Withlacoochee River at Rital 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 02312300 sits on the Withlacoochee River and reads everything draining 629 square miles of the Withlacoochee basin. Its datum sits 2 feet below sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2004, 22 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Withlacoochee River at US 301 at Trilby, FL, reading 570 square miles. This gauge adds the 59 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Withlacoochee River at Croom, FL at 810 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 78% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Withlacoochee River near Pineola, FL, Withlacoochee River near Floral City, FL and Withlacoochee River at Wysong Dam, at Carlson, FL.

Normal flows here

The Withlacoochee River runs a median of 120 cfs at this gauge across 22 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 456 cfs, and May the leanest at 42 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,570 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2004 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.