Brier Creek near Waynesboro, 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 02197830 sits on Brier Creek and reads everything draining 473 square miles of the Brier basin. Its datum sits 171 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1969, 42 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 Brier Creek at Millhaven, GA at 646 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 73% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Brier Creek runs a median of 259 cfs at this gauge across 42 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 598 cfs, and September the leanest at 151 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 12,100 cfs in 1991, and the lowest is 33 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1969 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Brier Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 23 feet, in October 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BCWG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.