Santa Fe River near Hildreth 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.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02322800 sits on the Santa Fe River and reads everything draining 1,374 square miles of the Santa Fe basin. Its datum sits 4 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2001, 23 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Santa Fe River near Fort White, Fla, reading 1,017 square miles. This gauge adds the 357 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Suwannee River near Bell, Florida at 9,390 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 15% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Suwannee River near Wilcox, Fla.

Normal flows here

The Santa Fe River runs a median of 1,580 cfs at this gauge across 23 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 2,030 cfs, and January the leanest at 1,410 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 15,700 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is -1070.0 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2001 to 2026. 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 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.4 feet, in April 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FTWF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.