North Oconee River at Woodbridge Rd, near Commerce, 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 02217615 sits on the North Oconee River and reads everything draining 99 square miles of the Upper Oconee basin. Its datum sits 691 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2010, 17 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 North Oconee River at College St, at Athens, GA at 275 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 36% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The North Oconee River runs a median of 80 cfs at this gauge across 17 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 147 cfs, and September the leanest at 44 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,000 cfs in 2013, and the lowest is 6.6 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2010 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The North Oconee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.6 feet, in April 2019.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CMRG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.