Big Escambia Creek at Flomaton AL 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 02375000 sits on Big Escambia Creek and reads everything draining 330 square miles of the Escambia basin. Its datum sits 48 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1939, 24 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Big Escambia Creek at Sardine Br near Stanley Crossroad, reading 193 square miles. This gauge adds the 137 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Escambia River near Century, FL at 3,817 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 9% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Escambia River near Molino, Fla.

Normal flows here

Big Escambia Creek runs a median of 397 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 590 cfs, and October the leanest at 282 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 20,100 cfs in 1939, and the lowest is 147 cfs in 1939.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1939 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 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 30.9 feet, in March 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FLMA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.