About this river
Hester Creek is a 3.4 mile stream near Brown Bear LLC in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Hester Creek at Buddy Williamson RD near Plevna, AL (site 0357479650). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1999 to 2026
Hester Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 32 cfs, and lowest in September, at 4.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 1,960 cfs, in 2011.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25 | 13 to 51 | |
| February | 29 | 17 to 55 | |
| March | 32 | 17 to 57 | |
| April | 22 | 14 to 39 | |
| May | 12 | 7.2 to 23 | |
| June | 6.5 | 4.5 to 13 | |
| July | 5.3 | 3.3 to 12 | |
| August | 4.5 | 3.2 to 8.0 | |
| September | 4.2 | 3.1 to 6.7 | |
| October | 5.0 | 3.3 to 9.0 | |
| November | 7.3 | 4.8 to 15 | |
| December | 20 | 8.3 to 42 |
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 22 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Hester Creek at Buddy Williamson RD near Plevna, AL (site 0357479650). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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