TidalMapChoccolocco Creek at Jackson Shoal near Lincoln 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 02404400 sits on Choccolocco Creek and reads everything draining 481 square miles of the Middle Coosa basin. Its datum sits 448 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1961, 48 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Choccolocco Creek near Boiling Spring, Alabama, reading 191 square miles. This gauge adds the 290 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Coosa River at Childersburg AL at 8,392 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 6% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Coosa River at Gaston Steam Plant near Wilsonville.
Normal flows here
Choccolocco Creek runs a median of 403 cfs at this gauge across 48 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,040 cfs, and October the leanest at 209 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 28,300 cfs in 1963, and the lowest is 79 cfs in 2008.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 616 cfs | 153% |
| Feb | 993 cfs | 246% |
| Mar | 1,040 cfs | 258% |
| Apr | 770 cfs | 191% |
| May | 525 cfs | 130% |
| Jun | 418 cfs | 104% |
| Jul | 334 cfs | 83% |
| Aug | 265 cfs | 66% |
| Sep | 224 cfs | 56% |
| Oct | 209 cfs | 52% |
| Nov | 246 cfs | 61% |
| Dec | 393 cfs | 98% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1961 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' HN Henry Dam is 16 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- HN Henry Dam 16 miles
- Logan Martin Dam 17 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Talladega Creek at Alpine AL
- Ohatchee Creek at Ohatchee, AL
- Kelly Creek near Vincent AL
- Choccolocco Creek near Boiling Spring, Alabama
- Big Canoe Creek at Ashville AL
- Coosa River at Childersburg AL
- Shirtee Creek near Odena, Alabama
- Cahaba River near Whites Chapel AL
- Yellowleaf Creek near Westover, AL
- Little Cahaba River below Leeds, AL
- Blackburn Fork Little Warrior River near Holly Springs
- Coosa River at Gadsden AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02404400. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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