Parks Creek at Lyle Field Rd near Jefferson, 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 02217643 sits on Parks Creek and reads everything draining 3.0 square miles of the Upper Oconee basin. Its datum sits 715 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2013, 14 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from North Oconee River at College St, at Athens, GA at 275 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Parks Creek runs a median of 2.3 cfs at this gauge across 14 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 4.3 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.5 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 215 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.2 cfs in 2018.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2013 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Parks Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge PACG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.