Gulf Coast Gauges

Escambia River near Molino water level

USGS gauge 02376033 · Escambia County · Pensacola and the Emerald Coast · NWS gauge MNOF1

2.12 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Highest since 1979 (USGS)
15.72 ft (March 23, 1990)
Usual range
1.09 to 2.79 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 5:50 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 the gauge's zero point. This gauge's zero is set at 0 ft NGVD29, so its gage height is the water surface elevation above that datum. It is not a water depth.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

0.6 2.2 3.7 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1979

In 43 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1979), the highest peak was 15.72 ft on March 23, 1990. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.72 ft on October 16, 2026.

3 6 10 13 17 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1979: 9.88 ft on March 7, 1979 Water year 1980: 10.85 ft on April 17, 1980 Water year 1981: 11.04 ft on February 14, 1981 Water year 1984: 8.45 ft on May 24, 1984 Water year 1985: 7.88 ft on February 10, 1985 Water year 1986: 8.65 ft on March 23, 1986 Water year 1987: 7.13 ft on March 5, 1987 Water year 1988: 7.72 ft on September 14, 1988 Water year 1989: 9.85 ft on June 20, 1989 Water year 1990: 15.72 ft on March 23, 1990 Water year 1991: 8.48 ft on March 6, 1991 Water year 1992: 7.94 ft on January 17, 1992 Water year 1993: 8.82 ft on December 21, 1992 Water year 1994: 10.48 ft on July 17, 1994 Water year 1997: 7.44 ft on February 27, 1997 Water year 1998: 15.07 ft on March 11, 1998 Water year 1999: 15.22 ft on October 1, 1998 Water year 2000: 4.07 ft on March 30, 2000 Water year 2001: 11.63 ft on March 12, 2001 Water year 2002: 7.21 ft on September 29, 2002 Water year 2003: 9.30 ft on July 5, 2003 Water year 2004: 9.89 ft on September 20, 2004 Water year 2005: 11.36 ft on April 10, 2005 Water year 2006: 6.29 ft on March 4, 2006 Water year 2007: 7.80 ft on April 6, 2007 Water year 2008: 8.01 ft on February 6, 2008 Water year 2009: 10.22 ft on April 7, 2009 Water year 2010: 13.74 ft on December 18, 2009 Water year 2011: 7.05 ft on March 15, 2011 Water year 2012: 7.06 ft on February 23, 2012 Water year 2013: 8.79 ft on March 2, 2013 Water year 2014: 10.01 ft on April 16, 2014 Water year 2015: 7.30 ft on April 23, 2015 Water year 2016: 12.22 ft on January 1, 2016 Water year 2017: 10.66 ft on June 25, 2017 Water year 2018: 6.76 ft on October 28, 2017 Water year 2019: 9.46 ft on January 7, 2019 Water year 2021: 7.28 ft on April 15, 2021 Water year 2022: 9.65 ft on October 9, 2021 Water year 2023: 7.65 ft on June 24, 2023 Water year 2024: 7.64 ft on March 18, 2024 Water year 2025: 7.78 ft on April 11, 2025 Water year 2026: 10.01 ft on June 23, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.72 ft on October 16, 2026 1990 1999

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
November 29, 202212.60 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

escambia-river-near-molino.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,047 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.