Oconee River 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 02223248 sits on the Oconee River and reads everything draining 3,770 square miles of the Lower Oconee basin. Its datum sits 171 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1993, 33 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Oconee River at Avant Mine, near Oconee, GA, reading 3,169 square miles. This gauge adds the 601 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Oconee River at Dublin, GA at 4,400 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 1,510 cfs at this gauge across 33 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 4,270 cfs, and September the leanest at 752 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 76,000 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 262 cfs in 2011.

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 17 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 29.9 feet, in March 1998.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OCNG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.