TidalMapValley Creek below Brighton, Ala Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
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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 02461405 sits on Valley Creek and reads everything draining 30 square miles of the Upper Black Warrior basin. Its datum sits 472 feet above sea level NAVD88.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Valley Creek at Ave W near Ensley, AL, reading 14 square miles. This gauge adds the 16 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Valley Creek near Bessemer, AL at 52 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 57% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Valley Creek near Oak Grove AL.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Bankhead Dam is 23 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Bankhead Dam 23 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Valley Creek near Bessemer, AL
- Shades Creek near Greenwood AL
- Valley Creek at Ave W near Ensley, AL
- Village Creek near Pratt City, Alabama
- Village Creek at Avenue W at Ensley, AL
- Village Creek near Docena, Alabama
- Shades Creek near Homewood, Ala
- Valley Creek at Center St at Birmingham, AL
- Cahaba River near Acton AL
- Cahaba River near Helena AL
- Valley Creek near Oak Grove AL
- Cahaba River near Hoover, AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02461405. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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