Rivers in Georgia

Oconee River at Dublin

Laurens County, GeorgiaNWS DBNG1USGS 02223500Peachtree City office

Below flood stage
1.16ftStage

Observed Sun, Sep 20, 11:45 AM EDT

Flood stage
21.00 ft
Forecast crest
1.60 ftTue, Sep 22, 2:00 PM EDT
Record crest
33.00 ft1936

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood30.00 ft
Moderate flood25.00 ft
Minor flood21.00 ft
Action20.00 ft
  1. 33.00 ftRecord flooding occurs with widespread inundation of the woodlands upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. The flood waters will be around 10 feet deep on Rex Miller Road and Old River Lane. Homes on these roads and on River Ridge Road will be under 8 feet of water. Additional homes on portions of Hudson Street...South Decatur Street and Robert Plummer Road will be flooded. Large portions of the Riverview Park Golf Course will be flooded under several feet of water.
  2. 32.00 ftMajor flooding continues with widespread inundation of the woodlands upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. The flood waters will be around 9 feet deep on Rex Miller Road and Old River Lane. Homes on these roads and on River Ridge Road will be under 7 feet of water. Additional homes on portions of Hudson Street...South Decatur Street and Robert Plummer Road will begin to flood. Large portions of the Riverview Park Golf Course will be flooded under few feet of water.
  3. 30.00 ftMajor flooding begins with widespread inundation of the woodlands and agricultural areas upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. The flood waters will be around 7 feet deep on Rex Miller Road and Old River Lane. Several homes on these roads and on River Ridge Road will be under 5 feet of water. Additional roads such as Hudson Street...South Decatur Street and Robert Plummer Road will begin to flood. Large portions of the Riverview Park Golf Course will be flooded.
  4. 27.00 ftSignificant flooding expands into the woodlands and agricultural areas upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. The flood waters will be around 4 feet deep on Rex Miller Road and Old River Lane. Several homes on these roads will be under two feet of water. Also a few homes on River Ridge Road will be flooded with a foot of water. Portions of the Riverview Park Golf Course will be flooded.
  5. 25.50 ftSignificant flooding continues in the woodlands and agricultural areas upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. The flood waters will be around two feet deep on Rex Miller Road...downstream left bank of the Highway 80 bridge and Old River Lane...upstream and left bank from the bridge. Some of the homes on these roads will begin to experience flooding. Also a few homes begin to flood on River Ridge Road...downstream and right bank from the U.S. Highway 80 bridge.
  6. 25.00 ftModerate flooding begins. Significant flooding occurs in the woodlands and agricultural areas upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. The flood waters will be around two feet deep on Rex Miller Road...downstream left bank of the Highway 80 bridge and Old River Lane...upstream and left bank from the bridge. Some of the homes on these roads will begin to experience flooding.
  7. 24.00 ftMinor flooding spreads further into the woodlands and agricultural areas near the river upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. The flood waters will be around one foot deep on Rex Miller Road...downstream left bank of the Highway 80 bridge and Old River Lane...upstream and left bank from the bridge. The water level will approach the foundations of a few homes on these roads.
  8. 23.50 ftMinor flooding spreads further into the woodland areas. The water level begins to flood Rex Miller Road...downstream left bank of the Highway 80 bridge. Also Old River Lane...upstream and left bank from the bridge begins to flood.
  9. 23.00 ftMinor flooding continues in the woodlands and natural flood plain along the river upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. Flooding will increase on some dirt river access roads. The water level will be at least one foot deep in some sections of the roads.
  10. 22.00 ftMinor flooding continues in the woodlands and natural flood plain along the river upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. Portions of some dirt river access roads will begin to flood.
  11. 21.00 ftFlood stage is reached. Minor flooding begins in the woodlands and natural flood plain along the river upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80.
  12. 20.00 ftBankfull conditions occur along the river upstream and downstream from the gage on U.S. Highway 80. Water begins to spill out into the flood plain.

Flood outlook

Chance of flooding, September to November

CategoryChance
Minor flooding15%
Moderate floodingUnder 5%
Major floodingUnder 5%

The three-month chances are the River Forecast Centers’ long-range flood outlook, issued September 15, 2026.

Crest history

106 crests on NOAA’s list since 1895.

#DateStage
1April 12, 193633.00 ft
2April 13, 193632.97 ft
3March 12, 199832.00 ft
4February 7, 199830.54 ft
5March 6, 197130.21 ft
6December 3, 194930.10 ft
7January 21, 192529.80 ft
8December 28, 201529.68 ft
9March 7, 192929.50 ft
10March 26, 194428.60 ft
11February 21, 199528.51 ft
12February 20, 199528.50 ft
13February 28, 196128.40 ft
14August 19, 192827.90 ft
15February 11, 202027.82 ft
16March 16, 198027.81 ft
17April 11, 196427.80 ft
18October 5, 192927.60 ft
19March 28, 197927.60 ft
20February 28, 197927.56 ft
21October 5, 198927.20 ft
22March 21, 199027.20 ft
23April 5, 200927.18 ft
24March 26, 194227.00 ft
25January 30, 197827.00 ft

Most recent crests

  • March 13, 2024: 22.22 ft
  • February 16, 2024: 26.07 ft
  • January 15, 2024: 23.71 ft
  • March 31, 2023: 26.85 ft
  • April 10, 2022: 26.40 ft
  • October 12, 2021: 22.94 ft
  • September 22, 2020: 21.01 ft
  • March 9, 2020: 26.06 ft
  • February 29, 2020: 21.54 ft
  • February 23, 2020: 26.71 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Southeast River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued routinely year-round. Automated gauge readings are now available, courtesy of the USGS. River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

Sources

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.