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Little Choctawhatchee River in Alabama

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Public land: USGS PAD-US

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Little Choctawhatchee River is a 13.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Choctawhatchee River near Newton, AL (site 02361000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1922 to 2026

Little Choctawhatchee River typically runs highest in March, at a median 1,200 cfs, and lowest in October, at 264 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 72,200 cfs, in 1990.

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Typical flow by month at Choctawhatchee River near Newton, AL., in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January930623 to 1,550
February1,190773 to 1,850
March1,200826 to 1,840
April1,055648 to 1,655
May488299 to 805
June381226 to 664
July425240 to 718
August369203 to 633
September270160 to 467
October264163 to 429
November351249 to 556
December644423 to 1,080

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 97 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Choctawhatchee River near Newton, AL. (site 02361000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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