TidalMapBlack Warrior River at Northport AL Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
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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 02465000 sits on the Black Warrior River and reads everything draining 4,820 square miles of the Upper Black Warrior basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1895, 106 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Black Warrior River at Holt L&d near Holt AL, reading 4,219 square miles. This gauge adds the 601 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Black Warrior River below Oliver L&d near Tuscaloosa, AL at 4,821 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 100% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
The Black Warrior River runs a median of 2,495 cfs at this gauge across 106 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 11,400 cfs, and October the leanest at 834 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 233,000 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 20 cfs in 1988.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9,810 cfs | 393% |
| Feb | 11,100 cfs | 445% |
| Mar | 11,400 cfs | 457% |
| Apr | 7,715 cfs | 309% |
| May | 3,090 cfs | 124% |
| Jun | 2,270 cfs | 91% |
| Jul | 2,200 cfs | 88% |
| Aug | 1,790 cfs | 72% |
| Sep | 1,335 cfs | 54% |
| Oct | 834 cfs | 33% |
| Nov | 1,320 cfs | 53% |
| Dec | 4,870 cfs | 195% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1895 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Holt Dam is 9 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Holt Dam 9 miles
- Bankhead Dam 22 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Black Warrior River below Oliver L&d near Tuscaloosa, AL
- Cribbs Mill Creek at Ww Plant at Tuscaloosa, AL
- Black Warrior River below Holt L&d near Holt AL
- Black Warrior River at Holt L&d near Holt AL
- Sipsey River near Elrod, AL
- Elliotts Creek at Moundville AL
- North River near Samantha AL
- Black Warrior River below Bankhead L&d near Bessemer AL
- Black Warrior River at Bankhead L&d near Bessemer AL
- Black Warrior River at Selden L & D near Eutaw, AL
- Black Warrior River below Selden Dam near Eutaw, AL
- Cahaba River at Centreville AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02465000. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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