Peace River at Bowling Green 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 02295194 sits on the Peace River and reads everything draining 613 square miles of the Peace basin. Its datum sits 5 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2011, 14 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Six gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Peace River at Fort Meade FL, reading 480 square miles. This gauge adds the 133 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Peace River at State Hwy 664A near Wauchula FL at 754 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 81% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Peace River at US 17 at Zolfo Springs, FL and Peace River at SR 70 at Arcadia, FL.

Normal flows here

The Peace River runs a median of 136 cfs at this gauge across 14 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 781 cfs, and May the leanest at 47 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,200 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2011 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.