Gulf Coast Gauges

Alabama River at Choctaw Bluff water level

USGS gauge 02429540 · Clarke County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge CHBA1

-3.67 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT · 2 hours ago

Highest since 1999 (USGS)
34.62 ft (February 16, 2007)
Usual range
-3.87 to -1.80 ft

USGS marks recent readings as provisional: they can be revised after review.

No National Weather Service alert covering Clarke County 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.

Last 7 days

-4.3 -3.1 -1.8 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 23

Hourly averages of USGS readings. The shaded band is this gauge's usual range: the middle 80% of its readings since September 11, 2026.

How to read this gauge

Gage height is the height of the water surface above this gauge's own zero point. It is not a water depth. USGS publishes no datum elevation for this gauge, so it can't be converted to an elevation here.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

-4.5 -2.5 -0.5 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1999

In 18 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1999), the highest peak was 34.62 ft on February 16, 2007. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is -0.52 ft on October 12, 2026.

-3 7 17 27 37 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 1999: 25.63 ft on July 3, 1999 Water year 2000: 27.22 ft on April 10, 2000 Water year 2001: 28.84 ft on March 8, 2001 Water year 2002: 25.62 ft on January 30, 2002 Water year 2003: 28.79 ft on May 26, 2003 Water year 2004: 27.03 ft on September 21, 2004 Water year 2005: 28.81 ft on April 7, 2005 Water year 2006: 26.41 ft on March 1, 2006 Water year 2007: 34.62 ft on February 16, 2007 Water year 2008: 29.41 ft on February 28, 2008 Water year 2009: 33.46 ft on February 6, 2009 Water year 2010: 33.30 ft on January 11, 2010 Water year 2011: 28.82 ft on March 15, 2011 Water year 2012: 26.54 ft on December 1, 2011 Water year 2023: 20.96 ft on April 1, 2023 Water year 2024: 21.26 ft on February 18, 2024 Water year 2025: 21.36 ft on April 13, 2025 Water year 2026: 17.42 ft on June 22, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: -0.52 ft on October 12, 2026 2007 2009

Each dot is the highest gage height of a water year (October to September), from the USGS annual peak record, with recent years USGS has not published yet taken from its 15-minute readings and this site's own; hover a dot for its date. Dashed lines are NWS flood stages.

Download the readings

alabama-river-at-choctaw-bluff.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,048 rows, with time in UTC and Central, gage height in feet, and the USGS approval status.

Source. Gage height from the U.S. Geological Survey. This site is not affiliated with either agency.