Yellow River Rocky Plains Rd near Rocky Plains, 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 02208000 sits on Yellow River Rocky Plains Rd and reads everything draining 428 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 530 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2010, 17 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Six gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Yellow River at Gees Mill Road, near Milstead, GA, reading 260 square miles. This gauge adds the 168 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Jackson Lake Lloyd Shoals near Jackson, GA at 1,400 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 31% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Ocmulgee River near Jackson, GA and Ocmulgee River at GA 18, at Dames Ferry, GA.

Normal flows here

Yellow River Rocky Plains Rd runs a median of 352 cfs at this gauge across 17 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 662 cfs, and October the leanest at 164 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 20,100 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 25 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2010 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Yellow River Rocky Plains Rd reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 22.1 feet, in December 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RKYG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.