Yellow River near Milton, 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 02369600 sits on the Yellow River and reads everything draining 1,340 square miles of the Yellow basin. Its datum sits 36 feet below sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2001, 23 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Yellow River at Milligan, Fla, reading 624 square miles. This gauge adds the 716 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Yellow River runs a median of 2,025 cfs at this gauge across 23 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 2,720 cfs, and October the leanest at 1,540 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,290 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 397 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2001 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 48.2 feet, in September 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MLYF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.