TidalMapBlack Warrior River at Bankhead L&d near Bessemer 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 02462500 sits on the Black Warrior River and reads everything draining 3,981 square miles of the Upper Black Warrior basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow is on record here from 1929 to 2014, 46 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 Black Warrior River at Holt L&d near Holt AL at 4,219 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 94% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Black Warrior River at Northport AL and Black Warrior River below Oliver L&d near Tuscaloosa, AL.
Normal flows here
The Black Warrior River runs a median of 2,500 cfs at this gauge across 46 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 8,920 cfs, and October the leanest at 440 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 143,000 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2000.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8,320 cfs | 333% |
| Feb | 8,920 cfs | 357% |
| Mar | 8,700 cfs | 348% |
| Apr | 5,210 cfs | 208% |
| May | 2,680 cfs | 107% |
| Jun | 2,180 cfs | 87% |
| Jul | 2,030 cfs | 81% |
| Aug | 1,920 cfs | 77% |
| Sep | 1,585 cfs | 63% |
| Oct | 440 cfs | 18% |
| Nov | 1,315 cfs | 53% |
| Dec | 5,940 cfs | 238% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1929 to 2014. 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.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Bankhead Dam is 1 mile from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Bankhead Dam 1 mile
- Holt Dam 15 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Black Warrior River below Bankhead L&d near Bessemer AL
- Black Warrior River at Holt L&d near Holt AL
- Black Warrior River below Holt L&d near Holt AL
- Valley Creek near Oak Grove AL
- North River near Samantha AL
- Lost Creek near Oakman AL
- Black Warrior River at Northport AL
- Black Warrior River below Oliver L&d near Tuscaloosa, AL
- Mulberry Fork at Cordova AL
- Cribbs Mill Creek at Ww Plant at Tuscaloosa, AL
- Valley Creek near Bessemer, AL
- Village Creek near Adamsville, AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02462500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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