Mulberry Creek near Winder, 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 02217297 sits on Mulberry Creek and reads everything draining 109 square miles of the Upper Oconee basin. Its datum sits 660 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 2007, 19 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 Middle Oconee River near Arcade, GA at 332 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 33% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Middle Oconee River near Athens, GA.

Normal flows here

Mulberry Creek runs a median of 80 cfs at this gauge across 19 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 164 cfs, and September the leanest at 39 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,290 cfs in 2010, and the lowest is 2.6 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2007 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Mulberry Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 17 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WNRG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Buford Dam is 22 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Buford Dam 22 miles