Gulf Coast Gauges

Blackwater River near Bradley water level

USGS gauge 02369800 · Escambia County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge BRDA1

0.82 ft

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

Highest since 1968 (USGS)
25.35 ft (March 17, 1990)
Usual range
0.68 to 1.63 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 5:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

0.7 1.2 1.6 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 121.87 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 121.87 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

0.6 4.0 7.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1968

In 59 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1968), the highest peak was 25.35 ft on March 17, 1990. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 7.28 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 5 of 59 years.

2 8 14 21 27 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1968: 4.84 ft on December 11, 1967 Water year 1969: 14.10 ft on September 21, 1969 Water year 1970: 24.20 ft on June 4, 1970 Water year 1971: 7.78 ft on August 1, 1971 Water year 1972: 9.84 ft on May 9, 1972 Water year 1973: 17.10 ft on December 21, 1972 Water year 1974: 12.56 ft on September 9, 1974 Water year 1975: 20.37 ft on July 31, 1975 Water year 1976: 13.45 ft on November 13, 1975 Water year 1977: 11.86 ft on March 31, 1977 Water year 1978: 17.33 ft on January 25, 1978 Water year 1979: 13.70 ft on March 4, 1979 Water year 1980: 14.52 ft on March 30, 1980 Water year 1981: 13.31 ft on February 11, 1981 Water year 1982: 12.79 ft on February 3, 1982 Water year 1983: 11.72 ft on February 2, 1983 Water year 1984: 12.69 ft on March 6, 1984 Water year 1985: 14.78 ft on February 6, 1985 Water year 1986: 13.54 ft on March 14, 1986 Water year 1987: 12.44 ft on August 14, 1987 Water year 1988: 16.88 ft on September 17, 1988 Water year 1989: 16.43 ft on June 16, 1989 Water year 1990: 25.35 ft on March 17, 1990 Water year 1991: 13.23 ft on January 31, 1991 Water year 1992: 10.98 ft on January 14, 1992 Water year 1993: 14.10 ft on November 25, 1992 Water year 1994: 17.83 ft on July 7, 1994 Water year 1995: 16.44 ft on February 11, 1995 Water year 1996: 19.98 ft on October 5, 1995 Water year 1997: 8.80 ft on February 15, 1997 Water year 1998: 25.30 ft on March 8, 1998 Water year 1999: 5.90 ft on July 13, 1999 Water year 2000: 3.35 ft on January 10, 2000 Water year 2001: 11.27 ft on March 4, 2001 Water year 2002: 8.61 ft on September 26, 2002 Water year 2003: 13.91 ft on August 7, 2003 Water year 2004: 15.05 ft on September 17, 2004 Water year 2005: 15.84 ft on April 1, 2005 Water year 2006: 8.52 ft on January 2, 2006 Water year 2007: 14.71 ft on April 3, 2007 Water year 2008: 14.35 ft on February 1, 2008 Water year 2009: 18.64 ft on March 28, 2009 Water year 2010: 14.94 ft on January 21, 2010 Water year 2011: 7.43 ft on January 6, 2011 Water year 2012: 9.26 ft on June 11, 2012 Water year 2013: 12.65 ft on February 26, 2013 Water year 2014: 13.82 ft on April 19, 2014 Water year 2015: 7.52 ft on December 25, 2014 Water year 2016: 14.79 ft on December 24, 2015 Water year 2017: 14.19 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 14.87 ft on October 8, 2017 Water year 2019: 12.39 ft on December 29, 2018 Water year 2020: 24.20 ft on September 17, 2020 Water year 2021: 11.81 ft on July 13, 2021 Water year 2022: 14.02 ft on October 6, 2021 Water year 2023: 5.63 ft on August 16, 2023 Water year 2024: 11.59 ft on May 18, 2024 Water year 2025: 4.44 ft on April 7, 2025 Water year 2026: 16.32 ft on June 19, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 7.28 ft on October 10, 2026 1990 1998 1970

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 17, 199025.35 ft—
March 8, 199825.30 ft—
June 4, 197024.20 ft—
September 17, 202024.20 ft—
July 31, 197520.37 ft—
October 5, 199519.98 ft—
March 28, 200918.64 ft—
July 7, 199417.86 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-bradley.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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.