Suwannee River at Dowling Park, Florida 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 02319800 sits on the Suwannee River and reads everything draining 7,190 square miles of the Lower Suwannee basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1997, 30 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla, reading 6,970 square miles. This gauge adds the 220 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Suwannee River at Luraville, Fla at 7,280 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 99% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Suwannee River at Branford, Fla.

Normal flows here

The Suwannee River runs a median of 3,260 cfs at this gauge across 30 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 8,060 cfs, and November the leanest at 2,165 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 53,200 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 715 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1997 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Suwannee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 47 feet. NWS starts watching it at 43 feet. The highest crest on record is 60.8 feet, in April 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DOUF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.