Altamaha River at Doctortown, 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 02226000 sits on the Altamaha River and reads everything draining 13,600 square miles of the Altamaha basin. Its datum sits 24 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1932, 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 Altamaha River near Everett City, GA at 14,000 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 97% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Altamaha River runs a median of 7,000 cfs at this gauge across 95 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 21,500 cfs, and October the leanest at 3,990 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 178,000 cfs in 1936, and the lowest is 1,160 cfs in 2013.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1932 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Altamaha River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.6 feet, in January 1925.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DCTG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.