Gulf Coast Gauges

Shoal River near Crestview water level

USGS gauge 02369000 · Okaloosa County · Pensacola and the Emerald Coast · NWS gauge CRVF1

5.44 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
2.6 ft
NWS action stage
6.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
8.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
12.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
15.0 ft
Highest since 1939 (USGS)
21.40 ft (September 30, 1998)
Usual range
3.18 to 7.57 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Okaloosa 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

3.2 5.4 7.6 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 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 47.21 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 47.21 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

3.0 7.7 12.5 NWS minor flood stage 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1939

In 88 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1939), the highest peak was 21.40 ft on September 30, 1998. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 12.49 ft on October 11, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 76 of 88 years.

6 10 14 18 23 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 15 ft moderate 12 ft minor 8 ft action 6 ft Water year 1939: 11.18 ft on August 18, 1939 Water year 1940: 14.26 ft on July 7, 1940 Water year 1941: 7.26 ft on July 7, 1941 Water year 1942: 8.33 ft on January 4, 1942 Water year 1943: 7.15 ft on March 8, 1943 Water year 1944: 11.05 ft on September 12, 1944 Water year 1945: 7.67 ft on January 9, 1945 Water year 1946: 9.23 ft on March 29, 1946 Water year 1947: 12.57 ft on March 9, 1947 Water year 1948: 9.54 ft on April 3, 1948 Water year 1949: 7.95 ft on November 24, 1948 Water year 1950: 10.38 ft on September 2, 1950 Water year 1951: 7.56 ft on March 20, 1951 Water year 1952: 6.96 ft on February 16, 1952 Water year 1953: 13.93 ft on September 28, 1953 Water year 1954: 8.68 ft on December 15, 1953 Water year 1955: 10.43 ft on May 24, 1955 Water year 1956: 10.73 ft on September 26, 1956 Water year 1957: 7.68 ft on September 21, 1957 Water year 1958: 7.02 ft on April 11, 1958 Water year 1959: 8.51 ft on June 1, 1959 Water year 1960: 10.73 ft on April 5, 1960 Water year 1961: 9.10 ft on June 22, 1961 Water year 1962: 10.89 ft on April 2, 1962 Water year 1963: 8.57 ft on February 13, 1963 Water year 1964: 12.11 ft on April 29, 1964 Water year 1965: 11.13 ft on December 27, 1964 Water year 1966: 8.72 ft on March 2, 1966 Water year 1967: 7.18 ft on January 3, 1967 Water year 1968: 8.99 ft on November 3, 1967 Water year 1969: 8.70 ft on May 20, 1969 Water year 1970: 11.29 ft on June 5, 1970 Water year 1971: 8.34 ft on February 9, 1971 Water year 1972: 6.88 ft on May 10, 1972 Water year 1973: 8.00 ft on April 2, 1973 Water year 1974: 9.70 ft on December 28, 1973 Water year 1975: 15.58 ft on August 1, 1975 Water year 1976: 10.33 ft on October 19, 1975 Water year 1977: 8.19 ft on November 30, 1976 Water year 1978: 13.10 ft on January 27, 1978 Water year 1979: 10.25 ft on February 26, 1979 Water year 1980: 9.38 ft on March 10, 1980 Water year 1981: 10.28 ft on February 12, 1981 Water year 1982: 11.09 ft on February 5, 1982 Water year 1983: 8.71 ft on April 10, 1983 Water year 1984: 9.97 ft on March 8, 1984 Water year 1985: 7.87 ft on June 16, 1985 Water year 1986: 10.18 ft on March 15, 1986 Water year 1987: 7.50 ft on February 24, 1987 Water year 1988: 8.31 ft on February 21, 1988 Water year 1989: 14.24 ft on June 10, 1989 Water year 1990: 13.74 ft on March 18, 1990 Water year 1991: 10.06 ft on February 1, 1991 Water year 1992: 8.02 ft on January 15, 1992 Water year 1993: 9.54 ft on November 27, 1992 Water year 1994: 14.82 ft on July 8, 1994 Water year 1995: 10.73 ft on May 11, 1995 Water year 1996: 10.10 ft on October 6, 1995 Water year 1997: 8.50 ft on February 17, 1997 Water year 1998: 21.40 ft on September 30, 1998 Water year 1999: 8.00 ft on July 14, 1999 Water year 2000: 7.03 ft on October 11, 1999 Water year 2001: 8.43 ft on March 17, 2001 Water year 2002: 7.43 ft on September 27, 2002 Water year 2003: 10.43 ft on July 3, 2003 Water year 2004: 12.19 ft on September 18, 2004 Water year 2005: 11.80 ft on April 3, 2005 Water year 2006: 7.25 ft on December 17, 2005 Water year 2007: 7.22 ft on April 3, 2007 Water year 2008: 8.74 ft on April 7, 2008 Water year 2009: 15.78 ft on March 30, 2009 Water year 2010: 11.86 ft on January 23, 2010 Water year 2011: 7.21 ft on September 6, 2011 Water year 2012: 8.72 ft on September 7, 2012 Water year 2013: 9.62 ft on February 25, 2013 Water year 2014: 13.35 ft on May 1, 2014 Water year 2015: 8.73 ft on December 26, 2014 Water year 2016: 10.10 ft on November 4, 2015 Water year 2017: 11.35 ft on January 4, 2017 Water year 2018: 10.26 ft on February 13, 2018 Water year 2019: 9.37 ft on December 4, 2018 Water year 2020: 16.61 ft on September 17, 2020 Water year 2021: 10.37 ft on April 26, 2021 Water year 2022: 7.53 ft on April 19, 2022 Water year 2023: 6.93 ft on March 30, 2023 Water year 2024: 8.36 ft on March 11, 2024 Water year 2025: 6.71 ft on December 31, 2024 Water year 2026: 8.43 ft on June 22, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 12.49 ft on October 11, 2026 1998 2020 2009

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 30, 199821.40 ft13.4 ft
September 17, 202016.61 ft8.6 ft
March 29, 200915.78 ft7.8 ft
August 1, 197515.58 ft7.6 ft
July 8, 199414.82 ft6.8 ft
July 7, 194014.26 ft6.3 ft
June 10, 198914.24 ft6.2 ft
September 28, 195313.93 ft5.9 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

shoal-river-near-crestview.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,046 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.