Ocklawaha River near Conner, 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 02240000 sits on the Ocklawaha River and reads everything draining 1,196 square miles of the Oklawaha basin. Its datum sits 32 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 65 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Ocklawaha River near Ocala,fla, reading 1,018 square miles. This gauge adds the 178 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ocklawaha River at Eureka, FL at 1,367 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 87% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Ocklawaha River runs a median of 855 cfs at this gauge across 65 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 964 cfs, and June the leanest at 759 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,010 cfs in 1982, and the lowest is 223 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1930 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 38 feet. NWS starts watching it at 36.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 40.1 feet, in September 2017.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CNRF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.