Rivers and flooding in Georgia
358 river gauges the National Weather Service watches in Georgia, 1 at action stage or in flood now. Each has its forecast, flood stages and impacts, and its crest history.
Flooding now
Flood outlook
Significant river flooding over the next five days, and each gauge’s chance of flooding over the next three months.
No significant river flooding is outlined in Georgia in the next five days.
Most likely to flood, September to November
- Sweetwater Creek near Austell6% chance of major flooding
- Ohoopee River near Reidsville5% chance of major flooding
- Oconee River below Oconee11% chance of moderate flooding
- Big Creek near Alpharetta8% chance of moderate flooding
- Ocmulgee River at Abbeville8% chance of moderate flooding
- Peachtree Creek at Atlanta5% chance of major flooding
- Chattooga River at Summerville7% chance of moderate flooding
- Altamaha River near Baxley30% chance of minor flooding
- Altamaha River near Charlotteville27% chance of minor flooding
- Ocmulgee River at 5th Street Bridge at Macon25% chance of minor flooding
- Oconee River near Penfield19% chance of minor flooding
- Ogeechee River at Midville16% chance of minor flooding
43 of the 69 gauges the River Forecast Centers forecast in Georgia have a stated chance of flooding in this period.
Alabaha River
Alapaha River
Alcovy River
Allatoona Creek
Altamaha River
Amicalola Creek
Apalachee River
Armuchee Creek
Atlantic Coast
Beaver Ruin Creek
Beaverdam Creek
Big Cedar Creek
Big Creek
Big Haynes Creek
Big Indian Creek
Big Sandy Creek
Black Creek
Brier Creek
Broad River (GA)
Broad River in GA
Bromolow Creek Tributary
Brunswick River
Brushy Creek
Brushy Fork Creek
Buffalo Creek
Burnt Fork Creek
Butler Creek
Cabin Creek
Camp Creek
Canoochee River
Cartecay River
Cedar Creek
Chattahoochee River
- Chattahoochee River at 0.76 mile upstream McGinnis Ferry near SuwaneeBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at 14th Street at ColumbusBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at AtlantaBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at Buford Dam near BufordBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at CorneliaBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at FairburnBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at GA 100 at FranklinBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at GA 280 near AtlantaBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at George W. Andrews Lock and Dam (USACE)Below flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at HelenBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at Highway 141 near NorcrossBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at Lake Sidney Lanier near BufordBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at Morgan Falls Dam near RoswellBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at Powers Ferry + I-285 near AtlantaBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at RoswellBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at US 41 at AtlantaBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at W.F. George Lock and Dam (USACE)Below flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at West PointBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at West Point Lake near West PointBelow flood stage
- Chattahoochee River at WhitesburgBelow flood stage
Chattanooga Creek
Chattooga River
Chestatee River
Chickasawhatchee Creek
Cloud Creek
Coahulla Creek
Cobbs Creek
Comissioner Creek
Conasauga River
Coosa River
Coosawattee River
Cornish Creek
Crooked Creek
Dick Creek
Dog River
Doolittle Creek
East Bear Creek
Ebenezer Creek
Echeconnee Creek
Etowah River
- Etowah River at Allatoona Dam above CartersvilleBelow flood stage
- Etowah River at Allatoona Lake near CartersvilleBelow flood stage
- Etowah River at CantonBelow flood stage
- Etowah River at Coosa Valley Fairgrounds at RomeBelow flood stage
- Etowah River at GA 1 Loop near RomeBelow flood stage
- Etowah River at GA 136 near LandrumBelow flood stage
- Etowah River at GA 61 near CartersvilleBelow flood stage
- Etowah River at GA 9 near DawsonvilleBelow flood stage
- Etowah River at Kelly Bridge Road near MattBelow flood stage
- Etowah River at KingstonBelow flood stage
Etowah River 0.2 mi downstream GA 53
Etowah River Downstream I-575
Euharlee Creek
Falling Creek
Fausett Creek
Flat Creek
Flint River
- Flint River at Big Branch near MolenaBelow flood stage
- Flint River at CarsonvilleBelow flood stage
- Flint River at GA 26 near MontezumaBelow flood stage
- Flint River at GA 85 near Forest ParkNo flood stages set
- Flint River at GriffinBelow flood stage
- Flint River at LovejoyBelow flood stage
- Flint River at ThomastonBelow flood stage
- Flint River at Woolsey Road near WoolseyBelow flood stage
Flint River (GA)
- Flint River (GA) at AlbanyBelow low-water threshold
- Flint River (GA) at Bainbridge (US 27)Below flood stage
- Flint River (GA) at Lake BlackshearAction stage
- Flint River (GA) at Newton (SR 37)Below flood stage
- Flint River (GA) at Oakfield (SR 32)Below flood stage
- Flint River (GA) at Riverview PlantationBelow low-water threshold
Garner Creek
Grove Creek
Hannahatchee Creek
Heath Creek
Hickory Log Creek
Hillabahatchee Creek
Hiwassee River
Holly Creek
Honey Creek
Horton Creek
Hudson Creek
Ichawaynochaway Creek
Intrenchment Creek
Ivy Creek
Jackson Creek
Jackson Creek Tributary
Kettle Creek
Kinchafoonee Creek
Kiokee Creek
Level Creek
Line Creek
Little River
Little Attapulgus Creek
Little Cornish Creek
Little Haynes Creek
Little Ocmulgee River
Little River
Little River (SW Georgia)
Little Satilla River
Little Stone Mountain Creek
Little Tallapoosa River
Long Swamp Creek
Lookout Creek
Middle Oconee River
Mill Creek
Morning Creek
Mountaintown Creek
Muckalee Creek
Mulberry Creek (GA)
Murder Creek
Nancy Creek
New River
Nickajack Creek
No Business Creek
Noonday Creek
Noonday Creek Upstream of Chastain Meadows Parkway
North Fork Peachtree Creek
North Oconee River
Noses Creek
Nottely River
Ochlockonee River
Ocmulgee River
- Ocmulgee River at 5th Street Bridge at MaconBelow flood stage
- Ocmulgee River at AbbevilleBelow flood stage
- Ocmulgee River at GA 18 at Dames FerryBelow flood stage
- Ocmulgee River at JacksonBelow flood stage
- Ocmulgee River at Jackson LakeBelow flood stage
- Ocmulgee River at Lumber CityBelow flood stage
- Ocmulgee River at US 341 at HawkinsvilleBelow flood stage
Oconee River
- Oconee River at Avant Mine near OconeeBelow flood stage
- Oconee River at DublinBelow flood stage
- Oconee River at Highway 280 near Mount VernonBelow flood stage
- Oconee River at Lake OconeeBelow flood stage
- Oconee River at Lake SinclairBelow flood stage
- Oconee River at MilledgevilleBelow flood stage
- Oconee River at OconeeBelow flood stage
- Oconee River at PenfieldBelow flood stage
Ogeechee River
- Ogeechee River at EdenBelow flood stage
- Ogeechee River at EllabellNo flood stages set
- Ogeechee River at GA 88 near GrangeBelow flood stage
- Ogeechee River at MidvilleBelow flood stage
- Ogeechee River at OliverNo flood stages set
- Ogeechee River at Richmond HillNo flood stages set
- Ogeechee River at Rocky FordBelow flood stage
Ohoopee River
Okapilco Creek
Olley Creek
Oostanaula River
Oothkalooga Creek
Pachitla Creek
Parks Creek
Pataula Creek
Pates Creek
Peachtree Creek
Pew Creek
Pole Bridge Creek
Potato Creek
Powder Springs Creek
Proctor Creek
Proctor Creek Tributary
Reed Creek
Richland Creek
Rottenwood Creek
Russell Creek (GA)
Satilla River
Savannah River
- Savannah River at AugustaBelow flood stage
- Savannah River at Burton's FerryBelow flood stage
- Savannah River at ClyoBelow flood stage
- Savannah River at EvansNo flood stages set
- Savannah River at Fort Pulaski (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Savannah River at Garden City (IN MLLW)No flood stages set
- Savannah River at Hartwell DamReading out of date
- Savannah River at Port Wentworth (IN MLLW)No flood stages set
- Savannah River at Savannah (IN MLLW)No flood stages set
- Savannah River at Savannah River Jefferson Davis Bridge at AugustaNo flood stages set
- Savannah River at WaynesboroNo flood stages set
Sawhatchee Creek
Settingdown Creek
Sewell Mill Creek
Sharp Mountain Creek
Shoal Creek
Snake Creek
Snake Creek downstream Snake Creek Reservoir
Snapfinger Creek
Sope Creek
Soque River
South Chickamauga Creek
South Fork Broad River
South Fork Peachtree Creek
South River
- South RiverBelow flood stage
- South River at Flakes Mill Road near SnapfingerBelow flood stage
- South River at Forrest Park Road at AtlantaBelow flood stage
- South River at GA 81 at Snapping ShoalsBelow flood stage
- South River at Klondike Road near LithoniaBelow flood stage
- South River at Springdale Road near East PointBelow flood stage
Spirit Creek
Spring Creek
St. Marys River
Stone Mountain Creek
Suwanee Creek
Suwannee River
Sweetwater Creek
Sweetwater Creek (E ATL)
Swift Creek
Talking Rock Creek
Tallapoosa River
Tallulah River
- Tallulah River at BURTON DAMBelow flood stage
- Tallulah River at MATHIS-TERRORA DAMBelow flood stage
- Tallulah River at NACOOCHEE DAMBelow flood stage
- Tallulah River at Plum Orchard Rd 6 NW TigerBelow flood stage
- Tallulah River at TALLULAH FALLS DAMBelow flood stage
- Tallulah River at TALLULAH FALLS PWR HOUSEBelow flood stage
- Tallulah River at TUGALO DAMBelow flood stage
Tobesofkee Creek
Toccoa River
Towaliga River
Tucsawhatchee Creek
Tugalo River
Turkey Creek
Turnpike Creek
Two Run Creek
Upatoi Creek
Utoy Creek
Watson Creek Tributary
West Chickamauga Creek
Wheeler Creek
Whitewater Creek
Wildcat Creek (GA)
Willeo Creek
Williamson Swamp Creek
Withlacoochee River
Wolf Creek Tributary
Woodall Creek
Yellow Jacket Creek
Yellow River
- Yellow River at GA 124 near LithoniaBelow flood stage
- Yellow River at Gees Mill Road near MilsteadBelow flood stage
- Yellow River at MilsteadBelow flood stage
- Yellow River at Pleasant Hill Road near LithoniaBelow flood stage
- Yellow River at Rocky Plains Road near Rocky PlainsBelow flood stage
- Yellow River at SnellvilleBelow flood stage
Yellow River Tributary
Sources
Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.