Wekiva River near Sanford, 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 02235000 sits on the Wekiva River and reads everything draining 189 square miles of the Upper St. Johns basin. Its datum sits 5 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1936, 91 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from St Johns River near De Land, FL at 3,066 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 6% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Wekiva River runs a median of 248 cfs at this gauge across 91 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 312 cfs, and May the leanest at 210 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,270 cfs in 2017, and the lowest is 105 cfs in 1939.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1936 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 7.3 feet, in October 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WEKF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.