Yellow River near Snellville, 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 02206500 sits on the Yellow River and reads everything draining 136 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 801 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1943, 52 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Yellow River near Luxomni, GA, reading 124 square miles. This gauge adds the 12 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Yellow River at GA 124, near Lithonia, GA at 161 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 84% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yellow River at Pleasant Hill Road, near Lithonia,ga, Yellow River at Milstead, GA and Yellow River at Gees Mill Road, near Milstead, GA.

Normal flows here

The Yellow River runs a median of 102 cfs at this gauge across 52 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 215 cfs, and September the leanest at 58 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 8,600 cfs in 1996, and the lowest is 1.6 cfs in 1955.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1943 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 23 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 23.8 feet, in September 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge YESG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Morgan Falls Dam is 19 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Morgan Falls Dam 19 miles
• Buford Dam 21 miles