12 Apr 2019

NR 19-022: Corps of Engineers Annual Day Use Pass available for purchase at Obey River Day Use Area April 20, 2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 12, 2019) – The Corps of Engineers Annual Day Use Passes for the expiration year of 2020 and use for the 2019 recreation season are now available for purchase. Save money if you are a repeat user of the Corps of Engineers’ day use areas.

4 Apr 2019

NR 19-021: Flood reduction surveys scheduled for Bell County, Kentucky

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 4, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is performing structure surveys in the spring and summer of 2019 to identify homes and businesses in Bell County, Kentucky that are vulnerable to a recurrence of the destructive April 1977 flood, the most severe flood in the region in the last 62 years.

29 Mar 2019

NR 19-019: Nashville District working to reassign Lock C to Fort Campbell

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 29, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is in the process of supplementing the Lake Barkley Master Plan reclassifying the Lock C site in Montgomery County, Tenn., from “Multiple Resource Management – Low Density Recreation” to “Multiple Resource Management – Future/Inactive Recreation Area.” This designation would allow the Corps of Engineers to reassign the area to the U.S. Army Garrison at Fort Campbell, Ky.

19 Mar 2019

NR 19-018: Dale Hollow Lake Plankyard Access Area closing April 1, 2019

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 19, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces the Plankyard Access Area at Dale Hollow Lake near Byrdstown, Tenn., is closing for an unspecified timeframe April 1, 2019.

14 Mar 2019

NR 19-017: Recreation facilities receive damage assessments as waters recede

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 14, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is assessing damage to recreation facilities at its 10 lakes in the Cumberland River Basin as high waters begin to recede.

13 Mar 2019

NR 19-016: Wolf Creek Dam decreasing releases to 43,000 cfs today

JAMESTOWN, Ky. (March 13, 2019) – Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announce that releases at Wolf Creek Dam are decreasing from 52,000 cubic feet per second to 43,000 cfs by this afternoon.

5 Mar 2019

NR 19-015: Nashville District dams saved $1.72 billion in flood damage

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 5, 2019) – The 10 dams operated by the Corps of Engineers in the Cumberland River Basin performed as designed during the wettest February on record, saving an estimated $1.72 billion in would-be flood damage to the region.

27 Feb 2019

NR 19-014: Lake Cumberland hits record lake level, begins to recede

JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Feb. 27, 2019) – Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announce that Lake Cumberland hit a record lake level Tuesday, Feb. 26, and Wolf Creek Dam has also reached record releases today. Water levels are beginning to recede.

26 Feb 2019

NR 19-013: High-river flows prompt extended closure of Cheatham Lock

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 26, 2019) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District announces that Cheatham Lock in Ashland City, Tenn., will likely remain closed to navigation for at least 30 days due to high water levels at the project.

24 Feb 2019

NR 19-012: Corps turns attention to drawing down storage reservoirs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 24, 2019) – As rainfall runoff makes its way through the Cumberland River Basin, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is quickly turning its attention to drawing down its storage reservoirs.