Ohoopee River near Reidsville, 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 02225500 sits on the Ohoopee River and reads everything draining 1,110 square miles of the Ohoopee basin. Its datum sits 73 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1903, 94 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Ohoopee River at GA 297, near Swainsboro, GA, reading 553 square miles. This gauge adds the 557 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Altamaha River at Doctortown, GA at 13,600 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 8% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Ohoopee River runs a median of 234 cfs at this gauge across 94 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,720 cfs, and October the leanest at 123 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 23,600 cfs in 1966, and the lowest is 16 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1903 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Ohoopee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 28.4 feet, in January 1925.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge REDG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.