Maximum discharge along the river is currently at the reporting a streamflow rate of cfs. This is also the highest stage along the Sopchoppy River, with a gauge stage of ft at this location. This river is monitored from 1 different streamgauging stations along the Sopchoppy River, the highest being situated at an altitude of ft, the .
The Sopchoppy River is a minor river in the Florida Big Bend. A tributary of the Ochlockonee River, it is approximately 46 miles (74 km) in length and nearly entirely within Wakulla County, with only a small part of its East Branch entering Leon County.
The river flows through the Apalachicola National Forest and the Bradwell Bay Wilderness, in addition to through the town of Sopchoppy, and a canoe trail 15 miles (24 km) in length is designated along its length from the Oak Park Cemetery Bridge to US 319.