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Birmingham Canoe Club

Big Canoe Creek near Hayden, AL

River52.0 mi
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Time Away RV Resort, Lincoln Alabama20.6 mi10 mi

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

About this river

Big Canoe Creek is a 52.0 mile river near Birmingham Canoe Club in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Canoe Creek at Ashville AL (site 02401390). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1966 to 2026

Big Canoe Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 307 cfs, and lowest in September, at 29 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,200 cfs, in 2005.

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Typical flow by month at Big Canoe Creek at Ashville AL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January244137 to 478
February286171 to 534
March307200 to 531
April217136 to 369
May10766 to 219
June6038 to 114
July4429 to 85
August3324 to 58
September2920 to 52
October3019 to 51
November4426 to 113
December12261 to 307

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 60 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Canoe Creek at Ashville AL (site 02401390). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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