Flint River near Griffin, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 02344500 sits on the Flint River and reads everything draining 272 square miles of the Upper Flint basin. Its datum sits 711 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1937, 89 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Flint River at Woolsey Road, near Woolsey, GA, reading 160 square miles. This gauge adds the 112 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Flint River below Big Branch, near Molena, GA at 794 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 34% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Flint River near Thomaston, GA.

Normal flows here

The Flint River runs a median of 144 cfs at this gauge across 89 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 384 cfs, and September the leanest at 68 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 27,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 0.8 cfs in 1988.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1937 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 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 24.2 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GRFG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.