Flint River near Lovejoy, 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 02344350 sits on the Flint River and reads everything draining 127 square miles of the Upper Flint basin. Its datum sits 759 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1985, 41 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Flint River at GA 85, near Forest Park, GA, reading 6.5 square miles. This gauge adds the 120 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Flint River at Woolsey Road, near Woolsey, GA at 160 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 79% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Flint River near Griffin, GA and Flint River below Big Branch, near Molena, GA.

Normal flows here

The Flint River runs a median of 73 cfs at this gauge across 41 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 150 cfs, and September the leanest at 37 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 5.3 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1985 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 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.6 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LOVG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.