Rivers in Florida

Pensacola Bay at Fort Pickens (in MHHW)

Santa Rosa County, FloridaNWS FPBF1Mobile office

Below flood stage
0.52ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 8:54 AM CDT

Flood stage
2.50 ft

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood5.00 ft
Moderate flood3.50 ft
Minor flood2.50 ft
Action2.00 ft
  1. 6.00 ftFlooding begins in the main park area of Fort Pickens. Nearly all buildings west of the bridge on the bay side are at least surrounded by water.
  2. 5.00 ftMany homes and condos on the bay side between Ft Pickens and the Pensacola Beach Bridge are surrounded by water. Nearly all of Fort Pickens Road in the park is flooded. Pensacola Beach Blvd. south of the bridge begins to flood.
  3. 4.50 ftHomes in the Villa Sabine subdivision become surrounded by water.
  4. 4.00 ftFlooding begins within the Fort Pickens park near the campground and just east of the main part of the park. Water surrounds homes just outside Ft Pickens an Galvez Ct. Water approaches Pensacola Beach Blvd south of the bridge.
  5. 3.50 ftWater overwashes Ft Pickens Rd in the central and eastern parts of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. Water surrounds some condos between Le Port Dr and Sabine Dr.
  6. 3.00 ftHomes along Benton Drive, Rodgers Drive, Berthe Avenue, Plantation Drive, and Plantation Way begin to flood.
  7. 2.50 ftWater begins to cover parts of Fort Pickens Rd, along with the central and eastern parts of Gulf Island National Seashore.
  8. 2.00 ftWater begins to approach the north side of Fort Pickens Rd, along with cenral and eastern parts of Gulf Islands National Seashore.

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. Water levels are referenced to the Mean Higher High Water (MHHW) Datum. This datum can be used to approximate sea water inundation of normally dry ground near the coast. For specific impacts, please refer to the statements on this page.

Sources

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