Gulf Coast Gauges

Styx River near Loxley at Smiths Siding water level

USGS gauge 02377560 · Baldwin County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge SXLA1

3.89 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM CDT · 4 hours ago

Below NWS minor flood stage
10.1 ft
NWS action stage
10.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
14.0 ft
Highest since 2012 (USGS)
28.21 ft (September 17, 2020)
Usual range
3.80 to 5.67 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 5:50 PM CDT). Alerts are issued and expire at any time; the current list is at alerts.weather.gov.

Last 7 days

3.8 4.7 5.7 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 21.23 ft NAVD88. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add 21.23 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

3.7 6.3 8.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2012

In 15 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2012), the highest peak was 28.21 ft on September 17, 2020. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 8.90 ft on October 4, 2026.

7 13 19 24 30 2015 2020 2025 minor 14 ft action 10 ft Water year 2012: 17.10 ft on June 12, 2012 Water year 2013: 15.74 ft on June 19, 2013 Water year 2014: 25.79 ft on April 30, 2014 Water year 2015: 16.61 ft on April 15, 2015 Water year 2016: 19.01 ft on December 24, 2015 Water year 2017: 21.15 ft on June 22, 2017 Water year 2018: 23.92 ft on October 23, 2017 Water year 2019: 13.28 ft on July 14, 2019 Water year 2020: 28.21 ft on September 17, 2020 Water year 2021: 19.61 ft on August 31, 2021 Water year 2022: 20.92 ft on May 27, 2022 Water year 2023: 13.37 ft on November 27, 2022 Water year 2024: 16.97 ft on May 14, 2024 Water year 2025: 25.63 ft on April 7, 2025 Water year 2026: 22.87 ft on June 19, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 8.90 ft on October 4, 2026 2020 2014 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 17, 202028.21 ft14.2 ft
April 30, 201425.79 ft11.8 ft
April 7, 202525.63 ft11.6 ft
October 23, 201723.92 ft9.9 ft
September 6, 201822.96 ft9.0 ft
June 19, 202622.87 ft8.9 ft
March 31, 202522.19 ft8.2 ft
May 27, 202220.92 ft6.9 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

styx-river-near-loxley-at-smiths-siding.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,042 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.