Withlacoochee River near Pineola, 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 02312598 sits on the Withlacoochee River and reads everything draining 930 square miles of the Withlacoochee basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2006, 20 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Withlacoochee River at Croom, FL, reading 810 square miles. This gauge adds the 120 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Withlacoochee River near Floral City, FL at 995 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 93% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Withlacoochee River at Wysong Dam, at Carlson, FL, Withlacoochee River near Inverness, FL and Withlacoochee River at SR 200 near Holder, FL.

Normal flows here

The Withlacoochee River runs a median of 162 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. September is the fullest month at a median 506 cfs, and May the leanest at 61 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,890 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2006 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.