Yellow River at 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 02207300 sits on the Yellow River and reads everything draining 236 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 685 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Four gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Yellow River at Pleasant Hill Road, near Lithonia,ga, reading 213 square miles. This gauge adds the 23 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Yellow River at Gees Mill Road, near Milstead, GA at 260 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 91% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yellow River Rocky Plains Rd near Rocky Plains, GA and Ocmulgee River near Jackson, GA. It then enters Jackson Lake Lloyd Shoals near Jackson, GA, below which releases set the flow.

Flood stages and record crests

The Yellow River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MSDG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.