Satilla River 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 02226500 sits on the Satilla River and reads everything draining 1,240 square miles of the Satilla basin. Its datum sits 66 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 Satilla River at GA 158, near Waycross, GA, reading 888 square miles. This gauge adds the 352 square miles that drain in between.

Normal flows here

The Satilla River runs a median of 253 cfs at this gauge across 89 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 1,340 cfs, and November the leanest at 73 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 41,100 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 4.7 cfs in 2007.

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 Satilla River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 14 feet. The highest crest on record is 22.4 feet, in April 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge AYSG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.