Gulf Coast Gauges

Mobile River at Barry Steamplant near Bucks (intake) water level

USGS gauge 02470630 · Mobile County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge BCKA1

3.90 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT · 2 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
8.1 ft
NWS action stage
7.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
12.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
17.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
22.0 ft
Highest since 1953 (USGS)
18.19 ft (March 6, 1961)
Usual range
2.53 to 4.24 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 5:05 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

0.8 2.5 4.2 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 -0.10 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -0.10 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

0.8 2.9 5.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1953

In 72 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1953), the highest peak was 18.19 ft on March 6, 1961. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 5.01 ft on October 1, 2026.

4 9 14 18 23 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 22 ft moderate 17 ft minor 12 ft action 7 ft Water year 1953: 8.10 ft on February 25, 1953 Water year 1954: 8.18 ft on February 2, 1954 Water year 1955: 10.38 ft on April 23, 1955 Water year 1956: 9.96 ft on March 27, 1956 Water year 1957: 10.48 ft on April 17, 1957 Water year 1958: 8.97 ft on March 18, 1958 Water year 1960: 9.10 ft on March 22, 1960 Water year 1961: 18.19 ft on March 6, 1961 Water year 1962: 10.46 ft on April 25, 1962 Water year 1963: 7.90 ft on March 26, 1963 Water year 1964: 13.77 ft on April 22, 1964 Water year 1965: 10.29 ft on February 25, 1965 Water year 1966: 11.85 ft on February 28, 1966 Water year 1967: 5.82 ft on March 2, 1967 Water year 1968: 10.20 ft on January 4, 1968 Water year 1969: 9.44 ft on April 27, 1969 Water year 1970: 11.33 ft on April 2, 1970 Water year 1971: 13.52 ft on March 13, 1971 Water year 1972: 12.67 ft on January 21, 1972 Water year 1973: 13.81 ft on April 8, 1973 Water year 1974: 10.57 ft on January 10, 1974 Water year 1976: 14.95 ft on April 8, 1976 Water year 1977: 12.94 ft on April 16, 1977 Water year 1978: 10.72 ft on May 17, 1978 Water year 1979: 17.72 ft on April 25, 1979 Water year 1980: 17.40 ft on April 3, 1980 Water year 1981: 10.82 ft on April 10, 1981 Water year 1982: 11.48 ft on May 2, 1982 Water year 1983: 14.82 ft on April 18, 1983 Water year 1984: 13.03 ft on December 17, 1983 Water year 1985: 9.52 ft on February 13, 1985 Water year 1986: 7.23 ft on March 19, 1986 Water year 1987: 12.10 ft on March 9, 1987 Water year 1988: 6.83 ft on January 26, 1988 Water year 1989: 10.33 ft on March 14, 1989 Water year 1990: 16.50 ft on February 27, 1990 Water year 1991: 13.50 ft on March 7, 1991 Water year 1992: 8.51 ft on February 23, 1992 Water year 1993: 11.41 ft on January 27, 1993 Water year 1994: 9.22 ft on April 6, 1994 Water year 1995: 12.00 ft on March 16, 1995 Water year 1996: 13.22 ft on February 9, 1996 Water year 1997: 10.72 ft on March 10, 1997 Water year 1998: 12.83 ft on March 17, 1998 Water year 1999: 13.12 ft on February 7, 1999 Water year 2000: 11.16 ft on April 14, 2000 Water year 2001: 12.05 ft on March 10, 2001 Water year 2002: 10.74 ft on December 31, 2001 Water year 2003: 11.84 ft on May 28, 2003 Water year 2004: 11.07 ft on February 18, 2004 Water year 2005: 12.92 ft on April 8, 2005 Water year 2006: 9.11 ft on March 3, 2006 Water year 2007: 8.23 ft on January 13, 2007 Water year 2008: 7.03 ft on September 1, 2008 Water year 2009: 13.85 ft on April 4, 2009 Water year 2010: 12.28 ft on December 25, 2009 Water year 2011: 12.42 ft on March 18, 2011 Water year 2012: 7.90 ft on February 2, 2012 Water year 2013: 12.88 ft on February 19, 2013 Water year 2014: 13.30 ft on April 17, 2014 Water year 2015: 9.80 ft on January 12, 2015 Water year 2016: 14.12 ft on January 6, 2016 Water year 2017: 12.20 ft on June 30, 2017 Water year 2018: 10.53 ft on February 18, 2018 Water year 2019: 14.29 ft on March 7, 2019 Water year 2020: 15.14 ft on February 26, 2020 Water year 2021: 10.28 ft on April 8, 2021 Water year 2022: 11.46 ft on March 31, 2022 Water year 2023: 10.39 ft on February 24, 2023 Water year 2024: 10.86 ft on February 20, 2024 Water year 2025: 11.02 ft on April 15, 2025 Water year 2026: 8.27 ft on June 25, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 5.01 ft on October 1, 2026 1961 1979

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
March 6, 196118.19 ft6.2 ft
April 25, 197917.72 ft5.7 ft
April 4, 198017.40 ft5.4 ft
February 27, 199016.50 ft4.5 ft
February 28, 199016.27 ft4.3 ft
February 26, 202015.13 ft3.1 ft
April 8, 197614.95 ft2.9 ft
April 18, 198314.82 ft2.8 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

mobile-river-at-barry-steamplant-near-bucks-intake.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,019 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.