Apalachicola River near Blountstown,florida Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02358700 sits on the Apalachicola River and reads everything draining 17,600 square miles of the Apalachicola basin. Its datum sits 27 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1958, 69 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee Fla, reading 17,200 square miles. This gauge adds the 400 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Apalachicola River runs a median of 15,150 cfs at this gauge across 69 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 31,800 cfs, and November the leanest at 10,800 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 266,000 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 4,680 cfs in 1986.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1958 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Apalachicola River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 17 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.6 feet, in March 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BLOF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Jim Woodruff Dam sits 22 miles from this gauge and its releases set what this gauge reads. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Jim Woodruff Dam 22 miles