South Fork Little Manatee River near Parrish 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 02300210 sits on the South Fork Little Manatee River and reads everything draining 21 square miles of the Little Manatee basin. Its datum sits 54 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2001, 25 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 South Fork Little Manatee River near Wimauma FL at 38 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 56% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Little Manatee River at US 301 near Wimauma, FL.

Normal flows here

The South Fork Little Manatee River runs a median of 5.5 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. August is the fullest month at a median 43 cfs, and May the leanest at 1.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,810 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2024.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2001 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.