Tallapoosa River near Heflin
Highest listed crest 14.49 ftFlood stage 13.0 ft2 crests since 2025
The Tallapoosa River near Heflin crested above flood stage 2 times among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2025 to 2026. The highest, 14.49 ft on August 3, 2025, was minor flooding, 1.49 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 14.49 ft
- August 3, 2025
- Flood stage
- 13.0 ft
- No major stage set
- Crests at major
- 0
- 2 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- January 11, 2026
- 13.51 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Flood stage (minor) | 13.0 | 2 | Jan 11, 2026 |
Every listed crest
2 crests from 2025 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
- 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.
Highest crests
| 1 | Aug 3, 2025 | 14.49 | +1.49 | Minor |
| 2 | Jan 11, 2026 | 13.51 | +0.51 | Minor |
Gauges on the Tallapoosa River
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| Horseshoe Bend | AL | 23.59 ft, May 9, 2023 | 0 |
| Milstead | AL | 54.00 ft, Dec 10, 1919 | 1 |
| Tallapoosa Water Plant | AL | 42.13 ft, Mar 18, 1990 | 1 |
| US 78 near Tallapoosa | GA | 19.96 ft, Mar 16, 2025 | 0 |
| Wadley | AL | 37.30 ft, May 8, 2003 | 2 |
| Heflin this gauge | AL | 14.49 ft, Aug 3, 2025 | 0 |
Cleburne County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Alabama
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HFLA1, 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.