Alapaha River near Jennings Fla 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 02317620 sits on the Alapaha River and reads everything draining 1,680 square miles of the Alapaha basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1976, 32 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Alapaha River at Statenville, GA, reading 1,370 square miles. This gauge adds the 310 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Suwannee River at Ellaville, Fla at 6,970 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 24% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Suwannee River at Dowling Park, Florida.

Normal flows here

The Alapaha River runs a median of 405 cfs at this gauge across 32 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,490 cfs, and November the leanest at 132 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 25,800 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 34 cfs in 1986.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1976 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 80 feet. NWS starts watching it at 77 feet. The highest crest on record is 93.3 feet, in April 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge JNAF1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.