Choctawhatchee River near Pittman, 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 02365200 sits on the Choctawhatchee River and reads everything draining 3,209 square miles of the Lower Choctawhatchee basin. Its datum sits 52 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1976, 33 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Choctawhatchee River near Geneva, Alabama, reading 1,346 square miles. This gauge adds the 1,863 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Choctawhatchee River at Caryville, Fla at 3,499 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 92% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Choctawhatchee River runs a median of 2,260 cfs at this gauge across 33 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5,050 cfs, and October the leanest at 1,430 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 64,000 cfs in 1978, and the lowest is 310 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1976 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 23 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 30.5 feet, in March 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PITF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.