Withlacoochee River at Wysong Dam, at Carlson, 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 02312720 sits on the Withlacoochee River and reads everything draining 1,520 square miles of the Withlacoochee basin. Its datum sits 1 feet below sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1966, 59 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Withlacoochee River near Floral City, FL, reading 995 square miles. This gauge adds the 525 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Withlacoochee River near Inverness, FL at 1,700 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 89% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Withlacoochee River at SR 200 near Holder, FL, Withlacoochee River at US 41 at Dunnellon, FL and Withlacoochee River at Inglis Dam near Dunnellon, FL.

Normal flows here

The Withlacoochee River runs a median of 383 cfs at this gauge across 59 years of record. October is the fullest month at a median 723 cfs, and June the leanest at 226 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,880 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1966 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.