TidalMapHatchet Creek below Rockford 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 02408540 sits on Hatchet Creek and reads everything draining 263 square miles of the Lower Coosa basin. Its datum sits 374 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1981, 46 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 Jordan Lake near Wetumpka, AL at 10,102 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Coosa River at Wetumpka AL.
Normal flows here
Hatchet Creek runs a median of 202 cfs at this gauge across 46 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 511 cfs, and September the leanest at 72 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 19,500 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 3.2 cfs in 2007.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 343 cfs | 170% |
| Feb | 505 cfs | 250% |
| Mar | 511 cfs | 253% |
| Apr | 437 cfs | 216% |
| May | 279 cfs | 138% |
| Jun | 183 cfs | 91% |
| Jul | 144 cfs | 71% |
| Aug | 109 cfs | 54% |
| Sep | 72 cfs | 35% |
| Oct | 78 cfs | 39% |
| Nov | 112 cfs | 56% |
| Dec | 214 cfs | 106% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1981 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Mitchell Dam is 13 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Mitchell Dam 13 miles
- Lay Dam 15 miles
- Jordan Dam 21 miles
- Bouldin Dam 23 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Shirtee Creek near Odena, Alabama
- Walnut Creek above Clanton, Ala
- Coosa River at Hwy 14 near Wetumpka, AL
- Coosa River at Gaston Steam Plant near Wilsonville
- Coosa River at Wetumpka AL
- Coosa River at Childersburg AL
- Hillabee Creek near Hackneyville AL
- Talladega Creek at Alpine AL
- Yellowleaf Creek near Westover, AL
- Tallapoosa River near Mont.-Mont Water Works
- Alabama River near Montgomery, AL
- Alabama River at Montgomery AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02408540. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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