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Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Road at Lithia

Highest listed crest 28.50 ftFlood stage 13.0 ft145 crests since 1933

The Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Road at Lithia crested at major flood stage 22 times among the 145 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1933 to 2024. The highest, 28.50 ft on September 7, 1933, was major flooding, 15.50 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
28.50 ft
September 7, 1933; 45,900 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
13.0 ft
Major flooding from 19.0 ft
Crests at major
22
2nd of 237 gauges in Florida
Most recent flood crest
October 11, 2024
24.36 ft, major flooding
Location
Hillsborough County
Near Plant City (11.4 mi)

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Road at Lithia
Action stage11.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)13.089Nov 14, 2020Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage16.034Sep 30, 2022Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage19.022Oct 11, 2024Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

145 crests from 1933 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Road at Lithia, 1933 to 2024 1015202530ft Flood stage 13.0 ftMajor 19.0 ft Jun 14, 1933: 13.09 ft, minor flooding; 2,010 cubic feet per secondJul 13, 1933: 16.26 ft, moderate flooding; 3,670 cubic feet per secondSep 7, 1933: 28.50 ft, major flooding; 45,900 cubic feet per secondJun 16, 1934: 19.35 ft, major flooding; 7,300 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 1935: 20.52 ft, major flooding; 11,300 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 1936: 14.65 ft, minor flooding; 2,700 cubic feet per secondFeb 17, 1936: 13.86 ft, minor flooding; 2,260 cubic feet per secondFeb 23, 1936: 14.60 ft, minor flooding; 2,550 cubic feet per secondOct 12, 1936: 13.38 ft, minor flooding; 2,110 cubic feet per secondAug 2, 1938: 13.06 ft, minor flooding; 1,860 cubic feet per secondOct 17, 1938: 19.71 ft, major flooding; 7,880 cubic feet per secondJun 17, 1939: 16.78 ft, moderate flooding; 4,080 cubic feet per secondJun 29, 1939: 13.95 ft, minor flooding; 2,300 cubic feet per secondJul 9, 1939: 15.87 ft, minor flooding; 3,350 cubic feet per secondAug 6, 1939: 13.95 ft, minor flooding; 2,300 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 1941: 13.07 ft, minor flooding; 2,070 cubic feet per secondJul 16, 1941: 16.52 ft, moderate flooding; 4,020 cubic feet per secondJun 28, 1943: 19.00 ft, major flooding; 6,390 cubic feet per secondJul 13, 1943: 13.80 ft, minor flooding; 2,340 cubic feet per secondJul 18, 1943: 13.82 ft, minor flooding; 2,380 cubic feet per secondJul 24, 1943: 16.06 ft, moderate flooding; 3,650 cubic feet per secondAug 4, 1943: 16.99 ft, moderate flooding; 4,370 cubic feet per secondAug 31, 1943: 13.75 ft, minor flooding; 2,340 cubic feet per secondOct 20, 1944: 14.30 ft, minor flooding; 2,420 cubic feet per secondJun 25, 1945: 19.62 ft, major flooding; 7,870 cubic feet per secondJul 6, 1945: 15.12 ft, minor flooding; 2,870 cubic feet per secondJul 18, 1945: 17.13 ft, moderate flooding; 4,450 cubic feet per secondJul 26, 1945: 19.69 ft, major flooding; 7,880 cubic feet per secondAug 4, 1945: 15.69 ft, minor flooding; 3,210 cubic feet per secondAug 14, 1945: 15.62 ft, minor flooding; 3,210 cubic feet per secondAug 26, 1945: 13.26 ft, minor flooding; 2,070 cubic feet per secondJul 31, 1946: 13.46 ft, minor flooding; 2,220 cubic feet per secondAug 15, 1947: 13.59 ft, minor flooding; 2,160 cubic feet per secondAug 21, 1947: 13.66 ft, minor flooding; 2,190 cubic feet per secondSep 8, 1947: 15.07 ft, minor flooding; 2,810 cubic feet per secondSep 20, 1947: 23.24 ft, major flooding; 17,900 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 1947: 18.08 ft, moderate flooding; 5,470 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 1948: 17.25 ft, moderate flooding; 4,770 cubic feet per secondAug 14, 1948: 13.71 ft, minor flooding; 2,310 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 1948: 16.45 ft, moderate flooding; 3,950 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 1948: 14.96 ft, minor flooding; 2,810 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 1948: 18.45 ft, moderate flooding; 5,590 cubic feet per secondAug 14, 1949: 15.55 ft, minor flooding; 3,210 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 1949: 14.31 ft, minor flooding; 2,620 cubic feet per secondAug 29, 1949: 22.14 ft, major flooding; 14,200 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 1949: 17.63 ft, moderate flooding; 4,760 cubic feet per secondSep 7, 1950: 17.94 ft, moderate flooding; 5,030 cubic feet per secondOct 21, 1952: 19.13 ft, major flooding; 7,010 cubic feet per secondSep 5, 1953: 14.84 ft, minor flooding; 2,740 cubic feet per secondSep 18, 1953: 16.29 ft, moderate flooding; 3,650 cubic feet per secondSep 28, 1953: 16.39 ft, moderate flooding; 3,720 cubic feet per secondNov 25, 1953: 17.24 ft, moderate flooding; 4,420 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 1954: 16.28 ft, moderate flooding; 3,640 cubic feet per secondMay 17, 1957: 13.90 ft, minor flooding; 2,330 cubic feet per secondAug 9, 1957: 13.61 ft, minor flooding; 2,220 cubic feet per secondAug 25, 1957: 15.10 ft, minor flooding; 2,870 cubic feet per secondSep 10, 1957: 14.34 ft, minor flooding; 2,500 cubic feet per secondOct 4, 1957: 14.17 ft, minor flooding; 2,380 cubic feet per secondJan 27, 1958: 13.14 ft, minor flooding; 2,030 cubic feet per secondFeb 28, 1958: 13.65 ft, minor flooding; 2,190 cubic feet per secondApr 18, 1958: 15.12 ft, minor flooding; 2,850 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1959: 19.91 ft, major flooding; 8,310 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 1959: 15.20 ft, minor flooding; 2,890 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 1959: 17.63 ft, moderate flooding; 4,770 cubic feet per secondJul 15, 1959: 13.09 ft, minor flooding; 2,020 cubic feet per secondJul 21, 1959: 13.01 ft, minor flooding; 2,000 cubic feet per secondAug 19, 1959: 14.60 ft, minor flooding; 2,570 cubic feet per secondSep 1, 1959: 14.74 ft, minor flooding; 2,640 cubic feet per secondSep 13, 1959: 14.42 ft, minor flooding; 2,480 cubic feet per secondSep 18, 1959: 19.03 ft, major flooding; 6,860 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 1960: 20.06 ft, major flooding; 8,580 cubic feet per secondJul 31, 1960: 22.83 ft, major flooding; 17,200 cubic feet per secondSep 12, 1960: 23.98 ft, major flooding; 20,300 cubic feet per secondAug 26, 1962: 15.20 ft, minor flooding; 2,700 cubic feet per secondSep 3, 1962: 14.02 ft, minor flooding; 2,180 cubic feet per secondSep 22, 1962: 16.84 ft, moderate flooding; 3,830 cubic feet per secondFeb 14, 1963: 13.58 ft, minor flooding; 2,040 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 1963: 13.65 ft, minor flooding; 2,060 cubic feet per secondJan 13, 1964: 15.18 ft, minor flooding; 2,690 cubic feet per secondAug 2, 1965: 14.06 ft, minor flooding; 2,200 cubic feet per secondAug 12, 1965: 15.22 ft, minor flooding; 2,710 cubic feet per secondAug 15, 1967: 18.24 ft, moderate flooding; 5,060 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 1967: 14.26 ft, minor flooding; 2,230 cubic feet per secondAug 30, 1967: 13.16 ft, minor flooding; 1,850 cubic feet per secondJul 7, 1968: 15.01 ft, minor flooding; 2,570 cubic feet per secondJul 11, 1968: 14.54 ft, minor flooding; 2,370 cubic feet per secondJul 20, 1968: 14.75 ft, minor flooding; 2,460 cubic feet per secondSep 15, 1968: 15.15 ft, minor flooding; 2,700 cubic feet per secondOct 4, 1969: 14.08 ft, minor flooding; 2,330 cubic feet per secondFeb 5, 1972: 13.42 ft, minor flooding; 2,090 cubic feet per secondApr 6, 1973: 14.02 ft, minor flooding; 2,330 cubic feet per secondJul 3, 1974: 14.96 ft, minor flooding; 2,500 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 1974: 14.78 ft, minor flooding; 2,470 cubic feet per secondMay 16, 1979: 14.44 ft, minor flooding; 2,250 cubic feet per secondSep 16, 1979: 15.00 ft, minor flooding; 2,520 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 1979: 17.75 ft, moderate flooding; 4,780 cubic feet per secondSep 7, 1981: 14.48 ft, minor flooding; 2,270 cubic feet per secondJun 20, 1982: 15.31 ft, minor flooding; 2,970 cubic feet per secondSep 28, 1982: 14.01 ft, minor flooding; 2,230 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 1983: 14.68 ft, minor flooding; 2,510 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 1983: 13.53 ft, minor flooding; 2,000 cubic feet per secondSep 3, 1985: 14.72 ft, minor flooding; 2,360 cubic feet per secondMar 31, 1987: 16.44 ft, moderate flooding; 3,750 cubic feet per secondSep 8, 1988: 21.71 ft, major flooding; 9,450 cubic feet per secondJul 15, 1991: 16.82 ft, moderate flooding; 4,360 cubic feet per secondSep 17, 1994: 15.18 ft, minor flooding; 2,810 cubic feet per secondSep 28, 1994: 15.34 ft, minor flooding; 2,930 cubic feet per secondAug 4, 1995: 15.56 ft, minor flooding; 3,090 cubic feet per secondAug 28, 1995: 13.22 ft, minor flooding; 1,670 cubic feet per secondSep 29, 1997: 16.09 ft, moderate flooding; 3,550 cubic feet per secondDec 14, 1997: 17.00 ft, moderate flooding; 4,290 cubic feet per secondDec 28, 1997: 17.54 ft, moderate flooding; 4,690 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 1998: 17.30 ft, moderate floodingMar 21, 1998: 17.72 ft, moderate flooding; 5,170 cubic feet per secondSep 16, 2002: 17.19 ft, moderate floodingDec 14, 2002: 17.16 ft, moderate floodingDec 27, 2002: 14.40 ft, minor floodingJan 2, 2003: 19.10 ft, major floodingJun 23, 2003: 17.56 ft, moderate floodingAug 11, 2003: 13.92 ft, minor floodingAug 27, 2003: 14.07 ft, minor floodingAug 16, 2004: 14.85 ft, minor floodingAug 20, 2004: 15.39 ft, minor floodingSep 7, 2004: 22.33 ft, major floodingSep 28, 2004: 19.19 ft, major floodingMar 31, 2010: 13.01 ft, minor flooding; 1,740 cubic feet per secondJun 27, 2012: 15.96 ft, minor flooding; 2,910 cubic feet per secondAug 29, 2012: 14.41 ft, minor flooding; 2,140 cubic feet per secondAug 5, 2015: 13.39 ft, minor flooding; 1,865 cubic feet per secondAug 21, 2015: 14.99 ft, minor flooding; 2,456 cubic feet per secondJun 9, 2016: 14.29 ft, minor flooding; 2,179 cubic feet per secondAug 13, 2016: 14.08 ft, minor flooding; 2,100 cubic feet per secondSep 3, 2016: 17.21 ft, moderate flooding; 3,791 cubic feet per secondAug 30, 2017: 16.95 ft, moderate flooding; 3,589 cubic feet per secondSep 12, 2017: 22.79 ft, major flooding; 10,066 cubic feet per secondDec 22, 2018: 17.09 ft, moderate flooding; 3,693 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 2019: 15.05 ft, minor flooding; 2,410 cubic feet per secondAug 11, 2019: 13.16 ft, minor flooding; 1,697 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 2019: 14.75 ft, minor flooding; 2,281 cubic feet per secondSep 4, 2020: 14.24 ft, minor flooding; 2,075 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 2020: 13.86 ft, minor flooding; 1,936 cubic feet per secondNov 14, 2020: 15.54 ft, minor flooding; 2,665 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 2022: 18.40 ft, moderate flooding; 3,960 cubic feet per secondAug 7, 2024: 20.17 ft, major floodingOct 11, 2024: 24.36 ft, major flooding; 12,643 cubic feet per second Highest, 28.50 ft, Sep 7, 1933 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Road at Lithia 1930s: 15 1940s: 31 31 1950s: 24 1960s: 19 1970s: 7 1980s: 8 1990s: 10 2000s: 11 2010s: 14 2020s: 6 1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
  2. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 145 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Alafia River at Lithia Pinecrest Road at Lithia
1Sep 7, 193328.50+15.50Major45,900
2Oct 11, 202424.36+11.36Major12,643
3Sep 12, 196023.98+10.98Major20,300
4Sep 20, 194723.24+10.24Major17,900
5Jul 31, 196022.83+9.83Major17,200
6Sep 12, 201722.79+9.79Major10,066
7Sep 7, 200422.33+9.33Major—
8Aug 29, 194922.14+9.14Major14,200
9Sep 8, 198821.71+8.71Major9,450
10Sep 5, 193520.52+7.52Major11,300
11Aug 7, 202420.17+7.17Major—
12Mar 18, 196020.06+7.06Major8,580
13Mar 21, 195919.91+6.91Major8,310
14Oct 17, 193819.71+6.71Major7,880
15Jul 26, 194519.69+6.69Major7,880
16Jun 25, 194519.62+6.62Major7,870
17Jun 16, 193419.35+6.35Major7,300
18Sep 28, 200419.19+6.19Major—
19Oct 21, 195219.13+6.13Major7,010
20Jan 2, 200319.10+6.10Major—
21Sep 18, 195919.03+6.03Major6,860
22Jun 28, 194319.00+6.00Major6,390
23Sep 30, 194818.45+5.45Moderate5,590
24Sep 30, 202218.40+5.40Moderate3,960
25Aug 15, 196718.24+5.24Moderate5,060
26Sep 24, 194718.08+5.08Moderate5,470
27Sep 7, 195017.94+4.94Moderate5,030
28Sep 24, 197917.75+4.75Moderate4,780
29Mar 21, 199817.72+4.72Moderate5,170
30Sep 30, 194917.63+4.63Moderate4,760
31Jun 20, 195917.63+4.63Moderate4,770
32Jun 23, 200317.56+4.56Moderate—
33Dec 28, 199717.54+4.54Moderate4,690
34Feb 21, 199817.30+4.30Moderate—
35Jan 25, 194817.25+4.25Moderate4,770
36Nov 25, 195317.24+4.24Moderate4,420
37Sep 3, 201617.21+4.21Moderate3,791
38Sep 16, 200217.19+4.19Moderate—
39Dec 14, 200217.16+4.16Moderate—
40Jul 18, 194517.13+4.13Moderate4,450
41Dec 22, 201817.09+4.09Moderate3,693
42Dec 14, 199717.00+4.00Moderate4,290
43Aug 4, 194316.99+3.99Moderate4,370
44Aug 30, 201716.95+3.95Moderate3,589
45Sep 22, 196216.84+3.84Moderate3,830
46Jul 15, 199116.82+3.82Moderate4,360
47Jun 17, 193916.78+3.78Moderate4,080
48Jul 16, 194116.52+3.52Moderate4,020
49Aug 23, 194816.45+3.45Moderate3,950
50Mar 31, 198716.44+3.44Moderate3,750

Gauges on the Alafia River

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Alafia River
Lithia Pinecrest Road at Lithia this gaugeFL13.028.50 ft, Sep 7, 193322
US 301 RiverviewFL4.29.37 ft, Sep 27, 20245

Other gauges in Hillsborough County

Flood gauges in Hillsborough County
US 301 Riverview4.29.37 ft, Sep 27, 20245
Fowler Avenue29.034.67 ft, Sep 9, 19331
Morris Bridge32.034.66 ft, Sep 14, 20170
Zephyrhills at State Park10.017.14 ft, Oct 11, 20245
Wimauma at US 30111.020.14 ft, Sep 8, 198817
Tide Gauge at East Bay (In MHHW)2.77.20 ft, Sep 27, 20241
Tide Gauge at Gibsonton (in MHHW)2.07.21 ft, Sep 27, 20242
Tide Gauge at McKay Bay Entrance (in MHHW)2.74.31 ft, Oct 8, 19960
Tide Gauge at Old Port Tampa (in MHHW)2.76.86 ft, Sep 27, 20241

Hillsborough County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Florida

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LITF1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.