Flint River below Big Branch, near Molena, 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 02344872 sits on the Flint River and reads everything draining 794 square miles of the Upper Flint basin. Its datum sits 650 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2004, 22 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Flint River near Griffin, GA, reading 272 square miles. This gauge adds the 522 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Flint River near Thomaston, GA at 1,220 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 65% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Flint River at US 19, near Carsonville, GA.

Normal flows here

The Flint River runs a median of 356 cfs at this gauge across 22 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,010 cfs, and September the leanest at 131 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 28,400 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 16 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2004 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 28 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 32.2 feet, in December 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MOLG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.