Flint River at GA 32, near Oakfield, 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 02350512 sits on the Flint River and reads everything draining 3,880 square miles of the Middle Flint basin. Its datum sits 185 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1930, 68 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 Flint River Dam near Albany at 4,180 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 93% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Flint River at Albany, GA.

Normal flows here

The Flint River runs a median of 2,485 cfs at this gauge across 68 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5,830 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,545 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 109,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 152 cfs in 1941.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1930 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 23 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 40.1 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OKFG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.