Shoal River near Mossy Head, 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 02368500 sits on the Shoal River and reads everything draining 123 square miles of the Yellow basin. Its datum sits 106 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1951, 53 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Shoal River near Crestview, Fla at 474 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 26% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Shoal River runs a median of 146 cfs at this gauge across 53 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 221 cfs, and November the leanest at 110 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 13,500 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 24 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1951 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 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 25.6 feet, in September 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MHDF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.