Soque River at GA 197, near Clarkesville, 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 023312495 sits on the Soque River and reads everything draining 94 square miles of the Upper Chattahoochee basin. Its datum sits 1,284 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2007, 19 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 near Cornelia, GA at 315 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 30% of the water measured there. It then enters Chattahoochee River near Gainesville, GA, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The Soque River runs a median of 160 cfs at this gauge across 19 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 247 cfs, and September the leanest at 85 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 4,530 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 25 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2007 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Soque River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.5 feet, in September 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CSQG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.