Alapaha River at Statenville, GA Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02317500 sits on the Alapaha River and reads everything draining 1,370 square miles of the Alapaha basin. Its datum sits 76 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1921, 95 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Alapaha River near Jennings Fla at 1,680 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 82% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla.

Normal flows here

The Alapaha River runs a median of 285 cfs at this gauge across 95 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,780 cfs, and November the leanest at 86 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 32,700 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 17 cfs in 1955.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1921 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Alapaha River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 100 feet. NWS starts watching it at 90 feet. The highest crest on record is 107.6 feet, in April 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge STNG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.