Cornish Creek at Lower Jersey 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 02208485 sits on Cornish Creek and reads everything draining 9.8 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 707 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2014, 12 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 Cornish Creek at Hazelbrand Rd near Covington, GA at 27 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 36% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Alcovy River below Covington, GA and 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 6.0 cfs at this gauge across 12 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 14 cfs, and October the leanest at 2.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 340 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2014 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 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CCJG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.