Coosa River at Childersburg AL - 02407000

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April 14, 2025 - April 21, 2025

Gage height, feet [(2)]

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Latest value

13.43 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

10:45:00 AM CDT

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13.43 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

10:45:00 AM CDT

Statistics for April 21, 2025 based on 35 years of data

Gage height, ft

low (1976)

3.70 ft

25th percentile

13.79 ft

median

14.05 ft

75th percentile

14.57 ft

mean

14.29 ft

high (1979)

19.11 ft

Gage height, feet [(2)] -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-21T10:45:00.000-05:00	13.43	Provisional
2025-04-21T10:30:00.000-05:00	13.40	Provisional
2025-04-21T10:15:00.000-05:00	13.45	Provisional
2025-04-21T10:00:00.000-05:00	13.53	Provisional
2025-04-21T09:45:00.000-05:00	13.58	Provisional
2025-04-21T09:30:00.000-05:00	13.65	Provisional
2025-04-21T09:15:00.000-05:00	13.77	Provisional
2025-04-21T09:00:00.000-05:00	13.88	Provisional
2025-04-21T08:45:00.000-05:00	13.98	Provisional
2025-04-21T08:30:00.000-05:00	13.98	Provisional
2025-04-21T08:15:00.000-05:00	13.98	Provisional
2025-04-21T08:00:00.000-05:00	14.01	Provisional
2025-04-21T07:45:00.000-05:00	14.03	Provisional
2025-04-21T07:30:00.000-05:00	14.07	Provisional
2025-04-21T07:15:00.000-05:00	14.10	Provisional
2025-04-21T07:00:00.000-05:00	14.10	Provisional

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2007-10-02 - 2025-04-21

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2011-06-29 - 2025-04-21

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2011-06-29 - 2025-04-21

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	02407000	_n/a
Site name	COOSA RIVER AT CHILDERSBURG AL	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	331730	_n/a
DMS longitude	0862150	_n/a
Decimal latitude	33.29182009	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-86.3638657	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Unknown or unspecified.	U
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1927	NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Alabama	01
State	Alabama	01
County	Shelby County	117
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	382.47 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.16 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Coosa	03150107
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNYYNNNNNNNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	8392.00 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area	8392.00 square miles	_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	CST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number		_n/a

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Coosa River at Childersburg AL - 02407000

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