Ocklawaha River at Moss Bluff Dam
Highest listed crest 46.85 ftFlood stage 44.0 ft9 crests since 2008
The Ocklawaha River at Moss Bluff Dam crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 9 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2008 to 2024. The highest, 46.85 ft on October 10, 2024, was major flooding, 2.85 feet above flood stage. 4 other gauges on the Ocklawaha River crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 46.85 ft
- October 10, 2024
- Flood stage
- 44.0 ft
- Major flooding from 46.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 1
- 107th of 237 gauges in Florida
- Most recent flood crest
- October 10, 2024
- 46.85 ft, major flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 42.0 | 4 | Jan 29, 2016 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 44.0 | 3 | Sep 30, 2015 |
| Moderate flood stage | 45.0 | 1 | Sep 30, 2022 |
| Major flood stage | 46.0 | 1 | Oct 10, 2024 |
Every listed crest
9 crests from 2008 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- 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.
- 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
| 1 | Oct 10, 2024 | 46.85 | +2.85 | Major |
| 2 | Sep 30, 2022 | 45.69 | +1.69 | Moderate |
| 3 | Sep 30, 2015 | 44.87 | +0.87 | Minor |
| 4 | Mar 13, 2010 | 44.68 | +0.68 | Minor |
| 5 | Aug 25, 2008 | 44.26 | +0.26 | Minor |
| 6 | Jan 29, 2016 | 43.91 | −0.09 | Action |
| 7 | Sep 18, 2015 | 43.12 | −0.88 | Action |
| 8 | Mar 31, 2010 | 43.00 | −1.00 | Action |
| 9 | Jul 30, 2015 | 42.15 | −1.85 | Action |
The worst floods along the Ocklawaha River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Ocklawaha River that crested above flood stage within a week.
October 10, 2024: 46.85 ft here, major flooding
- EurekaFL · Oct 11, 2024 · 25.37 ft · Major
- Kirkpatrick Dam (in NAVD88)FL · Oct 14, 2024 · 9.01 ft · Major
- OcalaFL · Oct 10, 2024 · 40.44 ft · Moderate
- ConnerFL · Oct 10, 2024 · 39.32 ft · Moderate
September 30, 2022: 45.69 ft here, moderate flooding
- Kirkpatrick Dam (in NAVD88)FL · Sep 29, 2022 · 8.67 ft · Major
- OcalaFL · Sep 30, 2022 · 39.17 ft · Minor
March 13, 2010: 44.68 ft here, minor flooding
- ConnerFL · Mar 14, 2010 · 38.38 ft · Minor
- EurekaFL · Mar 16, 2010 · 22.16 ft · Minor
- Kirkpatrick Dam (in NAVD88)FL · Mar 18, 2010 · 5.35 ft · Minor
Gauges on the Ocklawaha River
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Moss Bluff Dam this gauge | FL | 46.85 ft, Oct 10, 2024 | 1 |
| Ocala | FL | 41.31 ft, Sep 11, 2017 | 3 |
| Conner | FL | 40.07 ft, Sep 11, 2017 | 2 |
| Eureka | FL | 25.49 ft, Sep 13, 2017 | 9 |
| Kirkpatrick Dam (in NAVD88) | FL | 9.70 ft, Sep 13, 2017 | 16 |
Other gauges in Marion County
| Eureka | 25.49 ft, Sep 13, 2017 | 9 |
| Conner | 40.07 ft, Sep 11, 2017 | 2 |
| Ocala | 41.31 ft, Sep 11, 2017 | 3 |
| Orange Springs | 29.32 ft, Oct 20, 1941 | 5 |
| Dunnellon (in NAVD88) | 30.43 ft, Nov 1, 2024 | 0 |
| Dunnellon (in NAVD88) | 29.57 ft, Nov 2, 2024 | 0 |
| US 41 Dunnellon (in NAVD88) | 32.20 ft, Apr 1, 1960 | 3 |
Marion County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Florida
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MSSF1, 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.