Ichawaynochaway Creek below Newton, 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 02355350 sits on Ichawaynochaway Creek and reads everything draining 1,040 square miles of the Ichawaynochaway basin. Its datum sits 99 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1995, 30 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Ichawaynochaway Creek near Elmodel, GA, reading 1,000 square miles. This gauge adds the 40 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Flint River at Riverview Plantation, near Hopeful,ga at 6,930 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 15% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Flint River at Bainbridge, GA.

Normal flows here

Ichawaynochaway Creek runs a median of 522 cfs at this gauge across 30 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,300 cfs, and September the leanest at 326 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 31,000 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 33 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1995 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 17 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 33.3 feet, in March 1998.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ICHG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.