Highlands County, Florida

8 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Fisheating Creek Near Lake Placid, FL: flow 1.52 ft³/s · this gauge’s October monthly average is usually above 2.53 ft³/s · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Carter Creek Near Sebring, FL: flow 23.4 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Arbuckle Creek Near De Soto City, FL: flow 187 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Carter Creek Near Sebring, FL: water level 5.95 ft · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Arbuckle Creek Near De Soto City, FL: water level 3.98 ft · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Florida: 16 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 11 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

10 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

4 sources answered; nothing recent here.

7 entries from openFDA food enforcement reports (recalls), newest first, 1 from openFDA drug enforcement reports (recalls), newest first and 1 from openFDA food enforcement (FDA) for this county, in their latest reads.

• openFDA food enforcement reports (recalls), newest first: 7 entries for this county · FDA · read 1 h ago
• openFDA drug enforcement reports (recalls), newest first: 1 entry for this county · FDA · read 1 h ago
• openFDA food enforcement: 1 entry for this county · FDA · read Oct 28, 12:37 AM EDT

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

Highlands County: AQI 27, within the usual daily AQI in October for this county.

• Highlands County: AQI 27 · within the usual daily AQI in October for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · 31 min ago

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Florida: 16 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 1 h ago
• AirNow reporting-area AQI (current and forecast): 12 entries for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · read 13 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

1 entry from Duke Energy (Carolinas, Progress, Florida, Indiana, Ohio) outage map (Esri ArcGIS) (Duke Energy (Carolinas, Progress, Florida, Indiana, Ohio)) for this county, in its latest read.

• Duke Energy (Carolinas, Progress, Florida, Indiana, Ohio) outage map (Esri ArcGIS): 1 entry for this county · Duke Energy (Carolinas, Progress, Florida, Indiana, Ohio) · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

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Quiet

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA): No reported accident or crossing collision here with a release, evacuation, injury or death in the latest data · Federal Railroad Administration · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Florida, week of 2026-10-19: $3.981 a gallon, up 0 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of 2026-10-19: $3.860 a gallon, down 7 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 28,803 jobs (29,212 a year earlier); $967 average weekly wage ($954 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Red tide samples: No sample here at medium or high in the last 8 days · Florida FWC-FWRI · read 2 h ago
• Red tide forecast (NOAA): No irritation forecast at the beaches here · NOAA NCCOS · read 2 h ago
• Fish kills (FWC): No fish kill reported here in the last 30 days · Florida FWC-FWRI · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 34 min ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  19 research-grade observations of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 11:56 AM EDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT; Florida FWC-FWRI Oct 29, 10:00 AM EDT; NOAA NCCOS Oct 29, 10:00 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 7 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 2 h ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT

Background

• National Register listings (NPS)
  14 properties on the National Register in this county. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 10:00 AM EDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 12:24 PM EDT.