Kinchafoonee Creek at 11 E of Dawson at Pinewood Rd in Lee County, GA

River level and flood forecast · Terrell County

Normal5.0 ftas of Mon 3:45 PM

The river is 8.0 ft below flood stage (13 ft).

Forecast to rise to 5.5 ft Tue 8 AM, below the 13 ft flood stage.

Flow: 449 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 10:53 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

Major flood stage	20.5 ft
Moderate flood stage	16 ft
Flood stage	13 ft
Action stage	10 ft
Record crest (July 7, 1994)	26.56 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

27.5 ftWater will enter the floor of the gage house.
26 ftHistoric flooding throughout the Kinchafoonee Creek Basin. The creek expands to more than 1 mile wide south of Century Road. Widespread and deep inundation of houses continues south of Century Road Bridge.
24 ftGeorgia Highway 32 and Century Road flood at this level. Catastrophic flooding continues downstream affecting many residences.
22 ftPinewood Road floods west of the bridge. Flooding continues to expand south of Century Road. Numerous homes are flooded, some significantly.
20.5 ftMajor flooding south of Century Road. Numerous homes are flooded as far east as Foxworth Drive. Access into the area near the creek is impossible.
18 ftSignificant flooding occurs south of Century Road. Numerous homes are flooded with flood waters approaching Carowind Drive.
16 ftCreekside Drive is flooded in numerous areas. Access south of Kinchafoonee Creek Road may be impossible above this level. Several homes of Creekside Drive flood at this level.
15 ftWidespread flooding of wooded areas and farmland continues downstream of the gauge. Further downstream, water crosses the 400 block of Creekside Drive. Water moves into the backyards of numerous homes along Creekside Drive. Flooding increases for areas south of Kinchafoonee Creek Road alongside Creekside Drive.
13 ftWater floods into wooded areas and farmland downstream from the gauge. Further downstream water moves out of the bank along Creekside Drive, especially south of Kinchafoonee Creek Road as well as in the 400 block of Creekside Drive.

Highest crests on record

26.56 ft — July 7, 1994
21.59 ft — March 10, 1998
21 ft — December 25, 2015
20.46 ft — March 5, 1966
20.44 ft — March 20, 1990

Recent crests: 17.01 ft (March 12, 2024) · 17.12 ft (March 10, 2024) · 12.6 ft (February 16, 2024) · 12.73 ft (February 13, 2024) · 13.19 ft (June 16, 2023)

Up and down the river, and nearby

See it on the live map →Radar & warnings for Terrell County NWS gauge page USGS gauge 02350900

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (DSNG1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.