Chipola River near Altha, Fla 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 02359000 sits on the Chipola River and reads everything draining 781 square miles of the Chipola basin. Its datum sits 20 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1913, 92 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Chipola River at Marianna FL, reading 464 square miles. This gauge adds the 317 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Chipola River at Dead Lake Ot near Wewahitchka, FL at 1,205 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 65% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Chipola River runs a median of 1,000 cfs at this gauge across 92 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,970 cfs, and November the leanest at 773 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 21,000 cfs in 1926, and the lowest is 268 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1913 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 22 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.5 feet, in September 1926.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ALTF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

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

• Jim Woodruff Dam 22 miles