Oconee River at Milledgeville, 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 02223000 sits on the Oconee River and reads everything draining 2,950 square miles of the Lower Oconee basin. Its datum sits 230 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

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 Lake Sinclair near Milledgeville, GA, reading 2,900 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Oconee River at Avant Mine, near Oconee, GA at 3,169 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 93% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Oconee River near Oconee, GA.

Normal flows here

The Oconee River runs a median of 1,425 cfs at this gauge across 74 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 3,930 cfs, and September the leanest at 628 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 81,500 cfs in 1961, and the lowest is 90 cfs in 1955.

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 22 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 42.9 feet, in February 1961.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MLGG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.