Village Creek at Avenue W at Ensley, AL Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

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 02458450 sits on Village Creek and reads everything draining 34 square miles of the Locust basin. Its datum sits 505 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1975, 42 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Village Creek at East Lake in Birmingham, AL, reading 4.8 square miles. This gauge adds the 29 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Village Creek near Pratt City, Alabama at 37 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 91% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Village Creek near Docena, Alabama and Village Creek near Adamsville, AL.

Normal flows here

Village Creek runs a median of 38 cfs at this gauge across 42 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 57 cfs, and October the leanest at 24 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,400 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 8.2 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1975 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Village Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.8 feet, in December 1983.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ENSA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.