Loosahatchie River at Arlington, TN
River level and flood forecast · Shelby County
Normal0.7 ftas of Mon 3:15 PM
The river is 19.3 ft below flood stage (20 ft).
Forecast to hold near 0.7 ft through Sat, Oct 17, 7 AM.
Flow: 97 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 8:24 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 24 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 22 ft |
| Flood stage | 20 ft |
| Action stage | 19 ft |
| Record crest (May 2, 2010) | 25.44 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 26 ftMost of Chaffee Road is inundated.
- 25.6 ftHighway 70 from the bridge west to Jetway Road is flooded and Highway 70 is partially flooded west to the Inerstate 385 interchange. Many Arlington houses and businesses north of the railroad tracks are flooded. Much of the Arlington Industrial Park is flooding. County Road 205 and Long Road north of Arlington are flooded. Braden Road and Highway 196 are flooded in Fayette County. Brunswick and Brunswick Road are flooding. Dunkin Road is covered south of Millington.
- 25 ftBrunswick Road is flooded in Brunswick. Lots north of Phillip Drive are flooded.
- 24 ftBrunswick Road is beginning to flood. Lots north of Phillip Drive and south of Brief Road are being covered.
- 21 ftBrief Road is flooding.
- 20 ftOverbank flooding is occurring and field flooding is extensive.
- 19 ftStewart Road South begins to flood. Low-lying farm land begins to flood.
Highest crests on record
- 25.44 ft — May 2, 2010
- 25.27 ft — December 25, 1987
- 24.06 ft — November 29, 2001
- 23.92 ft — April 4, 2025
- 23.87 ft — April 28, 2011
Recent crests: 21.13 ft (June 20, 2025) · 23.92 ft (April 4, 2025) · 20.46 ft (February 16, 2025) · 20.23 ft (December 29, 2024) · 20.37 ft (March 1, 2021)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- DownstreamMississippi River at Memphis, TN
- Loosahatchie River at Singleton Parkway, TN
- Wolf River at Collierville, TN
- Fletcher Creek at Bartlett, TN
- Wolf River at Germantown, TN
- Wolf River at Rossville, TN
- Nonconnah Creek at Winchester Rd, TN
- Hatchie River at Rialto, TN
- Nonconnah Creek at Farrisview Boulevard, TN
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (ARLT1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.