Savannah River near Waynesboro, 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 021973269 sits on the Savannah River and reads everything draining 8,300 square miles of the Middle Savannah basin. Its datum sits 70 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2005, 20 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Savannah Rv above New Sav Lock and Dam sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Savannah Rv above New Sav Lock and Dam, reading 7,508 square miles. This gauge adds the 792 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Savannah River at Burtons Ferry Br near Millhaven, GA at 8,650 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 96% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Savannah River runs a median of 6,060 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 7,280 cfs, and October the leanest at 4,890 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 19,200 cfs in 2005, and the lowest is 3,450 cfs in 2013.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2005 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 20.2 feet, in October 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge GIRG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.