Gulf Coast Gauges

Shoal River near Mossy Head water level

USGS gauge 02368500 · Walton County · Pensacola and the Emerald Coast · NWS gauge MHDF1

7.53 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
6.5 ft
NWS action stage
10.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
14.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
16.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
20.0 ft
Highest since 1956 (USGS)
25.65 ft (September 16, 2020)
Usual range
6.43 to 9.98 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Walton 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

6.4 8.2 10.0 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 105.59 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 105.59 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

6.3 14.4 22.5 NWS minor flood stage 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1956

In 50 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1956), the highest peak was 25.65 ft on September 16, 2020. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 22.49 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 44 of 50 years.

7 12 17 22 27 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 20 ft moderate 16 ft minor 14 ft action 10 ft Water year 1956: 18.30 ft on September 25, 1956 Water year 1957: 11.83 ft on September 20, 1957 Water year 1958: 10.88 ft on August 17, 1958 Water year 1959: 14.08 ft on June 11, 1959 Water year 1960: 16.84 ft on April 2, 1960 Water year 1961: 14.26 ft on April 12, 1961 Water year 1962: 19.21 ft on April 1, 1962 Water year 1963: 15.42 ft on September 29, 1963 Water year 1964: 23.64 ft on April 27, 1964 Water year 1965: 22.95 ft on December 26, 1964 Water year 1966: 15.36 ft on February 28, 1966 Water year 1967: 9.48 ft on February 7, 1967 Water year 1968: 16.42 ft on December 10, 1967 Water year 1969: 15.95 ft on May 19, 1969 Water year 1970: 16.49 ft on June 4, 1970 Water year 1971: 14.53 ft on February 21, 1971 Water year 1972: 8.44 ft on May 8, 1972 Water year 1973: 11.96 ft on March 31, 1973 Water year 1974: 18.03 ft on December 26, 1973 Water year 1975: 22.71 ft on July 31, 1975 Water year 1976: 14.52 ft on October 18, 1975 Water year 1977: 12.66 ft on September 10, 1977 Water year 1978: 20.65 ft on April 13, 1978 Water year 1989: 24.73 ft on June 9, 1989 Water year 2001: 14.69 ft on March 15, 2001 Water year 2002: 12.02 ft on April 10, 2002 Water year 2003: 15.89 ft on July 2, 2003 Water year 2004: 19.96 ft on September 17, 2004 Water year 2005: 19.85 ft on April 2, 2005 Water year 2006: 10.75 ft on February 26, 2006 Water year 2007: 10.96 ft on March 2, 2007 Water year 2008: 15.38 ft on November 27, 2007 Water year 2009: 22.87 ft on March 29, 2009 Water year 2010: 22.30 ft on January 21, 2010 Water year 2011: 10.89 ft on March 10, 2011 Water year 2012: 16.16 ft on September 5, 2012 Water year 2013: 16.72 ft on February 23, 2013 Water year 2014: 22.27 ft on April 30, 2014 Water year 2015: 17.45 ft on December 24, 2014 Water year 2016: 18.77 ft on November 2, 2015 Water year 2017: 19.76 ft on January 3, 2017 Water year 2018: 18.77 ft on February 12, 2018 Water year 2019: 17.27 ft on December 2, 2018 Water year 2020: 25.65 ft on September 16, 2020 Water year 2021: 20.73 ft on April 25, 2021 Water year 2022: 11.85 ft on March 19, 2022 Water year 2023: 10.71 ft on March 29, 2023 Water year 2024: 13.99 ft on March 9, 2024 Water year 2025: 11.83 ft on May 12, 2025 Water year 2026: 15.01 ft on June 22, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 22.49 ft on October 10, 2026 2020 1989 1964

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 16, 202025.65 ft11.6 ft
June 9, 198924.73 ft10.7 ft
April 27, 196423.64 ft9.6 ft
December 26, 196422.95 ft8.9 ft
March 29, 200922.87 ft8.9 ft
July 31, 197522.71 ft8.7 ft
January 21, 201022.30 ft8.3 ft
April 30, 201422.27 ft8.3 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-mossy-head.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.