Gulf Coast Gauges

Murder Creek at State Highway 41 at Brewton water level

USGS gauge 02374700 · Escambia County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge BWMA1

9.93 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
12.1 ft
NWS action stage
17.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
22.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
25.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
29.0 ft
Highest since 1916 (USGS)
37.00 ft (March 15, 1929)
Usual range
9.81 to 10.79 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Escambia 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

9.8 10.3 10.8 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 51.85 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 51.85 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

9.8 10.9 11.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1916

In 30 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1916), the highest peak was 37.00 ft on March 15, 1929. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 11.94 ft on October 11, 2026.

10 17 24 32 39 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 29 ft moderate 25 ft minor 22 ft action 17 ft Water year 1916: 30.20 ft on July 8, 1916 Water year 1929: 37.00 ft on March 15, 1929 Water year 1998: 25.90 ft on September 30, 1998 Water year 2000: 12.46 ft on October 10, 1999 Water year 2001: 24.44 ft on March 4, 2001 Water year 2002: 16.14 ft on September 26, 2002 Water year 2003: 20.51 ft on July 2, 2003 Water year 2004: 19.32 ft on September 17, 2004 Water year 2005: 20.74 ft on September 26, 2005 Water year 2006: 13.46 ft on February 26, 2006 Water year 2007: 20.01 ft on April 2, 2007 Water year 2008: 18.17 ft on December 30, 2007 Water year 2009: 18.84 ft on March 28, 2009 Water year 2010: 28.27 ft on December 15, 2009 Water year 2011: 16.91 ft on March 9, 2011 Water year 2012: 16.80 ft on February 19, 2012 Water year 2013: 19.69 ft on February 12, 2013 Water year 2014: 22.22 ft on May 15, 2014 Water year 2015: 17.06 ft on April 19, 2015 Water year 2016: 22.55 ft on December 26, 2015 Water year 2017: 23.29 ft on January 4, 2017 Water year 2018: 16.60 ft on October 23, 2017 Water year 2019: 18.09 ft on December 30, 2018 Water year 2020: 27.79 ft on September 17, 2020 Water year 2021: 17.95 ft on September 1, 2021 Water year 2022: 27.08 ft on October 6, 2021 Water year 2023: 18.63 ft on June 19, 2023 Water year 2024: 20.13 ft on March 9, 2024 Water year 2025: 18.74 ft on April 7, 2025 Water year 2026: 21.11 ft on June 21, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 11.94 ft on October 11, 2026 1929 1916 2010

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 15, 192937.00 ft15.0 ft
March 17, 199032.61 ft10.6 ft
March 13, 199030.93 ft8.9 ft
July 8, 191630.20 ft8.2 ft
April 11, 197529.90 ft7.9 ft
December 15, 200928.27 ft6.3 ft
March 9, 199827.90 ft5.9 ft
September 17, 202027.64 ft5.6 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

murder-creek-at-state-highway-41-at-brewton.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,048 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.