Withlacoochee River near Rutland, 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 02312722 sits on the Withlacoochee River in the Withlacoochee basin. Its datum sits 1 feet below sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2006, 20 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. Downstream the next reading comes from Withlacoochee River at Wysong Dam, at Carlson, FL at 1,520 square miles. Water passing here goes on to Withlacoochee River near Inverness, FL, Withlacoochee River at SR 200 near Holder, FL and Withlacoochee River at US 41 at Dunnellon, FL.

Normal flows here

The Withlacoochee River runs a median of 348 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. October is the fullest month at a median 688 cfs, and May the leanest at 153 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,750 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 7.2 cfs in 2008.

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