Oconee River near Mount Vernon, GA
Wheeler County, Georgia · USGS 02224500
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Oconee River at its USGS monitoring location in Wheeler County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 28 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.
Below historical median · Steady
Streamflow is currently 620 ft³/s, 49% below the historical median for this date. Flow has been relatively steady over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 1,225 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations
Look at the data (30 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 836 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 837 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 827 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 804 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 775 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 753 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 729 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 710 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 700 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 695 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 696 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 684 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 687 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 684 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 670 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 656 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 649 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 649 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 642 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 630 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 620 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 617 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 614 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 625 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 594 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 617 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 636 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 650 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 637 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 625 CFS |
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