TidalMapBear Creek at Redbay, 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 03592000 sits on Bear Creek and reads everything draining 263 square miles of the Bear basin. Its datum sits 507 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1914, 10 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Bear Creek near Hackleburg AL, reading 143 square miles. This gauge adds the 120 square miles that drain in between.
Normal flows here
Bear Creek runs a median of 218 cfs at this gauge across 10 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 901 cfs, and September the leanest at 72 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 18,300 cfs in 1973, and the lowest is 10 cfs in 1918.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 558 cfs | 256% |
| Feb | 598 cfs | 275% |
| Mar | 901 cfs | 414% |
| Apr | 819 cfs | 377% |
| May | 261 cfs | 120% |
| Jun | 156 cfs | 72% |
| Jul | 98 cfs | 45% |
| Aug | 78 cfs | 36% |
| Sep | 72 cfs | 33% |
| Oct | 76 cfs | 35% |
| Nov | 126 cfs | 58% |
| Dec | 374 cfs | 172% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1914 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
TVA dams near this gauge
TVA's Bear Creek Dam is 8 miles from this gauge on the Bear Creek system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.
- Bear Creek Dam 8 miles
- Little Bear Creek Dam 8 miles
- Cedar Creek Dam 11 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Red Bud Creek near Moores Mill, MS
- Bull Mountain Creek at Tremont, MS
- Cummings Creek near Fulton, MS
- Buttahatchee River below Hamilton AL
- Tombigbee River near Fulton, MS
- Bear Creek near Hackleburg AL
- Twentymile Creek near Guntown, MS
- Cypress Creek near Florence AL
- Tombigbee River at Bigbee, MS
- Town Creek at Eason Boulevard at Tupelo, MS
- Tombigbee River near Amory, MS
- Town Creek near Nettleton, MS
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03592000. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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