river · Alabama
Sipsey Fork
Alabama's only year-round trout water — a cold tailwater running below Lewis Smith Dam.
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Water report12.9CFSNormal
Running normal for mid August. Above 60% of past August 18s on record.
Sipsey Fork flows right now
12.9 cfs measured near Grayson Al, 3.5 miles from the centre of this water, read at 6:00 AM on Aug 18. That is in the 60th percentile for August 18 across 60 years of record. The median for this date is 9.70 cfs, and the driest tenth of years on record ran under 3.60 cfs. Water is 80°F. Last read 2h ago.
Sipsey Fork fishing records
No verified catches yet. The record book is wide open.
Recent catches
Quiet water
No catches logged here lately. First one on the board sets the pace.
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About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 02450250, SIPSEY FORK NEAR GRAYSON AL, 3.5 miles from the centre of Sipsey Fork. It reports water temperature, discharge and gage height. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
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