TidalMapSougahatchee Creek at Co Rd 188 near Loachapoka, 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 02418230 sits on Sougahatchee Creek and reads everything draining 71 square miles of the Lower Tallapoosa basin. Its datum sits 523 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2000, 27 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 Yates Reservoir (Tallapoosa R.) near Tallassee, AL at 3,293 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Sougahatchee Creek runs a median of 41 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 86 cfs, and October the leanest at 17 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,530 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 2.6 cfs in 2017.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58 cfs | 141% |
| Feb | 82 cfs | 200% |
| Mar | 86 cfs | 210% |
| Apr | 76 cfs | 184% |
| May | 53 cfs | 129% |
| Jun | 42 cfs | 102% |
| Jul | 32 cfs | 78% |
| Aug | 26 cfs | 63% |
| Sep | 20 cfs | 49% |
| Oct | 17 cfs | 41% |
| Nov | 28 cfs | 67% |
| Dec | 41 cfs | 100% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2000 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Yates Dam is 18 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Yates Dam 18 miles
- Thurlow Dam 19 miles
- Martin Dam 19 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Chewacla Creek at Chewacla State Park near Auburn
- Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee AL
- Tallapoosa River at Milstead AL
- Tallapoosa River near New Site, Al.(horseshoe Bend)
- Oseligee Creek near Lanett AL
- Chattahoochee River at West Point, GA
- Tallapoosa River at Wadley AL
- Chattahoochee River below West Point Dam, GA
- Hillabee Creek near Hackneyville AL
- Tallapoosa River at Malone, Alabama
- Chattahoochee River at 14Th St, at Columbus, GA
- Coosa River at Hwy 14 near Wetumpka, AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02418230. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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