Choctawhatchee River near Newton, 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 02361000 sits on the Choctawhatchee River and reads everything draining 686 square miles of the Upper Choctawhatchee basin. Its datum sits 139 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1922, 97 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 Choctawhatchee River near Bellwood AL at 1,280 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 54% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Choctawhatchee River near Geneva, Alabama and Choctawhatchee River near Pittman, Fla.

Normal flows here

The Choctawhatchee River runs a median of 444 cfs at this gauge across 97 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,200 cfs, and October the leanest at 264 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 72,200 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 35 cfs in 2011.

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 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 42 feet, in March 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NEWA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.