Flint River near Thomaston, 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 02346180 sits on the Flint River and reads everything draining 1,220 square miles of the Upper Flint basin. Its datum sits 494 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1966, 35 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Flint River below Big Branch, near Molena, GA, reading 794 square miles. This gauge adds the 426 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Flint River at US 19, near Carsonville, GA at 1,850 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 66% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Flint River runs a median of 857 cfs at this gauge across 35 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,860 cfs, and September the leanest at 346 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 37,800 cfs in 1971, and the lowest is 55 cfs in 1986.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1966 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 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 21.8 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TMSG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.