Tide Station at FSU Coastal Marine Lab in St Teresa (in MHHW)

Highest listed crest 6.16 ftFlood stage 3.0 ft1 crests since 2024

The Tide Station at FSU Coastal Marine Lab in St Teresa (in MHHW) crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 1 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2024 to 2024. The highest, 6.16 ft on September 27, 2024, was major flooding, 3.16 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 6.16 ft; September 27, 2024
Flood stage: 3.0 ft; Major flooding from 5.5 ft
Crests at major: 1; 107th of 237 gauges in Florida
Most recent flood crest: September 27, 2024; 6.16 ft, major flooding
Location: Franklin County; Florida
Identifiers: NWS FSCF1; 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, Tide Station at FSU Coastal Marine Lab in St Teresa (in MHHW)

Action stage	2.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	3.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	4.5	0	—	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	5.5	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, Tide Station at FSU Coastal Marine Lab in St Teresa (in MHHW)

1	Sep 27, 2024	6.16	+3.16	Major	—

Other gauges in Franklin County

Flood gauges in Franklin County

Sumatra (in NGVD29)	9.5	15.36 ft, Mar 15, 1998	5
CR 67 above Carrabelle	4.0	5.94 ft, Oct 10, 2018	0
Ranch Road above Apalachicola (in MHHW)	2.0	3.65 ft, Sep 27, 2024	0
Pilot's Cove (in MHHW)	2.0	3.69 ft, Sep 27, 2024	0
Rattlesnake Cove (in MHHW)	2.0	3.97 ft, Sep 27, 2024	0
Tide Station at Apalachicola (in MHHW)	2.2	7.72 ft, Oct 10, 2018	2
Tide Station at Bald Point State Park (in MHHW)	2.0	4.25 ft, Sep 27, 2024	0

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NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FSCF1, 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.