Brushy Creek at Campground Road, near Wrens, 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 02197598 sits on Brushy Creek and reads everything draining 22 square miles of the Brier basin. Its datum sits 297 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2005, 21 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 near Waynesboro, GA at 473 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Brushy Creek runs a median of 8.3 cfs at this gauge across 21 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 15 cfs, and September the leanest at 5.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 402 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.6 cfs in 2013.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2005 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Brushy Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 14 feet, in October 1990.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WRNG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.