Gulf Coast Gauges

Panama City water levels

9 USGS stream gauges in Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes and Washington counties · gage height, with NWS flood stages where published

No National Weather Service alert covering Panama City was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Nearest an NWS flood stage

The 6 gauges whose latest reading is closest to the next NWS flood stage above it (or at or above one), out of 6 with flood stages on the same scale as the USGS reading. Gauges that haven't reported in 24 hours are left out.

GaugeCountyGage heightNWS flood stageUpdated
Econfina Creek near BennettBay County6.76 ft3.8 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago
Choctawhatchee River at CaryvilleHolmes County4.09 ft9.9 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago
Holmes Creek at VernonWashington County11.60 ft12.4 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago
Chipola River near AlthaCalhoun County9.20 ft12.8 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago
Apalachicola River near BlountstownCalhoun County3.54 ft13.5 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago
Choctawhatchee River near PittmanHolmes County8.49 ft14.5 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago

By county

Bay County Calhoun County Gulf County Holmes County Washington County

Bay County

GaugeGage heightNWS flood stageUpdated
Econfina Creek near Bennett6.76 ft3.8 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago

Calhoun County

GaugeGage heightNWS flood stageUpdated
Apalachicola River near Blountstown3.54 ft13.5 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago
Chipola River near Altha9.20 ft12.8 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago

Gulf County

GaugeGage heightNWS flood stageUpdated
Apalachicola R.ab Chipola Cutoff near Wewahitchka14.50 ft—3 hours ago
IWW East of Gulf County Canal near Port St Joe1.54 ft—2 hours ago
IWW West of Gulf County Canal near Port St Joe1.56 ft—2 hours ago

Holmes County

GaugeGage heightNWS flood stageUpdated
Choctawhatchee River at Caryville4.09 ft9.9 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago
Choctawhatchee River near Pittman8.49 ft14.5 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago

Washington County

GaugeGage heightNWS flood stageUpdated
Holmes Creek at Vernon11.60 ft12.4 ft below minor flood stage3 hours ago

Storms

No National Weather Service flood alert has named any of Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes and Washington counties since this site began recording alerts here on October 23, 2026. Each new event gets its own page, with every gauge's peak, automatically.

Reading these gauges

USGS gauges report gage height: the water surface above each gauge's own zero, not a depth. Where that zero is set at 0 ft on a vertical datum the gage height is also an elevation; each gauge page says which. The NWS flood stages (action, minor, moderate and major) are the National Weather Service's references for each location, shown only where the NWS reads the same scale as USGS. How this site works.