Welcome to the Nashville District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Nashville District encompasses more than 59,000 square miles and includes parts of seven states. It has regulatory, flood control, navigation, hydropower and recreational responsibility for the Cumberland River watershed. It also has regulatory and navigation responsibility for most of the Tennessee River watershed.

The Nashville District is able to carry out these demanding missions because of more than 700 dedicated team members who make a difference every day. They execute an annual budget of approximately $165 million of which more than half goes to the operation of the ten lakes/reservoirs, 14 locks, and nine hydropower plants.

For more than 118 years, the Nashville District and its team members have worked to tame rivers, protect citizens and property, provide services and recreation and to be there if disaster strikes. It is this commitment that continues today and will flourish in the future as the District continues providing “Courageous Service.”

In response to Hurricane Katrina, the Corps of Engineers
has developed several websites to facilitate the urgent distribution of information regarding resources required to respond to this disaster.

Please click on the logo above to access the links to all of the Katrina related websites.
 

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News Releases

Water Safety

The Corps and the Cumberland Basin Lakes in the Cumberland River Basin managed by the US Army Corps of Engineers are experiencing lower water levels this summer, lower perhaps than visitors and nearby residents are accustomed to seeing. (more)

HOT TOPICS  

•  Corps of Engineers seeks public comment on potential leases at Old Hickory Lake
• Low Water Levels Likely This Winter
• Family Support Network
• Wolf Creek Dam

• Center Hill Dam
  
   

•   Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas on Veterans Day
  (News Release 10/21/08)
   
• Wolf Creek Dam barrier wall contractor authorized to begin work
  (News Release 10/09/08)
   
• Corps waives recreation fees for active service military personnel and DoD civilians on leave from Global War on Terror deployments
  (News Release 09/23/08)
   
• Nashville District Corps of Engineers enters the Blogosphere
  (News Release 08/04/08)
  
   

• How Can the Corps Serve You?

• Mill Creek Watershed Study

• Initiative to Improve Recreational Boating on Lake Barkley

• Cumberland County Regional Water Supply Project

• Nashville Riverfront Planning Assistance to States Study

• City of Cumberland Flood Damage Reduction Project

• Jonesborough, Tenn., Flood Damage Reduction Project

• Moccasin Bend Stream Bank Stabilization Project

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HISTORY OF THE NASHVILLE DISTRICT

The Nashville District began it's service to the region in 1888, when Lieutenant Colonel John W. Barlow became the first Nashville District Engineer. His task was to oversee the construction of a series of locks and dams on the Cumberland River. Over the next 40 years, 15 locks and dams were built on the Cumberland River and were kept in service until the modern, multi-purpose dams now in operation were constructed.  [Read More ...]

NASHVILLE DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT

We serve the region, the Corps, and the Nation by providing collaborative water resource engineering solutions, world class public infrastructure management, and environmental stewardship for the Cumberland -Tennessee River Systems.

Our geographic area is represented by 14 Senators and 20 Congressmen.  Nashville District has the capacity to produce more than 914 megawatts of clean electricity, enough to power the needs of a city the size of Nashville, at our hydropower generation plants in the Cumberland River Basin.  We annually generate about $44 million in revenue from the sale of this power, revenue which is returned to the U.S. Treasury.   [Read More ...]