Howell Creek near Altamonte Springs, 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 02234308 sits on Howell Creek and reads everything draining 21 square miles of the Upper St. Johns basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 28 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Lake Sue at Orlando, Fla, reading 6.3 square miles. This gauge adds the 14 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Lake Howell near Casselberry, Fla at 28 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 74% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Howell Creek near Slavia, FL, Howell Creek at State Hwy 434 near Oviedo, FL and St Johns River near Sanford, FL.

Normal flows here

Howell Creek runs a median of 5.2 cfs at this gauge across 28 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 36 cfs, and May the leanest at 0.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 534 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2018.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.