Gulf Coast Gauges

Blackwater River near Baker water level

USGS gauge 02370000 · Okaloosa County · Pensacola and the Emerald Coast · NWS gauge BAKF1

1.41 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
9.6 ft
NWS action stage
6.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
11.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
16.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
24.0 ft
Highest since 1951 (USGS)
25.68 ft (September 29, 1998)
Usual range
1.09 to 3.17 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Okaloosa 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

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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 60.50 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 60.50 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

1.0 5.0 9.1 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1951

In 72 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1951), the highest peak was 25.68 ft on September 29, 1998. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 9.05 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 14 of 72 years.

3 9 15 21 27 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 24 ft moderate 16 ft minor 11 ft action 6 ft Water year 1951: 12.33 ft on March 19, 1951 Water year 1952: 8.91 ft on March 25, 1952 Water year 1953: 15.21 ft on September 27, 1953 Water year 1954: 20.80 ft on December 4, 1953 Water year 1955: 17.19 ft on April 14, 1955 Water year 1956: 14.02 ft on September 25, 1956 Water year 1957: 17.87 ft on April 5, 1957 Water year 1958: 8.22 ft on March 9, 1958 Water year 1959: 9.64 ft on February 5, 1959 Water year 1960: 16.25 ft on April 4, 1960 Water year 1961: 15.74 ft on June 21, 1961 Water year 1962: 17.54 ft on February 19, 1962 Water year 1963: 11.24 ft on January 21, 1963 Water year 1964: 15.56 ft on April 28, 1964 Water year 1965: 15.99 ft on September 30, 1965 Water year 1966: 11.56 ft on February 28, 1966 Water year 1967: 8.68 ft on February 7, 1967 Water year 1968: 7.74 ft on December 12, 1967 Water year 1969: 12.66 ft on September 23, 1969 Water year 1970: 25.61 ft on June 4, 1970 Water year 1971: 8.13 ft on December 31, 1970 Water year 1972: 6.86 ft on May 10, 1972 Water year 1973: 15.86 ft on December 22, 1972 Water year 1974: 14.81 ft on September 9, 1974 Water year 1975: 22.97 ft on July 31, 1975 Water year 1976: 13.03 ft on November 13, 1975 Water year 1977: 10.97 ft on April 1, 1977 Water year 1978: 19.44 ft on January 26, 1978 Water year 1979: 15.83 ft on March 4, 1979 Water year 1980: 16.10 ft on March 8, 1980 Water year 1981: 9.70 ft on February 12, 1981 Water year 1982: 13.22 ft on February 3, 1982 Water year 1983: 13.46 ft on February 2, 1983 Water year 1984: 15.92 ft on March 6, 1984 Water year 1985: 15.56 ft on February 6, 1985 Water year 1986: 13.02 ft on March 15, 1986 Water year 1987: 15.38 ft on August 15, 1987 Water year 1988: 22.97 ft on September 17, 1988 Water year 1989: 19.38 ft on June 9, 1989 Water year 1990: 24.99 ft on March 17, 1990 Water year 1991: 14.90 ft on January 31, 1991 Water year 1992: 14.09 ft on January 13, 1992 Water year 1997: 9.06 ft on February 15, 1997 Water year 1998: 25.68 ft on September 29, 1998 Water year 1999: 8.00 ft on July 13, 1999 Water year 2000: 4.66 ft on January 11, 2000 Water year 2001: 8.53 ft on March 5, 2001 Water year 2002: 10.84 ft on September 27, 2002 Water year 2003: 11.73 ft on July 2, 2003 Water year 2004: 15.26 ft on September 17, 2004 Water year 2005: 16.29 ft on April 2, 2005 Water year 2006: 12.21 ft on January 3, 2006 Water year 2007: 9.02 ft on April 4, 2007 Water year 2008: 10.82 ft on February 2, 2008 Water year 2009: 21.66 ft on March 29, 2009 Water year 2010: 15.83 ft on January 22, 2010 Water year 2011: 6.95 ft on January 6, 2011 Water year 2012: 17.02 ft on September 5, 2012 Water year 2013: 12.49 ft on July 5, 2013 Water year 2014: 14.77 ft on April 19, 2014 Water year 2015: 8.94 ft on April 20, 2015 Water year 2016: 14.89 ft on December 25, 2015 Water year 2017: 14.86 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 12.51 ft on February 12, 2018 Water year 2019: 11.39 ft on December 29, 2018 Water year 2020: 24.55 ft on September 17, 2020 Water year 2021: 12.64 ft on April 25, 2021 Water year 2022: 13.72 ft on October 7, 2021 Water year 2023: 8.20 ft on January 30, 2023 Water year 2024: 9.58 ft on January 28, 2024 Water year 2025: 5.63 ft on December 29, 2024 Water year 2026: 16.29 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 9.05 ft on October 10, 2026 1998 1970 1990

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
September 29, 199825.68 ft14.7 ft
June 4, 199025.61 ft14.6 ft
October 6, 199525.00 ft14.0 ft
March 17, 199024.99 ft14.0 ft
September 17, 202024.55 ft13.6 ft
March 9, 199823.05 ft12.1 ft
September 17, 198822.97 ft12.0 ft
July 31, 197522.97 ft12.0 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

blackwater-river-near-baker.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,045 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.