Choctawhatchee River near Bellwood 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 02361500 sits on the Choctawhatchee River and reads everything draining 1,280 square miles of the Upper Choctawhatchee basin. Daily flow has been on record here since 1922, 29 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Choctawhatchee River near Newton, AL, reading 686 square miles. This gauge adds the 594 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Choctawhatchee River near Geneva, Alabama at 1,346 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 95% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Choctawhatchee River near Pittman, Fla and Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, Fla.

Normal flows here

The Choctawhatchee River runs a median of 970 cfs at this gauge across 29 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 2,000 cfs, and October the leanest at 637 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 37,700 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 173 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1922 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Choctawhatchee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.5 feet, in December 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BELA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.