TidalMapFlint River at Bainbridge, GA Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02356000 sits on the Flint River and reads everything draining 7,570 square miles of the Lower Flint basin. Its datum sits 58 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1908, 73 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Flint River at Riverview Plantation, near Hopeful,ga, reading 6,930 square miles. This gauge adds the 640 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Apalachicola River below Woodruff Dam, near Sneads, FL at 17,100 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 44% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee Fla.
Normal flows here
The Flint River runs a median of 5,715 cfs at this gauge across 73 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 11,800 cfs, and October the leanest at 3,940 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 82,700 cfs in 1929, and the lowest is 1,010 cfs in 2011.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8,560 cfs | 150% |
| Feb | 10,900 cfs | 191% |
| Mar | 11,800 cfs | 206% |
| Apr | 11,200 cfs | 196% |
| May | 6,940 cfs | 121% |
| Jun | 5,785 cfs | 101% |
| Jul | 5,460 cfs | 96% |
| Aug | 5,060 cfs | 89% |
| Sep | 4,140 cfs | 72% |
| Oct | 3,940 cfs | 69% |
| Nov | 4,205 cfs | 74% |
| Dec | 5,480 cfs | 96% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1908 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 25 feet. NWS starts watching it at 22 feet. The highest crest on record is 40.9 feet, in January 1925.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 22 ft |
| Minor flooding | 25 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 27 ft |
| Major flooding | 36 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| January 1925 | 40.9 ft |
| March 1929 | 37.7 ft |
| July 1994 | 37.2 ft |
| April 1964 | 34.7 ft |
| March 1998 | 34.6 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BGEG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Jim Woodruff Dam is 22 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Jim Woodruff Dam 22 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Spring Creek near Reynoldsville, GA
- Little Attapulgus Creek at Attapulgus, GA
- Spring Creek near Iron City, GA
- Flint River at Riverview Plantation, near Hopeful,ga
- Spring Creek Approx 25 Mi US Us27 near Colquitt, GA
- Ichawaynochaway Creek below Newton, GA
- Little River near Quincy, Fla
- Apalachicola River at Chattahoochee Fla
- Apalachicola River below Woodruff Dam, near Sneads, FL
- Ochlockonee River near Concord, Fla
- Ichawaynochaway Creek near Elmodel, GA
- Little River near Midway, Fla
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02356000. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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