Mar 1, 1997
Flash flooding was occurring across the county. Areas that had the most trouble were Lower Station Camp Road in Cottontown along Highway 25, also along E.B. Wade Road and finally along Butler Mill Road, which is about 10 miles north of Gallatin. Several mobile homes were destroyed by flooding near Gallatin.The Portland Water Treatment Plant measured 7.32 inches of rain from shortly after midnight on Sunday, March 1 to 8 AM Monday, March 3. This was the worst flooding since 1973.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5595587). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Sumner County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.