Gulf Coast Gauges

Chipola River near Altha water level

USGS gauge 02359000 · Calhoun County · Panama City · NWS gauge ALTF1

9.20 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
12.8 ft
NWS action stage
18.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
22.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
23.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
30.0 ft
Highest since 1913 (USGS)
33.55 ft (September 20, 1926)
Usual range
8.73 to 11.38 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Calhoun 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

8.7 10.1 11.4 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 19.95 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 19.95 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

8.7 10.8 12.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1913

In 90 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1913), the highest peak was 33.55 ft on September 20, 1926. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 12.89 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 8 of 90 years.

9 16 22 29 35 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 30 ft moderate 23 ft minor 22 ft action 18 ft Water year 1913: 21.10 ft on March 22, 1913 Water year 1922: 15.98 ft on June 2, 1922 Water year 1923: 20.70 ft on June 29, 1923 Water year 1924: 17.60 ft on September 16, 1924 Water year 1925: 23.70 ft on January 24, 1925 Water year 1926: 33.55 ft on September 20, 1926 Water year 1927: 13.52 ft on November 22, 1926 Water year 1930: 25.20 ft on October 2, 1929 Water year 1931: 19.44 ft on November 22, 1930 Water year 1944: 19.18 ft on March 28, 1944 Water year 1945: 12.33 ft on February 12, 1945 Water year 1946: 23.85 ft on May 22, 1946 Water year 1947: 26.42 ft on March 13, 1947 Water year 1948: 32.20 ft on April 4, 1948 Water year 1949: 21.95 ft on December 13, 1948 Water year 1950: 22.50 ft on September 1, 1950 Water year 1951: 11.88 ft on April 4, 1951 Water year 1952: 17.93 ft on February 21, 1952 Water year 1953: 19.12 ft on April 13, 1953 Water year 1954: 18.90 ft on December 28, 1953 Water year 1955: 12.56 ft on May 28, 1955 Water year 1956: 14.53 ft on July 4, 1956 Water year 1957: 15.55 ft on June 9, 1957 Water year 1958: 20.38 ft on April 16, 1958 Water year 1959: 19.11 ft on April 3, 1959 Water year 1960: 28.42 ft on April 8, 1960 Water year 1961: 21.96 ft on April 21, 1961 Water year 1962: 21.25 ft on April 6, 1962 Water year 1963: 15.81 ft on July 27, 1963 Water year 1964: 26.05 ft on May 7, 1964 Water year 1965: 21.85 ft on December 31, 1964 Water year 1966: 22.85 ft on March 6, 1966 Water year 1967: 19.03 ft on January 11, 1967 Water year 1968: 11.42 ft on January 2, 1968 Water year 1969: 14.83 ft on September 21, 1969 Water year 1970: 18.93 ft on February 18, 1970 Water year 1971: 14.68 ft on March 20, 1971 Water year 1972: 17.67 ft on June 27, 1972 Water year 1973: 23.42 ft on April 5, 1973 Water year 1974: 18.05 ft on February 13, 1974 Water year 1975: 29.43 ft on April 16, 1975 Water year 1976: 17.11 ft on February 1, 1976 Water year 1977: 16.29 ft on December 4, 1976 Water year 1978: 26.98 ft on March 14, 1978 Water year 1979: 25.09 ft on March 2, 1979 Water year 1980: 21.91 ft on March 18, 1980 Water year 1981: 12.03 ft on February 11, 1981 Water year 1982: 19.81 ft on February 8, 1982 Water year 1983: 22.13 ft on April 16, 1983 Water year 1984: 24.52 ft on March 7, 1984 Water year 1985: 11.33 ft on February 11, 1985 Water year 1986: 26.05 ft on February 12, 1986 Water year 1987: 17.83 ft on March 6, 1987 Water year 1988: 19.69 ft on March 10, 1988 Water year 1989: 21.75 ft on June 14, 1989 Water year 1991: 28.43 ft on March 4, 1991 Water year 1992: 20.17 ft on March 11, 1992 Water year 1993: 22.07 ft on January 17, 1993 Water year 1994: 29.60 ft on July 11, 1994 Water year 1995: 22.59 ft on October 3, 1994 Water year 1996: 17.28 ft on April 1, 1996 Water year 1997: 18.07 ft on January 14, 1997 Water year 1998: 30.73 ft on March 13, 1998 Water year 1999: 22.95 ft on October 1, 1998 Water year 2000: 11.82 ft on February 15, 2000 Water year 2001: 17.50 ft on March 20, 2001 Water year 2002: 16.08 ft on September 15, 2002 Water year 2003: 21.45 ft on March 10, 2003 Water year 2004: 16.61 ft on September 17, 2004 Water year 2005: 24.21 ft on April 3, 2005 Water year 2006: 18.17 ft on January 7, 2006 Water year 2007: 12.90 ft on February 7, 2007 Water year 2008: 25.04 ft on February 28, 2008 Water year 2009: 30.79 ft on April 4, 2009 Water year 2010: 23.61 ft on January 26, 2010 Water year 2011: 11.13 ft on March 10, 2011 Water year 2012: 18.32 ft on March 4, 2012 Water year 2013: 28.94 ft on March 2, 2013 Water year 2014: 27.97 ft on May 5, 2014 Water year 2015: 19.68 ft on April 20, 2015 Water year 2016: 28.32 ft on April 5, 2016 Water year 2017: 22.68 ft on January 7, 2017 Water year 2018: 22.85 ft on February 13, 2018 Water year 2019: 26.38 ft on December 9, 2018 Water year 2021: 21.67 ft on May 1, 2021 Water year 2022: 20.20 ft on March 24, 2022 Water year 2023: 14.47 ft on April 3, 2023 Water year 2024: 21.09 ft on February 18, 2024 Water year 2025: 18.58 ft on October 2, 2024 Water year 2026: 16.46 ft on June 27, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 12.89 ft on October 10, 2026 1926 1948 2009

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 20, 192633.55 ft11.5 ft
April 5, 194832.20 ft10.2 ft
April 4, 200930.79 ft8.8 ft
March 13, 199830.73 ft8.7 ft
April 4, 200930.66 ft8.7 ft
July 11, 199429.60 ft7.6 ft
April 16, 197529.43 ft7.4 ft
March 1, 201328.94 ft6.9 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

chipola-river-near-altha.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.