Apalachicola Bay at Cat Point (in MHHW)

The past week

What floods at each level

• 8 ft

  Widespread flooding in Eastpoint.

• 6.5 ft

  US 98 floods east of Eastpoint.

• 5.5 ft

  Bayshore Drive and Patton Drive flood.

• 5 ft

  Water approaches US 98 east of Eastpoint.

• 4.5 ft

  Water approaches Bayshore Drive and Patton Drive.

• 3.5 ft

  Flooding of State Road 300 begins near the north foot of the St. George Island Bridge. Minor flooding of the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve begins.

• 3 ft

  Water approaches some homes along Patton Drive.

• 2.5 ft

  Water begins approaching State Road 300 near the north foot of the St. George Island Bridge.

• 1.5 ft

  Wetland flooding begins south of Bayshore Drive.

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