Cypress Creek at SR 54 at Worthington Gardens, FL 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 02303420 sits on Cypress Creek and reads everything draining 117 square miles of the Hillsborough basin. Its datum sits 39 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1975, 52 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Cypress Creek near San Antonio FL, reading 56 square miles. This gauge adds the 61 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Cypress Creek near Sulphur Springs FL at 160 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 73% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Hillsborough River near Tampa FL, Hillsborough River at Fowler Av near Temple Terrace FL and Hillsborough River at I-275 Bridge at Sulphur Springs FL.

Normal flows here

Cypress Creek runs a median of 8.3 cfs at this gauge across 52 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 66 cfs, and May the leanest at 0.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,160 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1991.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1975 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Cypress Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.1 feet, in October 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WRGF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.