Gulf Coast Gauges

Perdido River at Barrineau Park water level

USGS gauge 02376500 · Escambia County · Pensacola and the Emerald Coast · NWS gauge BRPF1

1.53 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 4 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
11.5 ft
NWS action stage
9.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
13.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
19.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
26.0 ft
Highest since 1929 (USGS)
26.30 ft (September 29, 1998)
Usual range
1.47 to 2.62 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

1.5 2.0 2.6 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 14, 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 28.00 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 28.00 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 14, 2026

1.4 2.7 4.0 2026-09-14 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1929

In 85 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1929), the highest peak was 26.30 ft on September 29, 1998. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.98 ft on October 5, 2026.

2 9 15 22 28 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 26 ft moderate 19 ft minor 13 ft action 9 ft Water year 1929: 25.70 ft on March 15, 1929 Water year 1943: 12.04 ft on January 19, 1943 Water year 1944: 16.17 ft on March 24, 1944 Water year 1945: 8.16 ft on April 23, 1945 Water year 1946: 14.33 ft on March 29, 1946 Water year 1947: 15.62 ft on March 9, 1947 Water year 1948: 11.00 ft on March 4, 1948 Water year 1949: 14.30 ft on March 24, 1949 Water year 1950: 14.07 ft on April 6, 1950 Water year 1951: 14.45 ft on March 21, 1951 Water year 1952: 9.40 ft on February 17, 1952 Water year 1953: 8.50 ft on July 17, 1953 Water year 1954: 16.60 ft on December 6, 1953 Water year 1955: 23.94 ft on April 15, 1955 Water year 1956: 11.33 ft on September 25, 1956 Water year 1957: 15.62 ft on April 7, 1957 Water year 1958: 11.94 ft on June 22, 1958 Water year 1959: 10.78 ft on May 23, 1959 Water year 1960: 14.68 ft on April 4, 1960 Water year 1961: 15.72 ft on April 12, 1961 Water year 1962: 17.60 ft on April 2, 1962 Water year 1963: 10.16 ft on January 23, 1963 Water year 1964: 16.30 ft on April 28, 1964 Water year 1965: 14.86 ft on January 25, 1965 Water year 1966: 17.28 ft on October 2, 1965 Water year 1967: 14.38 ft on January 3, 1967 Water year 1968: 8.39 ft on December 14, 1967 Water year 1969: 13.08 ft on May 20, 1969 Water year 1970: 16.59 ft on June 3, 1970 Water year 1971: 10.51 ft on September 8, 1971 Water year 1972: 10.10 ft on May 11, 1972 Water year 1973: 12.09 ft on April 9, 1973 Water year 1974: 19.04 ft on September 9, 1974 Water year 1975: 19.41 ft on August 1, 1975 Water year 1976: 15.35 ft on January 2, 1976 Water year 1977: 8.77 ft on August 7, 1977 Water year 1978: 18.95 ft on January 26, 1978 Water year 1979: 14.50 ft on March 6, 1979 Water year 1980: 19.17 ft on April 15, 1980 Water year 1981: 18.28 ft on February 11, 1981 Water year 1982: 9.57 ft on February 4, 1982 Water year 1983: 20.86 ft on April 9, 1983 Water year 1984: 15.16 ft on August 4, 1984 Water year 1985: 13.28 ft on July 28, 1985 Water year 1986: 15.26 ft on October 31, 1985 Water year 1987: 9.85 ft on December 12, 1986 Water year 1988: 10.88 ft on September 18, 1988 Water year 1989: 18.85 ft on June 9, 1989 Water year 1990: 21.37 ft on March 17, 1990 Water year 1991: 13.19 ft on May 11, 1991 Water year 1992: 15.10 ft on January 13, 1992 Water year 1993: 14.13 ft on January 23, 1993 Water year 1994: 11.54 ft on April 14, 1994 Water year 1995: 18.75 ft on May 11, 1995 Water year 1996: 20.32 ft on October 5, 1995 Water year 1997: 14.58 ft on July 22, 1997 Water year 1998: 26.30 ft on September 29, 1998 Water year 1999: 14.90 ft on June 28, 1999 Water year 2000: 6.42 ft on October 11, 1999 Water year 2001: 12.89 ft on March 6, 2001 Water year 2002: 17.01 ft on September 27, 2002 Water year 2003: 19.16 ft on May 20, 2003 Water year 2004: 16.76 ft on September 18, 2004 Water year 2005: 15.11 ft on April 1, 2005 Water year 2006: 6.57 ft on January 2, 2006 Water year 2007: 12.27 ft on November 18, 2006 Water year 2008: 14.05 ft on April 6, 2008 Water year 2009: 17.62 ft on March 28, 2009 Water year 2010: 21.23 ft on December 16, 2009 Water year 2011: 7.46 ft on July 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 14.51 ft on June 13, 2012 Water year 2013: 12.07 ft on May 5, 2013 Water year 2014: 14.45 ft on May 2, 2014 Water year 2015: 13.73 ft on April 16, 2015 Water year 2016: 15.34 ft on December 26, 2015 Water year 2017: 18.13 ft on January 3, 2017 Water year 2018: 17.98 ft on September 7, 2018 Water year 2019: 10.66 ft on November 15, 2018 Water year 2020: 22.27 ft on September 16, 2020 Water year 2021: 15.85 ft on September 1, 2021 Water year 2022: 14.70 ft on May 27, 2022 Water year 2023: 8.16 ft on April 28, 2023 Water year 2024: 10.10 ft on May 14, 2024 Water year 2025: 20.71 ft on April 8, 2025 Water year 2026: 18.05 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.98 ft on October 5, 2026 1998 1929 1955

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 29, 199826.30 ft13.3 ft
March 15, 192925.70 ft12.7 ft
April 15, 199523.94 ft10.9 ft
September 16, 202022.27 ft9.3 ft
March 17, 199021.37 ft8.4 ft
December 16, 200921.23 ft8.2 ft
April 9, 198320.86 ft7.9 ft
April 8, 202520.71 ft7.7 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

perdido-river-at-barrineau-park.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 14, 2026, 932 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.