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St George Island at Rattlesnake Cove (in MHHW)

Highest listed crest 3.97 ftFlood stage 2.0 ft1 crests since 2024

The St George Island at Rattlesnake Cove (in MHHW) crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2024 to 2024. The highest, 3.97 ft on September 27, 2024, was moderate flooding, 1.97 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the St George Island crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
3.97 ft
September 27, 2024
Flood stage
2.0 ft
Major flooding from 4.5 ft
Crests at major
0
1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
September 27, 2024
3.97 ft, moderate flooding
Location
Franklin County
Florida
Identifiers
NWS RATF1
No USGS station

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, St George Island at Rattlesnake Cove (in MHHW)
Action stage1.50—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)2.00—Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage3.01Sep 27, 2024Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage4.50—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

1 crests from 2024 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the St George Island at Rattlesnake Cove (in MHHW), 2024 to 2024 22.533.544.5ft Flood stage 2.0 ftMajor 4.5 ft Sep 27, 2024: 3.97 ft, moderate flooding Highest, 3.97 ft, Sep 27, 2024 20252030
  1. 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.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, St George Island at Rattlesnake Cove (in MHHW)
1Sep 27, 20243.97+1.97Moderate—

The worst floods along the St George Island

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the St George Island that crested above flood stage within a week.

September 27, 2024: 3.97 ft here, moderate flooding

Gauges on the St George Island

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the St George Island
Pilot's Cove (in MHHW)FL2.03.69 ft, Sep 27, 20240
Rattlesnake Cove (in MHHW) this gaugeFL2.03.97 ft, Sep 27, 20240

Other gauges in Franklin County

Flood gauges in Franklin County
Sumatra (in NGVD29)9.515.36 ft, Mar 15, 19985
CR 67 above Carrabelle4.05.94 ft, Oct 10, 20180
Ranch Road above Apalachicola (in MHHW)2.03.65 ft, Sep 27, 20240
Pilot's Cove (in MHHW)2.03.69 ft, Sep 27, 20240
Tide Station at Apalachicola (in MHHW)2.27.72 ft, Oct 10, 20182
Tide Station at Bald Point State Park (in MHHW)2.04.25 ft, Sep 27, 20240
Tide Station at FSU Coastal Marine Lab in St Teresa (in MHHW)3.06.16 ft, Sep 27, 20241

Franklin County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Florida

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RATF1, 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.