Apalachee River near Bostwick, 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 02219000 sits on the Apalachee River and reads everything draining 176 square miles of the Upper Oconee basin. Its datum sits 544 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1944, 55 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Apalachee River at Snows Mill Rd, near Bishop, GA, reading 142 square miles. This gauge adds the 34 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Lake Oconee near Eatonton, GA at 1,820 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 10% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Apalachee River runs a median of 134 cfs at this gauge across 55 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 259 cfs, and September the leanest at 78 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,700 cfs in 1946, and the lowest is 5.8 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1944 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 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 8.9 feet, in January 1946.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BWKG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.