Horse Creek at SR 72 near Arcadia, 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 02297310 sits on Horse Creek and reads everything draining 218 square miles of the Peace basin. Its datum sits 11 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1951, 74 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Horse Creek near Myakka Head FL, reading 42 square miles. This gauge adds the 176 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Peace River near Peace River Heights near Ft Ogden FL at 1,780 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Peace River at Harbour Heights FL.

Normal flows here

Horse Creek runs a median of 32 cfs at this gauge across 74 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 296 cfs, and May the leanest at 5.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 18,900 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1957.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1951 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Horse Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 21.2 feet, in September 2022.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ARHF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.