Ichetucknee River @ Hwy27 near Hildreth, 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 02322700 sits on Ichetucknee River @ Hwy27 and reads everything draining 213 square miles of the Santa Fe 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

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Clay Hole Crrek near Lake City,fl, reading 3.5 square miles. This gauge adds the 209 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Santa Fe River near Hildreth Fla at 1,374 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 16% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Suwannee River near Bell, Florida and Suwannee River near Wilcox, Fla.

Normal flows here

Ichetucknee River @ Hwy27 runs a median of 306 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 325 cfs, and December the leanest at 301 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 703 cfs in 2012, and the lowest is 88 cfs in 2017.

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

Flood stages and record crests

Ichetucknee River @ Hwy27 reaches flood stage at this gauge at 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.3 feet, in April 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ICSF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.