TidalMapButler Creek below Butler Creek Reservoir at Fort Gordon, GA Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 021968385 sits on Butler Creek and reads everything draining 13 square miles of the Middle Savannah basin. Its datum sits 225 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2018, 8 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Butler Creek Reservoir at Fort Gordon, GA sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Butler Creek Reservoir at Fort Gordon, GA, reading 13 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Savannah River near Waynesboro, GA at 8,300 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Butler Creek runs a median of 12 cfs at this gauge across 8 years of record. January is the fullest month at a median 20 cfs, and June the leanest at 7.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 213 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 1.3 cfs in 2023.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20 cfs | 160% |
| Feb | 20 cfs | 160% |
| Mar | 20 cfs | 160% |
| Apr | 15 cfs | 120% |
| May | 12 cfs | 96% |
| Jun | 7.7 cfs | 62% |
| Jul | 9.0 cfs | 72% |
| Aug | 7.8 cfs | 62% |
| Sep | 7.8 cfs | 63% |
| Oct | 9.7 cfs | 78% |
| Nov | 12 cfs | 96% |
| Dec | 19 cfs | 152% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2018 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- Butler Creek below 7Th Avenue, at Ft Gordon, GA
- Spirit Creek at US 1, near Augusta, GA
- Reed Creek at Blue Ridge Drive near Martinez, GA
- Savannah River Jefferson Davis Br, at Augusta, GA
- Savannah River at Augusta, GA
- Uchee Creek at GA 104, near Evans, GA
- Savannah River near Evans, GA
- Horse Creek at Clearwater, SC
- Stevens Creek at Woodlawn Rd near Murphy Village, SC
- Kiokee Creek at GA 104, near Evans, GA
- Stevens Creek near Modoc, SC
- Brier Creek near Waynesboro, GA
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 021968385. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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