Black Warrior River below Selden Dam near Eutaw water level

What this means

The Black Warrior River below Selden Dam near Eutaw is running below normal at 73.57 ft.

The median for mid-October is 73.91 ft, based on 27 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.34 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 73.75 ft, a difference of −0.18 ft.

It has dropped 0.07 ft over the past 24 hours. Without real rain upstream, that is unlikely to change quickly. In the last month it has stayed between 73.45 ft and 74.21 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, and it usually takes a few days of steady rain to change that.

Compared with 27 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

73.91 ft0.34 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

73.51 ft – 76.66 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (27 years of records)

Same day last year

73.75 ft−0.18 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

73.45 ft – 74.21 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

73.54 ft – 91.59 ft