Peace Creek near Bartow 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 02294161 sits on Peace Creek and reads everything draining 205 square miles of the Peace basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2005, 21 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 Peace River at SR 60 at Bartow, FL at 390 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 53% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Peace River near Bartow FL, Peace River at Clear Springs near Bartow FL and Peace River near Homeland FL.

Normal flows here

Peace Creek runs a median of 39 cfs at this gauge across 21 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 212 cfs, and May the leanest at 9.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,490 cfs in 2023, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2005 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.