Falling Creek near Juliette, 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 02212600 sits on Falling Creek and reads everything draining 72 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 367 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1964, 62 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 Ocmulgee River at GA 18, at Dames Ferry, GA at 2,080 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ocmulgee River at Macon, GA.

Normal flows here

Falling Creek runs a median of 14 cfs at this gauge across 62 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 54 cfs, and September the leanest at 4.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,940 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1964 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Falling Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.2 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FALG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.