Gulf Coast Gauges

Bruce Creek at SH 81 near Redbay water level

USGS gauge 02365769 · Walton County · Pensacola and the Emerald Coast · NWS gauge BREF1

10.95 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
7.1 ft
NWS action stage
14.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
18.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
25.0 ft
Highest since 2000 (USGS)
24.61 ft (September 16, 2020)
Usual range
9.39 to 14.81 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Walton 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

9.4 12.1 14.8 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, which sits at 13.04 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 13.04 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

9.1 14.6 20.1 NWS minor flood stage 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2000

In 27 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2000), the highest peak was 24.61 ft on September 16, 2020. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 20.15 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 17 of 27 years.

14 17 20 23 26 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 moderate 25 ft minor 18 ft Water year 2000: 15.16 ft on September 24, 2000 Water year 2001: 18.27 ft on August 7, 2001 Water year 2002: 18.88 ft on April 10, 2002 Water year 2003: 21.05 ft on November 12, 2002 Water year 2004: 22.45 ft on September 16, 2004 Water year 2005: 21.28 ft on April 7, 2005 Water year 2006: 16.30 ft on December 6, 2005 Water year 2007: 15.42 ft on February 3, 2007 Water year 2008: 19.28 ft on February 23, 2008 Water year 2009: 19.65 ft on April 3, 2009 Water year 2010: 21.40 ft on May 4, 2010 Water year 2011: 16.59 ft on March 10, 2011 Water year 2012: 19.27 ft on March 4, 2012 Water year 2013: 20.82 ft on July 4, 2013 Water year 2014: 20.81 ft on April 15, 2014 Water year 2015: 21.55 ft on September 29, 2015 Water year 2016: 19.03 ft on December 30, 2015 Water year 2017: 18.93 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 21.21 ft on February 12, 2018 Water year 2019: 20.67 ft on December 2, 2018 Water year 2020: 24.61 ft on September 16, 2020 Water year 2021: 19.38 ft on September 1, 2021 Water year 2022: 17.27 ft on October 6, 2021 Water year 2023: 19.71 ft on March 29, 2023 Water year 2024: 18.72 ft on April 11, 2024 Water year 2025: 19.19 ft on May 11, 2025 Water year 2026: 19.36 ft on June 22, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 20.15 ft on October 10, 2026 2020 2004 2015

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 16, 202024.53 ft6.5 ft
September 16, 200422.45 ft4.4 ft
September 29, 201521.53 ft3.5 ft
May 4, 201021.40 ft3.4 ft
April 7, 200521.28 ft3.3 ft
February 11, 201821.26 ft3.3 ft
November 12, 200221.05 ft3.1 ft
July 4, 201320.82 ft2.8 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

bruce-creek-at-sh-81-near-redbay.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; flood stages and historic crests from the NWS National Water Prediction Service. This site is not affiliated with either agency.