Bear Creek at US 231 water level
NWS gauge BEBF1 · Northwest Florida Water Management District · Bay County · Panama City
stage, NAVD88 · Nov 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM CST · 50 minutes ago
- Below NWS minor flood stage
- 7.6 ft
- NWS action stage
- 19.0 ft
- NWS minor flood stage
- 23.0 ft
- NWS moderate flood stage
- 27.0 ft
- NWS major flood stage
- 29.5 ft
- Highest NWS crest
- 29.54 ft (September 16, 2020)
- Usual range
- 15.00 to 19.92 ft
- Highest since October 4, 2026
- 21.51 ft
- Rip Current Statement — issued Nov 3, 2026 at 7:52 PM CST, expires Nov 4, 2026 at 6:00 PM CST.
Rip Current Statement issued November 3 at 8:52PM EST until November 4 at 7:00PM EST by NWS Tallahassee FL
Text as issued by NWS Tallahassee FL.
Last 7 days
Hourly averages of the readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since October 4, 2026.
How to read this gauge
The number is the water surface elevation in feet on NAVD88, the current national vertical datum: a height above a fixed survey reference, not a depth. Readings on different datums can't be compared directly.
The flood stages are the National Weather Service's references for this location, on the same scale as the reading. They describe the gauge, not any particular street or property.
Readings the NWS marks out of service are left out, and so is any single reading more than 2 ft from the readings either side of it, which is a sensor error rather than water; a newest reading that far from the one before waits for the next to agree.
Northwest Florida Water Management District runs this gauge; the National Weather Service publishes its readings and its flood stages, which is where this site reads them.
NWS historic crests
| Date | Crest | Above minor flood stage |
|---|---|---|
| September 16, 2020 | 29.54 ft | 6.5 ft |
| August 16, 2021 | 28.00 ft | 5.0 ft |
| April 30, 2014 | 27.56 ft | 4.6 ft |
| May 4, 2010 | 26.91 ft | 3.9 ft |
| September 30, 1998 | 26.02 ft | 3.0 ft |
| March 2, 1991 | 25.81 ft | 2.8 ft |
| February 26, 2013 | 25.29 ft | 2.3 ft |
| February 22, 2008 | 25.27 ft | 2.3 ft |
The highest crests the National Weather Service lists for this gauge, as published, on the same scale as the reading.
Daily highs and lows since October 4, 2026
Other NWS-published gauges in Panama City
| Gauge | Stage | Datum | NWS flood stage | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipola River at Scott's Ferry | 15.99 ft | NAVD88 | 6.0 ft below minor flood stage | 50 minutes ago |
| Chipola River near Wewahitchka (Lands Landing) | 11.17 ft | NAVD88 | 10.8 ft below minor flood stage | 50 minutes ago |
| Cooks Bayou at Parker Branch | 0.94 ft | MHHW | 1.1 ft below minor flood stage | 68 minutes ago |
| Deer Point Lake at Deer Point Dam | 1.09 ft | NAVD88 | 5.4 ft below minor flood stage | 50 minutes ago |
| East Bay at Callaway Bayou | 0.95 ft | MHHW | 1.1 ft below minor flood stage | 68 minutes ago |
| East Bay at Watson Bayou Pier | 0.78 ft | MHHW | 2.2 ft below minor flood stage | 62 minutes ago |
| Intracoastal Waterway at White City (Gulf County) | -0.42 ft | MHHW | 2.4 ft below minor flood stage | 50 minutes ago |
| Parker City Pier at Dupont Bridge | 0.99 ft | MHHW | 1.0 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Parker at East Bay | 1.00 ft | MHHW | 1.0 ft below minor flood stage | 62 minutes ago |
| Pearl Bayou in East Bay | 0.96 ft | MHHW | 1.0 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Pelican Point at Cooks Bayou | 0.92 ft | MHHW | 1.1 ft below minor flood stage | 2 hours ago |
| Sandy Creek at Sandy Creek Boat Ramp | 1.85 ft | NAVD88 | 2.1 ft below minor flood stage | 62 minutes ago |
| St Joseph Bay at Port St Joe | 0.61 ft | MHHW | 1.9 ft below minor flood stage | 62 minutes ago |
| St Joseph's Bay at Richardson Hammock | 0.60 ft | MHHW | 1.9 ft below minor flood stage | 56 minutes ago |
| Tide Station at Mexico Beach | 0.86 ft | MHHW | 2.1 ft below minor flood stage | 84 minutes ago |
| Tide Station at St Andrews State Park Pier | 0.50 ft | MHHW | 2.0 ft below minor flood stage | 62 minutes ago |
Download the readings
bear-creek-at-us-231.csv (CSV): every reading from the last 90 days, 2,831 rows, with time in UTC and local time, and the reading in feet on NAVD88.
bear-creek-at-us-231-daily.csv (CSV): the low and high of every day since October 4, 2026.
Source. Readings from Northwest Florida Water Management District, as published by the National Weather Service, which also sets the flood stages and lists the crests. The NWS name for this gauge is “Bear Creek at US 231”. Recent readings are provisional and can be revised. This site is not affiliated with either.