Upatoi Creek near Columbus, 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 02341800 sits on Upatoi Creek and reads everything draining 342 square miles of the Middle Chattahoochee-Walter F basin. Its datum sits 230 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1968, 58 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 at Spur 39, near Omaha, GA at 5,910 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 6% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

Upatoi Creek runs a median of 230 cfs at this gauge across 58 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 547 cfs, and October the leanest at 151 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 31,600 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 49 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1968 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Upatoi Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 24 feet. NWS starts watching it at 20 feet. The highest crest on record is 32.1 feet, in March 1990.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge UPAG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' North Highlands Dam is 12 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• North Highlands Dam 12 miles
• Oliver (GPC) Dam 13 miles
• Goat Rock Dam 20 miles