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Tallapoosa River at Milstead Observed crest: 17.39 ft at 12:00am Feb 07 Observed: 14 ft at 1:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.02 ft at 2:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.01 ft at 2:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.02 ft at 3:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.02 ft at 3:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.03 ft at 4:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.03 ft at 4:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.03 ft at 5:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.05 ft at 5:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.03 ft at 6:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.05 ft at 6:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.03 ft at 7:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.05 ft at 7:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.03 ft at 8:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.06 ft at 8:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.05 ft at 9:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.06 ft at 9:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.05 ft at 10:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.08 ft at 10:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.09 ft at 11:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.12 ft at 11:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 14.12 ft at 12:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.11 ft at 12:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.14 ft at 1:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.16 ft at 1:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.17 ft at 2:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.16 ft at 2:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.27 ft at 3:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.36 ft at 3:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.44 ft at 4:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.54 ft at 4:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.63 ft at 5:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.71 ft at 5:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.81 ft at 6:00am Feb 5 Observed: 14.88 ft at 6:30am Feb 5 Observed: 14.96 ft at 7:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.06 ft at 7:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.17 ft at 8:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.28 ft at 8:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.35 ft at 9:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.46 ft at 9:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.51 ft at 10:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.63 ft at 10:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.73 ft at 11:00am Feb 5 Observed: 15.84 ft at 11:30am Feb 5 Observed: 15.93 ft at 12:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.01 ft at 12:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.09 ft at 1:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.15 ft at 1:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.22 ft at 2:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.28 ft at 2:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.34 ft at 3:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.43 ft at 3:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.49 ft at 4:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.57 ft at 4:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.64 ft at 5:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.72 ft at 5:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.79 ft at 6:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.85 ft at 6:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.89 ft at 7:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 16.96 ft at 7:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.02 ft at 8:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.07 ft at 8:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.14 ft at 9:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.19 ft at 9:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.22 ft at 10:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.25 ft at 10:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.27 ft at 11:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.3 ft at 11:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 17.3 ft at 12:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.33 ft at 12:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.35 ft at 1:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.33 ft at 1:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.34 ft at 2:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.36 ft at 2:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.34 ft at 3:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.34 ft at 3:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.36 ft at 4:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.31 ft at 4:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.32 ft at 5:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.31 ft at 5:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.26 ft at 6:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.23 ft at 6:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.22 ft at 7:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.15 ft at 7:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.15 ft at 8:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.1 ft at 8:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.12 ft at 9:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.09 ft at 9:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.07 ft at 10:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.03 ft at 10:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.04 ft at 11:00am Feb 6 Observed: 17.03 ft at 11:30am Feb 6 Observed: 17.02 ft at 12:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.01 ft at 12:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.04 ft at 1:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.01 ft at 1:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.01 ft at 2:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.04 ft at 2:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.05 ft at 3:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.06 ft at 3:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.08 ft at 4:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.09 ft at 4:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.13 ft at 5:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.17 ft at 5:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.21 ft at 6:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.23 ft at 6:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.25 ft at 7:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.25 ft at 7:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.29 ft at 8:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.3 ft at 8:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.33 ft at 9:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.34 ft at 9:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.36 ft at 10:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.36 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.36 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.38 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 17.39 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.37 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.36 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 17.34 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 17.14 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.85 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.54 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.24 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.01 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.03 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.09 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.13 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.23 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.3 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.34 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.39 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.44 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.46 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.5 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.51 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.51 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.52 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.53 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 16.54 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 16.52 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.52 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.53 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.52 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.52 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.48 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.51 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.49 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.47 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.46 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.44 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.45 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.44 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.41 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.4 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.38 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.37 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.36 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.37 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.35 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.34 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.33 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.3 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.3 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 16.32 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.31 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.31 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.3 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.31 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.29 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.28 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.26 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.22 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.16 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.12 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 16.07 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 16.02 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.97 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.93 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.89 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.85 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.8 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.73 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.7 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.67 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.64 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.61 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 15.57 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 15.54 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.5 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.48 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.44 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.42 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.37 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.35 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.33 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.3 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.29 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.26 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.23 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.21 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.19 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.18 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.16 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.13 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.11 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.07 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.06 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.04 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.06 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.06 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.08 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 15.1 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.1 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.13 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.12 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.12 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.12 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.11 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.12 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.11 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.08 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.07 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.05 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.01 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.03 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.01 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.02 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 15.02 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 15.01 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 14.98 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 14.98 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 14.98 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 14.97 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 14.95 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 14.93 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 14.92 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 14.91 ft at 12:30pm Feb 9 Forecast: 14.9 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 14.9 ft at 6:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 14.8 ft at 12:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 14.8 ft at 6:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 14.7 ft at 12:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 14.5 ft at 6:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 14.3 ft at 12:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 14.1 ft at 6:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 14 ft at 12:00pm Feb 11 Forecast: 13.8 ft at 6:00pm Feb 11 Forecast: 13.7 ft at 12:00am Feb 12 Forecast: 13.7 ft at 6:00am Feb 12 Forecast: 13.6 ft at 12:00pm Feb 12 Forecast: 13.5 ft at 6:00pm Feb 12 Forecast: 13.4 ft at 12:00am Feb 13 Forecast: 13.3 ft at 6:00am Feb 13 Forecast: 13.2 ft at 12:00pm Feb 13 Forecast: 13.2 ft at 6:00pm Feb 13 Forecast: 13.1 ft at 12:00am Feb 14 Forecast: 13 ft at 6:00am Feb 14 Graph Created (12:46pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed Forecast (issued 7:27am Feb 9)  USGS--Water Resources of the United States MILA1 (plotting HGIRG)   Gage 0  Datum: 153.84 Latest observed value: 14.91 ft at 12:30 PM CST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 40.0 ft.   Stage (ft)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Tallapoosa River at Milstead 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:53
Moderate Flood Stage:46
Flood Stage:40
Action Stage:15

Historical Crests
(1) 54.00 ft on 12/10/1919
(2) 51.50 ft on 02/26/1961
(3) 50.90 ft on 03/15/1929
(4) 49.85 ft on 03/17/1990
(5) 49.00 ft on 11/28/1943
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Low Water Records
(1) -1.3 ft on 10/30/1978
(2) -1.1 ft on 11/17/1935
(3) -1.0 ft on 12/22/1939
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Tallapoosa River at Milstead location map

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53.0 WATER OVERFLOWS THE YARDS OF SOME HOMES IN THE MILSTEAD AREA.
46.0 FLOODING OF SOME ROADS IN THE AREA BEGINS.
40.0 EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF THE PASTURELANDS IN THE AREA OCCURS.
25.0 CONSIDERABLE LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE JUNCTION WITH THE COOSA RIVER. LIVESTOCK SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND.
15.0 OVERFLOW OF PASTURELANDS OCCURS. CATTLE MAY NEED TO BE MOVED IF HIGHER STAGES ARE FORECAST.

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Latitude: 32.449684° N, Longitude: 85.898001° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
Reference Frame
Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 40 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)
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(gauge height = flood stage)
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NAVD88 N/A N/A Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 153.84 ft 193.84 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL N/A N/A Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
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Corps of Engineers (COE) Info for Milstead
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