Prairie Creek on Creek 764 near Punta Gorda water level

What this means

Prairie Creek on Creek 764 near Punta Gorda is at 16.44 ft, in the normal range for late October.

The median for late October is 16.21 ft, based on 22 years of readings, so the river stage is 0.23 ft above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 16.03 ft, a difference of +0.41 ft.

It has dropped 0.05 ft over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 16.43 ft and 17.83 ft.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 22 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

16.21 ft0.23 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

15.86 ft – 17.33 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (22 years of records)

Same day last year

16.03 ft+0.41 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

16.43 ft – 17.83 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

15.89 ft – 17.83 ft