Gulf Coast Gauges

Limestone Creek near Monroeville water level

USGS gauge 02429000 · Monroe County · Mobile Bay

6.57 ft

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

Highest since 1952 (USGS)
16.28 ft (February 25, 1961)
Usual range
6.25 to 7.09 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Monroe 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

6.2 6.7 7.1 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 102.31 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 102.31 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

6.2 7.4 8.6 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1952

In 25 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1952), the highest peak was 16.28 ft on February 25, 1961. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 8.58 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 6 of 25 years.

6 9 12 14 17 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 Water year 1952: 9.02 ft on March 23, 1952 Water year 1953: 7.40 ft on December 10, 1952 Water year 1954: 9.50 ft on December 4, 1953 Water year 1955: 11.50 ft on April 14, 1955 Water year 1956: 10.13 ft on July 8, 1956 Water year 1957: 10.57 ft on December 23, 1956 Water year 1958: 8.62 ft on November 14, 1957 Water year 1959: 8.29 ft on June 10, 1959 Water year 1960: 9.95 ft on March 30, 1960 Water year 1961: 16.28 ft on February 25, 1961 Water year 1962: 12.35 ft on March 31, 1962 Water year 1963: 7.47 ft on March 6, 1963 Water year 1964: 10.28 ft on April 27, 1964 Water year 1965: 12.05 ft on September 30, 1965 Water year 1966: 11.90 ft on October 1, 1965 Water year 1967: 8.64 ft on January 1, 1967 Water year 1968: 7.21 ft on December 11, 1967 Water year 1969: 8.20 ft on March 24, 1969 Water year 1970: 8.98 ft on June 3, 1970 Water year 1971: 9.42 ft on March 3, 1971 Water year 1972: 7.03 ft on March 3, 1972 Water year 1973: 11.03 ft on March 31, 1973 Water year 2023: 12.89 ft on March 28, 2023 Water year 2025: 13.15 ft on December 29, 2024 Water year 2026: 14.05 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 8.58 ft on October 10, 2026 1961 2026

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.

Download the readings

limestone-creek-near-monroeville.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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.