Hillsborough River near Tampa 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 02304500 sits on the Hillsborough River and reads everything draining 624 square miles of the Hillsborough basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 24 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Hillsborough River at Morris Br near Thonotosassa FL, reading 375 square miles. This gauge adds the 249 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Hillsborough River at I-275 Bridge at Sulphur Springs FL at 637 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 98% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Hillsborough River at Platt Street at Tampa FL.

Normal flows here

The Hillsborough River runs a median of 44 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 570 cfs, and April the leanest at 0.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,640 cfs in 2003, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.