Wolf River at Collierville, TN
River level and flood forecast · Shelby County
Normal3.0 ftas of Mon 1:45 PM
The river is 10.0 ft below flood stage (13 ft).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 6 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 19 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 16 ft |
| Flood stage | 13 ft |
| Action stage | 9 ft |
| Record crest (March 11, 2016) | 16.73 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 21 ftCollierville-Arlington Road is under 4 feet of water south of the bridge. Most houses east of Collierville-Arlington Road between the east end of Shelton Road and Arlington Hall Drive are flooded. Houses northeast of Alexandria Drive by the interstate highway are flooded. Many houses on the north end of Aston Court Subdivision between Jennifer Lane and Johnash Court are flooded. Johnson Park is all flooded.
- 20 ftCollierville-Arlington Road is under 3 feet of water south of the bridge. Road to school buildings east of Houston Levee Road is flooded.
- 19 ftCollierville-Arlington Road is under over 2 feet of water south of the bridge. The south end of the parking lot of the church just north of the river at Houston Levee Road is flooded. The parking lot of the school east of Houston Levee Road begins to flood.
- 18 ftUp to one and half feet of water is rushing over Collierville-Arlington Road just north of Shelton Road East.
- 17 ftFour to six inches of water is flowing over the Collierville-Arlington Road just north of Shelton Road East. At Johnson Park, baseball fields are flooding, and the road to the soccer fields is closed. There is extensive flooding of the school east of Houston Levee Road.
- 16 ftMuch of the Collierville Greenbelt is flooded.
- 14 ftCampus of school east of Houston Levee Road begins to flood. Northwest part of Johnson Park is flooding.
- 12 ftThe Wolf begins to go over its banks.
- 10 ftWater is backing into small streams that flow into the Wolf River, and old stream beds in the swampy bottom are beginning to fill with water again.
Highest crests on record
- 16.73 ft — March 11, 2016
- 14.53 ft — June 29, 2014
- 14.51 ft — September 1, 2017
- 13 ft — February 23, 2015
Recent crests: 14.51 ft (September 1, 2017) · 16.73 ft (March 11, 2016) · 13 ft (February 23, 2015) · 14.53 ft (June 29, 2014)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (COTT1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.