Big Escambia Creek at Sardine Br near Stanley Crossroad Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02374950 sits on Big Escambia Creek and reads everything draining 193 square miles of the Escambia basin. Daily flow has been on record here since 2000, 25 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Big Escambia Creek at Flomaton AL at 330 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 58% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Escambia River near Century, FL.

Normal flows here

Big Escambia Creek runs a median of 157 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 297 cfs, and October the leanest at 103 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,490 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 37 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2000 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Big Escambia Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 5 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.7 feet, in June 2026.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge STNA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.