Highest listed crest 37.80 ft March 15, 1929; 215,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 17.0 ft Major flooding from 37.0 ft
Crests at major 1 107th of 237 gauges in Florida
Most recent flood crest June 21, 2026 19.05 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the Escambia River near Century, 1929 to 2026 10 20 30 40 ft Flood stage 17.0 ft Major 37.0 ft Mar 15, 1929: 37.80 ft, major flooding; 215,000 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1935: 17.72 ft, minor flooding; 33,300 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 1936: 19.40 ft, minor flooding; 57,100 cubic feet per second Apr 11, 1937: 20.05 ft, minor flooding; 64,400 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 1938: 20.66 ft, minor flooding; 73,900 cubic feet per second Aug 22, 1939: 20.10 ft, minor flooding; 69,800 cubic feet per second Jul 11, 1940: 17.56 ft, minor flooding; 32,700 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 1940: 15.45 ft, action stage; 16,300 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 1942: 17.41 ft, minor flooding; 30,300 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 1943: 20.57 ft, minor flooding; 72,600 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 1944: 20.00 ft, minor flooding; 64,400 cubic feet per second May 1, 1945: 16.57 ft, action stage; 22,700 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1946: 17.69 ft, minor flooding; 33,900 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 1947: 17.68 ft, minor flooding; 33,900 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1948: 18.64 ft, minor flooding; 45,400 cubic feet per second Dec 2, 1948: 20.43 ft, minor flooding; 70,200 cubic feet per second Apr 6, 1950: 15.38 ft, action stage; 17,400 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1951: 16.49 ft, action stage; 23,100 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 1952: 17.25 ft, minor flooding; 28,800 cubic feet per second May 12, 1953: 16.73 ft, action stage; 24,600 cubic feet per second Dec 7, 1953: 18.59 ft, minor flooding; 45,300 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 1955: 20.51 ft, minor flooding; 71,300 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 1956: 15.80 ft, action stage; 18,100 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1957: 18.41 ft, minor flooding; 42,800 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 1958: 15.15 ft, action stage; 17,500 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1959: 16.38 ft, action stage; 21,200 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1960: 20.94 ft, minor flooding; 77,200 cubic feet per second Feb 27, 1961: 19.27 ft, minor flooding; 54,500 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1962: 18.47 ft, minor flooding; 43,600 cubic feet per second Jan 22, 1963: 16.99 ft, action stage; 25,300 cubic feet per second May 4, 1964: 18.92 ft, minor flooding; 49,500 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 1965: 18.15 ft, minor flooding; 39,400 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1966: 18.21 ft, minor flooding; 40,200 cubic feet per second Jan 3, 1967: 18.10 ft, minor flooding; 38,800 cubic feet per second Dec 13, 1967: 14.78 ft, action stage; 15,300 cubic feet per second Mar 26, 1969: 15.53 ft, action stage; 17,600 cubic feet per second Jun 5, 1970: 20.27 ft, minor flooding; 67,800 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1971: 18.35 ft, minor flooding; 42,000 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 1972: 17.30 ft, minor flooding; 28,500 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 1973: 20.84 ft, minor flooding; 75,800 cubic feet per second Sep 10, 1974: 18.75 ft, minor flooding; 47,200 cubic feet per second Apr 12, 1975: 23.32 ft, minor flooding; 92,300 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 1976: 17.95 ft, minor flooding; 34,700 cubic feet per second Apr 1, 1977: 17.90 ft, minor flooding; 33,600 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1978: 20.28 ft, minor flooding; 58,200 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1979: 19.06 ft, minor flooding; 45,500 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 1980: 19.66 ft, minor flooding; 52,000 cubic feet per second Feb 12, 1981: 20.16 ft, minor flooding; 57,500 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 1982: 18.12 ft, minor flooding; 36,300 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1983: 19.06 ft, minor flooding; 45,800 cubic feet per second May 24, 1984: 18.20 ft, minor flooding; 37,000 cubic feet per second Feb 7, 1985: 18.10 ft, minor flooding; 36,100 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1986: 18.25 ft, minor flooding; 37,500 cubic feet per second Mar 2, 1987: 16.60 ft, action stage; 22,500 cubic feet per second Sep 12, 1988: 17.44 ft, minor flooding; 29,500 cubic feet per second Jun 18, 1989: 18.78 ft, minor flooding; 36,600 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1990: 24.35 ft, minor flooding; 103,000 cubic feet per second Mar 4, 1991: 18.03 ft, minor flooding; 27,900 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1992: 17.40 ft, minor flooding; 23,500 cubic feet per second Dec 19, 1992: 18.48 ft, minor flooding; 31,300 cubic feet per second Jul 15, 1994: 18.92 ft, minor flooding; 42,700 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 1995: 18.85 ft, minor flooding; 44,600 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1995: 17.64 ft, minor flooding Aug 5, 1995: 17.15 ft, minor flooding Oct 6, 1995: 20.47 ft, minor flooding; 58,400 cubic feet per second Dec 20, 1995: 17.55 ft, minor flooding Feb 5, 1996: 18.31 ft, minor flooding Apr 2, 1996: 18.18 ft, minor flooding Feb 24, 1997: 16.54 ft, action stage; 19,300 cubic feet per second Mar 9, 1998: 23.70 ft, minor flooding Sep 30, 1998: 23.84 ft, minor flooding; 118,000 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1999: 17.68 ft, minor flooding; 30,700 cubic feet per second Mar 23, 2000: 10.33 ft, below flood stage; 6,470 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 2001: 20.19 ft, minor flooding; 55,800 cubic feet per second Sep 27, 2002: 17.01 ft, minor flooding; 23,500 cubic feet per second Jul 3, 2003: 17.90 ft, minor flooding; 33,400 cubic feet per second Sep 18, 2004: 18.58 ft, minor flooding; 42,600 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 2005: 19.36 ft, minor flooding; 37,160 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 2005: 19.96 ft, minor flooding; 53,800 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 2006: 14.81 ft, action stage; 12,600 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2007: 17.50 ft, minor flooding; 28,600 cubic feet per second Jan 1, 2008: 17.47 ft, minor flooding; 28,200 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 2008: 17.42 ft, minor flooding; 27,700 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 2009: 19.05 ft, minor flooding; 46,200 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2009: 17.94 ft, minor flooding; 33,900 cubic feet per second Dec 16, 2009: 23.23 ft, minor flooding; 73,400 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 2010: 18.74 ft, minor flooding Jan 31, 2010: 19.11 ft, minor flooding; 31,800 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 2010: 18.14 ft, minor flooding; 25,700 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 2011: 16.54 ft, action stage; 17,700 cubic feet per second Feb 21, 2012: 16.80 ft, action stage; 19,900 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 2013: 18.02 ft, minor flooding; 25,000 cubic feet per second Feb 28, 2013: 18.37 ft, minor flooding; 27,000 cubic feet per second Apr 15, 2014: 18.87 ft, minor flooding; 30,200 cubic feet per second May 16, 2014: 19.09 ft, minor flooding; 31,600 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 2015: 19.31 ft, minor flooding; 43,200 cubic feet per second Dec 31, 2015: 20.15 ft, minor flooding; 47,100 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 2016: 17.60 ft, minor flooding; 22,700 cubic feet per second Jan 29, 2016: 17.81 ft, minor flooding; 23,800 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 2016: 18.32 ft, minor flooding; 35,777 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 2017: 19.19 ft, minor flooding; 32,345 cubic feet per second Jun 24, 2017: 19.30 ft, minor flooding; 33,068 cubic feet per second Jun 30, 2017: 18.33 ft, minor flooding; 26,764 cubic feet per second Jan 5, 2019: 18.65 ft, minor flooding; 28,700 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 2019: 17.20 ft, minor flooding; 20,702 cubic feet per second Jan 17, 2020: 18.38 ft, minor flooding; 27,100 cubic feet per second Feb 10, 2020: 17.12 ft, minor flooding; 20,746 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 2020: 17.48 ft, minor flooding; 22,100 cubic feet per second Sep 18, 2020: 20.85 ft, minor flooding; 45,800 cubic feet per second Oct 7, 2021: 19.02 ft, minor flooding; 31,200 cubic feet per second Feb 6, 2022: 17.97 ft, minor flooding; 24,700 cubic feet per second Feb 11, 2022: 18.07 ft, minor flooding; 25,300 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 2022: 17.33 ft, minor flooding; 21,300 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 2024: 17.08 ft, minor flooding; 20,000 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 2024: 17.15 ft, minor flooding; 20,400 cubic feet per second Apr 9, 2025: 17.49 ft, minor flooding; 22,081 cubic feet per second Jun 21, 2026: 19.05 ft, minor flooding; 31,504 cubic feet per second Highest, 37.80 ft, Mar 15, 1929 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Escambia River near Century 1920s: 1 1930s: 5 1940s: 8 1950s: 4 1960s: 7 1970s: 10 1980s: 9 1990s: 15 2000s: 12 2010s: 17 17 2020s: 12 1920s 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. 05 Other gauges in Santa Rosa County Santa Rosa County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Florida
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CTYF1, 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.