Walnut Creek above Clanton, Ala 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 02408150 sits on Walnut Creek and reads everything draining 36 square miles of the Lower Coosa basin. Daily flow has been on record here since 2015, 12 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 Jordan Lake near Wetumpka, AL at 10,102 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Coosa River at Wetumpka AL.

Normal flows here

Walnut Creek runs a median of 15 cfs at this gauge across 12 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 62 cfs, and October the leanest at 5.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,180 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 2.3 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2015 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Walnut Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.6 feet, in March 2023.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WCCA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Lay Dam is 6 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Lay Dam 6 miles
• Mitchell Dam 10 miles