TidalMapLocust Fork near Cleveland, 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 02455000 sits on the Locust Fork and reads everything draining 303 square miles of the Locust basin. Its datum sits 537 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1937, 83 years of it.
Normal flows here
The Locust Fork runs a median of 127 cfs at this gauge across 83 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 711 cfs, and September the leanest at 26 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 33,900 cfs in 1943, and the lowest is 1.8 cfs in 2017.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 587 cfs | 462% |
| Feb | 708 cfs | 557% |
| Mar | 711 cfs | 560% |
| Apr | 460 cfs | 363% |
| May | 191 cfs | 150% |
| Jun | 92 cfs | 72% |
| Jul | 53 cfs | 42% |
| Aug | 40 cfs | 31% |
| Sep | 26 cfs | 20% |
| Oct | 26 cfs | 20% |
| Nov | 59 cfs | 46% |
| Dec | 309 cfs | 243% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1937 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02455000. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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