Flint River at GA 85, near Forest Park, 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 02344143 sits on the Flint River and reads everything draining 6.5 square miles of the Upper Flint basin. Its datum sits 839 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2019, 8 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 near Lovejoy, GA at 127 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Flint River at Woolsey Road, near Woolsey, GA and Flint River near Griffin, GA.

Normal flows here

The Flint River runs a median of 7.7 cfs at this gauge across 8 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 14 cfs, and October the leanest at 5.2 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 938 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 2.8 cfs in 2020.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2019 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 16 feet, in October 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge FRSG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.