 28.66 ft, Feb 24, 2019 | 0 |
| Barbourville | KY | 45.91 ft, Apr 6, 1977 | 15 |
| Baxter | KY | 34.20 ft, Apr 4, 1977 | 17 |
| Burkesville | KY | 56.60 ft, Feb 28, 2019 | 0 |
| Carthage | TN | 59.80 ft, Dec 30, 1926 | 8 |
| Celina | TN | 59.20 ft, Mar 1, 1826 | 10 |
| Clarksville | TN | 62.58 ft, May 4, 2010 | 5 |
| Dover | TN | 74.17 ft, May 5, 2010 | 2 |
| Edenwold | TN | 50.70 ft, Feb 24, 2019 | 0 |
| Hunters Point | TN | 53.66 ft, Mar 6, 1989 | 0 |
| Nashville | TN | 56.20 ft, Jan 1, 1927 | 22 |
| Omohundro | TN | 44.69 ft, Feb 24, 2019 | 0 |
| Pineville | KY | 1,021.80 ft, Apr 5, 1977 | 2 |
| Williamsburg | KY | 35.03 ft, Apr 7, 1977 | 4 |
| Hermitage | TN | 49.11 ft, Feb 24, 2019 | 0 |
| Penington Bend | TN | 48.83 ft, Feb 24, 2019 | 0 |
Other gauges in Cheatham County
| Kingston Springs | 46.00 ft, May 2, 2010 | 2 |
| Ashland City | 18.28 ft, May 2, 2010 | 0 |
Cheatham County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Tennessee
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ACIT1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.