North Prong Alafia River near Nichols 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 02300882 sits on the North Prong Alafia River and reads everything draining 39 square miles of the Alafia basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 18 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 Prong Alafia River at Keysville FL at 135 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 29% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Rd at Lithia, FL and Alafia River at Gibsonton FL.

Normal flows here

The North Prong Alafia River runs a median of 20 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 98 cfs, and March the leanest at 12 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,030 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 0.8 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.