Dog River at GA 5, near Fairplay, 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 02337410 sits on the Dog River and reads everything draining 66 square miles of the Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding basin. Its datum sits 852 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2007, 19 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 Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, GA at 2,430 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Chattahoochee River at GA 100, at Franklin, GA.

Normal flows here

The Dog River runs a median of 48 cfs at this gauge across 19 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 104 cfs, and September the leanest at 17 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 20,300 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 1.0 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2007 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Dog River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.8 feet, in September 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DOGG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.