TidalMapBig Wills Creek near Reece City 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 02401000 sits on Big Wills Creek and reads everything draining 182 square miles of the Middle Coosa basin. Its datum sits 570 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1944, 66 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Big Wills Creek at State Hwy 35 near Fort Payne, AL, reading 55 square miles. This gauge adds the 127 square miles that drain in between.
Normal flows here
Big Wills Creek runs a median of 137 cfs at this gauge across 66 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 408 cfs, and October the leanest at 62 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,600 cfs in 1951, and the lowest is 22 cfs in 1955.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 307 cfs | 224% |
| Feb | 370 cfs | 270% |
| Mar | 408 cfs | 298% |
| Apr | 328 cfs | 239% |
| May | 189 cfs | 138% |
| Jun | 133 cfs | 97% |
| Jul | 105 cfs | 77% |
| Aug | 83 cfs | 61% |
| Sep | 68 cfs | 50% |
| Oct | 62 cfs | 45% |
| Nov | 81 cfs | 59% |
| Dec | 173 cfs | 126% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1944 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Weiss Dam is 17 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Weiss Dam 17 miles
- HN Henry Dam 22 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Coosa River at Gadsden AL
- Coosa River at Gadsden Steam Plant near Gadsden, AL
- Coosa River at Adams Ferry Br near Ballplay, AL
- Town Creek near Geraldine AL
- Coosa River at Leesburg AL
- Ohatchee Creek at Ohatchee, AL
- Big Canoe Creek at Ashville AL
- Coosa River at Centre, AL
- Little River near Blue Pond AL
- Terrapin Creek at Ellisville AL
- Big Wills Creek at State Hwy 35 near Fort Payne, AL
- Blackburn Fork Little Warrior River near Holly Springs
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02401000. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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