Gulf Coast Gauges

Escatawpa River near Wilmer water level

USGS gauge 02479500 · Mobile County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge AGRA1

7.95 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 4 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
15.1 ft
NWS minor flood stage
23.0 ft
Highest since 1946 (USGS)
28.48 ft (June 20, 2026)
Usual range
7.98 to 9.01 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Mobile 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

8.0 8.5 9.0 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 48.08 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 48.08 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

8.0 9.1 10.3 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1946

In 34 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1946), the highest peak was 28.48 ft on June 20, 2026. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 8.52 ft on October 6, 2026.

7 13 18 24 30 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 minor 23 ft Water year 1946: 18.40 ft on March 28, 1946 Water year 1947: 18.28 ft on April 16, 1947 Water year 1948: 20.90 ft on March 7, 1948 Water year 1949: 24.00 ft on November 28, 1948 Water year 1950: 17.20 ft on September 2, 1950 Water year 1951: 19.60 ft on March 31, 1951 Water year 1952: 14.76 ft on May 20, 1952 Water year 1953: 15.34 ft on February 25, 1953 Water year 1954: 15.20 ft on December 8, 1953 Water year 1955: 23.25 ft on April 14, 1955 Water year 1956: 20.80 ft on July 11, 1956 Water year 1957: 21.10 ft on September 21, 1957 Water year 1958: 16.60 ft on November 15, 1957 Water year 1959: 24.66 ft on June 2, 1959 Water year 1960: 20.76 ft on May 7, 1960 Water year 1961: 21.81 ft on February 25, 1961 Water year 1962: 22.60 ft on December 13, 1961 Water year 1963: 12.30 ft on January 21, 1963 Water year 1964: 17.77 ft on April 28, 1964 Water year 1965: 18.03 ft on January 24, 1965 Water year 1966: 18.10 ft on February 17, 1966 Water year 1967: 13.82 ft on January 2, 1967 Water year 1968: 16.35 ft on October 31, 1967 Water year 1969: 18.68 ft on August 19, 1969 Water year 1970: 14.43 ft on March 5, 1970 Water year 1971: 16.34 ft on December 17, 1970 Water year 1972: 17.19 ft on May 9, 1972 Water year 1973: 17.73 ft on September 14, 1973 Water year 2021: 26.72 ft on August 31, 2021 Water year 2022: 25.62 ft on August 28, 2022 Water year 2023: 22.69 ft on January 31, 2023 Water year 2024: 22.23 ft on January 29, 2024 Water year 2025: 22.26 ft on April 7, 2025 Water year 2026: 28.48 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 8.52 ft on October 6, 2026 2026 2021

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
June 20, 202628.48 ft5.5 ft
August 31, 202126.72 ft3.7 ft
August 28, 202225.62 ft2.6 ft
September 19, 202124.75 ft1.8 ft
September 19, 202124.75 ft1.8 ft
June 2, 195924.66 ft1.7 ft
November 28, 194824.00 ft1.0 ft
June 21, 202123.97 ft1.0 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

escatawpa-river-near-wilmer.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,031 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.