Beaverdam Creek above Elberton, 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 02188600 sits on Beaverdam Creek and reads everything draining 72 square miles of the Upper Savannah basin. Its datum sits 529 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1987, 26 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 River B Russell Tailrace near Calhoun Falls, SC at 2,900 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 2% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Beaverdam Creek runs a median of 43 cfs at this gauge across 26 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 92 cfs, and September the leanest at 23 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,830 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 0.8 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1987 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Beaverdam Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.5 feet, in October 2021.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BVDG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.