Myakka River Upst From Youngs Creek near 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 02298488 sits on Myakka River Upst From Youngs Creek and reads everything draining 29 square miles of the Myakka basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1999, 26 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Myakka River at Myakka City FL at 125 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 23% 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. It then enters Upper Myakka Lake near Sarasota FL, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

Myakka River Upst From Youngs Creek runs a median of 6.1 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 41 cfs, and May the leanest at 2.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,860 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2020.

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