About this river
Shades Creek is an 18.8 mile river near Flip Side Watersports in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Shades Creek near Homewood, Ala (site 02423586). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2001 to 2026
Shades Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 45 cfs, and lowest in September, at 6.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,160 cfs, in 2020.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30 | 19 to 77 | |
| February | 45 | 24 to 87 | |
| March | 36 | 23 to 83 | |
| April | 26 | 15 to 56 | |
| May | 15 | 10 to 43 | |
| June | 19 | 8.7 to 51 | |
| July | 16 | 9.0 to 40 | |
| August | 10 | 6.2 to 22 | |
| September | 6.3 | 4.4 to 14 | |
| October | 6.4 | 4.7 to 16 | |
| November | 12 | 6.3 to 27 | |
| December | 23 | 13 to 44 |
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 15 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Shades Creek near Homewood, Ala (site 02423586). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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