Yellow River at Gees Mill Road, near Milstead, 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 02207335 sits on the Yellow River and reads everything draining 260 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 631 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

Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Yellow River at Milstead, GA, reading 236 square miles. This gauge adds the 24 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Yellow River Rocky Plains Rd near Rocky Plains, GA at 428 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 61% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ocmulgee River near Jackson, GA. It then enters Jackson Lake Lloyd Shoals near Jackson, GA, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The Yellow River runs a median of 224 cfs at this gauge across 25 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 411 cfs, and September the leanest at 132 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 18,200 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 27 cfs in 2011.

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

The Yellow River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 22.5 feet, in September 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MYRG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.