Ocklawaha River at Moss Bluff, 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 02238500 sits on the Ocklawaha River and reads everything draining 879 square miles of the Oklawaha basin. Daily flow has been on record here since 2009, 16 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Haynes Creek at Lisbon, FL, reading 648 square miles. This gauge adds the 231 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ocklawaha River near Ocala,fla at 1,018 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 86% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ocklawaha River near Conner, FL and Ocklawaha River at Eureka, FL.

Normal flows here

The Ocklawaha River runs a median of 27 cfs at this gauge across 16 years of record. July is the fullest month at a median 37 cfs, and March the leanest at 22 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,640 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2013.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2009 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Ocklawaha River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 44 feet. NWS starts watching it at 42 feet. The highest crest on record is 46.9 feet, in October 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MSSF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.