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Big Nance Creek in Alabama

River27.5 mi
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Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area7.5 mi5 mi

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

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Big Nance Creek is a 27.5 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Nance Creek at Courtland AL (site 03586500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1935 to 2026

Big Nance Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 275 cfs, and lowest in September, at 10 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 18,400 cfs, in 1991.

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Typical flow by month at Big Nance Creek at Courtland AL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January259129 to 557
February275153 to 573
March271157 to 571
April182104 to 379
May6945 to 170
June3822 to 84
July2410 to 70
August146.8 to 35
September103.8 to 34
October102.6 to 33
November257.2 to 98
December12846 to 342

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 79 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Nance Creek at Courtland AL (site 03586500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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