Rivers in Tennessee

Wolf River at Germantown

Shelby County, TennesseeNWS GERT1USGS 07031650Memphis office

Below flood stage
2.69ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 10:45 AM CDT

Flood stage
20.50 ft
Forecast crest
2.70 ftTue, Sep 22, 1:00 PM CDT
Record crest
27.98 ft1975

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood28.00 ft
Moderate flood25.00 ft
Minor flood20.50 ft
Action15.00 ft
  1. 28.00 ftNumerous homes are flooding and roads are impassable. Fletcher Creek is backing up causing flooding in Bartlett. Evacuations are necessary.
  2. 27.00 ftHighways 205, 196, and 194 are flooded and impassable. Several homes are flooded. Fletcher Creek is backing up. Evacuations are necessary near the Wolf River.
  3. 25.00 ftSeveral homes near the Wolf River in the vicinity of Collierville are threatened. A large area of the Agricenter International farmland is flooded and Farm Road is closed. Water is over part of Collierville-Arlington Road. W. C. Johnson and Cameron Brown Parks are flooding. School ball fields east of Houston Levee Road are underwater. Ball fields at Southwest Tennessee Community College are flooded. The southwest parking lot of Baptist East Hospital is flooding.
  4. 24.50 ftSports facilities on the west side of Southwest Tennessee Community College are flooded. Shelby Farms field southeast of the intersection of Walnut Grove Road and Farm Road is flooded near the hiking trail. The field north of Walnut Grove Road and west of Farm Road is flooded.
  5. 24.00 ftFields in Shelby Farms are flooded nearly to Farm Road.
  6. 23.00 ftGreenways along the Wolf River are flooded in many locations.
  7. 22.00 ftWidespread lowland flooding is occurring. Greenways along the Wolf River are flooded.
  8. 21.00 ftGreenway flooding along the Wolf River is extensive from Houston Levee Road to Interstate 40.
  9. 20.00 ftOverbank flooding has started. Greenways along the Wolf River are flooding along with the fields southof the Agricenter.
  10. 19.00 ftFields south of the Agricenter are starting to flood.
  11. 18.00 ftGreenway north of Wolf River Boulevard near Brown Park is flooded.
  12. 15.00 ftSome Greenways along the Wolf River are flooding.

Flood outlook

Chance of flooding, September to November

CategoryChance
Minor floodingUnder 5%
Moderate floodingUnder 5%
Major floodingUnder 5%

The three-month chances are the River Forecast Centers’ long-range flood outlook, issued September 16, 2026.

Crest history

38 crests on NOAA’s list since 1971.

#DateStage
1March 14, 197527.98 ft
2April 29, 201126.91 ft
3December 1, 200125.52 ft
4April 6, 202525.29 ft
5March 12, 201625.12 ft
6May 4, 201024.02 ft
7March 3, 199723.15 ft
8April 22, 197323.04 ft
9December 28, 198222.94 ft
10February 25, 201922.77 ft
11January 24, 198922.67 ft
12March 2, 199722.64 ft
13March 20, 198022.59 ft
14May 13, 199122.26 ft
15October 10, 200221.94 ft
16January 12, 197421.92 ft
17December 25, 198721.69 ft
18May 4, 198421.41 ft
19May 7, 200320.33 ft
20May 10, 197819.55 ft
21September 1, 201719.46 ft
22May 4, 197919.13 ft
23May 22, 201318.79 ft
24December 4, 198218.49 ft
25February 4, 201417.73 ft

Most recent crests

  • April 6, 2025: 25.29 ft
  • February 25, 2019: 22.77 ft
  • September 1, 2017: 19.46 ft
  • March 12, 2016: 25.12 ft
  • November 18, 2015: 15.77 ft
  • February 4, 2014: 17.73 ft
  • May 22, 2013: 18.79 ft
  • March 9, 2012: 9.27 ft
  • April 29, 2011: 26.91 ft
  • May 4, 2010: 24.02 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued routinely year-round. River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.