Gulf Coast Gauges

Sopchoppy River near Sopchoppy water level

USGS gauge 02327100 · Wakulla County · Apalachicola and Tallahassee · NWS gauge SOPF1

9.63 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM EDT · 3 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
18.4 ft
NWS action stage
20.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
28.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
30.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
34.0 ft
Highest since 1961 (USGS)
36.78 ft (June 26, 2012)
Usual range
8.39 to 16.13 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Wakulla County was active when this page was generated (Oct 23, 2026 at 6:50 PM EDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

8.4 12.3 16.1 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 the gauge's zero point. This gauge's zero is set at 0 ft NGVD29, so its gage height is the water surface elevation above that datum. It is not a water depth.

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

8.3 14.5 20.8 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1961

In 65 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1961), the highest peak was 36.78 ft on June 26, 2012. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 20.82 ft on October 10, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 10 of 65 years.

11 18 25 32 39 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 major 34 ft moderate 30 ft minor 28 ft action 20 ft Water year 1961: 24.46 ft on September 1, 1961 Water year 1962: 29.26 ft on April 1, 1962 Water year 1963: 23.27 ft on November 30, 1962 Water year 1964: 28.37 ft on March 1, 1964 Water year 1965: 33.78 ft on December 5, 1964 Water year 1966: 27.03 ft on March 5, 1966 Water year 1967: 31.15 ft on August 21, 1967 Water year 1968: 13.12 ft on January 3, 1968 Water year 1969: 30.69 ft on September 23, 1969 Water year 1970: 21.20 ft on August 29, 1970 Water year 1971: 15.95 ft on November 1, 1970 Water year 1972: 27.66 ft on April 1, 1972 Water year 1973: 32.89 ft on April 1, 1973 Water year 1974: 27.75 ft on September 7, 1974 Water year 1975: 34.47 ft on July 31, 1975 Water year 1976: 22.73 ft on May 26, 1976 Water year 1977: 23.23 ft on November 30, 1976 Water year 1978: 22.89 ft on March 10, 1978 Water year 1979: 30.00 ft on September 28, 1979 Water year 1980: 29.24 ft on July 26, 1980 Water year 1981: 30.16 ft on February 13, 1981 Water year 1982: 25.10 ft on June 20, 1982 Water year 1983: 19.70 ft on April 10, 1983 Water year 1984: 30.93 ft on April 5, 1984 Water year 1985: 30.31 ft on September 2, 1985 Water year 1986: 28.86 ft on February 11, 1986 Water year 1987: 28.93 ft on March 31, 1987 Water year 1988: 25.47 ft on March 6, 1988 Water year 1989: 21.93 ft on July 7, 1989 Water year 1990: 20.45 ft on October 2, 1989 Water year 1991: 33.47 ft on March 4, 1991 Water year 1992: 25.41 ft on February 20, 1992 Water year 1993: 24.72 ft on January 10, 1993 Water year 1994: 32.50 ft on August 17, 1994 Water year 1995: 30.75 ft on October 4, 1994 Water year 1996: 19.51 ft on April 1, 1996 Water year 1997: 26.87 ft on August 4, 1997 Water year 1998: 31.13 ft on September 4, 1998 Water year 1999: 31.73 ft on October 1, 1998 Water year 2000: 34.25 ft on September 23, 2000 Water year 2001: 30.38 ft on August 7, 2001 Water year 2002: 32.19 ft on March 4, 2002 Water year 2003: 31.13 ft on March 10, 2003 Water year 2004: 21.91 ft on June 18, 2004 Water year 2005: 27.76 ft on July 12, 2005 Water year 2006: 20.04 ft on January 3, 2006 Water year 2007: 20.24 ft on February 3, 2007 Water year 2008: 29.42 ft on August 24, 2008 Water year 2009: 31.21 ft on April 4, 2009 Water year 2010: 30.23 ft on January 22, 2010 Water year 2011: 13.37 ft on February 12, 2011 Water year 2012: 36.78 ft on June 26, 2012 Water year 2014: 29.75 ft on March 18, 2014 Water year 2015: 30.78 ft on December 25, 2014 Water year 2016: 25.93 ft on April 4, 2016 Water year 2017: 25.89 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 27.90 ft on August 3, 2018 Water year 2019: 29.82 ft on December 4, 2018 Water year 2020: 29.51 ft on September 18, 2020 Water year 2021: 25.81 ft on September 17, 2021 Water year 2022: 30.38 ft on October 7, 2021 Water year 2023: 20.62 ft on June 23, 2023 Water year 2024: 33.14 ft on September 27, 2024 Water year 2025: 24.01 ft on August 26, 2025 Water year 2026: 14.06 ft on July 21, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 20.82 ft on October 10, 2026 2012 1975 2000

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
June 26, 201236.80 ft8.8 ft
July 31, 197534.47 ft6.5 ft
September 23, 200034.25 ft6.2 ft
December 5, 196433.78 ft5.8 ft
March 4, 199133.47 ft5.5 ft
April 1, 197332.89 ft4.9 ft
August 17, 199432.50 ft4.5 ft
March 4, 200232.19 ft4.2 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

sopchoppy-river-near-sopchoppy.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,924 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.