Suwannee River at Suwannee Springs 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 02315550 sits on the Suwannee River and reads everything draining 2,630 square miles of the Upper Suwannee basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1975, 37 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Suwannee River at White Springs, Fla, reading 2,430 square miles. This gauge adds the 200 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla at 6,970 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 38% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Suwannee River at Dowling Park, Florida.

Normal flows here

The Suwannee River runs a median of 938 cfs at this gauge across 37 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,950 cfs, and November the leanest at 416 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 17,900 cfs in 2012, and the lowest is 25 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1975 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 60 feet. NWS starts watching it at 58 feet. The highest crest on record is 78.2 feet, in April 1973.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LIKF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.