South Prong Alafia River near Lithia 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 02301300 sits on the South Prong Alafia River and reads everything draining 107 square miles of the Alafia basin. Its datum sits 39 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1964, 62 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is South Prong Alafia River near Ft Lonesome FL, reading 73 square miles. This gauge adds the 34 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Rd at Lithia, FL at 335 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 32% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Alafia River at Gibsonton FL.

Normal flows here

The South Prong Alafia River runs a median of 48 cfs at this gauge across 62 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 149 cfs, and May the leanest at 20 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,430 cfs in 1967, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1964 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.