TidalMapTalladega Creek at Alpine 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 02406500 sits on Talladega Creek and reads everything draining 150 square miles of the Middle Coosa basin. Its datum sits 431 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1900, 54 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 Childersburg AL at 8,392 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Coosa River at Gaston Steam Plant near Wilsonville.
Normal flows here
Talladega Creek runs a median of 136 cfs at this gauge across 54 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 337 cfs, and October the leanest at 75 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 18,400 cfs in 1951, and the lowest is 20 cfs in 1904.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 196 cfs | 144% |
| Feb | 313 cfs | 229% |
| Mar | 337 cfs | 247% |
| Apr | 298 cfs | 218% |
| May | 185 cfs | 136% |
| Jun | 140 cfs | 103% |
| Jul | 124 cfs | 91% |
| Aug | 99 cfs | 73% |
| Sep | 81 cfs | 59% |
| Oct | 75 cfs | 55% |
| Nov | 90 cfs | 66% |
| Dec | 122 cfs | 89% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1900 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Logan Martin Dam is 8 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Logan Martin Dam 8 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Coosa River at Childersburg AL
- Shirtee Creek near Odena, Alabama
- Kelly Creek near Vincent AL
- Choccolocco Creek at Jackson Shoal near Lincoln AL
- Coosa River at Gaston Steam Plant near Wilsonville
- Yellowleaf Creek near Westover, AL
- Little Cahaba River below Leeds, AL
- Cahaba River near Whites Chapel AL
- Little Cahaba River near Jefferson Park, AL
- Hatchet Creek below Rockford AL
- Cahaba River at Trussville, AL
- Hillabee Creek near Hackneyville AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02406500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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