TidalMapPataula Creek near Georgetown, GA Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02343225 sits on Pataula Creek and reads everything draining 295 square miles of the Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F basin. Its datum sits 209 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 18 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 Chattahoochee River 36 Mi Ds Wfg Dam near Ft Gaines, GA at 7,460 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Pataula Creek runs a median of 216 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 365 cfs, and September the leanest at 132 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 14,200 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 32 cfs in 2011.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 346 cfs | 160% |
| Feb | 365 cfs | 169% |
| Mar | 353 cfs | 163% |
| Apr | 358 cfs | 165% |
| May | 222 cfs | 103% |
| Jun | 191 cfs | 88% |
| Jul | 169 cfs | 78% |
| Aug | 168 cfs | 78% |
| Sep | 132 cfs | 61% |
| Oct | 142 cfs | 66% |
| Nov | 197 cfs | 91% |
| Dec | 269 cfs | 124% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
The highest crest on record is 14.3 feet, in July 1994.
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| July 1994 | 14.3 ft |
| March 2020 | 13.2 ft |
| November 1948 | 11.8 ft |
| December 2015 | 10.7 ft |
| December 2008 | 10.7 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MRSG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Walter F George Dam is 14 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Walter F George Dam 14 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Chattahoochee River below Wfg Dam above Ft Gaines, GA
- Chattahoochee River 36 Mi Ds Wfg Dam near Ft Gaines, GA
- Barbour Creek at Barbour Lane near Eufaula, AL
- Chattahoochee River at Spur 39, near Omaha, GA
- Hannahatchee Creek at Union Road, at Union, GA
- South Fork Cowikee Creek near Batesville AL
- Pachitla Creek near Edison, GA
- Kinchafoonee Creek at Preston, GA
- Ichawaynochaway Creek at GA 37, near Morgan, GA
- Uchee Creek near Fort Mitchell, AL
- Chickasawhatchee Creek near Albany, GA
- Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford, GA
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02343225. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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