Big Haynes Creek at Jack Turner Dam,nr Milstead 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 02207418 sits on Big Haynes Creek and reads everything draining 46 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 676 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 24 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Randy Poynter Lake at Spillway, near Milstead, GA sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Randy Poynter Lake at Spillway, near Milstead, GA, reading 43 square miles. This gauge adds the 3.0 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Big Haynes Creek at Bald Rock Road, near Milstead GA at 82 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 56% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yellow River Rocky Plains Rd near Rocky Plains, GA and Ocmulgee River near Jackson, GA. It then enters Jackson Lake Lloyd Shoals near Jackson, GA, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

Big Haynes Creek runs a median of 36 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 77 cfs, and November the leanest at 24 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,360 cfs in 2003, and the lowest is 4.4 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Big Haynes Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 7 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 7.1 feet, in April 2019.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MBHG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.