Oconee River at Avant Mine, near Oconee, 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 02223056 sits on the Oconee River and reads everything draining 3,169 square miles of the Lower Oconee basin. Its datum sits 203 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1993, 32 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Lake Sinclair near Milledgeville, GA sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Oconee River at Milledgeville, GA, reading 2,950 square miles. This gauge adds the 219 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Oconee River near Oconee, GA at 3,770 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 84% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Oconee River at Dublin, GA.

Normal flows here

The Oconee River runs a median of 1,265 cfs at this gauge across 32 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3,350 cfs, and September the leanest at 646 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,500 cfs in 2006, and the lowest is 236 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1993 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Oconee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.7 feet, in April 1998.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OCOG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.