Water report · Sipsey Fork
Sipsey Fork conditions
Running high for mid August, and dropping fast since yesterday. Above 89% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:00 PM UTC, Aug 13
Sipsey Fork flow history
What this means
39.2 cfs puts Sipsey Fork in the 89th percentile for August 13, against 60 years of record.
The median for this date is 10.2 cfs, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 6.10 and 20.0.
Over the last 7 days, Sipsey Fork ran between 13.9 and 152 cfs, lowest on Aug 7 and highest on Aug 10.
That is 37.5 cfs higher than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Sipsey Fork ran between 13.9 and 218 cfs, lowest on Aug 7 and highest on Jul 20.
That is 31.8 cfs lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Sipsey Fork ran between 13.9 and 1,220 cfs, lowest on Aug 7 and highest on May 26.
That is 24.0 cfs higher than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Sipsey Fork ran between 5.37 and 2,380 cfs, lowest on Sep 18 and highest on Jan 25.
That is 43.4 cfs higher than on Aug 12.
Water temperature, past 30 days
71 to 79 °F over the window.
Gage height, past 30 days
2.82 to 4.49 ft over the window.
On this water
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 02450250, SIPSEY FORK NEAR GRAYSON AL, 3.5 miles from the centre of Sipsey Fork. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Gauge readings describe the river at that point; conditions upstream and downstream will differ.
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 gage height, discharge and water temperature. 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.
Sipsey Fork fishing records
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
See the Sipsey Fork record book