About this river
Big Creek is a 5.2 mile river near Dog River Marina & Boat Works in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Creek near Seven Hills AL (site 02480020). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2020 to 2023
Big Creek typically runs highest in August, at a median 112 cfs, and lowest in October, at 42 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,500 cfs, in 2021.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64 | 48 to 138 | |
| February | 76 | 57 to 403 | |
| March | 69 | 49 to 462 | |
| April | 105 | 67 to 625 | |
| May | 86 | 51 to 479 | |
| June | 67 | 37 to 557 | |
| July | 91 | 51 to 486 | |
| August | 112 | 30 to 560 | |
| September | 83 | 36 to 514 | |
| October | 42 | 32 to 81 | |
| November | 58 | 37 to 379 | |
| December | 77 | 53 to 456 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 3 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Creek near Seven Hills AL (site 02480020). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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