Kettle Creek near Washington, 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 02193340 sits on Kettle Creek and reads everything draining 34 square miles of the Little basin. Its datum sits 416 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1986, 40 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 Little River near Washington, GA at 292 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Kettle Creek runs a median of 7.0 cfs at this gauge across 40 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 20 cfs, and September the leanest at 2.6 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,170 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1986 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Kettle Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.7 feet, in October 1989.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KETG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.