Oconee River at Dublin, 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 02223500 sits on the Oconee River and reads everything draining 4,400 square miles of the Lower Oconee basin. Its datum sits 148 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1953, 74 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Oconee River near Oconee, GA, reading 3,770 square miles. This gauge adds the 630 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Oconee River near Mount Vernon, GA at 5,110 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 86% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Oconee River runs a median of 2,025 cfs at this gauge across 74 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 6,000 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,030 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 77,500 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 272 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1953 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 21 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 33 feet, in April 1936.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DBNG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.