Spirit Creek at US 1, near Augusta, 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 02197020 sits on Spirit Creek and reads everything draining 18 square miles of the Middle Savannah basin. Its datum sits 229 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 25 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Gordon Lake at Ft Gordon, GA sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Gordon Lake at Ft Gordon, GA, reading 18 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Savannah River near Waynesboro, GA at 8,300 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Spirit Creek runs a median of 14 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 20 cfs, and September the leanest at 11 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 925 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 3.2 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Spirit Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11.5 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SPTG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.