Myakka River near Myakka City FL
Manatee County, Florida · USGS 02298554
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What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Myakka River at its USGS monitoring location in Manatee County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 1 hour ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
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.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
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.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
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.
Below historical median · Falling
Streamflow is currently 98 ft³/s, 24% below the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 16 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 128 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations
Look at the data (30 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 16.7 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 22.3 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 38 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 48.1 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 89.8 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 144 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 155 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 148 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 143 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 136 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 125 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 126 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 126 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 127 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 150 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 350 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 644 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 634 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 500 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 361 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 258 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 190 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 155 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 193 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 206 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 176 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 151 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 135 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 122 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 106 CFS |
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