TidalMapCoosa River at Wetumpka 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 02411600 sits on the Coosa River and reads everything draining 10,148 square miles of the Lower Coosa basin. Its datum sits 114 feet above sea level NAVD88.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Jordan Lake near Wetumpka, AL sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Jordan Lake near Wetumpka, AL, reading 10,102 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Alabama River at Montgomery AL at 15,023 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 68% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Alabama River near Montgomery, AL.
Flood stages and record crests
The Coosa River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 45 feet. NWS starts watching it at 35 feet. The highest crest on record is 57.9 feet, in April 1938.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 35 ft |
| Minor flooding | 45 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 47 ft |
| Major flooding | 54 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| April 1938 | 57.9 ft |
| December 1919 | 55.6 ft |
| February 1961 | 55.5 ft |
| April 1979 | 55.4 ft |
| March 1929 | 55.4 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WETA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Bouldin Dam sits 5 miles from this gauge and its releases set what this gauge reads. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Bouldin Dam 5 miles
- Jordan Dam 6 miles
- Thurlow Dam 19 miles
- Yates Dam 19 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Coosa River at Hwy 14 near Wetumpka, AL
- Tallapoosa River near Mont.-Mont Water Works
- Alabama River at Montgomery AL
- Alabama River near Montgomery, AL
- Catoma Creek near Montgomery AL
- Tallapoosa River at Milstead AL
- Hatchet Creek below Rockford AL
- Walnut Creek above Clanton, Ala
- Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee AL
- Big Swamp Creek SW of Hayneville, AL
- Alabama River at Robert F Henry Lock and Dam
- Alabama River below Robert F Henry L&d near Benton,al
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02411600. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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