Alcovy River above Covington, 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 02208450 sits on the Alcovy River and reads everything draining 186 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 646 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1972, 55 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Alcovy River at New Hope Road, near Grayson, GA, reading 31 square miles. This gauge adds the 155 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Alcovy River below Covington, GA at 244 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 76% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ocmulgee River near Jackson, GA. It then enters Jackson Lake Lloyd Shoals near Jackson, GA, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The Alcovy River runs a median of 132 cfs at this gauge across 55 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 296 cfs, and September the leanest at 70 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,470 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1972 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Alcovy River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.8 feet, in March 1976.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ACYG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.