Highest listed crest 29.36 ft September 11, 2017
Flood stage 14.5 ft Major flooding from 20.0 ft
Crests at major 17 5th of 237 gauges in Florida
Most recent flood crest October 10, 2024 16.86 ft, minor flooding Listed crests at the South Fork Black Creek near Penney Farms, 1940 to 2024 10 15 20 25 30 ft Flood stage 14.5 ft Major 20.0 ft Dec 25, 1940: 14.16 ft, action stage; 1,650 cubic feet per second Oct 21, 1941: 21.65 ft, major flooding; 8,560 cubic feet per second Aug 15, 1943: 19.87 ft, moderate flooding; 6,240 cubic feet per second Apr 4, 1944: 14.14 ft, action stage; 1,660 cubic feet per second Aug 9, 1944: 16.64 ft, minor flooding; 2,840 cubic feet per second Oct 19, 1944: 26.33 ft, major flooding; 13,900 cubic feet per second Sep 17, 1945: 17.02 ft, minor flooding; 4,060 cubic feet per second Sep 24, 1947: 22.60 ft, major flooding; 9,390 cubic feet per second Oct 25, 1947: 20.36 ft, major flooding; 7,130 cubic feet per second Nov 3, 1947: 14.35 ft, action stage; 1,920 cubic feet per second Jan 25, 1948: 15.23 ft, minor flooding; 2,400 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1948: 18.03 ft, moderate flooding; 4,810 cubic feet per second Oct 3, 1948: 18.88 ft, moderate flooding; 5,230 cubic feet per second Oct 2, 1949: 14.02 ft, action stage; 1,570 cubic feet per second Sep 7, 1950: 18.68 ft, moderate flooding; 5,020 cubic feet per second Sep 30, 1950: 15.60 ft, minor flooding; 2,430 cubic feet per second Oct 19, 1950: 21.25 ft, major flooding; 7,970 cubic feet per second Apr 8, 1953: 15.00 ft, minor flooding; 2,280 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1953: 19.40 ft, moderate flooding; 5,790 cubic feet per second Aug 24, 1953: 17.88 ft, moderate flooding; 4,200 cubic feet per second Aug 29, 1953: 16.31 ft, minor flooding; 2,850 cubic feet per second Dec 24, 1953: 15.89 ft, minor flooding; 2,550 cubic feet per second Oct 17, 1956: 15.69 ft, minor flooding; 2,410 cubic feet per second Apr 16, 1958: 14.07 ft, action stage; 1,600 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 1959: 15.04 ft, minor flooding; 1,900 cubic feet per second Mar 21, 1959: 14.96 ft, minor flooding; 1,670 cubic feet per second May 21, 1959: 25.21 ft, major flooding; 12,500 cubic feet per second Mar 18, 1960: 17.64 ft, moderate flooding; 3,980 cubic feet per second Sep 12, 1960: 18.37 ft, moderate flooding; 4,690 cubic feet per second Jul 19, 1961: 15.03 ft, minor flooding; 2,240 cubic feet per second Aug 27, 1961: 17.00 ft, minor flooding; 3,400 cubic feet per second Sep 28, 1963: 15.48 ft, minor flooding; 2,380 cubic feet per second Feb 29, 1964: 14.14 ft, action stage; 1,660 cubic feet per second May 3, 1964: 15.65 ft, minor flooding; 2,420 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 1964: 20.04 ft, major flooding; 6,440 cubic feet per second Mar 1, 1966: 15.15 ft, minor flooding; 2,240 cubic feet per second Aug 25, 1966: 14.57 ft, minor flooding; 2,170 cubic feet per second Feb 13, 1967: 14.31 ft, action stage; 1,970 cubic feet per second Aug 14, 1967: 16.05 ft, minor flooding; 2,980 cubic feet per second Aug 31, 1968: 20.62 ft, major flooding; 7,080 cubic feet per second Sep 9, 1968: 15.17 ft, minor flooding; 2,460 cubic feet per second Sep 30, 1969: 22.03 ft, major flooding; 8,640 cubic feet per second Dec 11, 1969: 14.17 ft, action stage; 1,930 cubic feet per second Jan 7, 1970: 15.69 ft, minor flooding; 2,760 cubic feet per second Feb 3, 1970: 22.71 ft, major flooding; 9,450 cubic feet per second Mar 29, 1970: 19.85 ft, moderate flooding; 6,280 cubic feet per second Jun 20, 1972: 15.19 ft, minor flooding; 2,460 cubic feet per second Aug 27, 1972: 18.56 ft, moderate flooding; 4,970 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1973: 14.82 ft, minor flooding; 2,230 cubic feet per second Aug 19, 1978: 14.32 ft, action stage; 1,980 cubic feet per second May 12, 1979: 14.72 ft, minor flooding; 2,180 cubic feet per second Dec 7, 1979: 15.91 ft, minor flooding; 2,880 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1980: 14.64 ft, minor flooding; 2,160 cubic feet per second Jul 29, 1982: 15.02 ft, minor flooding; 2,330 cubic feet per second Dec 30, 1983: 17.42 ft, minor flooding; 3,970 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 1984: 14.00 ft, action stage; 1,700 cubic feet per second Sep 1, 1985: 15.08 ft, minor flooding; 2,380 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1986: 14.87 ft, minor flooding; 2,270 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1987: 15.96 ft, minor flooding; 2,910 cubic feet per second Mar 31, 1987: 14.04 ft, action stage; 2,050 cubic feet per second Sep 7, 1988: 20.79 ft, major flooding; 7,190 cubic feet per second Apr 24, 1991: 14.25 ft, action stage; 2,030 cubic feet per second Sep 26, 1992: 16.88 ft, minor flooding; 3,800 cubic feet per second Oct 4, 1992: 20.43 ft, major flooding; 6,940 cubic feet per second Jan 31, 1994: 15.59 ft, minor flooding; 2,870 cubic feet per second Aug 3, 1995: 14.12 ft, action stage; 2,120 cubic feet per second Oct 16, 1995: 14.05 ft, action stage; 1,820 cubic feet per second Oct 8, 1996: 18.61 ft, moderate flooding; 4,850 cubic feet per second Apr 27, 1997: 22.57 ft, major flooding; 9,220 cubic feet per second Aug 7, 1997: 15.42 ft, minor flooding; 2,750 cubic feet per second Dec 13, 1997: 17.85 ft, moderate flooding; 4,570 cubic feet per second Dec 27, 1997: 16.15 ft, minor flooding; 3,060 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 1998: 17.95 ft, moderate flooding; 4,660 cubic feet per second Feb 23, 1998: 17.60 ft, moderate flooding; 4,390 cubic feet per second Sep 10, 2000: 17.97 ft, moderate flooding; 4,670 cubic feet per second Sep 15, 2001: 15.02 ft, minor flooding; 2,490 cubic feet per second Sep 7, 2004: 20.91 ft, major flooding; 7,420 cubic feet per second Sep 27, 2004: 19.10 ft, moderate flooding; 5,470 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 2005: 15.47 ft, minor flooding; 2,790 cubic feet per second Aug 23, 2008: 17.98 ft, moderate flooding; 4,680 cubic feet per second May 21, 2009: 19.21 ft, moderate flooding; 5,000 cubic feet per second Jun 8, 2009: 14.05 ft, action stage; 1,820 cubic feet per second Aug 15, 2009: 14.91 ft, minor flooding; 2,200 cubic feet per second Jun 25, 2012: 20.71 ft, major flooding; 6,380 cubic feet per second Aug 22, 2012: 14.03 ft, action stage; 1,810 cubic feet per second May 3, 2013: 23.68 ft, major flooding; 9,850 cubic feet per second Jul 13, 2014: 16.29 ft, minor flooding; 2,930 cubic feet per second Aug 31, 2015: 15.33 ft, minor flooding; 2,410 cubic feet per second Oct 8, 2016: 16.51 ft, minor flooding; 3,060 cubic feet per second Jun 28, 2017: 14.85 ft, minor flooding; 2,170 cubic feet per second Sep 11, 2017: 29.36 ft, major flooding May 31, 2018: 14.69 ft, minor flooding; 2,100 cubic feet per second Jul 8, 2021: 15.33 ft, minor flooding; 2,410 cubic feet per second Mar 12, 2022: 15.88 ft, minor flooding; 2,700 cubic feet per second Dec 18, 2023: 15.28 ft, minor flooding; 2,380 cubic feet per second Aug 6, 2024: 15.54 ft, minor flooding; 2,520 cubic feet per second Oct 10, 2024: 16.86 ft, minor flooding; 3,280 cubic feet per second Highest, 29.36 ft, Sep 11, 2017 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, South Fork Black Creek near Penney Farms 1940s: 10 1950s: 12 1960s: 13 13 1970s: 8 1980s: 7 1990s: 10 2000s: 8 2010s: 8 2020s: 5 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 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. 05 Other gauges in Clay County Clay County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Florida
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PNYF1, 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.