Gulf Coast Gauges

Styx River near Elsanor water level

USGS gauge 02377570 · Baldwin County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge STXA1

1.72 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
10.3 ft
NWS action stage
7.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
12.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
14.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
17.0 ft
Highest since 1988 (USGS)
28.60 ft (September 29, 1998)
Usual range
1.64 to 3.82 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Baldwin 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

1.6 2.7 3.8 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 13.37 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 13.37 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

1.5 5.1 8.7 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1988

In 39 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1988), the highest peak was 28.60 ft on September 29, 1998. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 8.73 ft on October 5, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 4 of 39 years.

4 11 17 24 30 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 major 17 ft moderate 14 ft minor 12 ft action 7 ft Water year 1988: 13.18 ft on September 17, 1988 Water year 1989: 20.18 ft on June 9, 1989 Water year 1990: 20.07 ft on March 17, 1990 Water year 1991: 12.56 ft on January 31, 1991 Water year 1992: 16.61 ft on January 14, 1992 Water year 1993: 14.05 ft on March 31, 1993 Water year 1994: 15.40 ft on July 8, 1994 Water year 1995: 16.97 ft on May 11, 1995 Water year 1996: 20.50 ft on October 5, 1995 Water year 1997: 19.82 ft on July 21, 1997 Water year 1998: 28.60 ft on September 29, 1998 Water year 1999: 9.00 ft on June 28, 1999 Water year 2000: 7.73 ft on October 11, 1999 Water year 2001: 12.01 ft on March 15, 2001 Water year 2002: 17.38 ft on September 27, 2002 Water year 2003: 18.26 ft on July 2, 2003 Water year 2004: 11.93 ft on February 27, 2004 Water year 2005: 19.59 ft on April 1, 2005 Water year 2006: 5.76 ft on September 13, 2006 Water year 2007: 7.20 ft on November 17, 2006 Water year 2008: 7.20 ft on November 17, 2007 Water year 2009: 19.51 ft on March 29, 2009 Water year 2010: 17.69 ft on January 22, 2010 Water year 2011: 12.49 ft on September 5, 2011 Water year 2012: 12.79 ft on June 13, 2012 Water year 2013: 13.09 ft on July 12, 2013 Water year 2014: 20.87 ft on April 30, 2014 Water year 2015: 13.19 ft on April 16, 2015 Water year 2016: 14.58 ft on December 24, 2015 Water year 2017: 16.63 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 18.69 ft on October 23, 2017 Water year 2019: 10.35 ft on July 14, 2019 Water year 2020: 23.52 ft on September 16, 2020 Water year 2021: 15.29 ft on August 31, 2021 Water year 2022: 16.10 ft on May 27, 2022 Water year 2023: 9.95 ft on November 27, 2022 Water year 2024: 13.50 ft on May 14, 2024 Water year 2025: 20.98 ft on April 8, 2025 Water year 2026: 17.82 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 8.73 ft on October 5, 2026 1998 2020 2025

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 28, 199828.60 ft16.6 ft
September 17, 202023.52 ft11.5 ft
April 8, 202520.98 ft9.0 ft
April 30, 201420.87 ft8.9 ft
July 21, 199719.82 ft7.8 ft
October 4, 199519.80 ft7.8 ft
April 1, 200519.62 ft7.6 ft
March 29, 200919.51 ft7.5 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

styx-river-near-elsanor.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,045 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.