Ochlockonee River near Thomasville, 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 02327500 sits on the Ochlockonee River and reads everything draining 550 square miles of the Upper Ochlockonee basin. Its datum sits 133 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1937, 60 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Ochlockonee River at GA 188, near Coolidge, GA, reading 260 square miles. This gauge adds the 290 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ochlockonee River near Concord, Fla at 1,002 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 55% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Ochlockonee River runs a median of 124 cfs at this gauge across 60 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 702 cfs, and November the leanest at 33 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 57,400 cfs in 1948, and the lowest is 2.6 cfs in 1939.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1937 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 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 29.1 feet, in April 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TMLG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.