Ebenezer Creek at Springfield, GA
River level and flood forecast · Effingham County
The river is 13.0 ft below flood stage (17 ft).
Flow: 3 cubic feet per second (USGS).
Lower than normal for October 13.
Usual for October 13: 3 to 32 cubic feet per second (the middle half of 36 years).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Sun, Dec 31, 7 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
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Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 24 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 18 ft |
| Flood stage | 17 ft |
| Action stage | 16 ft |
| Record crest (August 26, 1995) | 17.8 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 26 ftAt 26 feet water will flow over the Highway 119 bridge.
- 24 ftAt 24 feet water will flow over the bridge on Log Landing Road.
- 23 ftAt 23 feet water will reach the road surface of the Highway 119 bridge.
- 22 ftAt 22 feet water will flow over the Stillwell Road bridge and will reach the bottom of the bridge on Log Landing Road.
- 20 ftAt 20 feet water will reach the road surface of the Stillwell Road bridge.
- 18 ftAt 18 feet water will cover all of Log Landing Road and will spill over onto Shadow Creek Drive. Both lanes of Log Landing Road will likely be impassable.
- 17 ftAt 17 feet water will reach the lower portion of Log Landing Road.
- 16 ftAt 16 feet the boat ramp at the boat landing off of Landing Bridge Road will be inaccessible and water will cover most of the parking lot.
Highest crests on record
- 17.8 ft — August 26, 1995
- 17.28 ft — August 7, 2024
- 16.57 ft — August 26, 1991
- 16.1 ft — September 12, 2017
- 15.74 ft — March 6, 2020
Recent crests: 17.28 ft (August 7, 2024) · 15.74 ft (March 6, 2020) · 15.52 ft (June 13, 2019) · 16.1 ft (September 12, 2017) · 15.12 ft (January 23, 2017)
Highest flow on record
8,960 cubic feet per second — August 26, 1995. From the USGS's yearly peaks since 1990.
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (EBZG1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.