TidalMapHester Creek at Buddy Williamson Rd near Plevna, 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 0357479650 sits on Hester Creek and reads everything draining 33 square miles of the Wheeler Lake basin. Its datum sits 757 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 22 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 Flint River at Brownsboro, AL at 375 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 9% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Hester Creek runs a median of 9.4 cfs at this gauge across 22 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 32 cfs, and September the leanest at 4.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,960 cfs in 2011, and the lowest is 1.2 cfs in 2012.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25 cfs | 266% |
| Feb | 29 cfs | 309% |
| Mar | 32 cfs | 340% |
| Apr | 22 cfs | 234% |
| May | 12 cfs | 128% |
| Jun | 6.9 cfs | 73% |
| Jul | 5.7 cfs | 61% |
| Aug | 4.6 cfs | 49% |
| Sep | 4.2 cfs | 45% |
| Oct | 5.0 cfs | 53% |
| Nov | 7.3 cfs | 78% |
| Dec | 20 cfs | 213% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
TVA dams near this gauge
TVA's Tims Ford Dam is 19 miles from this gauge on the Elk system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.
- Tims Ford Dam 19 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Elk River above Fayetteville, TN
- East Fork Pinhook Creek at Winchester Rd at Huntsvil
- Flint River at Brownsboro, AL
- West Fork Pinhook Creek at Blue Sprs Rd at Huntsville
- Dallas Branch at Coleman St in Huntsville, AL
- Fagan Creek at Adams Street at Huntsville, AL
- Broglan Branch at Oakwood Avenue at Huntsville, AL
- Estill Fork at Estillfork AL
- Huntsville Sp Br at Johnson Road, Huntsville AL
- Mcdonald Creek at Patton Road near Huntsville AL
- Aldridge Creek near Farley AL
- Indian Creek near Madison AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 0357479650. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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