Gulf Coast Gauges

Tombigbee River at Steamplant near Leroy water level

USGS gauge 02470050 · Washington County · Mobile Bay · NWS gauge LRYA1

1.67 ft

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

Below NWS minor flood stage
22.3 ft
NWS action stage
19.0 ft
NWS minor flood stage
24.0 ft
NWS moderate flood stage
30.0 ft
NWS major flood stage
35.0 ft
Highest since 2001 (USGS)
33.31 ft (February 22, 2020)
Usual range
1.42 to 2.76 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Washington 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

-0.2 1.3 2.8 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. It is not a water depth. USGS publishes no datum elevation for this gauge, so it can't be converted to an elevation here.

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

-0.2 1.6 3.4 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2001

In 26 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2001), the highest peak was 33.31 ft on February 22, 2020. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 3.44 ft on October 1, 2026.

1 10 19 28 38 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 major 35 ft moderate 30 ft minor 24 ft action 19 ft Water year 2001: 27.94 ft on March 6, 2001 Water year 2002: 28.51 ft on February 1, 2002 Water year 2003: 28.29 ft on March 3, 2003 Water year 2004: 29.71 ft on February 15, 2004 Water year 2005: 29.20 ft on December 17, 2004 Water year 2006: 26.76 ft on March 1, 2006 Water year 2007: 24.05 ft on January 10, 2007 Water year 2008: 20.99 ft on February 25, 2008 Water year 2009: 29.52 ft on April 2, 2009 Water year 2010: 28.26 ft on February 10, 2010 Water year 2011: 28.31 ft on March 17, 2011 Water year 2012: 13.63 ft on September 7, 2012 Water year 2013: 29.00 ft on January 23, 2013 Water year 2014: 28.92 ft on April 15, 2014 Water year 2015: 27.84 ft on January 10, 2015 Water year 2016: 28.99 ft on January 4, 2016 Water year 2017: 28.40 ft on June 27, 2017 Water year 2018: 27.79 ft on February 16, 2018 Water year 2019: 31.32 ft on March 5, 2019 Water year 2020: 33.31 ft on February 22, 2020 Water year 2021: 29.11 ft on April 6, 2021 Water year 2022: 28.39 ft on March 29, 2022 Water year 2023: 27.97 ft on February 21, 2023 Water year 2024: 27.72 ft on February 18, 2024 Water year 2025: 27.89 ft on April 13, 2025 Water year 2026: 24.71 ft on March 16, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 3.44 ft on October 1, 2026 2020 2004

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
April 1, 197935.89 ft11.9 ft
February 22, 202033.31 ft9.3 ft
March 1, 197932.78 ft8.8 ft
April 1, 197631.96 ft8.0 ft
March 5, 201931.32 ft7.3 ft
April 7, 200929.52 ft5.5 ft
April 27, 202029.43 ft5.4 ft
January 21, 202029.22 ft5.2 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

tombigbee-river-at-steamplant-near-leroy.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 3,989 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.