TidalMapYellowleaf Creek near Westover, 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 02407514 sits on Yellowleaf Creek and reads everything draining 142 square miles of the Lower Coosa basin. Daily flow has been on record here since 2006, 21 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 Coosa River at Gaston Steam Plant near Wilsonville at 8,588 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Yellowleaf Creek runs a median of 44 cfs at this gauge across 21 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 281 cfs, and October the leanest at 5.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,000 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2017.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 221 cfs | 497% |
| Feb | 281 cfs | 631% |
| Mar | 252 cfs | 566% |
| Apr | 168 cfs | 379% |
| May | 62 cfs | 139% |
| Jun | 32 cfs | 72% |
| Jul | 16 cfs | 36% |
| Aug | 13 cfs | 29% |
| Sep | 8.9 cfs | 20% |
| Oct | 5.7 cfs | 13% |
| Nov | 14 cfs | 30% |
| Dec | 84 cfs | 189% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2006 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Logan Martin Dam is 11 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Logan Martin Dam 11 miles
- Lay Dam 25 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Coosa River at Gaston Steam Plant near Wilsonville
- Coosa River at Childersburg AL
- Kelly Creek near Vincent AL
- Little Cahaba River near Jefferson Park, AL
- Little Cahaba River below Leeds, AL
- Little Cahaba River at Cah Bea Rd near Cahaba Hts AL
- Shirtee Creek near Odena, Alabama
- Cahaba River near Cahaba Heights AL
- Talladega Creek at Alpine AL
- Cahaba Valley Creek at Indian Trail Rd near Indian Sprs
- Cahaba River near Mountain Brook AL
- Cahaba River near Whites Chapel AL
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02407514. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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