Shades Creek

River in Alabama, read from 3 USGS gauges, draining about 72 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

631

cfs · 28 min ago

Normal for today

15.0

cfs median, 44 yrs

Water temp

°F · 58 min ago

Gage height

6.87

Above normal for the date4207% of medianUSGS gauge 02423630

Thirty-day mean discharge · 9.9–81.7 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
SHADES CREEK NEAR GREENWOOD AL02423630	631 cfs	—	28 min ago
SHADES CREEK NR HOMEWOOD, ALA02423586	794 cfs	65°F	43 min ago
SHADES CREEK AT ELDER ST NEAR SPRINGDALE AL02423571	282 cfs	65°F	58 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 15.0 cfs over 44 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 9.1 and 36.0 cfs. Today is above that band, so expect more push and colour than a typical October day here.

Reports

From anglers on Shades Creek

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