Peace River near Homeland 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 02294781 sits on the Peace River and reads everything draining 411 square miles of the Peace basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 25 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Peace River at Clear Springs near Bartow FL, reading 396 square miles. This gauge adds the 15 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Peace River at Fort Meade FL at 480 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 86% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Peace River at Bowling Green FL, Peace River at State Hwy 664A near Wauchula FL and Peace River at US 17 at Zolfo Springs, FL.

Normal flows here

The Peace River runs a median of 52 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 404 cfs, and May the leanest at 27 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,400 cfs in 2004, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2012.

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