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Fivemile Creek near Flip Side Watersports

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About this river

Fivemile Creek is a 15.5 mile stream near Flip Side Watersports in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Fivemile Creek near Republic, AL (site 02457595). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1988 to 2026

Fivemile Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 87 cfs, and lowest in October, at 24 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,600 cfs, in 2003.

Typical flow by month at Fivemile Creek near Republic, AL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January6841 to 121
February8658 to 155
March8766 to 144
April6950 to 110
May4636 to 75
June4030 to 67
July3625 to 58
August3023 to 44
September2720 to 38
October2419 to 37
November3122 to 53
December4930 to 81

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 38 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Fivemile Creek near Republic, AL (site 02457595). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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