Cahaba Valley Creek at Cross Creek Rd at Pelham, 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 0242354750 sits on Cahaba Valley Creek and reads everything draining 26 square miles of the Cahaba basin. Its datum sits 429 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 27 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Cahaba Valley Creek at Indian Trail Rd near Indian Sprs, reading 14 square miles. This gauge adds the 11 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Cahaba River near Helena AL at 335 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cahaba River near West Blocton AL.

Normal flows here

Cahaba Valley Creek runs a median of 18 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 51 cfs, and October the leanest at 8.6 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,870 cfs in 2014, and the lowest is 2.7 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Cahaba Valley Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.2 feet, in October 2021.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CVCA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.