Brier Creek near Waynesboro, GA
Burke County, Georgia · USGS 02197830
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Brier Creek at its USGS monitoring location in Burke County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 29 minutes ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Above historical median · Rising
Streamflow is currently 188 ft³/s, 33% above the historical median for this date. Flow has risen 9 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 141 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations
Look at the data (29 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 147 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 144 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 141 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 131 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 122 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 116 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 109 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 102 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 95.8 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 92.9 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 104 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 111 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 98.4 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 90.9 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 95 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 153 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 130 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 153 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 146 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 138 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 124 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 114 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 109 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 108 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 110 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 115 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 134 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 163 CFS |
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