Blackwater River near Bradley 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 02369800 sits on the Blackwater River and reads everything draining 88 square miles of the Blackwater basin. Its datum sits 122 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1968, 58 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 Blackwater River near Baker, Fla at 205 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 43% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Blackwater River near Harold, FL.

Normal flows here

The Blackwater River runs a median of 72 cfs at this gauge across 58 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 138 cfs, and October the leanest at 48 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 16,000 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 17 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1968 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 25.4 feet, in March 1990.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRDA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.