Ohoopee River near Reidsville, GA
River level and flood forecast · Tattnall County
Normal4.5 ftas of Mon 3 PM
The river is 6.5 ft below flood stage (11 ft).
Forecast to rise to 7.6 ft Sat 8 AM, below the 11 ft flood stage.
Flow: 335 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 10:34 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 20 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 16 ft |
| Flood stage | 11 ft |
| Action stage | 10 ft |
| Record crest (January 1, 1925) | 28.4 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 28.4 ftrecord flooding will occur.
- 19 ftthe access road into the Joy Bluff community is covered with 1.5 feet of water.
- 17.5 ftwater enters the ground level of homes in the Joy Bluff community. The access road becomes covered with water.
- 14 ftflooding of several riverside unimproved roads and some agricultural land occurs.
- 11 ftwater enters the back yards of some homes in the Joy Bluff community.
Highest crests on record
- 28.4 ft — January 1, 1925
- 24 ft — October 1, 1929
- 23.34 ft — March 6, 1966
- 22.5 ft — March 11, 1998
- 22.44 ft — January 14, 1993
Recent crests: 11.8 ft (June 3, 2026) · 11.55 ft (June 19, 2025) · 11.1 ft (June 13, 2025) · 18.86 ft (May 14, 2025) · 13.27 ft (March 23, 2025)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamOhoopee River at GA 297 near Swainsboro, GA
- Altamaha River near Baxley, GA
- Canoochee River near Claxton, GA
- Altamaha River near Charlotteville, GA
- Oconee River at Highway 280 near Mount Vernon, GA
- Ocmulgee River at Lumber City, GA
- Altamaha River at Doctortown, GA
- Little Ocmulgee River at GA 149 at Scotland, GA
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (REDG1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.