Gulf Coast Gauges

Magnolia River at US 98 near Foley water level

USGS gauge 02378300 · Baldwin County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge MAGA1

2.50 ft

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

Highest since 2000 (USGS)
18.17 ft (April 30, 2014)
Usual range
2.33 to 2.89 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Baldwin 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

2.3 2.6 2.9 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 16.27 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 16.27 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

2.3 5.6 8.8 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2000

In 27 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2000), the highest peak was 18.17 ft on April 30, 2014. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 8.82 ft on October 4, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 8 of 27 years.

7 10 13 16 19 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2000: 7.45 ft on March 30, 2000 Water year 2001: 8.42 ft on July 31, 2001 Water year 2002: 10.87 ft on September 26, 2002 Water year 2003: 12.42 ft on July 1, 2003 Water year 2004: 11.72 ft on September 16, 2004 Water year 2005: 14.46 ft on April 6, 2005 Water year 2006: 8.05 ft on May 11, 2006 Water year 2007: 7.45 ft on July 24, 2007 Water year 2008: 9.20 ft on October 19, 2007 Water year 2009: 10.71 ft on March 28, 2009 Water year 2010: 9.43 ft on November 10, 2009 Water year 2011: 10.05 ft on March 9, 2011 Water year 2012: 8.11 ft on February 19, 2012 Water year 2013: 9.32 ft on August 18, 2013 Water year 2014: 18.17 ft on April 30, 2014 Water year 2015: 9.30 ft on April 13, 2015 Water year 2016: 9.04 ft on August 10, 2016 Water year 2017: 13.60 ft on January 3, 2017 Water year 2018: 10.94 ft on October 22, 2017 Water year 2019: 9.24 ft on December 14, 2018 Water year 2020: 17.39 ft on September 16, 2020 Water year 2021: 9.96 ft on April 10, 2021 Water year 2022: 9.46 ft on October 5, 2021 Water year 2023: 8.64 ft on June 19, 2023 Water year 2024: 8.23 ft on June 3, 2024 Water year 2025: 9.27 ft on March 30, 2025 Water year 2026: 8.33 ft on October 19, 2025 Water year 2027 so far: 8.82 ft on October 4, 2026 2014 2020 2005

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
April 30, 201418.17 ft—
September 16, 202017.39 ft—
April 6, 200514.46 ft—
January 3, 201713.60 ft—
July 1, 200312.42 ft—
September 16, 200411.72 ft—
January 1, 201711.66 ft—
October 22, 201710.94 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

magnolia-river-at-us-98-near-foley.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,035 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.