Suwannee River at White 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 02315500 sits on the Suwannee River and reads everything draining 2,430 square miles of the Upper Suwannee basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1906, 102 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Suwannee River above Fargo, GA, reading 1,130 square miles. This gauge adds the 1,300 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Suwannee River at Suwannee Springs Fla at 2,630 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 92% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla.

Normal flows here

The Suwannee River runs a median of 741 cfs at this gauge across 102 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,080 cfs, and November the leanest at 254 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 38,000 cfs in 1973, and the lowest is 1.7 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1906 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 74 feet. NWS starts watching it at 69 feet. The highest crest on record is 87.7 feet, in April 1973.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WSPF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.