Rivers in Florida

Bear Creek at US 231

Bay County, FloridaNWS BEBF1Tallahassee office

Below flood stage
14.71ftStage

Observed Mon, Sep 21, 4:00 AM CDT

Flood stage
23.00 ft
Record crest
29.54 ft2020

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood29.50 ft
Moderate flood27.00 ft
Minor flood23.00 ft
Action19.00 ft
  1. 29.50 ftCatastrophic flooding throughout the Bear Creek Basin. Water reaches the base of US-231 bridge and begins to flood the road surface of the highway.
  2. 28.50 ftWater nears the base of the US-231 bridge, beginning to flood the median.
  3. 27.00 ftSouth Bear Creek Road near Crook Hollow Road begins to flood.
  4. 25.00 ftWater begins to affect the backyards of properties just south of North Bear Creek Road near the intersection of South Bear Creek Road.
  5. 23.00 ftOn North Fork Bear Creek, flooding begins to impact North Bear Creek Road east of US-231 near the intersection of South Bear Creek Road as well as further east at a crossing over a tributary creek near Edlee Road.
  6. 20.00 ftWater rising through North and South Fork Bear Creek begins to spread out of bank into wooded lowlands.

Crest history

25 crests on NOAA’s list since 1991.

#DateStage
1September 16, 202029.54 ft
2August 16, 202128.00 ft
3April 30, 201427.56 ft
4May 4, 201026.91 ft
5September 30, 199826.02 ft
6March 2, 199125.81 ft
7February 26, 201325.29 ft
8February 22, 200825.27 ft
9December 3, 202324.39 ft
10October 12, 201824.28 ft
11August 2, 202624.05 ft
12April 2, 201623.16 ft
13March 27, 201622.71 ft
14June 21, 201722.59 ft
15January 2, 202122.59 ft
16December 14, 201822.39 ft
17December 22, 201822.36 ft
18November 27, 201822.30 ft
19January 22, 201722.08 ft
20December 3, 201821.98 ft
21June 6, 201621.64 ft
22December 11, 201821.56 ft
23August 11, 201621.53 ft
24February 4, 201621.18 ft
25February 13, 201821.14 ft

Most recent crests

  • August 2, 2026: 24.05 ft
  • December 3, 2023: 24.39 ft
  • August 16, 2021: 28.00 ft
  • January 2, 2021: 22.59 ft
  • September 16, 2020: 29.54 ft
  • December 22, 2018: 22.36 ft
  • December 14, 2018: 22.39 ft
  • December 11, 2018: 21.56 ft
  • December 3, 2018: 21.98 ft
  • November 27, 2018: 22.30 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Southeast River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.