Ochlockonee River at GA 188, near Coolidge, 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 02327355 sits on the Ochlockonee River and reads everything draining 260 square miles of the Upper Ochlockonee basin. Its datum sits 166 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2009, 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 Ochlockonee River near Thomasville, GA at 550 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 47% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Ochlockonee River runs a median of 39 cfs at this gauge across 17 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 282 cfs, and November the leanest at 5.6 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,100 cfs in 2013, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2009 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Ochlockonee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 18.6 feet, in April 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLDG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.