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Suwannee River at Ellaville - US 90 (in NAVD88), FL (ELLF1)

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Inundation Levels
NAVD88 Stage

69.069.0
68.068.0
Record Crest: 67.38 ft
67.067.0
66.066.0
Major Flooding Begins

65.065.0
64.064.0
63.063.0
62.062.0
61.061.0
Moderate Flooding Begins

60.060.0
59.059.0
58.058.0
57.057.0
56.056.0
55.055.0
54.054.0
Minor Flooding Begins

53.053.0
52.052.0
51.051.0
50.050.0
Near Flooding Begins

49.049.0
Below Flooding Begins

* = Extended rating
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52.4 ft at 04/19/2024 06:00:00 UTC
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 65
Moderate Flood Stage: 60
Flood Stage: 53
Action Stage: 49
Low Stage (in feet): 28.5

Historic Crests
(1) 67.38 ft on 04/07/1948
(2) 64.25 ft on 04/13/1973
(3) 63.60 ft on 08/20/1928
(4) 63.11 ft on 04/10/2009
(5) 61.07 ft on 02/19/1986
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 52.71 ft on 12/24/2018
(2) 48.60 ft on 04/10/2016
(3) 56.23 ft on 04/28/2014
(4) 53.86 ft on 03/07/2013
(5) 63.11 ft on 04/10/2009
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 28.70 ft on 11/08/1990

Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.
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76.9 Water reaches the top of the Interstate 10 bridge railing.
75.9 Water reaches the top of the US-90 bridge railing.
73.9 Water reaches the Interstate 10 bridge travel lanes.
73.8 Water reaches the US-90 bridge travel lanes.
73 Water reaches the approach road surface of the Interstate 10 bridges in Madison County.
68.9 Water reaches the base of the US-90 bridge.
68.1 Water reaches the base of the Interstate 10 bridge across the Suwannee River.
68 In Suwannee County, River Road floods just south of Interstate 10 at 209th Road.
67 In Suwannee County, several homes off River Road in Ellaville begin to flood.
66 Electric substation in Suwannee County floods.
65 Water reaches the approach road surface to the US-90 bridge in Suwannee County about one quarter mile east of the bridge. Water begins to surround the electric substation in Suwannee County.
64 SE 165th Street in Madison County floods on the north side of Interstate 10.
63 Residences on 38th Terrace flood in Suwannee County.
62.1 Water reaches the approach road surface to the US-90 bridge in Madison County about 0.4 miles west of the bridge.
60 Water approaches two homes off 38th Terrace in Suwannee County.
58 Access to Suwannee River State Park becomes restricted in Suwannee County.
57 205th Court and 205th Terrace in Suwannee County begin to flood.
54 Extensive lowland flooding occurs on the Madison and Suwannee sides of the river, including in the Suwannee River State Park.
50 Suwannee River campsites begin to flood in Hamilton and Suwannee Counties. Picnic areas in Madison County near the old US-90 bridge begin to flood.
46.25 Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission begins enforcement of a no wake zone on the Suwannee River from the US-90 bridge at Ellaville south to the SR-51 bridge at Luraville.
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Graphical representation of flood inundation for NWS flood categories are based on steady state hydraulic modeling of water surface elevations for incremented discharges. Map shows approximate inundation areas for given water surface elevations and should not be used for navigation or permitting or other legal purposes, but strictly as a planning reference tool.