Screaming Eagle Aerial Adventures at Lake Guntersville State Park
Little Paint Creek near Guntersville, AL
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Around Little Paint Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)
About this river
Little Paint Creek is a 6.6 mile river near Screaming Eagle Aerial Adventures at Lake Guntersville State Park in Alabama. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Paint Rock River near Woodville AL (site 03574500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1936 to 2026
Little Paint Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 774 cfs, and lowest in October, at 28 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 50,100 cfs, in 1991.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 664 | 344 to 1,440 |
| February | 708 | 430 to 1,430 |
| March | 774 | 478 to 1,510 |
| April | 523 | 368 to 1,060 |
| May | 208 | 123 to 465 |
| June | 107 | 59 to 251 |
| July | 66 | 35 to 174 |
| August | 41 | 27 to 91 |
| September | 29 | 17 to 75 |
| October | 28 | 14 to 79 |
| November | 80 | 32 to 346 |
| December | 404 | 168 to 939 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 91 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Paint Rock River near Woodville AL (site 03574500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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