About this river
Hatchet Creek is a 6.4 mile river near Coosa River Adventures Inc in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Hatchet Creek below Rockford AL (site 02408540). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1981 to 2025
Hatchet Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 519 cfs, and lowest in September, at 72 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 19,500 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 350 | 205 to 606 | |
| February | 506 | 290 to 809 | |
| March | 519 | 361 to 812 | |
| April | 442 | 299 to 671 | |
| May | 279 | 177 to 406 | |
| June | 181 | 111 to 271 | |
| July | 142 | 76 to 255 | |
| August | 106 | 56 to 179 | |
| September | 72 | 42 to 141 | |
| October | 79 | 41 to 131 | |
| November | 117 | 69 to 227 | |
| December | 217 | 112 to 440 |
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 45 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Hatchet Creek below Rockford AL (site 02408540). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Embed this gauge on your site
Paste this snippet anywhere, an outfitter page, a club site, a trip report, to show Hatchet Creek's live streamflow, water level and 7-day trend. It reads the USGS gauge directly, updates itself, and links back here.
See every free widget you can put on your site, including live conditions and a 7 day forecast.
