Coosa River

River in Alabama, read from 5 USGS gauges, draining about 8,392 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

981

cfs · 1h ago

Normal for today

3,940

cfs median, 74 yrs

Water temp

°F · 1h ago

Gage height

13.83

Below normal for the date25% of medianUSGS gauge 02407000

Thirty-day mean discharge · 1,320–3,180 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
COOSA RIVER AT CHILDERSBURG AL02407000	981 cfs	—	1h ago
COOSA RIVER AT GADSDEN STEAM PLANT NR GADSDEN, AL02400496	no flow	—	1h ago
COOSA RIVER AT STATE LINE, AL/GA02397530	4,230 cfs	71°F	25 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 3,940 cfs over 74 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 2,790 and 5,640 cfs. Today is below that band: lower, clearer and, in summer, warmer water than a typical October day here.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Coosa River

Coosa River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Chattahoochee River (79 mi), Caney Fork (139 mi), Little River (141 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Coosa River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Sulphur	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Terrestrials	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: peak	September: peak	October: active	November: absent	December: absent
Blue-Winged Olive	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: active
Caddis	January: absent	February: absent	March: active	April: peak	May: peak	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: active	December: absent
Little Black Stonefly	January: active	February: peak	March: peak	April: active	May: absent	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: active
Midge	January: peak	February: peak	March: peak	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: peak	December: peak
Scud	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: active	December: active
Sculpin	January: peak	February: peak	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: peak	November: peak	December: peak
Sowbug	January: active	February: active	March: active	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: active	November: active	December: active
Crane Fly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: active	May: active	June: active	July: active	August: active	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Golden Stonefly	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: absent	May: active	June: peak	July: peak	August: active	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent
Hendrickson	January: absent	February: absent	March: absent	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	September: absent	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Coosa River

No reports filed here yet. The first one becomes the page’s local knowledge, stamped with the flow at the time. File a report.