Myakka River at Myakka 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 02298608 sits on the Myakka River and reads everything draining 125 square miles of the Myakka basin. Its datum sits 24 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1964, 52 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Myakka River Upst From Youngs Creek near Myakka City FL, reading 29 square miles. This gauge adds the 96 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Upper Myakka Lake near Sarasota FL at 215 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 58% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Myakka River near SR 72 near Sarasota, FL, Myakka River at Control near Laurel FL and Myakka River at North Port Charlotte FL.

Normal flows here

The Myakka River runs a median of 34 cfs at this gauge across 52 years of record. August is the fullest month at a median 257 cfs, and May the leanest at 7.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 13,800 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1965.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1964 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.