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Cumberland River at Lake Cumberland Pool (ft)Highest Observation: 707.63 ft at 2:00PM May 15, 2013Highest Observation: 707.63 ft at 2:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.57 ft at 3:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.61 ft at 3:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.57 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.58 ft at 4:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.52 ft at 5:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.53 ft at 5:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.5 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.51 ft at 6:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.48 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.42 ft at 7:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.43 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.49 ft at 8:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.49 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.48 ft at 9:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.45 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.45 ft at 10:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.42 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.4 ft at 11:30PM May 15, 2013Observed: 707.39 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.38 ft at 12:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.33 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.36 ft at 1:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.36 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.36 ft at 2:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.36 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.34 ft at 3:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.35 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.35 ft at 4:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.34 ft at 5:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.33 ft at 5:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.31 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.32 ft at 6:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.31 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.29 ft at 7:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.29 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.28 ft at 8:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.17 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.23 ft at 9:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.21 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.16 ft at 10:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.15 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.15 ft at 11:30AM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.1 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.16 ft at 12:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.08 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.08 ft at 1:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.05 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.04 ft at 2:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.07 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.05 ft at 3:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.08 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.08 ft at 4:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.07 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.04 ft at 5:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.04 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 707.01 ft at 6:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.98 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.98 ft at 7:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.95 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.94 ft at 8:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.84 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.8 ft at 9:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.79 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.79 ft at 10:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.8 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.84 ft at 11:30PM May 16, 2013Observed: 706.87 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.85 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.87 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.86 ft at 1:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.84 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.84 ft at 2:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.85 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.82 ft at 3:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.84 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.82 ft at 4:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.83 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.83 ft at 5:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.82 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.82 ft at 6:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.82 ft at 7:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.82 ft at 7:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.83 ft at 8:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.77 ft at 8:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.7 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.79 ft at 9:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.79 ft at 10:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.79 ft at 10:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.79 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.79 ft at 11:30AM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.76 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.77 ft at 12:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.76 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.73 ft at 1:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.66 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.69 ft at 2:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.69 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.67 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.65 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.65 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.64 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.63 ft at 5:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.59 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.59 ft at 6:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.59 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.56 ft at 7:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.56 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.6 ft at 8:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.59 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.56 ft at 9:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.53 ft at 10:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.45 ft at 10:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.45 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.48 ft at 11:30PM May 17, 2013Observed: 706.52 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.53 ft at 12:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.57 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.56 ft at 1:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.58 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.58 ft at 2:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.5 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.51 ft at 3:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.56 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.58 ft at 4:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.54 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.57 ft at 5:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.49 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.56 ft at 6:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.59 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.56 ft at 7:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.58 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.58 ft at 8:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.55 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.59 ft at 9:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.53 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.48 ft at 10:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.51 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.5 ft at 11:30AM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.52 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.5 ft at 12:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.47 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.45 ft at 1:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.36 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.36 ft at 2:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.37 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.33 ft at 3:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.32 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.39 ft at 4:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.32 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.33 ft at 5:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.3 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.28 ft at 6:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.3 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.26 ft at 7:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.26 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.26 ft at 8:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.22 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.24 ft at 9:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.21 ft at 10:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 10:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 11:00PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 11:30PM May 18, 2013Observed: 706.19 ft at 12:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 12:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.14 ft at 1:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.18 ft at 1:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 2:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.19 ft at 2:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 3:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.22 ft at 3:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.22 ft at 4:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.23 ft at 4:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.24 ft at 5:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 5:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.23 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.21 ft at 6:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.19 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 7:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.2 ft at 8:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.21 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.24 ft at 9:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.18 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.22 ft at 10:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.24 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.13 ft at 11:30AM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.18 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.19 ft at 12:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.15 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.12 ft at 1:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.09 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.02 ft at 2:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.03 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 706.03 ft at 3:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.98 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.92 ft at 4:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 706 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.95 ft at 5:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.96 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.9 ft at 6:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.89 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.95 ft at 7:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.95 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.99 ft at 8:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.98 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.96 ft at 9:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.96 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.94 ft at 10:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.94 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.94 ft at 11:30PM May 19, 2013Observed: 705.94 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.92 ft at 12:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.93 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.92 ft at 1:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.93 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.9 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.89 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.93 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.94 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.95 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.96 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.95 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.94 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.95 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.95 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.95 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.87 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.86 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.82 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.83 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.86 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.86 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.83 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.9 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.9 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 705.87 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2013Highest Forecast: 705.98 ft 1:00AM May 21, 2013Forecast: 705.73 ft 1:00AM May 22, 2013Forecast: 705.56 ft 1:00AM May 23, 2013Forecast: 705.37 ft 1:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 705.16 ft 1:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 705.11 ft 1:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 705.05 ft 1:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: 704.97 ft 1:00AM May 28, 2013Corps of EngineersWLCK2(plotting HPIRG) Graph Created (1:55PM May 20, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 12:47PM May 20)Latest observed value: 705.87 ft at 12:30 PM CDT 20-May-2013. Flood Stage is 760 ft
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Datum: NGVD29
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Cumberland River at Lake Cumberland are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:760
Moderate Flood Stage:760
Flood Stage:760
Action Stage:730

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760 Top of flood control pool.
723 Top of power pool, spillway crest elevation.
680 Temporary pool during repairs.
673 Bottom of power pool.
Photos
(1) Looking at Bridge and Headwater of Dam
(2) Right Side of Dam
(3) US 127 Bridge Leading to Dam
(4) Inside Power House
(5) Tailwater Gates and Left Side of Dam
(6) Another View of Gates
(7) Middle Section of Dam from Lake Side
(8) Portion of Dam
(9) Power House
(10) Tailwater Area from Top of Dam
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Latitude: 36.833333° N, Longitude: 85.133333° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 760 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available 760 Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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