Big Coldwater Creek Nr Milton, Fla.

Santa Rosa County, Florida · USGS 02370500

Latest observation

What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Big Coldwater Creek at its USGS monitoring location in Santa Rosa County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.

Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.

RIVER PULSE

Below historical median · Falling

Flow vs typicalBelow typical

Streamflow is currently 242 ft³/s, 33% below the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 10 CFS over the past 24 hours.

USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 360 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 2.2 ft · 2.8 ft below action stage · Flood stage 10 ft
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations

Look at the data (29 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM342 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM297 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM316 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM301 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM272 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM276 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM268 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM307 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM299 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM290 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM270 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM259 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM247 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM248 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM312 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM340 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM325 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM307 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM272 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM252 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM242 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM236 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM232 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM340 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM453 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM335 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM296 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM277 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM257 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Santa Rosa County
Drainage area: 237 mi²
Current measurements: 2
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Big Coldwater Creek Nr Milton, Fla.USGS 02370500
STREAMFLOW242 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT2.22 ft