Satilla River at GA 158, near Waycross, 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 02226362 sits on the Satilla River and reads everything draining 888 square miles of the Satilla basin. Its datum sits 89 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2010, 17 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 Satilla River near Waycross, GA at 1,240 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 72% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Satilla River runs a median of 168 cfs at this gauge across 17 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 892 cfs, and November the leanest at 45 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 16,300 cfs in 2013, and the lowest is 1.0 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2010 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Satilla River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 26.6 feet, in April 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TMOG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.