TidalMapAlabama River below Millers Ferry L&d near Camden AL 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 02427506 sits on the Alabama River and reads everything draining 20,637 square miles of the Middle Alabama basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Alabama River at Millers Ferry Dam, near Camden, AL sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river.
Flood stages and record crests
The Alabama River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 66 feet. NWS starts watching it at 61 feet. The highest crest on record is 86 feet, in March 1961.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 61 ft |
| Minor flooding | 66 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 80 ft |
| Major flooding | 83 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| March 1961 | 86 ft |
| March 1990 | 82.9 ft |
| December 1948 | 82.3 ft |
| August 1939 | 81.2 ft |
| March 1979 | 80.5 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MRFA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02427506. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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