Kinchafoonee Creek at Preston, 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 02350600 sits on Kinchafoonee Creek and reads everything draining 197 square miles of the Kinchafoonee-Muckalee basin. Its datum sits 338 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1952, 59 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 Kinchafoonee Creek at Pinewood Road, near Dawson, GA at 527 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 37% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Kinchafoonee Creek at Century Rd,near Leesburg,ga.

Normal flows here

Kinchafoonee Creek runs a median of 115 cfs at this gauge across 59 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 265 cfs, and September the leanest at 64 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 8,380 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 12 cfs in 1988.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1952 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Kinchafoonee Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 7 feet. NWS starts watching it at 5 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.2 feet, in March 1990.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PRSG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.