Buttahatchee River Below Hamilton

The past week

What floods at each level

• 35.49 ft

  Flood of record.

• 34 ft

  Waterfront Drive just west of the Health Dept begins to flood. Much of the property around the first house on Waterfront Drive will begin to flood.

• 28 ft

  Some basements and crawl spaces along Waterfront Drive begin to flood.

• 26 ft

  A house near Steele Street and near Fulton Bridge will begin to flood.

• 23 ft

  Much of the farmland downstream from the gage and south of the river is flooded or begins to flood.

• 20 ft

  Some of the yards and property next to the river on Waterfront Drive will begin to flood.

• 13 ft

  Water will begin to overflow the banks in various locations around the gage site.

Highest crests on record

When the water runs low

• 5 ft

  Stage needed to inundate designated Gulf Sturgeon critical habitat below Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam.

• 3 ft

  Temporary (not sustainable) operating level for of Scholz Power Plant