Flint River at Albany, 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 02352500 sits on the Flint River and reads everything draining 5,310 square miles of the Lower Flint basin. Its datum sits 150 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1902, 116 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Flint River Dam near Albany, reading 4,180 square miles. This gauge adds the 1,130 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Flint River at Newton, GA at 5,740 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 93% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Flint River runs a median of 3,440 cfs at this gauge across 116 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 8,400 cfs, and October the leanest at 2,220 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 119,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 327 cfs in 1930.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1902 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Flint River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 26 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 43 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ABNG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.