TidalMapTallapoosa River near Heflin, 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 02412000 sits on the Tallapoosa River and reads everything draining 448 square miles of the Upper Tallapoosa basin. Its datum sits 84 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1952, 74 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Tallapoosa River at US 78, near Tallapoosa, GA, reading 272 square miles. This gauge adds the 176 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Tallapoosa River at Harris Dam(pool) near Cragford at 1,454 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 31% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
The Tallapoosa River runs a median of 360 cfs at this gauge across 74 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 818 cfs, and September the leanest at 138 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 30,200 cfs in 1977, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2017.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 588 cfs | 163% |
| Feb | 769 cfs | 213% |
| Mar | 818 cfs | 227% |
| Apr | 748 cfs | 207% |
| May | 477 cfs | 132% |
| Jun | 335 cfs | 93% |
| Jul | 233 cfs | 65% |
| Aug | 179 cfs | 50% |
| Sep | 138 cfs | 38% |
| Oct | 155 cfs | 43% |
| Nov | 212 cfs | 59% |
| Dec | 385 cfs | 107% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1952 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- Tallapoosa River at US 78, near Tallapoosa, GA
- Little Tallapoosa River near Newell AL
- Indian Creek Upstream of Teague Rd, near Bowdon, GA
- Little Tallapoosa River at GA 100, near Bowdon, GA
- Choccolocco Creek near Boiling Spring, Alabama
- Little Tallapoosa River at Reavesville Rd near Bowdon,ga
- Hillabahatchee Creek at Thaxton Rd, near Franklin,ga
- Tallapoosa River at Malone, Alabama
- Little Tallapoosa River at US 27, at Carrollton,ga
- Cedar Creek at GA Ave, at Cedartown, GA
- Terrapin Creek at Ellisville AL
- Tallapoosa River at Wadley AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02412000. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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