Yellow River at Milligan, Fla 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 02368000 sits on the Yellow River and reads everything draining 624 square miles of the Yellow basin. Its datum sits 45 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1938, 84 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Yellow River near Oak Grove, Fla, reading 510 square miles. This gauge adds the 114 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Yellow River near Milton, Fla at 1,340 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 47% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Yellow River runs a median of 638 cfs at this gauge across 84 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,380 cfs, and October the leanest at 399 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 71,700 cfs in 1999, and the lowest is 108 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1938 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Yellow River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 26.2 feet, in January 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MLGF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.