Withlacoochee River near Cumpressco, 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 02310947 sits on the Withlacoochee River and reads everything draining 280 square miles of the Withlacoochee basin. Its datum sits 75 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1967, 58 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 Withlacoochee River near Dade City, FL at 390 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 72% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Withlacoochee River at US 301 at Trilby, FL, Withlacoochee River at Rital FL and Withlacoochee River at Croom, FL.

Normal flows here

The Withlacoochee River runs a median of 24 cfs at this gauge across 58 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 180 cfs, and May the leanest at 0.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,630 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1981.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1967 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.