Gulf Coast Gauges

Yellow River near Milton water level

USGS gauge 02369600 · Santa Rosa County · Pensacola and the Emerald Coast · NWS gauge MLYF1

38.58 ft

gage height, Oct 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM CDT · 3 hours ago

Highest since 2002 (USGS)
48.18 ft (September 19, 2020)
Usual range
37.48 to 40.59 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Santa Rosa 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

37.5 39.1 40.8 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 -35.50 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -35.50 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

37.1 40.0 42.9 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 2002

In 20 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 2002), the highest peak was 48.18 ft on September 19, 2020. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 42.94 ft on October 13, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 13 of 20 years.

39 41 44 46 49 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 2002: 40.73 ft on September 26, 2002 Water year 2003: 42.47 ft on July 6, 2003 Water year 2004: 45.22 ft on September 16, 2004 Water year 2005: 44.60 ft on April 5, 2005 Water year 2006: 39.63 ft on January 8, 2006 Water year 2007: 39.96 ft on April 9, 2007 Water year 2008: 40.98 ft on April 10, 2008 Water year 2009: 46.91 ft on April 1, 2009 Water year 2010: 43.88 ft on December 19, 2009 Water year 2011: 39.85 ft on September 5, 2011 Water year 2012: 40.90 ft on September 10, 2012 Water year 2013: 42.41 ft on March 1, 2013 Water year 2014: 44.96 ft on May 3, 2014 Water year 2015: 40.51 ft on December 28, 2014 Water year 2016: 44.59 ft on December 28, 2015 Water year 2020: 48.18 ft on September 19, 2020 Water year 2021: 41.92 ft on April 28, 2021 Water year 2024: 40.82 ft on May 23, 2024 Water year 2025: 39.44 ft on November 20, 2024 Water year 2026: 42.27 ft on June 24, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 42.94 ft on October 13, 2026 2020 2009 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
September 19, 202048.22 ft—
April 1, 200946.91 ft—
May 3, 201444.93 ft—
September 16, 202044.60 ft—
December 19, 200943.88 ft—
July 5, 200341.89 ft—
August 19, 200441.52 ft—
April 10, 200840.98 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

yellow-river-near-milton.csv (CSV): every reading stored for this gauge since September 11, 2026, 4,047 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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.