Oconee River near Mount Vernon, 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 02224500 sits on the Oconee River and reads everything draining 5,110 square miles of the Lower Oconee basin. Its datum sits 103 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1938, 37 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Oconee River at Dublin, GA, reading 4,400 square miles. This gauge adds the 710 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Altamaha River at US 221, near Charlotteville, GA at 11,400 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 45% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Altamaha River near Baxley, GA.

Normal flows here

The Oconee River runs a median of 2,530 cfs at this gauge across 37 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 6,780 cfs, and October the leanest at 1,260 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 65,300 cfs in 1949, and the lowest is 352 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1938 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 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 25.3 feet, in April 1936.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MTVG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.