Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, 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 02365500 sits on the Choctawhatchee River and reads everything draining 3,499 square miles of the Lower Choctawhatchee basin. Its datum sits 39 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 94 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Choctawhatchee River near Pittman, Fla, reading 3,209 square miles. This gauge adds the 290 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, Fla at 4,384 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 80% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Choctawhatchee River runs a median of 2,875 cfs at this gauge across 94 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 7,110 cfs, and October the leanest at 1,780 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 162,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 406 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1930 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Choctawhatchee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.1 feet, in March 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CARF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.