Holmes Creek at Vernon, 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 02366000 sits on Holmes Creek and reads everything draining 386 square miles of the Lower Choctawhatchee basin. Its datum sits 11 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1950, 50 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Choctawhatchee River near Bruce, Fla at 4,384 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 9% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Holmes Creek runs a median of 401 cfs at this gauge across 50 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 727 cfs, and October the leanest at 347 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 20,300 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 234 cfs in 1955.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1950 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Holmes Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 24 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 27 feet, in September 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge VRNF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.