Josephine Creek near De Soto City 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 02271500 sits on Josephine Creek and reads everything draining 109 square miles of the Kissimmee basin. Its datum sits 53 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1947, 76 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Lake Jackson at Sebring FL, reading 14 square miles. This gauge adds the 95 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

Josephine Creek runs a median of 31 cfs at this gauge across 76 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 108 cfs, and May the leanest at 11 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,680 cfs in 1948, and the lowest is 0.5 cfs in 1956.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1947 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.