Little Satilla River near Offerman, 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 02227500 sits on the Little Satilla River and reads everything draining 659 square miles of the Little Satilla basin. Its datum sits 57 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1951, 76 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 Satilla River at Atkinson, GA at 2,790 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 24% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Little Satilla River runs a median of 74 cfs at this gauge across 76 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 598 cfs, and October the leanest at 27 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 21,400 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1951 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Little Satilla River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.4 feet, in April 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OFFG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.