Gulf Coast Gauges

Alabama River at Claiborne Lock and Dam near Monroeville water level

USGS gauge 02428400 · Monroe County · Mobile Bay

34.23 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Highest since 1976 (USGS)
57.59 ft (March 25, 1990)
Usual range
34.12 to 35.53 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Monroe 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

33.8 34.8 35.8 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 the gauge's zero point. This gauge's zero is set at 0 ft NGVD29, so its gage height is the water surface elevation above that datum. It is not a water depth.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

33.6 34.8 36.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1976

In 44 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1976), the highest peak was 57.59 ft on March 25, 1990. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 35.99 ft on October 6, 2026.

34 41 47 53 59 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1976: 53.14 ft on April 6, 1976 Water year 1977: 51.69 ft on April 8, 1977 Water year 1978: 47.95 ft on January 31, 1978 Water year 1979: 55.45 ft on April 22, 1979 Water year 1980: 54.40 ft on April 3, 1980 Water year 1981: 46.70 ft on April 5, 1981 Water year 1982: 49.55 ft on February 9, 1982 Water year 1983: 52.75 ft on April 13, 1983 Water year 1984: 49.43 ft on December 11, 1983 Water year 1985: 44.28 ft on February 9, 1985 Water year 1987: 46.80 ft on March 5, 1987 Water year 1988: 40.17 ft on January 23, 1988 Water year 1989: 49.43 ft on June 27, 1989 Water year 1990: 57.59 ft on March 25, 1990 Water year 1991: 44.32 ft on February 25, 1991 Water year 1992: 42.93 ft on February 19, 1992 Water year 1993: 47.47 ft on January 25, 1993 Water year 1994: 41.08 ft on April 20, 1994 Water year 1995: 46.65 ft on March 13, 1995 Water year 1996: 50.90 ft on February 8, 1996 Water year 1997: 46.49 ft on March 6, 1997 Water year 1998: 51.78 ft on March 15, 1998 Water year 1999: 47.26 ft on February 4, 1999 Water year 2000: 43.18 ft on April 9, 2000 Water year 2001: 49.39 ft on March 8, 2001 Water year 2002: 39.46 ft on January 29, 2002 Water year 2003: 48.18 ft on July 8, 2003 Water year 2004: 42.25 ft on September 20, 2004 Water year 2005: 53.12 ft on April 7, 2005 Water year 2006: 40.66 ft on February 28, 2006 Water year 2007: 37.59 ft on November 18, 2006 Water year 2008: 37.60 ft on August 29, 2008 Water year 2009: 51.02 ft on April 1, 2009 Water year 2010: 50.31 ft on December 22, 2009 Water year 2011: 47.53 ft on March 14, 2011 Water year 2012: 37.40 ft on March 6, 2012 Water year 2013: 51.84 ft on February 16, 2013 Water year 2014: 50.83 ft on April 13, 2014 Water year 2015: 42.85 ft on January 8, 2015 Water year 2016: 53.95 ft on January 2, 2016 Water year 2017: 49.19 ft on June 27, 2017 Water year 2024: 47.73 ft on February 17, 2024 Water year 2025: 48.06 ft on April 12, 2025 Water year 2026: 38.63 ft on June 22, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 35.99 ft on October 6, 2026 1990 1979

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-claiborne-lock-and-dam-near-monroeville.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,626 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.