Flint River at Newton, 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 02353000 sits on the Flint River and reads everything draining 5,740 square miles of the Lower Flint basin. Its datum sits 110 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1938, 80 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Flint River at Albany, GA, reading 5,310 square miles. This gauge adds the 430 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Flint River at Riverview Plantation, near Hopeful,ga at 6,930 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 83% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Flint River at Bainbridge, GA.

Normal flows here

The Flint River runs a median of 4,085 cfs at this gauge across 80 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 9,170 cfs, and October the leanest at 2,590 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 100,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 577 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1938 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 24 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 45.2 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NEWG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.