Little River near Blue Pond AL Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

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 02399200 sits on the Little River and reads everything draining 199 square miles of the Upper Coosa basin. Its datum sits 589 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1959, 65 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 Coosa River at Leesburg AL at 5,270 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Coosa River at Centre, AL and Coosa River at Adams Ferry Br near Ballplay, AL.

Normal flows here

The Little River runs a median of 111 cfs at this gauge across 65 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 602 cfs, and September the leanest at 12 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 27,100 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1959 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Little River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 17 feet, in July 1985.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BLPA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Weiss Dam is 9 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Weiss Dam 9 miles