Escambia River near Molino, Fla 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 02376033 sits on the Escambia River and reads everything draining 4,147 square miles of the Escambia basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1988, 23 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Escambia River near Century, FL, reading 3,817 square miles. This gauge adds the 330 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Escambia River runs a median of 3,740 cfs at this gauge across 23 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 6,740 cfs, and October the leanest at 2,190 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 111,000 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 927 cfs in 2015.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1988 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 12.6 feet, in November 2022.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MNOF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.