Santa Fe River level at High Springs
Florida · Tubing & floating
Measured at USGS 02321975 — SANTA FE RIVER AT US HWY 441 NEAR HIGH SPRINGS,FL.
Reading taken · as of 43 min ago
Low and slow — expect to drag in the shallows
At 107 CFS, this gauge is in the lowest 10% of the 16 years USGS has recorded for this date (1993–2026), at 22% of the 492 CFS median.
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Flow history at High Springs
Daily values from USGS 02321975, updated every 15 to 60 minutes. Provisional.
About Santa Fe River at High Springs
The lowest daily mean in this station's record is zero. On 28 May 2002 the gauge measured no flow at all. Ten years earlier, on 6 October 1992, the same station recorded an instantaneous peak of 10,100 CFS at a crest of 45.23 feet.
That is karst country behaving as karst does. USGS credits the station, published as Santa Fe River at US Highway 441 near High Springs, with an 859 square mile drainage, and the published statistics span 1993 to 2026 with about 15 years of observations behind any given calendar day. The monthly medians run from 280 CFS in June to 591 in March. There is no NWS forecast point here, so this page carries no flood categories.
Santa Fe River at High Springs — common questions
6 questions
Has this river really recorded zero flow?
Yes. The daily record contains a reading of 0 CFS on 28 May 2002. On a karst river that is not a gauge failure; water moves between the surface channel and the aquifer, and in a dry period the surface flow at a given point can stop. The highest daily mean in the same record is 9,150 CFS, from 25 February 1998.
Why is there no flood stage shown on this page?
Because the NWS does not maintain a National Water Prediction Service forecast point at this location, so there are no official action, minor, moderate or major stages to publish and no historical crest list. The peak flow record from USGS is still there, headed by 10,100 CFS at 45.23 feet on 6 October 1992.
Is the Ichetucknee gauge a useful cross check?
Yes, at 12.7 miles it is the nearest gauge on this site and the two share 2,607 days of record since 2002, correlating at 0.85. This station has run at a median of about 1.23 times the Ichetucknee reading. Where they differ is in behaviour under stress: the Ichetucknee has never read below 87.8 CFS, and this gauge has recorded zero.
Does rain upstream change Santa Fe River at High Springs quickly?
Yes. It is free-flowing, so rain upstream moves it directly. Several feet in a few hours is normal after a heavy storm.
Is Santa Fe River at High Springs high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 492 CFS, from 16 years of record (1993–2026). Today sits in the lowest 10% of those years, at 22% of the median. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 02321975 every 15 to 60 minutes. This page refreshes from USGS when you open it, and the reading is provisional until USGS reviews it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.