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Hatchet Creek in Alabama

River61.3 mi

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Around Hatchet Creek

10 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Hatchet Creek is a 61.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Hatchet Creek below Rockford AL (site 02408540). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1981 to 2026

Hatchet Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 511 cfs, and lowest in September, at 72 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 19,500 cfs, in 1996.

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Typical flow by month at Hatchet Creek below Rockford AL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January343205 to 592
February505281 to 809
March511353 to 800
April437295 to 667
May279182 to 419
June183116 to 295
July14477 to 256
August10957 to 179
September7243 to 140
October7839 to 130
November11366 to 217
December214113 to 433

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 46 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Hatchet Creek below Rockford AL (site 02408540). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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