TidalMapSweetwater Creek near Tampa FL Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02306647 sits on Sweetwater Creek and reads everything draining 14 square miles of the Tampa Bay basin. Its datum sits 1 feet below sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1986, 41 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Sweetwater Creek near Sulphur Springs FL, reading 7.4 square miles. This gauge adds the 6.9 square miles that drain in between.
Normal flows here
Sweetwater Creek runs a median of 5.4 cfs at this gauge across 41 years of record. August is the fullest month at a median 35 cfs, and May the leanest at 2.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,890 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2016.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.7 cfs | 87% |
| Feb | 5.7 cfs | 106% |
| Mar | 4.9 cfs | 91% |
| Apr | 3.7 cfs | 68% |
| May | 2.4 cfs | 44% |
| Jun | 9.4 cfs | 174% |
| Jul | 24 cfs | 444% |
| Aug | 35 cfs | 648% |
| Sep | 29 cfs | 537% |
| Oct | 9.6 cfs | 178% |
| Nov | 5.0 cfs | 92% |
| Dec | 3.3 cfs | 61% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1986 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02306647. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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