Cahaba River at Centreville, AL
River level and flood forecast · Bibb County
The river is 20.3 ft below flood stage (23 ft).
Forecast to rise to 2.9 ft Mon 1 PM, below the 23 ft flood stage.
Flow: 878 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 8:38 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 42 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 36 ft |
| Flood stage | 23 ft |
| Action stage | 23 ft |
| Record crest (March 28, 1902) | 36.7 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 36 ftFlood waters will reach the Bibb County High School buildings on the east side of campus next to the river. Homes on the east side of the river and across from the high school will be in danger of flooding.
- 35 ftParking lot on the north side of Bibb County High School campus will begin to flood.
- 33.5 ftChamber of Commerce parking lot in Centreville will flood and Commerce building will begin to flood as water rises. High School football field will begin to flood as water overflows the Commerce parking lot.
- 31 ftAccess road next to the east of the high school will flood.
- 30 ftConsiderable flooding of farm and pasture lands in the area occurs...and cattle may need to be moved to higher ground.
- 23 ftPasture lands begin to flood in the Centreville area. The river walk next to the Commerce building and school is nearly completely flooded by this stage.
Highest crests on record
- 36.7 ft — March 28, 1902
- 36.63 ft — April 8, 1938
- 36.2 ft — July 8, 1916
- 35.5 ft — March 19, 1906
- 35.35 ft — February 23, 1961
Recent crests: 23.27 ft (February 13, 2024) · 26.33 ft (March 24, 2022) · 30.76 ft (December 28, 2018) · 26.22 ft (April 15, 2018) · 26.85 ft (June 24, 2017)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamCahaba River near Cahaba Heights, AL
- DownstreamCahaba River at Suttle, AL
- Cahaba River near West Blocton, AL
- Cahaba River near Helena, AL
- Black Warrior River at Holt Lock and Dam, AL
- Shades Creek near Greenwood, AL
- Mulberry Creek at Jones, AL
- Cahaba Valley Creek at Pelham, AL
- Black Warrior River at Oliver Lock and Dam, AL
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (CKLA1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.