TidalMapChipola River at Marianna FL Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02358789 sits on the Chipola River and reads everything draining 464 square miles of the Chipola basin. Its datum sits 56 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2000, 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 Chipola River near Altha, Fla at 781 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 59% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
The Chipola River runs a median of 442 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 936 cfs, and October the leanest at 272 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,600 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 84 cfs in 2012.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 795 cfs | 180% |
| Feb | 902 cfs | 204% |
| Mar | 936 cfs | 212% |
| Apr | 787 cfs | 178% |
| May | 493 cfs | 112% |
| Jun | 420 cfs | 95% |
| Jul | 416 cfs | 94% |
| Aug | 382 cfs | 86% |
| Sep | 307 cfs | 69% |
| Oct | 272 cfs | 62% |
| Nov | 280 cfs | 63% |
| Dec | 462 cfs | 105% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2000 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
The Chipola River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 27 feet, in April 1975.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 14 ft |
| Minor flooding | 18 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 22 ft |
| Major flooding | 26 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| April 1975 | 27 ft |
| July 1994 | 24 ft |
| March 2009 | 23.7 ft |
| February 2013 | 23 ft |
| April 2016 | 21.9 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MALF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Jim Woodruff Dam is 21 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Jim Woodruff Dam 21 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Chipola River near Altha, Fla
- Apalachicola River below Woodruff Dam, near Sneads, FL
- Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee Fla
- Apalachicola River near Blountstown,florida
- Sawhatchee Creek at Cedar Springs, GA
- Spring Creek near Reynoldsville, GA
- Econfina Creek near Bennett, Fla
- Holmes Creek at Vernon, Fla
- Spring Creek near Iron City, GA
- Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, Fla
- Spring Creek Approx 25 Mi US Us27 near Colquitt, GA
- Apalachicola R.ab Chipola Cutoff near Wewahitchka,fl
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02358789. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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