Big Sandy Creek at US 441, near Irwinton, 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 02223360 sits on Big Sandy Creek and reads everything draining 184 square miles of the Lower Oconee basin. Its datum sits 221 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2009, 17 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 Oconee River at Dublin, GA at 4,400 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Big Sandy Creek runs a median of 38 cfs at this gauge across 17 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 98 cfs, and September the leanest at 20 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,060 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 0.9 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2009 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Big Sandy Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 8.1 feet, in March 2010.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge IWTG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.