Gulf Coast Gauges

Econfina Creek near Bennett water level

USGS gauge 02359500 · Bay County · Panama City · NWS gauge BENF1

6.76 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
3.8 ft
NWS action stage
9.6 ft
NWS minor flood stage
10.6 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
11.8 ft
NWS major flood stage
16.8 ft
Highest since 1936 (USGS)
14.37 ft (March 3, 1991)
Usual range
6.46 to 8.52 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Bay 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

6.5 7.5 8.5 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 1.03 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 1.03 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

6.4 7.8 9.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1936

In 87 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1936), the highest peak was 14.37 ft on March 3, 1991. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 9.27 ft on October 11, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 47 of 87 years.

5 8 11 15 18 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 16.8 ft moderate 11.8 ft minor 10.6 ft action 9.6 ft Water year 1936: 9.60 ft on January 8, 1936 Water year 1937: 11.00 ft on September 2, 1937 Water year 1938: 8.02 ft on November 13, 1937 Water year 1939: 10.50 ft on August 15, 1939 Water year 1940: 8.46 ft on February 18, 1940 Water year 1941: 8.29 ft on March 9, 1941 Water year 1942: 8.16 ft on January 5, 1942 Water year 1943: 7.80 ft on May 26, 1943 Water year 1944: 10.60 ft on September 12, 1944 Water year 1945: 9.22 ft on September 15, 1945 Water year 1946: 9.96 ft on May 18, 1946 Water year 1947: 9.44 ft on April 16, 1947 Water year 1948: 12.46 ft on April 2, 1948 Water year 1949: 10.30 ft on August 15, 1949 Water year 1950: 10.34 ft on September 1, 1950 Water year 1951: 6.90 ft on March 20, 1951 Water year 1952: 7.44 ft on September 22, 1952 Water year 1953: 9.47 ft on September 26, 1953 Water year 1954: 8.20 ft on December 14, 1953 Water year 1955: 6.02 ft on April 15, 1955 Water year 1956: 8.30 ft on July 4, 1956 Water year 1957: 9.20 ft on September 11, 1957 Water year 1958: 9.60 ft on April 15, 1958 Water year 1959: 8.60 ft on March 7, 1959 Water year 1960: 9.39 ft on October 8, 1959 Water year 1961: 7.30 ft on September 1, 1961 Water year 1962: 8.71 ft on April 2, 1962 Water year 1963: 8.68 ft on September 29, 1963 Water year 1964: 9.00 ft on September 13, 1964 Water year 1965: 9.04 ft on June 15, 1965 Water year 1966: 9.37 ft on March 1, 1966 Water year 1967: 8.36 ft on January 10, 1967 Water year 1968: 7.39 ft on December 12, 1967 Water year 1969: 8.06 ft on September 23, 1969 Water year 1970: 9.15 ft on August 14, 1970 Water year 1971: 7.66 ft on March 2, 1971 Water year 1972: 8.89 ft on May 10, 1972 Water year 1973: 10.04 ft on April 5, 1973 Water year 1974: 7.55 ft on February 1, 1974 Water year 1975: 10.42 ft on July 31, 1975 Water year 1976: 8.09 ft on January 28, 1976 Water year 1977: 8.10 ft on November 28, 1976 Water year 1978: 8.92 ft on August 1, 1978 Water year 1979: 9.76 ft on May 9, 1979 Water year 1980: 9.12 ft on March 31, 1980 Water year 1981: 8.06 ft on March 6, 1981 Water year 1982: 7.85 ft on July 30, 1982 Water year 1983: 8.50 ft on April 9, 1983 Water year 1984: 10.55 ft on March 6, 1984 Water year 1985: 7.18 ft on August 10, 1985 Water year 1986: 10.12 ft on November 23, 1985 Water year 1987: 8.70 ft on January 24, 1987 Water year 1988: 9.71 ft on February 20, 1988 Water year 1989: 11.50 ft on June 10, 1989 Water year 1990: 8.58 ft on January 1, 1990 Water year 1991: 14.37 ft on March 3, 1991 Water year 1992: 8.45 ft on August 15, 1992 Water year 1993: 9.46 ft on January 9, 1993 Water year 1994: 10.47 ft on July 8, 1994 Water year 1999: 9.97 ft on October 1, 1998 Water year 2000: 7.20 ft on November 3, 1999 Water year 2001: 7.84 ft on August 8, 2001 Water year 2002: 9.72 ft on September 16, 2002 Water year 2003: 9.41 ft on October 31, 2002 Water year 2004: 9.11 ft on September 18, 2004 Water year 2005: 9.89 ft on April 2, 2005 Water year 2006: 6.91 ft on November 29, 2005 Water year 2007: 7.07 ft on January 7, 2007 Water year 2008: 9.43 ft on February 24, 2008 Water year 2009: 10.08 ft on April 3, 2009 Water year 2010: 11.50 ft on May 4, 2010 Water year 2011: 7.15 ft on March 11, 2011 Water year 2012: 8.25 ft on March 5, 2012 Water year 2013: 12.23 ft on August 18, 2013 Water year 2014: 11.91 ft on May 1, 2014 Water year 2015: 7.98 ft on December 25, 2014 Water year 2016: 9.96 ft on April 3, 2016 Water year 2017: 9.59 ft on December 7, 2016 Water year 2018: 11.41 ft on February 12, 2018 Water year 2019: 13.13 ft on October 12, 2018 Water year 2020: 12.95 ft on September 17, 2020 Water year 2021: 10.98 ft on August 17, 2021 Water year 2022: 9.36 ft on October 7, 2021 Water year 2023: 7.85 ft on April 29, 2023 Water year 2024: 10.53 ft on September 28, 2024 Water year 2025: 8.02 ft on March 10, 2025 Water year 2026: 8.27 ft on August 3, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 9.27 ft on October 11, 2026 1991 2019

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 1, 192615.61 ft5.0 ft
March 3, 199114.98 ft4.4 ft
October 12, 201813.74 ft3.1 ft
October 12, 201813.74 ft3.1 ft
September 17, 202013.60 ft3.0 ft
April 2, 194813.07 ft2.5 ft
June 10, 198912.11 ft1.5 ft
May 4, 201012.11 ft1.5 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

econfina-creek-near-bennett.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,046 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.