Ocmulgee River near Jackson, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 02210500 sits on the Ocmulgee River and reads everything draining 1,420 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 419 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1911, 73 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Jackson Lake Lloyd Shoals near Jackson, GA sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Jackson Lake Lloyd Shoals near Jackson, GA, reading 1,400 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Ocmulgee River at GA 18, at Dames Ferry, GA at 2,080 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 68% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ocmulgee River at Macon, GA.

Normal flows here

The Ocmulgee River runs a median of 1,005 cfs at this gauge across 73 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,410 cfs, and September the leanest at 608 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 62,900 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 18 cfs in 1911.

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 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 26.9 feet, in July 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge JACG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.