Cornish Creek at Hazelbrand Rd near Covington, 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 02208493 sits on Cornish Creek and reads everything draining 27 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 641 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2011, 15 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Cornish Creek at Lower Jersey Rd, near Covington, GA, reading 9.8 square miles. This gauge adds the 17 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Alcovy River below Covington, GA at 244 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ocmulgee River near Jackson, GA. It then enters Jackson Lake Lloyd Shoals near Jackson, GA, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

Cornish Creek runs a median of 5.8 cfs at this gauge across 15 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 22 cfs, and September the leanest at 4.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,110 cfs in 2022, and the lowest is 1.6 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2011 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Cornish Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CNCG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.