Blue Springs Creek near Blountsville, AL Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

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 02449882 sits on Blue Springs Creek and reads everything draining 13 square miles of the Mulberry basin. Its datum sits 649 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1993, 33 years of it.

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 Mulberry Fork near Garden City, AL at 358 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Mulberry Fork near Arkadelphia, AL.

Normal flows here

Blue Springs Creek runs a median of 4.8 cfs at this gauge across 33 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 24 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,380 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1993 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Blue Springs Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.8 feet, in December 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BLSA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.