TidalMapChattahoochee River below Wfg Dam above Ft Gaines, 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 02343241 sits on the Chattahoochee River and reads everything draining 7,460 square miles of the Lower Chattahoochee basin. Its datum sits essentially at sea level NGVD29.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Chattahoochee River at Spur 39, near Omaha, GA, reading 5,910 square miles. This gauge adds the 1,550 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Chattahoochee River near Columbia, AL at 8,210 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 91% of the water measured there.
Flood stages and record crests
The Chattahoochee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 134 feet. NWS starts watching it at 130 feet. The highest crest on record is 158.5 feet, in March 1929.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 130 ft |
| Minor flooding | 134 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 145 ft |
| Major flooding | 160 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| March 1929 | 158.5 ft |
| March 1990 | 153.6 ft |
| December 2015 | 150.4 ft |
| July 1994 | 149.6 ft |
| April 1964 | 149.2 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FOGG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Walter F George Dam sits 1 mile from this gauge and its releases set what this gauge reads. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Walter F George Dam 1 mile
Nearby river gauges
- Chattahoochee River 36 Mi Ds Wfg Dam near Ft Gaines, GA
- Pataula Creek near Georgetown, GA
- Barbour Creek at Barbour Lane near Eufaula, AL
- Pachitla Creek near Edison, GA
- Sawhatchee Creek at Cedar Springs, GA
- South Fork Cowikee Creek near Batesville AL
- Ichawaynochaway Creek at GA 37, near Morgan, GA
- Chattahoochee River at Spur 39, near Omaha, GA
- Hannahatchee Creek at Union Road, at Union, GA
- Spring Creek Approx 25 Mi US Us27 near Colquitt, GA
- Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, GA
- Chickasawhatchee Creek near Albany, GA
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02343241. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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