Highest listed crest 24.40 ft March 16, 1973; 74,200 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 15.0 ft Major flooding from 22.0 ft
Crests at major 3 23rd of 89 gauges in Alabama
Most recent flood crest June 8, 2026 19.89 ft, moderate flooding Listed crests at the Paint Rock River (AL) near Woodville, 1936 to 2026 10 15 20 25 30 ft Flood stage 15.0 ft Major 22.0 ft Feb 4, 1936: 19.24 ft, moderate flooding; 19,600 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 1937: 18.85 ft, minor flooding; 16,400 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 1938: 18.01 ft, minor flooding; 11,300 cubic feet per second Feb 4, 1939: 20.35 ft, moderate flooding; 27,000 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1940: 16.89 ft, minor flooding; 7,920 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 1941: 16.40 ft, minor flooding; 6,260 cubic feet per second Dec 28, 1942: 20.50 ft, moderate flooding; 28,000 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1944: 18.56 ft, minor flooding; 14,600 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 1945: 18.33 ft, minor flooding; 13,200 cubic feet per second Jan 9, 1946: 18.81 ft, minor flooding; 16,400 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 1948: 19.90 ft, moderate flooding; 23,600 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 1949: 20.84 ft, moderate flooding; 28,700 cubic feet per second Jan 7, 1950: 19.39 ft, moderate flooding; 19,400 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1951: 20.32 ft, moderate flooding; 27,500 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1952: 18.87 ft, minor flooding; 15,300 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 1953: 17.48 ft, minor flooding; 7,990 cubic feet per second Jan 16, 1954: 19.81 ft, moderate flooding; 22,800 cubic feet per second Feb 4, 1956: 19.90 ft, moderate flooding; 23,600 cubic feet per second Feb 1, 1957: 20.16 ft, moderate flooding; 25,900 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1959: 18.67 ft, minor flooding; 13,900 cubic feet per second Dec 20, 1959: 18.42 ft, minor flooding; 13,000 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1961: 19.68 ft, moderate flooding; 21,700 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1961: 17.82 ft, minor flooding; 9,190 cubic feet per second Dec 13, 1961: 17.72 ft, minor flooding; 8,780 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 1961: 20.00 ft, moderate flooding; 2,400 cubic feet per second Jan 28, 1962: 18.59 ft, minor flooding; 13,300 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 1962: 19.40 ft, moderate flooding; 19,000 cubic feet per second Apr 13, 1962: 17.26 ft, minor flooding; 7,180 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1963: 19.14 ft, moderate flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1963: 22.60 ft, major flooding; 46,700 cubic feet per second Apr 30, 1963: 18.52 ft, minor flooding; 12,900 cubic feet per second Jan 26, 1964: 16.40 ft, minor flooding; 8,140 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 1964: 19.40 ft, moderate flooding; 23,200 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 1964: 17.10 ft, minor flooding; 9,650 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1964: 17.88 ft, minor flooding; 12,100 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 1964: 15.68 ft, minor flooding; 6,890 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 1964: 16.67 ft, minor flooding; 8,680 cubic feet per second May 4, 1964: 15.73 ft, minor flooding; 6,970 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 1965: 17.42 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 1967: 15.35 ft, minor flooding; 6,870 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 1967: 20.10 ft, moderate flooding; 32,300 cubic feet per second Dec 31, 1969: 20.60 ft, moderate flooding; 34,300 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1973: 24.40 ft, major flooding; 74,200 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 1973: 21.06 ft, moderate flooding; 28,100 cubic feet per second Mar 14, 1975: 20.40 ft, moderate flooding; 22,700 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1980: 21.00 ft, moderate flooding; 31,200 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 1987: 18.35 ft, minor flooding; 10,900 cubic feet per second Dec 23, 1990: 23.42 ft, major flooding; 56,900 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 1991: 20.04 ft, moderate flooding; 20,800 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1991: 19.53 ft, moderate flooding; 17,400 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 1991: 21.36 ft, moderate flooding; 31,400 cubic feet per second Dec 22, 1992: 17.10 ft, minor flooding Mar 24, 1993: 20.64 ft, moderate flooding; 25,200 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 1994: 21.08 ft, moderate flooding; 28,800 cubic feet per second Oct 7, 1995: 17.39 ft, minor flooding; 7,150 cubic feet per second Nov 9, 1995: 16.07 ft, minor flooding; 4,850 cubic feet per second Dec 20, 1995: 16.00 ft, minor flooding Jan 3, 1996: 14.02 ft, action stage; 3,230 cubic feet per second Jan 8, 1996: 17.06 ft, minor flooding; 6,080 cubic feet per second Jan 13, 1996: 14.43 ft, action stage; 3,570 cubic feet per second Jan 28, 1996: 15.91 ft, minor flooding; 4,730 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 1996: 12.44 ft, below flood stage; 2,280 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 1996: 18.53 ft, minor flooding; 11,800 cubic feet per second Mar 20, 1996: 16.68 ft, minor flooding; 5,380 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1996: 13.85 ft, action stage; 3,110 cubic feet per second Apr 23, 1996: 18.20 ft, minor flooding Jan 17, 1997: 16.50 ft, minor flooding Mar 4, 1997: 17.02 ft, minor flooding Oct 27, 1997: 17.56 ft, minor flooding Jan 8, 1998: 20.87 ft, moderate flooding; 25,700 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 2000: 18.34 ft, minor flooding Apr 4, 2000: 19.73 ft, moderate flooding; 17,500 cubic feet per second Jan 20, 2001: 18.84 ft, minor flooding Feb 18, 2001: 16.80 ft, minor flooding Mar 21, 2001: 17.57 ft, minor flooding Dec 15, 2001: 18.87 ft, minor flooding Feb 17, 2003: 20.20 ft, moderate flooding Feb 23, 2003: 17.66 ft, minor flooding May 6, 2003: 18.46 ft, minor flooding Feb 7, 2004: 20.10 ft, moderate flooding Mar 7, 2004: 18.34 ft, minor flooding; 10,016 cubic feet per second Sep 19, 2004: 17.01 ft, minor flooding; 5,230 cubic feet per second Nov 5, 2004: 16.24 ft, minor flooding; 4,504 cubic feet per second Nov 26, 2004: 17.50 ft, minor flooding; 6,777 cubic feet per second Dec 8, 2004: 20.46 ft, moderate flooding; 23,995 cubic feet per second Dec 12, 2008: 18.90 ft, minor flooding; 12,659 cubic feet per second Jan 8, 2009: 18.72 ft, minor flooding; 11,671 cubic feet per second Mar 28, 2009: 16.77 ft, minor flooding; 4,978 cubic feet per second May 4, 2009: 17.74 ft, minor flooding; 7,406 cubic feet per second Dec 10, 2009: 19.76 ft, moderate flooding; 18,491 cubic feet per second Jan 26, 2010: 18.20 ft, minor flooding; 9,180 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2010: 16.49 ft, minor flooding; 4,717 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2011: 18.65 ft, minor flooding; 11,305 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 2011: 18.07 ft, minor flooding; 8,637 cubic feet per second Nov 29, 2011: 17.25 ft, minor flooding; 5,870 cubic feet per second Jan 13, 2012: 17.42 ft, minor flooding; 6,367 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 2012: 18.85 ft, minor flooding; 12,380 cubic feet per second Jan 16, 2013: 18.74 ft, minor flooding; 11,779 cubic feet per second May 7, 2013: 17.53 ft, minor flooding; 6,709 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 2014: 16.64 ft, minor flooding; 4,856 cubic feet per second Dec 3, 2015: 17.96 ft, minor flooding; 8,204 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 2015: 20.21 ft, moderate flooding; 21,925 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 2018: 19.65 ft, moderate flooding; 17,634 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 2018: 17.39 ft, minor flooding; 6,277 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 2018: 16.86 ft, minor flooding; 5,064 cubic feet per second Dec 11, 2018: 16.30 ft, minor flooding; 4,547 cubic feet per second Dec 29, 2018: 18.70 ft, minor flooding; 11,564 cubic feet per second Jan 21, 2019: 18.12 ft, minor flooding; 8,843 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 2019: 16.86 ft, minor flooding; 5,064 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 2019: 16.32 ft, minor flooding; 4,565 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 2019: 19.56 ft, moderate flooding; 16,959 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 2019: 17.51 ft, minor flooding; 6,645 cubic feet per second Apr 10, 2019: 15.93 ft, minor flooding; 4,236 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2019: 16.45 ft, minor flooding; 4,682 cubic feet per second Jun 10, 2019: 16.45 ft, minor flooding; 4,682 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 2019: 17.98 ft, minor flooding; 8,280 cubic feet per second Dec 24, 2019: 17.54 ft, minor flooding; 6,741 cubic feet per second Dec 31, 2019: 15.58 ft, minor flooding; 3,992 cubic feet per second Jan 4, 2020: 18.91 ft, minor flooding; 12,718 cubic feet per second Jan 16, 2020: 16.08 ft, minor flooding; 4,354 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 2020: 18.87 ft, minor flooding; 12,492 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 2020: 18.43 ft, minor flooding; 10,218 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 2020: 18.85 ft, minor flooding; 12,381 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 2020: 19.38 ft, moderate flooding; 15,675 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 2021: 15.05 ft, minor flooding; 3,641 cubic feet per second Mar 19, 2021: 20.35 ft, moderate flooding; 22,931 cubic feet per second Mar 27, 2021: 17.07 ft, minor flooding; 5,380 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 2021: 16.91 ft, minor flooding; 5,112 cubic feet per second Sep 2, 2021: 17.17 ft, minor flooding; 5,648 cubic feet per second Sep 21, 2021: 19.96 ft, moderate flooding; 20,146 cubic feet per second Oct 8, 2021: 16.59 ft, minor flooding; 4,810 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 2022: 18.28 ft, minor flooding; 9,530 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 2022: 19.18 ft, moderate flooding; 14,351 cubic feet per second Feb 28, 2022: 15.08 ft, minor flooding; 3,660 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2022: 16.23 ft, minor flooding; 4,485 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 2022: 17.13 ft, minor flooding; 5,539 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2022: 15.47 ft, minor flooding; 3,918 cubic feet per second Dec 7, 2022: 15.97 ft, minor flooding; 4,265 cubic feet per second Dec 16, 2022: 16.98 ft, minor flooding; 5,180 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 2023: 16.78 ft, minor flooding; 4,988 cubic feet per second Mar 3, 2023: 17.94 ft, minor flooding; 8,129 cubic feet per second May 10, 2024: 16.78 ft, minor flooding; 4,988 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 2025: 18.73 ft, minor flooding; 11,725 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 2025: 17.44 ft, minor flooding; 6,429 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 2025: 17.69 ft, minor flooding; 7,234 cubic feet per second May 5, 2025: 16.40 ft, minor flooding; 4,636 cubic feet per second May 24, 2026: 15.25 ft, minor flooding; 3,771 cubic feet per second Jun 8, 2026: 19.89 ft, moderate flooding; 15,540 cubic feet per second Highest, 24.40 ft, Mar 16, 1973 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Paint Rock River (AL) near Woodville 1930s: 4 1940s: 8 1950s: 9 1960s: 21 1970s: 3 1980s: 2 1990s: 19 2000s: 20 2010s: 28 2020s: 30 30 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable. Jackson County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Alabama
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WDVA1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.