Ogeechee River near Eden, 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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 02202500 sits on the Ogeechee River and reads everything draining 2,650 square miles of the Lower Ogeechee basin. Its datum sits 17 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1937, 89 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Ogeechee River at GA 24, near Oliver, GA, reading 2,370 square miles. This gauge adds the 280 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Ogeechee River at GA 204, near Ellabell, GA at 2,970 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 89% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Ogeechee River runs a median of 990 cfs at this gauge across 89 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3,470 cfs, and October the leanest at 559 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 35,600 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 22 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1937 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Ogeechee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 22 feet, in October 1929.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EDEG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.