North Fork Black Creek near Middleburg, 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 02246000 sits on the North Fork Black Creek and reads everything draining 177 square miles of the Lower St. Johns basin. Its datum sits 1 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1932, 95 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 North Fork Black Creek at Middleburg, FL at 197 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 90% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The North Fork Black Creek runs a median of 76 cfs at this gauge across 95 years of record. August is the fullest month at a median 130 cfs, and May the leanest at 30 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 19,300 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 2.4 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1932 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The North Fork Black Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.9 feet, in September 2017.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MDLF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.