Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the reporting a streamflow rate of cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Falling Water River, with a gauge stage of ft at this location. This river is monitored from 1 different streamgauging stations along the Falling Water River, the highest being situated at an altitude of ft, the .
The Falling Water River is a 46.8-mile-long (75.3 km) stream in the east-central portion of Middle Tennessee in the United States. It rises just west of Monterey at the edge of the Cumberland Plateau, and traverses the Eastern Highland Rim before dropping off to the Nashville Basin and emptying into Center Hill Lake along the Caney Fork. The river is noted for the 136-foot (41 m) Burgess Falls, which it spills over near the end of its course.