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Satilla River near Waycross, GA

River level and flood forecast · Ware County

Near flood stage15.6 ftas of Mon 3:30 PM

The river is 0.4 ft below flood stage (16 ft).

Forecast to rise to 15.8 ft Tue 8 PM, below the 16 ft flood stage.

Flow: 5,580 cubic feet per second (USGS).

The last 7 days and the forecast

57.51012.51517.520TueThuSatMonWedFriAction 14 ftFlood 16 ftModerate 18 ftMajor 20 ftNowObserved (ft)NWS forecast

NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 10:34 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

Major flood stage20 ft
Moderate flood stage18 ft
Flood stage16 ft
Action stage14 ft
Record crest (April 4, 1948)22.4 ft

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

  • 20 ftEffects railroad bridge. Rail traffic must be rerouted. On the Pierce County side, low lying roads are flooded and homes are threatened in the Riverwoods Drive community and in the Okefenokee Country Club.
  • 18 ftOn the Pierce County side, the Okefenokee Country Club Golf Course is generally closed. Riverwoods Drive low lying properties begin to flood.
  • 17 ftOn the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat Ramp parking lot and access road is flooded and Simmons Trail is flooded cutting off one residence. On the Pierce County side, the Okefenokee Country Club Course Holes 14 through 16 begin to flood.
  • 16 ftFlooding of agriculture and timberlands begins. On the Ware County side, the Jamestown Road Boat Ramp is flooded. On the Pierce/Brantley county line at the State Road 121 Bridge the boat ramp and dirt access roads are flooded.

Highest crests on record

  1. 22.4 ft — April 4, 1948
  2. 22.36 ft — April 5, 2009
  3. 22.2 ft — May 1, 1928
  4. 21.52 ft — March 6, 1991
  5. 20.29 ft — March 10, 1984

Recent crests: 17.33 ft (June 25, 2026) · 18.1 ft (August 8, 2024) · 16.63 ft (May 22, 2024) · 17.52 ft (April 14, 2024) · 17.7 ft (September 4, 2023)

Up and down the river, and nearby

See it on the live map →Radar & warnings for Ware CountyNWS gauge pageUSGS gauge 02226500

Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (AYSG1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.