Hillabahatchee Creek at Thaxton Rd, near Franklin,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 02338523 sits on Hillabahatchee Creek and reads everything draining 17 square miles of the Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding basin. Its datum sits 910 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 24 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Chattahoochee River near Lagrange, GA at 3,010 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Hillabahatchee Creek runs a median of 16 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 28 cfs, and September the leanest at 7.7 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,000 cfs in 2014, and the lowest is 0.5 cfs in 2007.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Hillabahatchee Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.4 feet, in May 2003.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HILG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Harris Dam is 23 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Harris Dam 23 miles