Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, 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 02366500 sits on the Choctawhatchee River and reads everything draining 4,384 square miles of the Lower Choctawhatchee basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1931, 94 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, Fla, reading 3,499 square miles. This gauge adds the 885 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Choctawhatchee River runs a median of 4,225 cfs at this gauge across 94 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 9,150 cfs, and October the leanest at 2,880 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 164,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 1,100 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1931 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 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 29.2 feet, in March 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRUF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.