Withlacoochee River near Dade City, 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 02311500 sits on the Withlacoochee River and reads everything draining 390 square miles of the Withlacoochee basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 45 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Withlacoochee River near Cumpressco, FL, reading 280 square miles. This gauge adds the 110 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Withlacoochee River at US 301 at Trilby, FL at 570 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 68% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Withlacoochee River at Rital FL, Withlacoochee River at Croom, FL and Withlacoochee River near Pineola, FL.

Normal flows here

The Withlacoochee River runs a median of 33 cfs at this gauge across 45 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 229 cfs, and May the leanest at 2.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,020 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2001.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1930 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.