About this river
Rock Creek is a 7.5 mile stream near Flip Side Watersports in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Valley Creek near Oak Grove AL (site 02462000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1954 to 2026
Rock Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 363 cfs, and lowest in October, at 104 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 19,100 cfs, in 1979.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 289 | 192 to 473 | |
| February | 363 | 247 to 573 | |
| March | 352 | 258 to 540 | |
| April | 284 | 216 to 453 | |
| May | 185 | 139 to 273 | |
| June | 151 | 112 to 232 | |
| July | 140 | 107 to 216 | |
| August | 124 | 97 to 173 | |
| September | 110 | 87 to 150 | |
| October | 104 | 82 to 145 | |
| November | 128 | 97 to 202 | |
| December | 211 | 145 to 347 |
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 54 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Valley Creek near Oak Grove AL (site 02462000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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