St Marks River at US-98 (in NAVD88)
Highest listed crest 5.52 ftFlood stage 4.5 ft1 crests since 2024
The St Marks River at US-98 (in NAVD88) crested above flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2024 to 2024. The highest, 5.52 ft on September 27, 2024, was minor flooding, 1.02 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the St Marks River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 5.52 ft
- September 27, 2024
- Flood stage
- 4.5 ft
- Major flooding from 8.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 1 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- September 27, 2024
- 5.52 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 3.5 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 4.5 | 1 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Moderate flood stage | 6.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 8.0 | 0 | — |
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
| 1 | Sep 27, 2024 | 5.52 | +1.02 | Minor |
The worst floods along the St Marks River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the St Marks River that crested above flood stage within a week.
September 27, 2024: 5.52 ft here, minor flooding
- Rivers Edge Road (in MHHW)FL · Sep 27, 2024 · 4.85 ft · Moderate · its highest
Gauges on the St Marks River
Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.
| US-98 (in NAVD88) this gauge | FL | 5.52 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Rivers Edge Road (in MHHW) | FL | 4.85 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
Other gauges in Wakulla County
| Arran | 29.27 ft, Sep 23, 2000 | 0 |
| Crawfordville | 16.60 ft, Dec 25, 2014 | 0 |
| Curtis Mill, US-319 (In NAVD88) | 7.92 ft, Oct 10, 2018 | 0 |
| Ochlockonee River State Park (in MHHW) | 4.88 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Smith Creek (CR 366) | 29.75 ft, Sep 25, 1969 | 1 |
| Sopchoppy River Entrance in Ochlockonee Bay (in MHHW) | 3.28 ft, Oct 17, 2024 | 0 |
| Sopchoppy (FR 343) | 36.80 ft, Jun 26, 2012 | 3 |
| Rivers Edge Road (in MHHW) | 4.85 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| St. Marks (in MHHW) | 8.01 ft, Oct 10, 2018 | 1 |
| Newport on Old Magnolia Rd (in stage datum) | 13.88 ft, Aug 25, 2008 | 3 |
| Tide Station at Shell Point Canal (In MHHW) | 8.28 ft, Oct 10, 2018 | 3 |
| Tide Station at Spring Creek Boat Ramp (in MHHW) | 6.88 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 1 |
| Tide Station near Spring Creek Boat Ramp (In MHHW) | 8.76 ft, Oct 10, 2018 | 1 |
Wakulla County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Florida
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SRUF1, 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.