Dallas County, Alabama

7 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Mulberry Creek At Jones, AL: water level 0.23 ft · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (0.25 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Bogue Chitto Creek At Co Road 115 Below Orrville, AL: flow 0.22 ft³/s · below the lowest October monthly average on record for this gauge (0.57 ft³/s) · U.S. Geological Survey · 2 h ago
• Mulberry Creek At Jones, AL: flow 39 ft³/s · this gauge’s October monthly average is usually above 49.85 ft³/s · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Cahaba River Near Marion Junction, AL: flow 266 ft³/s · this gauge’s October monthly average is usually above 349 ft³/s · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Cahaba River Near Marion Junction, AL: water level 1.64 ft · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Alabama: 14 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 9 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

5 sources answered; nothing recent here.

2 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

14 reports in the last 24 hours, none published as an event.

• Dallas Co. Sheriff candidates reach out to voters ahead of election · WAKA · 15 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• A Couple Rounds Of Rain Coming Our Way · WAKA · 15 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• A powerful family story takes center stage in ‘Fences’ at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival · WAKA · 15 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• ALEA graduates 44 new troopers in final class of Governor Ivey’s tenure · WAKA · 16 h ago Not Yet Confirmed
• Funeral arrangements announced for fallen Prattville police officer · WAKA · 17 h ago Published event

2 sources answered; nothing recent here.

3 readings here, none current.

7 entries from USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Alabama (U.S. Geological Survey) for this county, in its latest read.

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Alabama: 7 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

Alabama Power: 0 customers out, within the usual daily peak in October for this county.

• Alabama Power: 0 customers out · within the usual daily peak in October for this county · Alabama Power · 50 min ago

• Alabama Power outage map (Kubra Storm Center): 5 entries for this county · Alabama Power · read 50 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

No source here for this.

Matters Now

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, CR 3/CR 3, 2026-05-22: 1 person injured. Reported by FRA with the May 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration

Quiet

• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Gulf Coast (PADD 3), week of 2026-10-19: $3.784 a gallon, down 7 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, CR 264/UNION STREET, 2026-07-04. Reported by FRA with the July 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 11,697 jobs (11,456 a year earlier); $978 average weekly wage ($978 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 25 min ago

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 7:04 PM CDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 9:26 AM CDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 8:27 AM CDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 15 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 51 min ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT

Background

• National Register listings (NPS)
  24 properties on the National Register in this county, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 8:25 AM CDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 9:00 AM CDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 9:36 AM CDT.