Santa Fe River near Fort White, Fla 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 02322500 sits on the Santa Fe River and reads everything draining 1,017 square miles of the Santa Fe basin. Its datum sits 21 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1928, 96 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Santa Fe River at US Hwy 441 near High Springs,fl, reading 859 square miles. This gauge adds the 158 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Santa Fe River near Hildreth Fla at 1,374 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 74% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Suwannee River near Bell, Florida.

Normal flows here

The Santa Fe River runs a median of 1,220 cfs at this gauge across 96 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 1,515 cfs, and June the leanest at 1,080 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 16,900 cfs in 1964, and the lowest is 342 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1928 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Santa Fe River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 23 feet. NWS starts watching it at 22 feet. The highest crest on record is 35.4 feet, in September 1964.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FWHF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.