Turnpike Creek near Mcrae, 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 02216180 sits on Turnpike Creek and reads everything draining 49 square miles of the Little Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 172 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1983, 44 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 Altamaha River at US 221, near Charlotteville, GA at 11,400 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 0% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Altamaha River near Baxley, GA.

Normal flows here

Turnpike Creek runs a median of 0.8 cfs at this gauge across 44 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 62 cfs, and July the leanest at 0.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,040 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1985.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1983 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Turnpike Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.8 feet, in March 1998.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MCRG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.