Shoal River near Crestview, 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 02369000 sits on the Shoal River and reads everything draining 474 square miles of the Yellow basin. Its datum sits 47 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1938, 87 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Shoal River near Mossy Head, Fla, reading 123 square miles. This gauge adds the 351 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Yellow River near Milton, Fla at 1,340 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 35% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Shoal River runs a median of 764 cfs at this gauge across 87 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,050 cfs, and November the leanest at 614 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 55,500 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 156 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1938 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Shoal River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 21.4 feet, in September 1998.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CRVF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.