About this river
Chattooga River is a 16.7 mile river near No Worries Kayak Rental in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Chattooga River above Gaylesville AL (site 02398300). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1959 to 2025
Chattooga River typically runs highest in March, at a median 845 cfs, and lowest in September, at 163 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 20,800 cfs, in 1990.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 628 | 395 to 1,050 | |
| February | 723 | 483 to 1,260 | |
| March | 845 | 612 to 1,390 | |
| April | 600 | 435 to 921 | |
| May | 385 | 296 to 572 | |
| June | 275 | 191 to 376 | |
| July | 214 | 162 to 379 | |
| August | 189 | 147 to 253 | |
| September | 163 | 133 to 219 | |
| October | 171 | 135 to 248 | |
| November | 212 | 146 to 341 | |
| December | 455 | 223 to 834 |
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 49 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Chattooga River above Gaylesville AL (site 02398300). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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