TidalMapTallapoosa River at Milstead 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 02419500 sits on the Tallapoosa River and reads everything draining 3,771 square miles of the Lower Tallapoosa basin. Its datum sits 154 feet above sea level NAVD88.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Thurlow Reservoir (Tallapoosa R.) at Tallassee, AL sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Thurlow Reservoir (Tallapoosa R.) at Tallassee, AL, reading 3,308 square miles. This gauge adds the 463 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Tallapoosa River near Mont.-Mont Water Works at 4,646 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 81% of the water measured there.
Flood stages and record crests
The Tallapoosa River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 40 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 54 feet, in December 1919.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 15 ft |
| Minor flooding | 40 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 46 ft |
| Major flooding | 53 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| December 1919 | 54 ft |
| March 1929 | 50.9 ft |
| March 1990 | 49.9 ft |
| November 1943 | 49 ft |
| April 1979 | 48.9 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MILA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Thurlow Dam sits 6 miles from this gauge and its releases set what this gauge reads. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Thurlow Dam 6 miles
- Yates Dam 9 miles
- Martin Dam 16 miles
- Jordan Dam 24 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee AL
- Tallapoosa River near Mont.-Mont Water Works
- Coosa River at Hwy 14 near Wetumpka, AL
- Coosa River at Wetumpka AL
- Sougahatchee Creek at Co Rd 188 near Loachapoka, AL
- Alabama River at Montgomery AL
- Catoma Creek near Montgomery AL
- Chewacla Creek at Chewacla State Park near Auburn
- Alabama River near Montgomery, AL
- Tallapoosa River near New Site, Al.(horseshoe Bend)
- Hatchet Creek below Rockford AL
- Hillabee Creek near Hackneyville AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02419500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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