Withlacoochee River near Inverness, 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.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02312762 sits on the Withlacoochee River and reads everything draining 1,700 square miles of the Withlacoochee basin. Its datum sits 12 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 25 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Six gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Withlacoochee River at Wysong Dam, at Carlson, FL, reading 1,520 square miles. This gauge adds the 180 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Withlacoochee River at SR 200 near Holder, FL at 1,825 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 41 at Dunnellon, FL and Withlacoochee River at Inglis Dam near Dunnellon, FL.

Normal flows here

The Withlacoochee River runs a median of 365 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 908 cfs, and May the leanest at 186 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,680 cfs in 2005, and the lowest is 0.8 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.