Bruce Creek at Sh 81 near Redbay, FL 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 02365769 sits on Bruce Creek and reads everything draining 82 square miles of the Lower Choctawhatchee basin. Its datum sits 13 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 26 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, Fla at 4,384 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Bruce Creek runs a median of 70 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 124 cfs, and November the leanest at 38 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 19,300 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 2.3 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Bruce Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 24.5 feet, in September 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BREF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.