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Tombigbee River near Coffeeville Dam

Highest listed crest 51.46 ftFlood stage 29.0 ft145 crests since 1916

The Tombigbee River near Coffeeville Dam crested at major flood stage 8 times among the 145 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1916 to 2026. The highest, 51.46 ft on April 22, 1979, was major flooding, 22.46 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Tombigbee River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 2 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
51.46 ft
April 22, 1979; 290,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
29.0 ft
Major flooding from 47.0 ft
Crests at major
8
6th of 89 gauges in Alabama
Most recent flood crest
June 23, 2026
29.83 ft, minor flooding
Location
Clarke County
Alabama

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Tombigbee River near Coffeeville Dam
Action stage24.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)29.0115Jun 23, 2026Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage40.022Feb 23, 2020Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage47.08Mar 2, 1991Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

145 crests from 1916 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Tombigbee River near Coffeeville Dam, 1916 to 2026 2030405060ft Flood stage 29.0 ftMajor 47.0 ft Jul 23, 1916: 48.90 ft, major floodingSep 2, 1929: 48.40 ft, major floodingApr 10, 1938: 48.00 ft, major floodingMar 4, 1961: 51.39 ft, major flooding; 251,000 cubic feet per secondDec 29, 1961: 47.82 ft, major flooding; 197,000 cubic feet per secondApr 16, 1964: 42.90 ft, moderate flooding; 151,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 22, 1965: 40.50 ft, moderate flooding; 131,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 22, 1966: 41.76 ft, moderate flooding; 137,000 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 1971: 42.89 ft, moderate flooding; 153,000 cubic feet per secondJan 7, 1974: 41.50 ft, moderate flooding; 128,500 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 1976: 45.52 ft, moderate flooding; 170,000 cubic feet per secondApr 15, 1977: 42.77 ft, moderate flooding; 160,000 cubic feet per secondApr 22, 1979: 51.46 ft, major flooding; 290,000 cubic feet per secondMar 31, 1980: 48.30 ft, major floodingApr 7, 1981: 38.72 ft, minor flooding; 128,000 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 1982: 39.98 ft, minor flooding; 147,000 cubic feet per secondMar 15, 1983: 40.90 ft, moderate floodingApr 17, 1983: 42.60 ft, moderate floodingMay 31, 1983: 44.10 ft, moderate floodingDec 15, 1983: 41.50 ft, moderate floodingFeb 9, 1985: 35.88 ft, minor flooding; 120,000 cubic feet per secondJan 21, 1988: 33.25 ft, minor flooding; 63,500 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1989: 40.19 ft, moderate flooding; 148,000 cubic feet per secondJul 8, 1989: 33.80 ft, minor floodingJan 28, 1990: 39.70 ft, minor floodingFeb 24, 1990: 45.20 ft, moderate floodingMar 23, 1990: 38.20 ft, minor floodingJan 2, 1991: 35.20 ft, minor floodingMar 2, 1991: 47.36 ft, major flooding; 255,000 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 1991: 37.60 ft, minor floodingMay 11, 1991: 42.00 ft, moderate floodingJun 6, 1991: 38.60 ft, minor floodingDec 8, 1991: 34.05 ft, minor flooding; 88,200 cubic feet per secondDec 19, 1992: 29.60 ft, minor floodingJan 16, 1993: 36.55 ft, minor flooding; 138,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 2, 1994: 33.10 ft, minor floodingFeb 18, 1994: 36.02 ft, minor floodingMar 6, 1994: 30.61 ft, minor floodingMar 14, 1994: 32.46 ft, minor floodingApr 4, 1994: 38.86 ft, minor flooding; 150,000 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 1995: 35.73 ft, minor floodingFeb 5, 1996: 40.71 ft, moderate flooding; 135,000 cubic feet per secondMar 12, 1996: 34.90 ft, minor floodingMar 9, 1997: 37.30 ft, minor flooding; 106,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 1999: 43.52 ft, moderate flooding; 177,000 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 2000: 42.76 ft, moderate flooding; 172,000 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 2003: 41.01 ft, moderate flooding; 152,000 cubic feet per secondDec 16, 2004: 40.58 ft, moderate flooding; 150,000 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 2005: 33.87 ft, minor flooding; 87,944 cubic feet per secondFeb 28, 2006: 36.12 ft, minor flooding; 110,000 cubic feet per secondJan 3, 2007: 32.35 ft, minor flooding; 87,200 cubic feet per secondDec 19, 2008: 32.55 ft, minor floodingJan 17, 2009: 37.82 ft, minor floodingMar 9, 2009: 35.79 ft, minor floodingMar 22, 2009: 32.60 ft, minor floodingApr 2, 2009: 39.94 ft, minor floodingMay 17, 2009: 29.29 ft, minor floodingSep 30, 2009: 33.53 ft, minor floodingOct 28, 2009: 34.03 ft, minor floodingDec 22, 2009: 35.63 ft, minor floodingDec 30, 2009: 30.42 ft, minor floodingJan 31, 2010: 35.53 ft, minor floodingFeb 9, 2010: 39.24 ft, minor flooding; 137,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 13, 2010: 36.38 ft, minor floodingMar 19, 2010: 35.29 ft, minor floodingMar 19, 2011: 38.93 ft, minor floodingApr 28, 2011: 31.91 ft, minor floodingFeb 1, 2012: 30.08 ft, minor floodingMar 28, 2012: 31.98 ft, minor floodingJan 1, 2013: 30.51 ft, minor floodingJan 25, 2013: 38.62 ft, minor floodingFeb 4, 2013: 29.21 ft, minor floodingFeb 18, 2013: 37.68 ft, minor floodingMar 1, 2013: 35.20 ft, minor floodingMar 30, 2013: 31.41 ft, minor floodingApr 17, 2013: 30.14 ft, minor floodingFeb 9, 2014: 29.77 ft, minor floodingApr 2, 2014: 31.96 ft, minor floodingApr 19, 2014: 39.03 ft, minor floodingMay 5, 2014: 32.36 ft, minor floodingJan 3, 2015: 30.61 ft, minor floodingJan 13, 2015: 35.38 ft, minor floodingMar 3, 2015: 30.42 ft, minor floodingMar 18, 2015: 31.66 ft, minor floodingApr 25, 2015: 33.85 ft, minor floodingJan 6, 2016: 38.79 ft, minor floodingJan 30, 2016: 30.90 ft, minor floodingFeb 8, 2016: 33.59 ft, minor floodingFeb 28, 2016: 34.00 ft, minor floodingApr 6, 2016: 32.89 ft, minor floodingApr 16, 2016: 30.98 ft, minor floodingApr 9, 2017: 32.68 ft, minor floodingJun 27, 2017: 36.64 ft, minor floodingJul 3, 2017: 29.51 ft, minor floodingFeb 16, 2018: 36.04 ft, minor floodingMar 2, 2018: 32.89 ft, minor floodingApr 20, 2018: 33.83 ft, minor floodingApr 28, 2018: 30.22 ft, minor floodingDec 13, 2018: 30.69 ft, minor floodingJan 7, 2019: 40.47 ft, moderate floodingJan 27, 2019: 35.77 ft, minor floodingMar 5, 2019: 43.55 ft, moderate floodingApr 22, 2019: 37.00 ft, minor flooding; 98,900 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 2019: 32.09 ft, minor flooding; 81,500 cubic feet per secondNov 5, 2019: 30.79 ft, minor floodingDec 28, 2019: 33.52 ft, minor flooding; 86,860 cubic feet per secondJan 10, 2020: 38.00 ft, minor flooding; 102,200 cubic feet per secondJan 20, 2020: 39.17 ft, minor flooding; 106,390 cubic feet per secondFeb 23, 2020: 46.90 ft, moderate floodingMar 11, 2020: 38.79 ft, minor flooding; 105,200 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 2020: 30.01 ft, minor floodingApr 27, 2020: 39.53 ft, minor floodingFeb 22, 2021: 31.06 ft, minor floodingMar 5, 2021: 30.42 ft, minor floodingMar 22, 2021: 35.00 ft, minor floodingApr 5, 2021: 38.72 ft, minor floodingApr 15, 2021: 35.36 ft, minor floodingJun 19, 2021: 36.90 ft, minor floodingSep 5, 2021: 33.64 ft, minor floodingJan 22, 2022: 31.17 ft, minor floodingFeb 8, 2022: 31.24 ft, minor floodingMar 3, 2022: 35.79 ft, minor floodingMar 13, 2022: 29.44 ft, minor floodingMar 29, 2022: 37.31 ft, minor floodingApr 8, 2022: 31.86 ft, minor floodingApr 22, 2022: 36.58 ft, minor floodingDec 19, 2022: 31.26 ft, minor floodingFeb 7, 2023: 34.36 ft, minor flooding; 90,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 2023: 35.79 ft, minor floodingMar 29, 2023: 29.64 ft, minor flooding; 73,140 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 2023: 32.19 ft, minor flooding; 81,890 cubic feet per secondJul 16, 2023: 29.11 ft, minor floodingJan 30, 2024: 32.88 ft, minor flooding; 93,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 16, 2024: 37.48 ft, minor floodingMar 12, 2024: 33.21 ft, minor flooding; 94,764 cubic feet per secondMar 30, 2024: 31.27 ft, minor flooding; 82,575 cubic feet per secondApr 15, 2024: 29.84 ft, minor flooding; 72,031 cubic feet per secondFeb 19, 2025: 34.41 ft, minor flooding; 103,197 cubic feet per secondMar 20, 2025: 30.88 ft, minor flooding; 82,600 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 2025: 35.59 ft, minor flooding; 128,000 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 2025: 33.31 ft, minor flooding; 104,000 cubic feet per secondJun 12, 2025: 29.63 ft, minor flooding; 93,500 cubic feet per secondJan 29, 2026: 29.50 ft, minor flooding; 82,100 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 2026: 30.47 ft, minor flooding; 76,790 cubic feet per secondJun 23, 2026: 29.83 ft, minor flooding; 71,957 cubic feet per second Highest, 51.46 ft, Apr 22, 1979 192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Tombigbee River near Coffeeville Dam 1910s: 1 1920s: 1 1930s: 1 1940s: 0 1950s: 0 1960s: 5 1970s: 5 1980s: 11 1990s: 21 2000s: 16 2010s: 45 45 2020s: 39 1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. 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.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
  3. 2 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 31.50 ft on Feb 7, 1900; 52.50 ft on Apr 27, 1900.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 145 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Tombigbee River near Coffeeville Dam
1Apr 22, 197951.46+22.46Major290,000
2Mar 4, 196151.39+22.39Major251,000
3Jul 23, 191648.90+19.90Major—
4Sep 2, 192948.40+19.40Major—
5Mar 31, 198048.30+19.30Major—
6Apr 10, 193848.00+19.00Major—
7Dec 29, 196147.82+18.82Major197,000
8Mar 2, 199147.36+18.36Major255,000
9Feb 23, 202046.90+17.90Moderate—
10Apr 2, 197645.52+16.52Moderate170,000
11Feb 24, 199045.20+16.20Moderate—
12May 31, 198344.10+15.10Moderate—
13Mar 5, 201943.55+14.55Moderate—
14Feb 6, 199943.52+14.52Moderate177,000
15Apr 16, 196442.90+13.90Moderate151,000
16Mar 7, 197142.89+13.89Moderate153,000
17Apr 15, 197742.77+13.77Moderate160,000
18Apr 12, 200042.76+13.76Moderate172,000
19Apr 17, 198342.60+13.60Moderate—
20May 11, 199142.00+13.00Moderate—
21Feb 22, 196641.76+12.76Moderate137,000
22Jan 7, 197441.50+12.50Moderate128,500
23Dec 15, 198341.50+12.50Moderate—
24Mar 2, 200341.01+12.01Moderate152,000
25Mar 15, 198340.90+11.90Moderate—
26Feb 5, 199640.71+11.71Moderate135,000
27Dec 16, 200440.58+11.58Moderate150,000
28Feb 22, 196540.50+11.50Moderate131,000
29Jan 7, 201940.47+11.47Moderate—
30Mar 11, 198940.19+11.19Moderate148,000
31Apr 28, 198239.98+10.98Minor147,000
32Apr 2, 200939.94+10.94Minor—
33Jan 28, 199039.70+10.70Minor—
34Apr 27, 202039.53+10.53Minor—
35Feb 9, 201039.24+10.24Minor137,000
36Jan 20, 202039.17+10.17Minor106,390
37Apr 19, 201439.03+10.03Minor—
38Mar 19, 201138.93+9.93Minor—
39Apr 4, 199438.86+9.86Minor150,000
40Jan 6, 201638.79+9.79Minor—
41Mar 11, 202038.79+9.79Minor105,200
42Apr 7, 198138.72+9.72Minor128,000
43Apr 5, 202138.72+9.72Minor—
44Jan 25, 201338.62+9.62Minor—
45Jun 6, 199138.60+9.60Minor—
46Mar 23, 199038.20+9.20Minor—
47Jan 10, 202038.00+9.00Minor102,200
48Jan 17, 200937.82+8.82Minor—
49Feb 18, 201337.68+8.68Minor—
50Apr 25, 199137.60+8.60Minor—

The worst floods along the Tombigbee River

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Tombigbee River that crested above flood stage within a week.

April 22, 1979: 51.46 ft here, major flooding

March 4, 1961: 51.39 ft here, major flooding

March 31, 1980: 48.30 ft here, major flooding

Gauges on the Tombigbee River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Tombigbee River
FultonMS20.027.72 ft, May 27, 19910
BigbeeMS14.027.64 ft, Mar 17, 19732
AmoryMS20.034.65 ft, Mar 17, 19733
Aberdeen Lock and DamMS188.0189.50 ft, Dec 28, 19820
Stennis Lock and DamMS161.0171.09 ft, Dec 6, 198310
Bevill Lock and DamAL122.0142.95 ft, Feb 23, 199112
Gainesville Lock and DamAL101.0120.74 ft, Apr 15, 19792
Demopolis Lock and DamAL68.092.30 ft, Apr 19, 19791
Coffeeville Dam this gaugeAL29.051.46 ft, Apr 22, 19798
LeroyAL24.035.89 ft, Apr 1, 19791

Clarke County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Alabama

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLDA1, 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.