Shades Creek near Homewood, Ala 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 02423586 sits on Shades Creek and reads everything draining 27 square miles of the Cahaba basin. Its datum sits 605 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2001, 15 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Shades Creek at Elder St near Springdale AL, reading 9.5 square miles. This gauge adds the 18 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Shades Creek near Greenwood AL at 72 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 37% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Cahaba River near West Blocton AL.

Normal flows here

Shades Creek runs a median of 18 cfs at this gauge across 15 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 45 cfs, and September the leanest at 6.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,160 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 1.4 cfs in 2004.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2001 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Shades Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 19.9 feet, in September 2004.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SCHA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.