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Little Escambia Creek in Alabama

River23.2 mi
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Around Little Escambia Creek

Tippins Eddy11.9 mi5 mi

Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Little Escambia Creek is a 23.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Escambia Creek at Flomaton AL (site 02375000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1939 to 2026

Little Escambia Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 590 cfs, and lowest in October, at 282 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 20,100 cfs, in 1939.

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Typical flow by month at Big Escambia Creek at Flomaton AL, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January546400 to 839
February562415 to 777
March590432 to 976
April557397 to 901
May380284 to 614
June368279 to 566
July404293 to 611
August367267 to 583
September328242 to 516
October282212 to 369
November308249 to 436
December432333 to 686

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 24 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Escambia Creek at Flomaton AL (site 02375000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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