Tucsawhatchee Creek near Hawkinsville, 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 02215100 sits on Tucsawhatchee Creek and reads everything draining 163 square miles of the Lower Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 210 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1986, 40 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 Ocmulgee River at Abbeville, GA at 4,460 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 4% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Tucsawhatchee Creek runs a median of 43 cfs at this gauge across 40 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 187 cfs, and August the leanest at 18 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 10,200 cfs in 2005, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1986 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Tucsawhatchee Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.6 feet, in March 1998.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TSCG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.