Murder Creek below Eatonton, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 02221525 sits on Murder Creek and reads everything draining 190 square miles of the Upper Oconee basin. Its datum sits 375 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1977, 49 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 Lake Sinclair near Milledgeville, GA at 2,900 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 7% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Oconee River at Milledgeville, GA and Oconee River at Avant Mine, near Oconee, GA.

Normal flows here

Murder Creek runs a median of 69 cfs at this gauge across 49 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 169 cfs, and September the leanest at 28 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 7,150 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1977 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Murder Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.9 feet, in November 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MTLG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.