TidalMapLittle Cahaba River at Cah Bea Rd near Cahaba Hts 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 02423414 sits on the Little Cahaba River and reads everything draining 47 square miles of the Cahaba basin. Its datum sits 432 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2003, 23 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Lake Purdy near Cahaba Heights Alabama sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Lake Purdy near Cahaba Heights Alabama, reading 43 square miles. This gauge adds the 4.3 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Cahaba River near Cahaba Heights AL at 201 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 23% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cahaba River near Hoover, AL, Cahaba River near Acton AL and Cahaba River near Helena AL.
Normal flows here
The Little Cahaba River runs a median of 61 cfs at this gauge across 23 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 104 cfs, and December the leanest at 46 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,560 cfs in 2014, and the lowest is 1.3 cfs in 2025.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 67 cfs | 110% |
| Feb | 101 cfs | 166% |
| Mar | 104 cfs | 170% |
| Apr | 84 cfs | 138% |
| May | 59 cfs | 97% |
| Jun | 56 cfs | 93% |
| Jul | 56 cfs | 92% |
| Aug | 56 cfs | 92% |
| Sep | 62 cfs | 102% |
| Oct | 63 cfs | 103% |
| Nov | 50 cfs | 81% |
| Dec | 46 cfs | 75% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2003 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Logan Martin Dam sits 20 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.
- Logan Martin Dam 20 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Cahaba River near Mountain Brook AL
- Cahaba River near Cahaba Heights AL
- Shades Creek at Elder St near Springdale AL
- Little Cahaba River near Jefferson Park, AL
- Cahaba River near Hoover, AL
- Cahaba Valley Creek at Indian Trail Rd near Indian Sprs
- Shades Creek near Homewood, Ala
- Tributary to Village Creek at 50Th St in Birmingham
- Cahaba River near Acton AL
- Village Creek at 86Th St North at Roebuck, AL
- Valley Creek at Center St at Birmingham, AL
- Cahaba Valley Creek at Cross Creek Rd at Pelham, AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02423414. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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