diff --git a/cwms-data-api/src/test/java/cwms/cda/api/LevelsControllerTestIT.java b/cwms-data-api/src/test/java/cwms/cda/api/LevelsControllerTestIT.java
index 858ae7501..ab12ac668 100644
--- a/cwms-data-api/src/test/java/cwms/cda/api/LevelsControllerTestIT.java
+++ b/cwms-data-api/src/test/java/cwms/cda/api/LevelsControllerTestIT.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import static cwms.cda.api.Controllers.*;
+import static helpers.FloatCloseTo.floatCloseTo;
 import static io.restassured.RestAssured.given;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
@@ -329,8 +330,7 @@ void test_get_all_location_level() throws Exception {
                 assertThat(response.path("levels[0].level-units-id"),equalTo("ac-ft"));
                 assertThat(response.path("levels[0].level-date"),equalTo("2023-06-01T07:00:00Z"));
                 assertThat(response.path("levels[0].duration-id"),equalTo("1Day"));
-                actual0 = Float.valueOf((float) response.path("levels[0].constant-value")).doubleValue();
-                assertThat(actual0, closeTo(1.0, 0.01));
+                assertThat(response.path("levels[0].constant-value"), floatCloseTo(1.0, 0.01));
 
                 assertThat(response.path("levels[1].office-id"),equalTo(OFFICE));
                 assertThat(response.path("levels[1].location-level-id"),equalTo(levelId2));
@@ -340,8 +340,7 @@ void test_get_all_location_level() throws Exception {
                 assertThat(response.path("levels[1].level-units-id"),equalTo("ac-ft"));
                 assertThat(response.path("levels[1].level-date"),equalTo("2023-06-01T07:00:00Z"));
                 assertThat(response.path("levels[1].duration-id"),equalTo("1Day"));
-                actual1 = Float.valueOf((float) response.path("levels[1].constant-value")).doubleValue();
-                assertThat(actual1, closeTo(2.0, 0.01));
+                assertThat(response.path("levels[1].constant-value"), floatCloseTo(2.0, 0.01));
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/cwms-data-api/src/test/java/helpers/FloatCloseTo.java b/cwms-data-api/src/test/java/helpers/FloatCloseTo.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..28db04e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cwms-data-api/src/test/java/helpers/FloatCloseTo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package helpers;
+
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.Factory;
+import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+import org.hamcrest.TypeSafeMatcher;
+
+/**
+ * A matcher that tests that an examined float is a number equal to a value within some range of
+ * acceptable error.
+ * RestAssured returns Floats from JSON paths and the hamcrest closeTo matcher only works with
+ * doubles. This matcher works just like the Hamcrest matcher but operates on float inputs.
+ * A slightly different name (floatCloseTo) is used to avoid confusion with the Hamcrest closeTo.
+ * <p/>
+ * For example:
+ * <pre>assertThat(1.03f, is(floatCloseTo(1.0, 0.03)))</pre>
+ */
+public class FloatCloseTo extends TypeSafeMatcher<Float> {
+    private final double delta;
+    private final double value;
+
+        public FloatCloseTo(double value, double error) {
+            this.delta = error;
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean matchesSafely(Float item) {
+            return actualDelta(item) <= 0.0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void describeMismatchSafely(Float item, Description mismatchDescription) {
+            mismatchDescription.appendValue(item)
+                    .appendText(" differed by ")
+                    .appendValue(actualDelta(item));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void describeTo(Description description) {
+            description.appendText("a numeric value within ")
+                    .appendValue(delta)
+                    .appendText(" of ")
+                    .appendValue(value);
+        }
+
+        private double actualDelta(Float item) {
+            return (Math.abs((item - value)) - delta);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Creates a matcher of {@link Float}s that matches when an examined float is equal
+         * to the specified <code>operand</code>, within a range of +/- <code>error</code>.
+         * <p/>
+         * For example:
+         * <pre>assertThat(1.03f, is(floatCloseTo(1.0, 0.03)))</pre>
+         *
+         * @param operand
+         *     the expected value of matching doubles
+         * @param error
+         *     the delta (+/-) within which matches will be allowed
+         */
+        @Factory
+        public static Matcher<Float> floatCloseTo(double operand, double error) {
+            return new FloatCloseTo(operand, error);
+        }
+
+
+}