Gulf Coast Gauges

Big Escambia Creek at Flomaton water level

USGS gauge 02375000 · Escambia County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge FLMA1

7.06 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 4 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
11.9 ft
NWS action stage
14.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
19.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
21.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
22.5 ft
Highest since 1939 (USGS)
20.18 ft (June 20, 2026)
Usual range
7.02 to 7.62 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Escambia County was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 5:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

7.0 7.3 7.6 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, which sits at 47.76 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 47.76 ft to get the water surface elevation.

The flood stages are the National Weather Service's, on the same scale as the gage height; they are the NWS's references for this location, not estimates made here.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

6.9 7.4 7.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1939

In 48 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1939), the highest peak was 20.18 ft on June 20, 2026. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 7.90 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 5 of 48 years.

5 10 14 19 24 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 22.5 ft moderate 21 ft minor 19 ft action 14 ft Water year 1939: 19.26 ft on September 27, 1939 Water year 1940: 10.36 ft on May 1, 1940 Water year 1941: 6.38 ft on January 17, 1941 Water year 1942: 11.90 ft on January 2, 1942 Water year 1943: 10.45 ft on March 21, 1943 Water year 1944: 12.25 ft on March 23, 1944 Water year 1945: 9.64 ft on April 29, 1945 Water year 1946: 10.56 ft on March 29, 1946 Water year 1947: 11.06 ft on March 8, 1947 Water year 1948: 10.40 ft on March 7, 1948 Water year 1949: 14.50 ft on November 28, 1948 Water year 1950: 8.87 ft on April 5, 1950 Water year 1951: 10.30 ft on March 19, 1951 Water year 1952: 9.00 ft on March 24, 1952 Water year 1953: 7.80 ft on April 26, 1953 Water year 1954: 11.80 ft on December 6, 1953 Water year 1955: 19.40 ft on April 14, 1955 Water year 1956: 6.90 ft on September 25, 1956 Water year 1957: 8.60 ft on December 25, 1956 Water year 1958: 7.70 ft on September 22, 1958 Water year 1959: 9.60 ft on September 14, 1959 Water year 1960: 11.60 ft on April 3, 1960 Water year 1961: 12.83 ft on April 12, 1961 Water year 1962: 14.13 ft on April 1, 1962 Water year 1963: 9.65 ft on January 21, 1963 Water year 1964: 10.54 ft on April 27, 1964 Water year 1965: 14.75 ft on January 23, 1965 Water year 1966: 12.69 ft on October 2, 1965 Water year 1967: 11.98 ft on January 3, 1967 Water year 1968: 7.20 ft on October 31, 1967 Water year 1969: 10.43 ft on May 19, 1969 Water year 1970: 8.37 ft on February 17, 1970 Water year 1971: 12.30 ft on December 20, 1970 Water year 1972: 11.74 ft on May 9, 1972 Water year 1973: 11.42 ft on March 31, 1973 Water year 1974: 17.46 ft on September 9, 1974 Water year 2015: 11.38 ft on April 15, 2015 Water year 2016: 18.74 ft on December 25, 2015 Water year 2017: 18.45 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 17.71 ft on September 6, 2018 Water year 2019: 13.33 ft on April 14, 2019 Water year 2020: 18.70 ft on September 17, 2020 Water year 2021: 16.12 ft on June 20, 2021 Water year 2022: 17.67 ft on February 5, 2022 Water year 2023: 15.43 ft on June 17, 2023 Water year 2024: 13.59 ft on March 9, 2024 Water year 2025: 17.80 ft on June 10, 2025 Water year 2026: 20.18 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 7.90 ft on October 10, 2026 2026 1955 1939

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.

NWS historic crests

DateCrestAbove minor flood stage
March 31, 192930.90 ft11.9 ft
September 30, 199820.40 ft1.4 ft
June 20, 202620.17 ft1.2 ft
March 9, 199819.70 ft0.7 ft
June 19, 202619.55 ft0.6 ft
April 14, 195519.40 ft0.4 ft
September 27, 193919.26 ft0.3 ft
August 1, 197518.00 ft—

The highest crests the National Weather Service lists for this gauge, as published. They can differ from the USGS annual peaks above: USGS records the year's highest gage height, which is not always the crest the NWS lists for the same flood.

Download the readings

big-escambia-creek-at-flomaton.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,034 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; flood stages and historic crests from the NWS National Water Prediction Service. This site is not affiliated with either agency.