Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, 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 02353500 sits on Ichawaynochaway Creek and reads everything draining 620 square miles of the Ichawaynochaway basin. Its datum sits 150 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1905, 89 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Ichawaynochaway Creek at GA 37, near Morgan, GA, reading 301 square miles. This gauge adds the 319 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ichawaynochaway Creek near Elmodel, GA at 1,000 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 62% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ichawaynochaway Creek below Newton, GA and Flint River at Riverview Plantation, near Hopeful,ga.

Normal flows here

Ichawaynochaway Creek runs a median of 436 cfs at this gauge across 89 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 977 cfs, and September the leanest at 304 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 30,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 2.9 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1905 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Ichawaynochaway Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.2 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MLFG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.