Peace River 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 02294655 sits on the Peace River and reads everything draining 395 square miles of the Peace basin. Its datum sits 80 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 24 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Peace River at SR 60 at Bartow, FL, reading 390 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Peace River at Clear Springs near Bartow FL at 396 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 100% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Peace River near Homeland FL, Peace River at Fort Meade FL and Peace River at Bowling Green FL.

Normal flows here

The Peace River runs a median of 50 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 370 cfs, and March the leanest at 32 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,090 cfs in 2004, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.