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Tallapoosa River at Wadley Observed crest: 11.28 ft at 3:30pm Feb 06 Observed: 8.33 ft at 1:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 8.09 ft at 2:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 7.78 ft at 2:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 7.29 ft at 3:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 6.84 ft at 3:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 6.31 ft at 4:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.88 ft at 4:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.45 ft at 5:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 5.09 ft at 5:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.84 ft at 6:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.61 ft at 6:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.41 ft at 7:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.26 ft at 7:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.13 ft at 8:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.03 ft at 8:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 4.87 ft at 9:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 6.75 ft at 9:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 7.53 ft at 10:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 7.83 ft at 10:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 8.02 ft at 11:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 8.08 ft at 11:30pm Feb 4 Observed: 8.17 ft at 12:00am Feb 5 Observed: 8.26 ft at 12:30am Feb 5 Observed: 8.43 ft at 1:00am Feb 5 Observed: 8.53 ft at 1:30am Feb 5 Observed: 8.66 ft at 2:00am Feb 5 Observed: 8.72 ft at 2:30am Feb 5 Observed: 8.91 ft at 3:00am Feb 5 Observed: 9.04 ft at 3:30am Feb 5 Observed: 9.21 ft at 4:00am Feb 5 Observed: 9.43 ft at 4:30am Feb 5 Observed: 9.6 ft at 5:00am Feb 5 Observed: 9.86 ft at 5:30am Feb 5 Observed: 10.35 ft at 6:00am Feb 5 Observed: 11.11 ft at 6:30am Feb 5 Observed: 11.78 ft at 7:00am Feb 5 Observed: 12.29 ft at 7:30am Feb 5 Observed: 12.56 ft at 8:00am Feb 5 Observed: 12.82 ft at 8:30am Feb 5 Observed: 12.79 ft at 9:00am Feb 5 Observed: 13.1 ft at 9:30am Feb 5 Observed: 13.23 ft at 10:00am Feb 5 Observed: 13.1 ft at 10:30am Feb 5 Observed: 12.8 ft at 11:00am Feb 5 Observed: 12.41 ft at 11:30am Feb 5 Observed: 12 ft at 12:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 11.59 ft at 12:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 11.13 ft at 1:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.95 ft at 1:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.78 ft at 2:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.55 ft at 2:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.48 ft at 3:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.28 ft at 3:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.1 ft at 4:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.14 ft at 4:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 9.98 ft at 5:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 9.87 ft at 5:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 9.81 ft at 6:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 9.8 ft at 6:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 9.79 ft at 7:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.12 ft at 7:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.73 ft at 8:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 11.13 ft at 8:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 11.4 ft at 9:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 11.68 ft at 9:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 11.64 ft at 10:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 11.31 ft at 10:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.75 ft at 11:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 10.24 ft at 11:30pm Feb 5 Observed: 9.83 ft at 12:00am Feb 6 Observed: 9.49 ft at 12:30am Feb 6 Observed: 9.28 ft at 1:00am Feb 6 Observed: 9.18 ft at 1:30am Feb 6 Observed: 9.06 ft at 2:00am Feb 6 Observed: 8.98 ft at 2:30am Feb 6 Observed: 8.92 ft at 3:00am Feb 6 Observed: 8.87 ft at 3:30am Feb 6 Observed: 8.84 ft at 4:00am Feb 6 Observed: 8.8 ft at 4:30am Feb 6 Observed: 8.75 ft at 5:00am Feb 6 Observed: 8.75 ft at 5:30am Feb 6 Observed: 8.75 ft at 6:00am Feb 6 Observed: 8.7 ft at 6:30am Feb 6 Observed: 8.75 ft at 7:00am Feb 6 Observed: 8.68 ft at 7:30am Feb 6 Observed: 8.72 ft at 8:00am Feb 6 Observed: 8.66 ft at 8:30am Feb 6 Observed: 8.61 ft at 9:00am Feb 6 Observed: 8.68 ft at 9:30am Feb 6 Observed: 8.73 ft at 10:00am Feb 6 Observed: 9.11 ft at 10:30am Feb 6 Observed: 9.88 ft at 11:00am Feb 6 Observed: 10.44 ft at 11:30am Feb 6 Observed: 10.83 ft at 12:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11 ft at 12:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.04 ft at 1:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.13 ft at 1:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.24 ft at 2:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.24 ft at 2:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.27 ft at 3:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.28 ft at 3:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.17 ft at 4:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.18 ft at 4:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.28 ft at 5:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.2 ft at 5:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.21 ft at 6:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.22 ft at 6:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.22 ft at 7:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.24 ft at 7:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.24 ft at 8:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.19 ft at 8:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.21 ft at 9:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.27 ft at 9:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.16 ft at 10:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.17 ft at 10:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.2 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.12 ft at 11:30pm Feb 6 Observed: 11.12 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.18 ft at 12:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.14 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.12 ft at 1:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.18 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.1 ft at 2:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.12 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.12 ft at 3:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.12 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.15 ft at 4:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.05 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 10.98 ft at 5:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.04 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.09 ft at 6:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.05 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.09 ft at 7:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.12 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.09 ft at 8:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.15 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.11 ft at 9:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.04 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.12 ft at 10:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.07 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 11.07 ft at 11:30am Feb 7 Observed: 11.09 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 10.97 ft at 12:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.1 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.05 ft at 1:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.04 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.07 ft at 2:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.05 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.05 ft at 3:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.04 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.11 ft at 4:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.06 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.07 ft at 5:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.07 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.04 ft at 6:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.08 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.03 ft at 7:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.01 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.05 ft at 8:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.04 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11 ft at 9:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.04 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.05 ft at 10:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.05 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.06 ft at 11:30pm Feb 7 Observed: 11.01 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 11.05 ft at 12:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.94 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 11.03 ft at 1:30am Feb 8 Observed: 11.05 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 11 ft at 2:30am Feb 8 Observed: 11.05 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 11.04 ft at 3:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.99 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.98 ft at 4:30am Feb 8 Observed: 11 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.99 ft at 5:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.97 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.99 ft at 6:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.88 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.96 ft at 7:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.91 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.89 ft at 8:30am Feb 8 Observed: 11 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 11.01 ft at 9:30am Feb 8 Observed: 11 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.88 ft at 10:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.94 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 10.96 ft at 11:30am Feb 8 Observed: 10.87 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.95 ft at 12:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.99 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.92 ft at 1:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.93 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.95 ft at 2:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.95 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.96 ft at 3:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.99 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.98 ft at 4:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.98 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.95 ft at 5:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 11 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 11.03 ft at 6:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.97 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.92 ft at 7:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.97 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 11 ft at 8:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 11.05 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 11 ft at 9:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.96 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.98 ft at 10:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 11.01 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.91 ft at 11:30pm Feb 8 Observed: 10.87 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.94 ft at 12:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.96 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.94 ft at 1:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.96 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.91 ft at 2:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.94 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.97 ft at 3:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.94 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.68 ft at 4:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.23 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 9.65 ft at 5:30am Feb 9 Observed: 9.13 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 8.76 ft at 6:30am Feb 9 Observed: 8.5 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 8.35 ft at 7:30am Feb 9 Observed: 8.43 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 8.91 ft at 8:30am Feb 9 Observed: 9.71 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.22 ft at 9:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.56 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.72 ft at 10:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.87 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 10.97 ft at 11:30am Feb 9 Observed: 10.9 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Graph Created (12:46pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed  USGS--Water Resources of the United States WDLA1 (plotting HGIRG)   Gage 0  Datum: 599.87 Latest observed value: 10.9 ft at 12:00 PM CST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 13.0 ft.   Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Tallapoosa River at Wadley 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:30
Moderate Flood Stage:20
Flood Stage:13
Action Stage:13

Historical Crests
(1) 37.30 ft on 05/08/2003
(2) 30.57 ft on 04/14/1979
(3) 27.90 ft on 03/16/1976
(3) 27.90 ft on 02/05/1936
(5) 26.72 ft on 03/17/1990
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Low Water Records
(1) 2.0 ft on 10/02/1954

Tallapoosa River at Wadley location map

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35.0 THE EAST END OF THE HIGHWAY 22 BRIDGE BEGINS TO FLOOD.
32.0 PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 22 SOUTHWEST OF WADLEY ARE FLOODED
30.0 SOME FLOODING OF BUSINESSES...INCLUDING PLANTATION PATTERNS...OCCURS IN THE WADLEY AREA AT STAGES OF 30 FEET AND HIGHER
20.0 AT 20 FEET SOME FLOODING OCCURS IN THE WADLEY AREA. BETWEEN 22 AND 25 FEET THE BRIDGE OVER BEAVERDAM CREEK FLOODS
13.0 FLOODING OF PASTURELANDS IN THE AREA OCCURS AND CATTLE SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND

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Latitude: 33.117946° N, Longitude: 85.559764° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
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Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 13 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)
Elevation
(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 29 599.87 ft 612.87 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 Wadley
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