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Guntersville Guide Service - Lonnie Cochran

Big Wills Creek near Guntersville Guide Service - Lonnie Cochran

River20.7 mi
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About this river

Big Wills Creek is a 20.7 mile river near Guntersville Guide Service - Lonnie Cochran in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Wills Creek at State Hwy 35 near Fort Payne, AL (site 02400680). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2003 to 2026

Big Wills Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 116 cfs, and lowest in October, at 15 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,100 cfs, in 2020.

Typical flow by month at Big Wills Creek at State Hwy 35 near Fort Payne, AL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January7947 to 134
February9461 to 174
March11672 to 167
April7956 to 130
May5332 to 80
June3118 to 55
July2719 to 41
August2014 to 30
September1712 to 29
October1510 to 29
November2012 to 45
December5723 to 118

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 24 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Wills Creek at State Hwy 35 near Fort Payne, AL (site 02400680). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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