Cabin Creek at North Second Street, near Griffin, 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 02211375 sits on Cabin Creek and reads everything draining 4.4 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 754 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2004, 23 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 Cabin Creek near High Falls Pond, GA at 33 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 13% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Towaliga River at GA 83 near Juliette, GA.

Normal flows here

Cabin Creek runs a median of 4.0 cfs at this gauge across 23 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 7.4 cfs, and October the leanest at 2.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 329 cfs in 2005, and the lowest is 0.7 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2004 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Cabin Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.7 feet, in July 2005.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GFNG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.