Little River near Adel, 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 02318000 sits on the Little River and reads everything draining 577 square miles of the Little basin. Its datum sits 173 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1940, 55 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Reed Bingham Lake near Adel, GA sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Reed Bingham Lake near Adel, GA, reading 568 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Little River at GA 122, near Hahira, GA at 776 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 74% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Little River runs a median of 82 cfs at this gauge across 55 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 714 cfs, and November the leanest at 13 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 35,400 cfs in 1948, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1964.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1940 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Little River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 189 feet. NWS starts watching it at 187 feet. The highest crest on record is 195.4 feet, in April 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ADLG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.