About this river
Shades Creek is a 5.8 mile river near Limestone Park Canoe Rental in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Shades Creek near Greenwood AL (site 02423630). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1965 to 2026
Shades Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 142 cfs, and lowest in October, at 18 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,510 cfs, in 1979.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 103 | 52 to 234 | |
| February | 118 | 70 to 242 | |
| March | 142 | 81 to 264 | |
| April | 88 | 56 to 180 | |
| May | 47 | 25 to 101 | |
| June | 38 | 21 to 73 | |
| July | 35 | 19 to 66 | |
| August | 28 | 15 to 48 | |
| September | 21 | 10 to 40 | |
| October | 18 | 8.3 to 37 | |
| November | 27 | 15 to 58 | |
| December | 60 | 32 to 145 |
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 43 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Shades Creek near Greenwood AL (site 02423630). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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