Black Creek near Blitchton, 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 02202600 sits on Black Creek and reads everything draining 232 square miles of the Lower Ogeechee basin. Its datum sits 28 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1980, 47 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 Ogeechee River at GA 204, near Ellabell, GA at 2,970 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Black Creek runs a median of 14 cfs at this gauge across 47 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 175 cfs, and July the leanest at 4.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 13,600 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1980 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Black Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.5 feet, in August 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BLIG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.