Tallapoosa River

River in Alabama, read from 5 USGS gauges, draining about 4,646 square miles. Figures refresh every fifteen minutes.

Discharge

3,160

cfs · 23 min ago

Normal for today

2,860

cfs median, 29 yrs

Water temp

°F · 2549d ago

Gage height

6.03

Normal for the date110% of medianUSGS gauge 02419890

Thirty-day mean discharge · 1,580–2,990 cfsdashed line: today’s long-term median

Gauges on this water

Reading by reach

Station	Flow	Temp	Updated
TALLAPOOSA RIVER NEAR MONT.-MONT. WATER WORKS02419890	3,160 cfs	67°F	23 min ago
TALLAPOOSA RIVER NR NEW SITE, AL.(HORSESHOE BEND)02414715	792 cfs	63°F	1h ago
TALLAPOOSA RIVER AT WADLEY AL02414500	1,080 cfs	60°F	23 min ago

Reading the number

On this date the gauge has averaged 2,860 cfs over 29 years of record, with the middle half of years falling between 1,510 and 4,120 cfs. Today sits inside that band, which is as close to a normal October day as the gauge can tell you.

Regional hatch calendar

What is likely hatching near Tallapoosa River

Tallapoosa River does not have its own verified chart yet. This calendar is combined from the verified charts on Chattahoochee River (90 mi). Treat it as regional timing, and file a report if you see something different here.

Month-by-month insect activity for Tallapoosa River
Insect	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Blue-Winged Olive	January: active	February: active	March: peak	April: peak	May: active	June: absent	July: absent	August: absent	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: active	November: absent	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: active	February: active	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
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: absent	June: active	July: peak	August: peak	September: active	October: absent	November: absent	December: absent

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Reports

From anglers on Tallapoosa 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.