About this river
Limestone Creek is a 9.2 mile river near Forrest Paddle Boarding in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Limestone Creek near Athens AL (site 03576250). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Limestone Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 242 cfs, and lowest in September, at 24 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,200 cfs, in 1963.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 208 | 118 to 372 | |
| February | 242 | 160 to 406 | |
| March | 225 | 153 to 390 | |
| April | 157 | 107 to 290 | |
| May | 83 | 52 to 153 | |
| June | 46 | 30 to 83 | |
| July | 42 | 24 to 84 | |
| August | 29 | 20 to 56 | |
| September | 24 | 16 to 45 | |
| October | 26 | 17 to 44 | |
| November | 45 | 30 to 98 | |
| December | 140 | 60 to 278 |
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 63 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Limestone Creek near Athens AL (site 03576250). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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