Ocmulgee River at Lumber City, 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 02215500 sits on the Ocmulgee River and reads everything draining 5,180 square miles of the Lower Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 87 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1937, 90 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 Altamaha River at US 221, near Charlotteville, GA at 11,400 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 45% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Altamaha River near Baxley, GA.

Normal flows here

The Ocmulgee River runs a median of 3,195 cfs at this gauge across 90 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 8,540 cfs, and October the leanest at 1,950 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 90,700 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 621 cfs in 2009.

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 Ocmulgee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 15 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 26.3 feet, in January 1925.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LBRG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.