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Tallapoosa River at Tallapoosa Water Plant Observed crest: 21.09 ft at 12:00pm Feb 06 Observed: 14.41 ft at 2:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.39 ft at 3:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.4 ft at 3:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.39 ft at 4:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.4 ft at 4:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.4 ft at 5:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.4 ft at 5:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.4 ft at 6:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.43 ft at 6:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.41 ft at 7:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.44 ft at 7:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.46 ft at 8:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.46 ft at 8:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.48 ft at 9:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.5 ft at 9:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.51 ft at 10:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.51 ft at 10:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.51 ft at 11:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.52 ft at 11:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.53 ft at 12:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.56 ft at 12:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.59 ft at 1:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.61 ft at 1:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.62 ft at 2:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.68 ft at 2:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.74 ft at 3:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.82 ft at 3:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.87 ft at 4:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.95 ft at 4:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.04 ft at 5:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.12 ft at 5:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.21 ft at 6:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.3 ft at 6:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.37 ft at 7:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.48 ft at 7:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.63 ft at 8:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.76 ft at 8:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.91 ft at 9:00am Feb 5 Observed: 16.1 ft at 9:30am Feb 5 Observed: 16.28 ft at 10:00am Feb 5 Observed: 16.44 ft at 10:30am Feb 5 Observed: 16.62 ft at 11:00am Feb 5 Observed: 16.81 ft at 11:30am Feb 5 Observed: 17 ft at 12:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.16 ft at 12:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.34 ft at 1:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.5 ft at 1:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.66 ft at 2:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.82 ft at 2:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.98 ft at 3:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 18.13 ft at 3:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 18.28 ft at 4:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 18.43 ft at 4:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 18.56 ft at 5:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 18.7 ft at 5:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 18.85 ft at 6:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 18.97 ft at 6:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 19.11 ft at 7:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 19.23 ft at 7:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 19.36 ft at 8:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 19.48 ft at 8:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 19.6 ft at 9:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 19.72 ft at 9:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 19.84 ft at 10:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 19.94 ft at 10:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 20.05 ft at 11:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 20.16 ft at 11:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 20.24 ft at 12:00am Feb 6 Observed: 20.33 ft at 12:30am Feb 6 Observed: 20.42 ft at 1:00am Feb 6 Observed: 20.5 ft at 1:30am Feb 6 Observed: 20.58 ft at 2:00am Feb 6 Observed: 20.64 ft at 2:30am Feb 6 Observed: 20.71 ft at 3:00am Feb 6 Observed: 20.77 ft at 3:30am Feb 6 Observed: 20.83 ft at 4:00am Feb 6 Observed: 20.87 ft at 4:30am Feb 6 Observed: 20.91 ft at 5:00am Feb 6 Observed: 20.95 ft at 5:30am Feb 6 Observed: 20.98 ft at 6:00am Feb 6 Observed: 21.02 ft at 6:30am Feb 6 Observed: 21.03 ft at 7:00am Feb 6 Observed: 21.03 ft at 7:30am Feb 6 Observed: 21.05 ft at 8:00am Feb 6 Observed: 21.07 ft at 8:30am Feb 6 Observed: 21.07 ft at 9:00am Feb 6 Observed: 21.09 ft at 9:30am Feb 6 Observed: 21.08 ft at 10:00am Feb 6 Observed: 21.09 ft at 10:30am Feb 6 Observed: 21.1 ft at 11:00am Feb 6 Observed: 21.09 ft at 11:30am Feb 6 Observed: 21.09 ft at 12:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 21.08 ft at 12:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 21.08 ft at 1:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 21.07 ft at 1:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 21.07 ft at 2:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 21.07 ft at 2:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 21.07 ft at 3:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 21.04 ft at 3:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 21.02 ft at 4:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 21 ft at 4:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.98 ft at 5:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.99 ft at 5:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.96 ft at 6:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.95 ft at 6:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.92 ft at 7:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.89 ft at 7:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.87 ft at 8:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.86 ft at 8:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.83 ft at 9:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.81 ft at 9:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.79 ft at 10:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.77 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.76 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.76 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 20.73 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.71 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.68 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.68 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.63 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.63 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.62 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.61 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.6 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.57 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.56 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.54 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.52 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.49 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.46 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.44 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.41 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.39 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.34 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.3 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.28 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.24 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.21 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 20.16 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 20.13 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 20.09 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 20.04 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 20.02 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.99 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.97 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.93 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.9 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.84 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.85 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.81 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.78 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.74 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.73 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.71 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.68 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.64 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.64 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.6 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.58 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.56 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.53 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.53 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.48 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 19.5 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.46 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.43 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.43 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.4 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.39 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.37 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.36 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.34 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.32 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.29 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.29 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.26 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.22 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.23 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.21 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.18 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.18 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.15 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.13 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.08 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.07 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.08 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 19.05 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 19.01 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.98 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.96 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.93 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.88 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.9 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.85 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.8 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.79 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.75 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.72 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.66 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.64 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.6 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.55 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.53 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.48 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.42 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.38 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.33 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.3 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.27 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.21 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.17 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 18.11 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 18.08 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 18.03 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.98 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.96 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.89 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.83 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.78 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.75 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.7 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.64 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.62 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.59 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.56 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.53 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.47 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.42 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.39 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.34 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.34 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.29 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.26 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.2 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 17.18 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 17.15 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 17.13 ft at 12:30pm Feb 9 Observed: 17.07 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 17.4 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 17.4 ft at 6:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 17.3 ft at 12:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 17.2 ft at 6:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 17.2 ft at 12:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 17.1 ft at 6:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 17 ft at 12:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 16.9 ft at 6:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 16.7 ft at 12:00pm Feb 11 Forecast: 16.5 ft at 6:00pm Feb 11 Forecast: 16.3 ft at 12:00am Feb 12 Forecast: 16.2 ft at 6:00am Feb 12 Forecast: 16 ft at 12:00pm Feb 12 Forecast: 15.9 ft at 6:00pm Feb 12 Forecast: 15.8 ft at 12:00am Feb 13 Forecast: 15.7 ft at 6:00am Feb 13 Forecast: 15.6 ft at 12:00pm Feb 13 Forecast: 15.5 ft at 6:00pm Feb 13 Forecast: 15.5 ft at 12:00am Feb 14 Forecast: 15.4 ft at 6:00am Feb 14 Graph Created (1:35pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed Forecast (issued 7:27am Feb 9) USGS--Water Resources of the United States MGYA1 (plotting HGIRG) Gage 0 Datum: 129.13 Latest observed value: 17.07 ft at 1:00 PM CST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 25.0 ft. Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Tallapoosa River at Tallapoosa Water Plant are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:38
Moderate Flood Stage:32
Flood Stage:25
Action Stage:15

Historical Crests
(1) 42.13 ft on 03/18/1990
(2) 38.75 ft on 04/15/1979
(3) 35.32 ft on 06/21/1989
(4) 35.00 ft on 03/05/1971
(5) 34.59 ft on 03/11/1998
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Low Water Records
(1) 0.1 ft on 10/17/1978
(2) 0.5 ft on 09/02/1980
(2) 0.5 ft on 09/05/1978
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Tallapoosa River at Tallapoosa Water Plant location map

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45.0 WATER REACHES THE FLOOR OF THE U.S. HIGHWAY 231 BRIDGE.
43.0 WATER COVERS PORTIONS OF U.S. HIGHWAY 231.
38.0 WATER REACHES SEVERAL RESIDENCES ALONG LOWER WETUMPKA ROAD, BROOKS ROAD AND ANDERSON ROAD WHEN THE RIVER LEVEL AT TALLAPOOSA WATER PLANT REACHES 38 FEET. RED EAGLE FARM IS ALSO FLOODED AT THIS LEVEL.
32.0 SOME RESIDENCES ALONG LOWER WETUMPKA ROAD, BROOKS ROAD AND ANDERSON ROAD BECOME THREATENED. AT HIGHER STAGES EVACUATIONS BECOME NECESSARY AT RED EAGLE HONOR FARM.
25.0 LOWER WETUMPKA ROAD STARTS TO FLOOD. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF LOWLANDS OCCURS AND LIVESTOCK AND FARM EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
20.0 CREEKS START TO BACK UP AND CUT OFF ACESS TO PASTURES. A FEW SECONDARY ROADS BEGIN TO FLOOD.
15.0 LOW AREAS NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH THE COOSA RIVER BEGIN TO OVERFLOW.

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Latitude: 32.440086° N, Longitude: 86.195458° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 25 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 N/A N/A Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 129.130004882812 ft 154.130004882812 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL N/A N/A Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other N/A N/A  

Other Data Sources:
Corps of Engineers (COE) Info for Tallapoosa Water Plant
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Tallapoosa Water Plant

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