Apalachee River at Fence Road, near Dacula, 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 02218565 sits on the Apalachee River and reads everything draining 5.7 square miles of the Upper Oconee basin. Its datum sits 930 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2001, 25 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 Apalachee River at Snows Mill Rd, near Bishop, GA at 142 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Apalachee River near Bostwick, GA.

Normal flows here

The Apalachee River runs a median of 4.3 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 8.5 cfs, and September the leanest at 2.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 490 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 0.3 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2001 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Apalachee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 8.6 feet, in September 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DACG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Buford Dam is 15 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Buford Dam 15 miles