Gulf Coast Gauges

Holmes Creek at Vernon water level

USGS gauge 02366000 · Washington County · Panama City · NWS gauge VRNF1

11.60 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
12.4 ft
NWS action stage
20.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
24.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
30.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
32.0 ft
Highest since 1950 (USGS)
23.35 ft (April 4, 1960)
Usual range
11.01 to 13.51 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Washington 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

11.0 12.3 13.5 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 10.70 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 10.70 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

11.0 12.5 14.1 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1950

In 55 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1950), the highest peak was 23.35 ft on April 4, 1960. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 14.12 ft on October 12, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 1 of 55 years.

12 17 22 27 31 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 moderate 30 ft minor 24 ft action 20 ft Water year 1950: 19.02 ft on September 2, 1950 Water year 1951: 14.38 ft on April 2, 1951 Water year 1952: 16.40 ft on February 19, 1952 Water year 1953: 17.55 ft on April 15, 1953 Water year 1954: 18.77 ft on December 25, 1953 Water year 1955: 17.96 ft on May 25, 1955 Water year 1956: 14.58 ft on July 7, 1956 Water year 1957: 15.56 ft on June 11, 1957 Water year 1958: 16.66 ft on April 13, 1958 Water year 1959: 17.53 ft on March 9, 1959 Water year 1960: 23.35 ft on April 4, 1960 Water year 1961: 16.71 ft on September 3, 1961 Water year 1962: 19.48 ft on April 3, 1962 Water year 1963: 17.47 ft on July 28, 1963 Water year 1964: 21.12 ft on April 30, 1964 Water year 1965: 19.13 ft on October 6, 1964 Water year 1966: 19.38 ft on March 2, 1966 Water year 1967: 17.20 ft on February 10, 1967 Water year 1968: 15.21 ft on November 4, 1967 Water year 1969: 14.43 ft on August 19, 1969 Water year 1970: 19.29 ft on February 18, 1970 Water year 1971: 15.70 ft on February 23, 1971 Water year 1972: 15.68 ft on April 2, 1972 Water year 1973: 18.05 ft on April 8, 1973 Water year 1974: 17.55 ft on February 10, 1974 Water year 1975: 21.25 ft on April 13, 1975 Water year 1976: 18.05 ft on October 19, 1975 Water year 1977: 17.80 ft on January 17, 1977 Water year 1978: 21.38 ft on March 10, 1978 Water year 1979: 20.42 ft on February 26, 1979 Water year 1986: 21.15 ft on February 7, 1986 Water year 1987: 17.46 ft on March 6, 1987 Water year 1988: 19.65 ft on March 29, 1988 Water year 1989: 22.95 ft on June 11, 1989 Water year 1990: 16.34 ft on March 22, 1990 Water year 2006: 15.66 ft on January 5, 2006 Water year 2007: 14.36 ft on February 5, 2007 Water year 2008: 20.92 ft on February 25, 2008 Water year 2009: 21.57 ft on April 4, 2009 Water year 2010: 20.55 ft on January 23, 2010 Water year 2011: 13.63 ft on March 13, 2011 Water year 2012: 18.78 ft on March 6, 2012 Water year 2013: 23.09 ft on August 20, 2013 Water year 2014: 21.04 ft on April 20, 2014 Water year 2015: 17.57 ft on October 16, 2014 Water year 2016: 19.97 ft on January 1, 2016 Water year 2017: 19.83 ft on January 4, 2017 Water year 2018: 20.81 ft on February 13, 2018 Water year 2019: 21.65 ft on December 4, 2018 Water year 2021: 18.94 ft on April 27, 2021 Water year 2022: 15.76 ft on March 22, 2022 Water year 2023: 16.14 ft on July 18, 2023 Water year 2024: 19.73 ft on May 20, 2024 Water year 2025: 16.60 ft on October 1, 2024 Water year 2026: 17.78 ft on May 28, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 14.12 ft on October 12, 2026 1960 2013 1989

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 17, 202027.02 ft3.0 ft
April 4, 196023.35 ft—
August 19, 201323.09 ft—
June 11, 198922.95 ft—
July 7, 201321.75 ft—
December 4, 201821.65 ft—
April 4, 200921.57 ft—
March 10, 197821.38 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

holmes-creek-at-vernon.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.