Styx River near Elsanor, 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 02377570 sits on the Styx River and reads everything draining 192 square miles of the Perdido basin. Its datum sits 13 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1988, 39 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Styx River near Loxley, at Smiths Siding, Ala, reading 151 square miles. This gauge adds the 41 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Styx River at Seminole, Ala at 260 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 74% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Styx River runs a median of 249 cfs at this gauge across 39 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 327 cfs, and October the leanest at 176 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 42,000 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 69 cfs in 2001.

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 Styx River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.6 feet, in September 1998.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge STXA1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.