Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee, FL

River level and flood forecast · Jackson County

Normal47.3 ftas of Mon 4 PM

The river is 15.7 ft below flood stage (63 ft).

Flow: 24,100 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

304050607080TueWedThuFriSatSunMonAction 56 ftFlood 63 ftModerate 69 ftMajor 74 ftNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

Major flood stage74 ft
Moderate flood stage69 ft
Flood stage63 ft
Action stage56 ft
Record crest (March 12, 1998)76.56 ft

Highest crests on record

  1. 76.56 ft — March 12, 1998
  2. 76.21 ft — July 10, 1994
  3. 74.04 ft — March 21, 1990
  4. 73.28 ft — December 29, 2015
  5. 71.89 ft — March 9, 2020

Recent crests: 67.68 ft (March 12, 2024) · 67.38 ft (February 16, 2024) · 57.18 ft (February 1, 2023) · 62.59 ft (April 9, 2022) · 62.85 ft (September 20, 2020)

Up and down the river, and nearby

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (CHAF1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.