About this river
Holly Creek is a 2.6 mile stream near ADVENTURES OF KAYAKING in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Shoal Creek at Iron City, TN (site 03588500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1925 to 2026
Holly Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 745 cfs, and lowest in September, at 154 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 44,000 cfs, in 1948.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 598 | 361 to 1,050 | |
| February | 674 | 444 to 1,210 | |
| March | 745 | 516 to 1,200 | |
| April | 616 | 458 to 1,050 | |
| May | 411 | 287 to 681 | |
| June | 281 | 221 to 402 | |
| July | 221 | 168 to 324 | |
| August | 184 | 142 to 243 | |
| September | 154 | 123 to 217 | |
| October | 156 | 126 to 229 | |
| November | 215 | 159 to 392 | |
| December | 393 | 207 to 761 |
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 95 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Shoal Creek at Iron City, TN (site 03588500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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