Withlacoochee River at Skipper Bridge Rd,nr Bemiss, GA 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 023177483 sits on the Withlacoochee River and reads everything draining 502 square miles of the Withlacoochee basin. Its datum sits 121 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1988, 38 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Hardy Mill Creek at Sapps Lake Rd, near Enigma, GA, reading 24 square miles. This gauge adds the 478 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Withlacoochee River at US 41 near Valdosta, GA at 537 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 93% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Withlacoochee River at US 84, near Quitman, GA.

Normal flows here

The Withlacoochee River runs a median of 61 cfs at this gauge across 38 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 462 cfs, and October the leanest at 29 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 25,700 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1988 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Withlacoochee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 135 feet. NWS starts watching it at 131 feet. The highest crest on record is 153.3 feet, in April 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge VDSG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.