Howell Creek at State Hwy 434 near Oviedo, 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 02234344 sits on Howell Creek and reads everything draining 52 square miles of the Upper St. Johns basin. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 27 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Howell Creek near Slavia, FL, reading 29 square miles. This gauge adds the 23 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Lake Jesup Outlet near Sanford, FL at 156 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 33% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to St Johns River near Sanford, FL and St Johns River near De Land, FL.

Normal flows here

Howell Creek runs a median of 37 cfs at this gauge across 27 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 104 cfs, and May the leanest at 13 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,350 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 3.1 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1999 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.