Buffalo Creek at GA 272, near Oconee, 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 02223110 sits on Buffalo Creek and reads everything draining 291 square miles of the Lower Oconee basin. Its datum sits 191 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1993, 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 Oconee River near Oconee, GA at 3,770 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Oconee River at Dublin, GA.

Normal flows here

Buffalo Creek runs a median of 82 cfs at this gauge across 21 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 309 cfs, and October the leanest at 40 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,960 cfs in 1995, and the lowest is 0.7 cfs in 2020.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1993 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Buffalo Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.8 feet, in February 1995.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BFOG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.