Middle Oconee River near Arcade, 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 02217475 sits on the Middle Oconee River and reads everything draining 332 square miles of the Upper Oconee basin. Its datum sits 656 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1987, 39 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Pond Fork at Wayne Poultry Rd, near Pendergrass, GA, reading 24 square miles. This gauge adds the 308 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Middle Oconee River near Athens, GA at 398 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 83% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Oconee River near Penfield, GA.

Normal flows here

The Middle Oconee River runs a median of 256 cfs at this gauge across 39 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 487 cfs, and September the leanest at 149 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,600 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 14 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1987 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Middle Oconee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 25.4 feet, in March 1990.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ACDG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.