Broad River above Carlton, 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 02191300 sits on the Broad River and reads everything draining 760 square miles of the Broad basin. Its datum sits 407 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1897, 44 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 Broad River near Bell, GA at 1,420 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 54% of the water measured there. It then enters Broad River at Anthony Shoals, near Chennault, GA, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The Broad River runs a median of 674 cfs at this gauge across 44 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,100 cfs, and September the leanest at 450 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 47,200 cfs in 1908, and the lowest is 15 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1897 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Broad River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 39 feet, in August 1908.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CARG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.