Highest listed crest 12.70 ft March 16, 1973; 16,500 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 7.5 ft Major flooding from 16.0 ft
Crests at major 0 98 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest June 23, 2026 7.83 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Indian Creek (AL) at Madison, 1959 to 2026 6 8 10 12 14 16 ft Flood stage 7.5 ft Major 16.0 ft Dec 18, 1959: 8.34 ft, minor flooding; 2,700 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1961: 8.73 ft, minor flooding; 3,300 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1962: 8.96 ft, minor flooding; 3,750 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 1964: 10.20 ft, minor flooding; 6,400 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1965: 7.62 ft, minor flooding; 1,850 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 1967: 10.90 ft, minor flooding; 8,500 cubic feet per second Feb 2, 1969: 8.22 ft, minor flooding; 2,610 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1970: 8.62 ft, minor flooding; 3,200 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1973: 12.70 ft, moderate flooding; 16,500 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 1973: 8.96 ft, minor flooding; 3,710 cubic feet per second Mar 13, 1975: 8.91 ft, minor flooding; 3,630 cubic feet per second Oct 17, 1975: 8.80 ft, minor flooding; 3,420 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1977: 8.80 ft, minor flooding; 3,420 cubic feet per second Oct 5, 1977: 7.49 ft, action stage; 1,710 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 1979: 8.58 ft, minor flooding; 3,200 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 1980: 9.50 ft, minor flooding; 4,840 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 1982: 7.94 ft, minor flooding; 2,200 cubic feet per second May 19, 1983: 9.90 ft, minor flooding; 5,850 cubic feet per second May 8, 1984: 7.72 ft, minor flooding; 2,170 cubic feet per second Jun 9, 1989: 8.42 ft, minor flooding; 2,950 cubic feet per second Feb 4, 1990: 7.98 ft, minor flooding; 2,280 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 1990: 11.76 ft, minor flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 1991: 9.24 ft, minor flooding; 4,230 cubic feet per second May 4, 1993: 9.24 ft, minor flooding; 4,230 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 1994: 9.65 ft, minor flooding; 5,170 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 1995: 7.65 ft, minor flooding; 1,910 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1996: 8.31 ft, minor flooding; 2,640 cubic feet per second Mar 3, 1997: 7.74 ft, minor flooding; 1,970 cubic feet per second Jan 7, 1998: 8.88 ft, minor flooding; 3,550 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 1999: 8.70 ft, minor flooding; 3,260 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2000: 9.93 ft, minor flooding; 5,890 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 2001: 9.03 ft, minor flooding; 3,810 cubic feet per second Dec 14, 2001: 8.36 ft, minor flooding; 2,760 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 2003: 7.50 ft, minor flooding Feb 22, 2003: 8.71 ft, minor flooding May 6, 2003: 11.66 ft, minor flooding; 11,249 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 2004: 9.74 ft, minor flooding Mar 6, 2004: 8.28 ft, minor flooding; 2,670 cubic feet per second Sep 17, 2004: 6.43 ft, action stage Nov 24, 2004: 7.86 ft, minor flooding; 2,136 cubic feet per second Dec 7, 2004: 9.62 ft, minor flooding; 5,111 cubic feet per second Dec 10, 2008: 9.88 ft, minor flooding; 5,772 cubic feet per second Jan 7, 2009: 7.89 ft, minor flooding; 2,170 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 2009: 7.95 ft, minor flooding; 2,240 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2009: 8.33 ft, minor flooding; 2,735 cubic feet per second May 4, 2009: 7.62 ft, minor flooding; 1,851 cubic feet per second Dec 9, 2009: 10.38 ft, minor flooding; 7,045 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 2010: 7.91 ft, minor flooding; 2,193 cubic feet per second May 3, 2010: 8.04 ft, minor flooding; 2,352 cubic feet per second Nov 30, 2010: 9.06 ft, minor flooding; 3,876 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 2011: 8.80 ft, minor flooding; 3,434 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 2011: 11.23 ft, minor flooding; 9,638 cubic feet per second Jan 11, 2012: 8.48 ft, minor flooding; 2,933 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 2012: 10.78 ft, minor flooding; 8,173 cubic feet per second Jan 16, 2013: 8.34 ft, minor flooding; 2,749 cubic feet per second May 7, 2013: 8.65 ft, minor flooding; 3,197 cubic feet per second Jul 5, 2013: 9.67 ft, minor flooding; 5,235 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 2014: 7.70 ft, minor flooding; 1,946 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 2015: 8.55 ft, minor flooding; 3,039 cubic feet per second Nov 18, 2015: 8.75 ft, minor flooding; 3,355 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 2015: 7.84 ft, minor flooding; 2,111 cubic feet per second Dec 25, 2015: 11.37 ft, minor flooding; 10,137 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 2016: 8.63 ft, minor flooding; 3,165 cubic feet per second Feb 16, 2016: 7.51 ft, minor flooding; 1,722 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 2016: 7.88 ft, minor flooding; 2,158 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 2018: 8.75 ft, minor flooding; 3,355 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2018: 8.83 ft, minor flooding; 3,481 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2018: 7.83 ft, minor flooding; 2,099 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 2018: 8.37 ft, minor flooding; 2,788 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 2019: 8.66 ft, minor flooding; 3,213 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 2019: 7.81 ft, minor flooding; 2,076 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 2019: 9.35 ft, minor flooding; 4,485 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 2019: 10.22 ft, minor flooding; 6,639 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 2020: 8.91 ft, minor flooding; 3,608 cubic feet per second Jan 14, 2020: 7.98 ft, minor flooding; 2,276 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 2020: 8.58 ft, minor flooding; 3,086 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 2020: 8.38 ft, minor flooding; 2,802 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 2020: 8.80 ft, minor flooding; 3,434 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 2020: 10.20 ft, minor flooding; 6,588 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 2021: 7.99 ft, minor flooding; 2,288 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 2021: 7.74 ft, minor flooding; 1,993 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 2021: 7.72 ft, minor flooding; 1,970 cubic feet per second May 10, 2021: 7.56 ft, minor flooding; 1,781 cubic feet per second Sep 20, 2021: 9.46 ft, minor flooding; 4,716 cubic feet per second Jan 2, 2022: 8.94 ft, minor flooding; 3,655 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 2022: 9.08 ft, minor flooding; 3,918 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 2022: 7.66 ft, minor flooding; 1,899 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 2022: 9.72 ft, minor flooding; 5,363 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 2022: 7.58 ft, minor flooding; 1,804 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 2023: 7.69 ft, minor flooding; 1,934 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 2023: 9.93 ft, minor flooding; 5,901 cubic feet per second Jul 21, 2023: 11.97 ft, minor flooding; 12,480 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 2024: 7.76 ft, minor flooding; 2,017 cubic feet per second May 9, 2024: 10.59 ft, minor flooding; 7,615 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 2025: 8.11 ft, minor flooding; 2,445 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 2025: 7.82 ft, minor flooding; 2,088 cubic feet per second May 21, 2025: 7.68 ft, minor flooding; 1,922 cubic feet per second Jun 1, 2026: 7.54 ft, minor flooding; 1,757 cubic feet per second Jun 8, 2026: 9.65 ft, minor flooding; 5,184 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 2026: 7.83 ft, minor flooding; 2,099 cubic feet per second Highest, 12.70 ft, Mar 16, 1973 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Indian Creek (AL) at Madison 1950s: 1 1960s: 6 1970s: 7 1980s: 5 1990s: 10 2000s: 16 2010s: 26 2020s: 27 27 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable. 05 Other gauges in Madison County Madison County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Alabama
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MADA1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.