Turkey Creek near Byromville

1. 17.00 ftRecord flooding expands with a few feet of water covering Georgia Highway 90 and the level reaches the top of the bridge. The bridge will be closed and the USGS gage house will be under water.
2. 15.00 ftMajor flooding begins with several inches of water covering Georgia Highway 90 near the stream gage on Georgia Highway 90. The bridge forms an obstacle and acts like a dam causing some backwater and erosion eddies to the sides of the bridge. The bridge will be closed. The water reaches the bottom of the USGS gage house and automated stage readings are unlikely. This level would exceed the record set during Tropical Storm Alberto in 1995.
3. 14.00 ftModerate flooding expands into the woodland areas upstream and downstream from the stream gage on Georgia Highway 90. The bridge begins to form an obstacle and act like a dam causing some backwater and erosion eddies to the sides of the bridge. The bridge will likely be closed. This level is near the record set during Tropical Storm Alberto in 1995.
4. 13.00 ftModerate flooding expands into the woodland areas upstream and downstream from the stream gage on Georgia Highway 90. The bridge begins to form an obstacle and act like a dam causing some backwater and erosion eddies to the sides of the bridge. The bridge may become closed.
5. 12.00 ftModerate flooding begins. Widespread flooding expands into the woodlands upstream and downstream of the stream gage on Georgia Highway 90. Creek access roads will be flooded and the water level reaches the bottom of the bridge. The bridge may become closed.
6. 11.00 ftMinor flooding expands into the woodland areas upstream and downstream from the stream gage on Georgia Highway 90. Larger portions of creek access roads will flood.
7. 10.00 ftFlood stage is reached. Minor flooding of woodlands occurs upstream and downstream from the stream gage on Georgia Highway 90. Portions of creek access roads and low lying areas will begin to flood.
8. 8.00 ftBankfull conditions are reached upstream and downstream from the stream gage on Georgia Highway 90.

Most recent crests

• March 10, 2024: 11.03 ft
• March 9, 2024: 10.15 ft
• February 13, 2024: 10.58 ft
• January 31, 2023: 11.44 ft
• April 7, 2022: 10.51 ft
• October 8, 2021: 10.65 ft
• September 17, 2020: 10.10 ft
• April 24, 2020: 10.80 ft
• April 21, 2020: 10.21 ft
• March 5, 2020: 11.80 ft

• Flint River at GA 26 near Montezuma
• Big Indian Creek at US 341 near Clinchfield
• Muckalee Creek at Highway 30 near Americus
• Tucsawhatchee Creek at Hawkinsville
• Flint River (GA) at Lake Blackshear
• Ocmulgee River at US 341 at Hawkinsville
• Muckalee Creek at Leesburg (SR 195)
• Flint River (GA) at Oakfield (SR 32)

Forecasts by the Southeast River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available. Automated gauge readings are now available, courtesy of the USGS.

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.