TidalMapCotaco Creek at Florette 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 03576148 sits on Cotaco Creek and reads everything draining 136 square miles of the Wheeler Lake basin. Its datum sits 560 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1966, 6 years of it.
Normal flows here
Cotaco Creek runs a median of 85 cfs at this gauge across 6 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 380 cfs, and September the leanest at 5.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,900 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1980.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 338 cfs | 397% |
| Feb | 280 cfs | 329% |
| Mar | 380 cfs | 447% |
| Apr | 190 cfs | 224% |
| May | 120 cfs | 141% |
| Jun | 40 cfs | 47% |
| Jul | 12 cfs | 14% |
| Aug | 12 cfs | 14% |
| Sep | 5.3 cfs | 6% |
| Oct | 6.3 cfs | 7% |
| Nov | 28 cfs | 32% |
| Dec | 132 cfs | 156% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1966 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
TVA dams near this gauge
TVA's Guntersville Dam is 17 miles from this gauge on the Tennessee system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.
- Guntersville Dam 17 miles
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03576148. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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