Ichawaynochaway Creek near Elmodel, 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 02354800 sits on Ichawaynochaway Creek and reads everything draining 1,000 square miles of the Ichawaynochaway basin. Its datum sits 119 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1995, 30 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, GA, reading 620 square miles. This gauge adds the 380 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ichawaynochaway Creek below Newton, GA at 1,040 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 96% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Flint River at Riverview Plantation, near Hopeful,ga and Flint River at Bainbridge, GA.

Normal flows here

Ichawaynochaway Creek runs a median of 454 cfs at this gauge across 30 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,440 cfs, and September the leanest at 289 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 28,000 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 11 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1995 to 2025. 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 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 31.2 feet, in March 1998.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EMOG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.