Murder Creek at State Hwy 41 at Brewton, 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 02374700 sits on Murder Creek and reads everything draining 435 square miles of the Lower Conecuh basin. Its datum sits 52 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 27 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Murder Creek near Evergreen AL, reading 176 square miles. This gauge adds the 259 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Escambia River near Century, FL at 3,817 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Murder Creek runs a median of 354 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 657 cfs, and October the leanest at 230 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 25,800 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 79 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Murder Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 22 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 37 feet, in March 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BWMA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.