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Yellowleaf Creek in Alabama

River19.6 mi
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Around Yellowleaf Creek

2 mi

Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Yellowleaf Creek is a 19.6 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Yellowleaf Creek near Westover, AL (site 02407514). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2006 to 2026

Yellowleaf Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 281 cfs, and lowest in October, at 5.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 9,000 cfs, in 2010.

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Typical flow by month at Yellowleaf Creek near Westover, AL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January221100 to 461
February281128 to 599
March252160 to 489
April16983 to 368
May6227 to 176
June3212 to 93
July165.8 to 54
August135.3 to 54
September8.93.7 to 36
October5.72.8 to 27
November146.1 to 55
December8427 to 305

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 21 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Yellowleaf Creek near Westover, AL (site 02407514). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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