Guntersville Guide Service - Lonnie Cochran
Big Wills Creek near Guntersville Guide Service - Lonnie Cochran
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.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79 | 47 to 134 | |
| February | 94 | 61 to 174 | |
| March | 116 | 72 to 167 | |
| April | 79 | 56 to 130 | |
| May | 53 | 32 to 80 | |
| June | 31 | 18 to 55 | |
| July | 27 | 19 to 41 | |
| August | 20 | 14 to 30 | |
| September | 17 | 12 to 29 | |
| October | 15 | 10 to 29 | |
| November | 20 | 12 to 45 | |
| December | 57 | 23 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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