Ocmulgee River at US 341, at Hawkinsville, 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 02215000 sits on the Ocmulgee River and reads everything draining 3,800 square miles of the Lower Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 189 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1929, 38 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Ocmulgee River at GA 96, near Bonaire, GA, reading 3,350 square miles. This gauge adds the 450 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ocmulgee River at Abbeville, GA at 4,460 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 85% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Ocmulgee River runs a median of 2,210 cfs at this gauge across 38 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5,570 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,340 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 70,500 cfs in 1929, and the lowest is 280 cfs in 1932.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1929 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 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 40.9 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HAWG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.