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Several rainfall records in the Nashville area were broken during the rain event. 13.57 inches (345 mm) fell during the two-day period of May 1–2, doubling the record of 6.68 inches (170 mm) set in September 1979 during the passage of the remnants of Hurricane Frederic. On May 2 alone, 7.25 inches (184 mm) of rain fell, including 7.20 inches ...
1912 Nashville residents inspect the V-shaped rupture after the Eighth Avenue South Reservoir collapsed on November 5, 1912. At approximately 12:00 a.m. on November 5, 1912, the southeastern side of the reservoir's main wall ruptured in a 175-foot (53 m) V-shaped breach [6] which allowed nearly 25 million US gallons (95,000 m 3) of water [13] to flood the nearby neighborhood.
J. Percy Priest Dam and hydroelectric power plant Schematic of J. Percy Priest dam, showing the pool levels at various stages of water storage. J. Percy Priest Dam is a dam in north central Tennessee at river mile 6.8 of the Stones River, a tributary of the Cumberland. It is located about ten miles (16 km) east of downtown Nashville.
On July 26, 2022, a secondary dam on the city reservoir was breached after over four inches of rain fell near Nashville in less than 12 hours, causing a 6-foot breach and flooding nearly 40 acres ...
The dam at the Nashville City Reservoir has failed and the Washington County Emergency Management Agency has asked residents in portions of the town to evacuate Tuesday morning.. According to an ...
Officials in Cocke County urged all of downtown Newport to evacuate immediately just after 3 p.m. Sept. 27 following reports that a North Carolina dam had "suffered a catastrophic failure," though ...
Dam [1] Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Notes Nashville Zoo Dam Weir 1 4 ft (1.2 m) 2017 Nashville: Cathy Jo Branch: Cumberland River: Owned by the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere. Nashville Zoo Dam Weir 2 4 ft (1.2 m) 2017 Nashville
Old Hickory Lock and Dam is a dam located in middle Tennessee on the Cumberland River at river mile 216.2 in Sumner and Davidson Counties, approximately 25 miles (40 km) upstream from Nashville. The reservoir behind the dam is Old Hickory Lake .