TidalMapAlabama River at Claiborne L&d near Monroeville Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.
Last 30 days
About this gauge
USGS gauge 02428400 sits on the Alabama River and reads everything draining 21,473 square miles of the Lower Alabama basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow is on record here from 1976 to 2023, 48 years in all.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Alabama River at Choctaw Bluff, AL at 22,360 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 96% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
The Alabama River runs a median of 16,450 cfs at this gauge across 48 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 51,600 cfs, and September the leanest at 8,245 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 255,000 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 1,540 cfs in 2008.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35,600 cfs | 216% |
| Feb | 45,900 cfs | 279% |
| Mar | 51,600 cfs | 314% |
| Apr | 33,250 cfs | 202% |
| May | 19,200 cfs | 117% |
| Jun | 12,750 cfs | 78% |
| Jul | 10,800 cfs | 66% |
| Aug | 9,150 cfs | 56% |
| Sep | 8,245 cfs | 50% |
| Oct | 9,090 cfs | 55% |
| Nov | 13,700 cfs | 83% |
| Dec | 25,900 cfs | 157% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1976 to 2023. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.
Nearby river gauges
- Alabama River Bel Claib L&d near Monroeville, AL
- Limestone Creek near Monroeville AL
- Bassett Creek at US Highway 43 near Thomasville, AL
- Alabama River at Choctaw Bluff, AL
- Tombigbee River at Steamplant near Leroy, AL
- Satilpa Creek near Coffeeville AL
- Alabama River below Millers Ferry L&d near Camden AL
- Big Escambia Creek at Sardine Br near Stanley Crossroad
- Tombigbee River below Coffeeville L&d near Coffeeville
- Tombigbee River at Coffeeville L&d near Coffeeville, AL
- Murder Creek near Evergreen AL
- Pine Barren Creek near Snow Hill, AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02428400. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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