Ocmulgee River at Macon, 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 02213000 sits on the Ocmulgee River and reads everything draining 2,240 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 269 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1911, 100 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Ocmulgee River at GA 18, at Dames Ferry, GA, reading 2,080 square miles. This gauge adds the 160 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ocmulgee River at GA 96, near Bonaire, GA at 3,350 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 67% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Ocmulgee River runs a median of 1,445 cfs at this gauge across 100 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3,540 cfs, and September the leanest at 796 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 97,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 128 cfs in 1955.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1911 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 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 35.4 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MACG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.