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Choctawhatchee River near Newton (SR 134), AL

River level and flood forecast · Dale County

Normal7.8 ftas of Mon 2:30 PM

The river is 11.2 ft below flood stage (19 ft).

Forecast to fall to 4.5 ft by Sat, Oct 17, 7 AM.

Flow: 2,100 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

051015202530TueThuSatMonWedFriAction 14 ftFlood 19 ftModerate 24 ftMajor 30 ftNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 9:56 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

Major flood stage30 ft
Moderate flood stage24 ft
Flood stage19 ft
Action stage14 ft
Record crest (March 15, 1929)42 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 30 ftMajor flooding will affect homes and farmland near Newton.
  • 28.5 ftWater will approach the foundation of a few homes along Wildwood Loop downstream from the gage on the west bank of the river.
  • 24 ftModerate flooding on the Choctawhatchee River will affect stores and apartments around highway 92 near Clayhatchee, eight miles downstream of Newton.
  • 19 ftMinor flooding will begin to affect farmland in low lying areas near the Choctawhatchee River.

Highest crests on record

  1. 42 ft — March 15, 1929
  2. 40.3 ft — March 18, 1990
  3. 37.78 ft — July 7, 1994
  4. 34.58 ft — March 9, 1998
  5. 31.92 ft — December 15, 2009

Recent crests: 19.82 ft (March 10, 2024) · 26.76 ft (September 18, 2020) · 19.05 ft (March 9, 2020) · 18.69 ft (December 2, 2018) · 19.85 ft (February 12, 2018)

Up and down the river, and nearby

See it on the live map →Radar & warnings for Dale CountyNWS gauge pageUSGS gauge 02361000

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (NEWA1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.