About this river
Terrapin Creek is a 6.1 mile river near No Worries Kayak Rental in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Terrapin Creek at Ellisville AL (site 02400100). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1963 to 2025
Terrapin Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 471 cfs, and lowest in October, at 102 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 12,000 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 302 | 204 to 561 | |
| February | 471 | 272 to 852 | |
| March | 458 | 325 to 740 | |
| April | 382 | 246 to 588 | |
| May | 232 | 173 to 343 | |
| June | 166 | 124 to 232 | |
| July | 137 | 97 to 193 | |
| August | 119 | 90 to 172 | |
| September | 105 | 82 to 149 | |
| October | 102 | 80 to 145 | |
| November | 125 | 99 to 213 | |
| December | 194 | 135 to 393 |
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 50 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Terrapin Creek at Ellisville AL (site 02400100). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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