Palatlakaha River at Structure M-1, near Okahumpka, 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 02237293 sits on the Palatlakaha River and reads everything draining 221 square miles of the Oklawaha basin. Daily flow has been on record here since 1970, 55 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Six gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Palatlakaha River at Structure M-4 near Okahumpka, FL, reading 208 square miles. This gauge adds the 13 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Haynes Creek at Lisbon, FL at 648 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 34% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ocklawaha River at Moss Bluff, FL and Ocklawaha River near Ocala,fla.

Normal flows here

The Palatlakaha River runs a median of 2.3 cfs at this gauge across 55 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 3.2 cfs, and June the leanest at 0.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 727 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1978.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1970 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.