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Suwannee River at White Springs, Fla.

Columbia County, Florida · USGS 02315500

Latest observation

What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Suwannee River at its USGS monitoring location in Columbia 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 typicalVery low

Streamflow is currently 315 ft³/s, 60% below the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 13 CFS over the past 24 hours.

USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 792 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 51.8 ft · 17.2 ft below action stage · Flood stage 74 ft
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations

Look at the data (30 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM278 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM329 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM382 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM483 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM631 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM731 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM782 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM845 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM967 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM963 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM1,070 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM1,140 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM1,090 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM1,070 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM975 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM905 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM854 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM792 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM726 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM658 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM590 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM526 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM469 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM424 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM399 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM388 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM367 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM350 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM335 CFS
Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM324 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Columbia County
Drainage area: 2,430 mi²
Current measurements: 2
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Suwannee River at White Springs, Fla.USGS 02315500
STREAMFLOW315 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT51.78 ft