Gulf Coast Gauges

Yellow River near Oak Grove water level

USGS gauge 02367900 · Okaloosa County · Pensacola and the Emerald Coast · NWS gauge OKGF1

80.64 ft

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

Highest since 1999 (USGS)
97.51 ft (September 18, 2020)
Usual range
79.85 to 85.90 ft

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

No National Weather Service alert covering Okaloosa 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

79.8 82.9 85.9 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 -0.60 ft NGVD29. It is not a water depth and not an elevation: add -0.60 ft to get the water surface elevation.

Daily highs and lows since September 11, 2026

79.8 83.9 88.0 2026-09-11 – 2026-10-23 · bars are daily low to high

Annual peaks since 1999

In 27 complete water years of comparable USGS records (since 1999), the highest peak was 97.51 ft on September 18, 2020. So far in water year 2027 (since October 1) the highest reading is 88.05 ft on October 13, 2026, higher than the annual peak in 4 of 27 years.

84 87 91 95 99 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Water year 1999: 88.30 ft on March 17, 1999 Water year 2000: 84.62 ft on February 16, 2000 Water year 2001: 92.53 ft on March 6, 2001 Water year 2002: 85.06 ft on March 14, 2002 Water year 2003: 92.32 ft on April 10, 2003 Water year 2004: 93.68 ft on September 18, 2004 Water year 2005: 94.83 ft on April 3, 2005 Water year 2006: 88.82 ft on January 3, 2006 Water year 2007: 91.60 ft on April 4, 2007 Water year 2008: 91.84 ft on February 3, 2008 Water year 2009: 96.31 ft on March 30, 2009 Water year 2010: 96.35 ft on December 17, 2009 Water year 2011: 87.72 ft on March 12, 2011 Water year 2012: 90.66 ft on September 7, 2012 Water year 2013: 92.82 ft on February 27, 2013 Water year 2014: 93.35 ft on April 20, 2014 Water year 2015: 88.59 ft on April 20, 2015 Water year 2016: 97.37 ft on December 26, 2015 Water year 2017: 94.27 ft on January 4, 2017 Water year 2018: 91.83 ft on February 13, 2018 Water year 2019: 91.86 ft on December 30, 2018 Water year 2020: 97.51 ft on September 18, 2020 Water year 2021: 88.70 ft on May 7, 2021 Water year 2022: 93.02 ft on March 20, 2022 Water year 2024: 91.31 ft on March 12, 2024 Water year 2025: 86.38 ft on April 10, 2025 Water year 2026: 93.27 ft on June 20, 2026 Water year 2027 so far: 88.05 ft on October 13, 2026 2020 2016 2010

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 18, 202097.51 ft—
December 26, 201597.37 ft—
December 17, 200996.35 ft—
March 30, 200996.31 ft—
April 3, 200594.83 ft—
January 4, 201794.27 ft—
September 18, 200493.68 ft—
April 20, 201493.35 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-oak-grove.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. This site is not affiliated with either agency.