St Joseph's Bay at Richardson Hammock (in MHHW)

Highest listed crest 5.20 ftFlood stage 2.5 ft1 crests since 2024

The St Joseph's Bay at Richardson Hammock (in MHHW) crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2024 to 2024. The highest, 5.20 ft on September 27, 2024, was major flooding, 2.70 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 5.20 ft; September 27, 2024
Flood stage: 2.5 ft; Major flooding from 4.0 ft
Crests at major: 1; 107th of 237 gauges in Florida
Most recent flood crest: September 27, 2024; 5.20 ft, major flooding
Location: Gulf County; Florida
Identifiers: NWS RIHF1; 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 Joseph's Bay at Richardson Hammock (in MHHW)

Action stage	1.5	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	2.5	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	3.5	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	4.0	1	Sep 27, 2024	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.

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.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, St Joseph's Bay at Richardson Hammock (in MHHW)

1	Sep 27, 2024	5.20	+2.70	Major	—

Other gauges in Gulf County

Flood gauges in Gulf County

Wewahitchka at Mile 44 (USACE)	24.5	28.30 ft, Mar 14, 1998	2
Wewahitchka (Lands Landing)	22.0	23.42 ft, Mar 12, 2020	0
White City (Gulf County) (In MHHW)	2.0	5.21 ft, Oct 10, 2018	0

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RIHF1, 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.