Palatlakaha River near Mascotte, 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 02237000 sits on the Palatlakaha River and reads everything draining 182 square miles of the Oklawaha basin. Daily flow is on record here from 1945 to 1965, 12 years in all.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Palatlakaha River at Cherry Lake Out near Groveland, FL, reading 165 square miles. This gauge adds the 17 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Palatlakaha River at Structure M-6 near Mascotte, FL at 186 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 98% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Palatlakaha River below Structure M-5 near Okahumpka, FL, Palatlakaha River at Structure M-4 near Okahumpka, FL and Palatlakaha River at Structure M-1, near Okahumpka, FL.

Normal flows here

The Palatlakaha River runs a median of 75 cfs at this gauge across 12 years of record. October is the fullest month at a median 176 cfs, and June the leanest at 19 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 458 cfs in 1946, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 1945.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1945 to 1965. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.