Tide Gauge at Homosassa Springs (In MHHW)
Highest listed crest 4.02 ftFlood stage 2.0 ft2 crests since 2023
The Tide Gauge at Homosassa Springs (In MHHW) crested at major flood stage 2 times among the 2 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2023 to 2024. The highest, 4.02 ft on August 30, 2023, was major flooding, 2.02 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 4.02 ft
- August 30, 2023
- Flood stage
- 2.0 ft
- Major flooding from 3.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 2
- 83rd of 237 gauges in Florida
- Most recent flood crest
- August 5, 2024
- 3.35 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 | 1.5 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 2.0 | 0 | — |
| Moderate flood stage | 2.5 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 3.0 | 2 | Aug 5, 2024 |
Every listed crest
2 crests from 2023 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
- 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 | Aug 30, 2023 | 4.02 | +2.02 | Major |
| 2 | Aug 5, 2024 | 3.35 | +1.35 | Major |
Other gauges in Citrus County
| Chassahowitzka (In MHHW) | 4.44 ft, Aug 30, 2023 | 0 |
| Dog Island (in MHHW) | 4.56 ft, Aug 30, 2023 | 0 |
| Mouth near Chassahowitzka (in MHHW) | 6.06 ft, Aug 30, 2023 | 1 |
| Chassahowitzka (In MHHW) | 3.10 ft, Aug 5, 2024 | 0 |
| Homosassa Springs (In MHHW) | 3.65 ft, Aug 30, 2023 | 0 |
| Crystal River (in MHHW) | 6.19 ft, Aug 30, 2023 | 1 |
| Tide Gauge Saragassa Canal at Crystal River (in MHHW) | 5.96 ft, Aug 30, 2023 | 1 |
| Tide Gauge at Crystal River Mouth near Shell Island (in MHHW) | 7.01 ft, Aug 30, 2023 | 1 |
| Tide Gauge at Crystal River at Mouth of Kings Bay (in MHHW) | 5.99 ft, Aug 30, 2023 | 1 |
| Tide Gauge at Crystal River near Crystal River (in MHHW) | 6.07 ft, Aug 30, 2023 | 1 |
| Holder at SR 200 (in NAVD88) | 39.89 ft, Apr 5, 1960 | 5 |
Citrus County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Florida
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HSEF1, 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.