TidalMapTiger Creek near Lakemont, GA Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02180400 sits on Tiger Creek and reads everything draining 24 square miles of the Tugaloo basin. Daily flow has been on record here since 2020, 6 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 Tallulah River at Terrora Pwrhse, near Tallulah Falls,ga at 181 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 13% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Tallulah River above Powerhouse, near Tallulah Falls,ga.
Normal flows here
Tiger Creek runs a median of 47 cfs at this gauge across 6 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 69 cfs, and October the leanest at 30 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,270 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 14 cfs in 2024.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 63 cfs | 134% |
| Feb | 66 cfs | 140% |
| Mar | 69 cfs | 147% |
| Apr | 68 cfs | 145% |
| May | 60 cfs | 128% |
| Jun | 48 cfs | 101% |
| Jul | 37 cfs | 79% |
| Aug | 35 cfs | 74% |
| Sep | 30 cfs | 65% |
| Oct | 30 cfs | 64% |
| Nov | 32 cfs | 67% |
| Dec | 45 cfs | 96% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2020 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Nearby river gauges
- Tallulah River at Terrora Pwrhse, near Tallulah Falls,ga
- Tallulah River above Powerhouse, near Tallulah Falls,ga
- Chattooga River near Clayton, GA
- Tallulah River near Clayton, GA
- Soque River at GA 197, near Clarkesville, GA
- Chauga River above Westminster, SC
- Chattahoochee River near Leaf, GA
- Chattahoochee River near Cornelia, GA
- Hiwassee River at Riverside Dr, near Hiawassee, GA
- Chattahoochee River at Helen, GA
- Chattooga River at Burrells Ford, near Pine Mountain, GA
- Little Tennessee River near Prentiss, NC
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02180400. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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