Highest listed crest 18.11 ft August 7, 2024; 23,600 cubic feet per second
Flood stage 11.0 ft Major flooding from 16.0 ft
Crests at major 5 24th of 271 gauges in Georgia
Most recent flood crest May 13, 2025 14.85 ft, moderate flooding Listed crests at the Canoochee River near Claxton, 1925 to 2025 10 12 14 16 18 20 ft Flood stage 11.0 ft Major 16.0 ft Jan 1, 1925: 17.80 ft, major flooding; 20,500 cubic feet per second Sep 1, 1928: 14.10 ft, moderate flooding; 12,500 cubic feet per second Oct 1, 1929: 17.60 ft, major flooding; 20,000 cubic feet per second Feb 28, 1939: 13.80 ft, moderate flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per second Aug 17, 1940: 12.90 ft, minor flooding; 7,690 cubic feet per second Jul 21, 1941: 12.20 ft, minor flooding; 5,200 cubic feet per second Mar 25, 1944: 13.30 ft, minor flooding; 9,350 cubic feet per second Apr 20, 1947: 11.40 ft, minor flooding; 3,470 cubic feet per second Apr 2, 1948: 13.90 ft, moderate flooding; 12,100 cubic feet per second Dec 10, 1948: 11.80 ft, minor flooding; 4,160 cubic feet per second Sep 28, 1953: 13.70 ft, moderate flooding; 8,500 cubic feet per second Oct 6, 1953: 11.50 ft, minor flooding; 2,940 cubic feet per second Sep 17, 1955: 11.00 ft, minor flooding; 2,620 cubic feet per second May 7, 1956: 11.30 ft, minor flooding; 2,830 cubic feet per second May 27, 1957: 11.20 ft, minor flooding; 2,760 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 1958: 12.00 ft, minor flooding; 3,500 cubic feet per second Mar 8, 1959: 13.20 ft, minor flooding; 5,700 cubic feet per second Apr 7, 1960: 13.50 ft, moderate flooding; 6,400 cubic feet per second Apr 19, 1961: 12.90 ft, minor flooding; 4,800 cubic feet per second Mar 16, 1962: 11.50 ft, minor flooding; 3,010 cubic feet per second Jan 14, 1964: 13.00 ft, minor flooding; 5,300 cubic feet per second Feb 19, 1965: 13.83 ft, moderate flooding; 6,800 cubic feet per second May 26, 1966: 16.58 ft, major flooding; 12,600 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 1967: 11.86 ft, minor flooding; 3,410 cubic feet per second May 21, 1969: 15.01 ft, moderate flooding; 9,000 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 1970: 12.95 ft, minor flooding; 5,000 cubic feet per second Mar 6, 1971: 13.40 ft, minor flooding; 5,490 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 1972: 13.17 ft, minor flooding; 5,430 cubic feet per second Apr 3, 1973: 12.71 ft, minor flooding; 4,590 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 1974: 11.63 ft, minor flooding; 3,160 cubic feet per second Apr 17, 1975: 13.09 ft, minor flooding; 5,270 cubic feet per second Jun 23, 1976: 11.57 ft, minor flooding; 3,100 cubic feet per second Mar 15, 1977: 12.54 ft, minor flooding; 4,310 cubic feet per second Jan 27, 1978: 13.42 ft, minor flooding; 5,670 cubic feet per second Feb 28, 1979: 13.53 ft, moderate flooding; 6,170 cubic feet per second Mar 17, 1980: 13.68 ft, moderate flooding; 5,960 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 1982: 11.17 ft, minor flooding; 2,730 cubic feet per second Feb 18, 1983: 12.54 ft, minor flooding; 4,310 cubic feet per second May 5, 1984: 12.88 ft, minor flooding; 4,870 cubic feet per second Nov 24, 1985: 14.09 ft, moderate flooding; 7,230 cubic feet per second Jan 24, 1987: 13.15 ft, minor flooding; 5,360 cubic feet per second Jan 9, 1990: 14.35 ft, moderate flooding; 7,720 cubic feet per second Aug 30, 1991: 14.28 ft, moderate flooding; 7,580 cubic feet per second Aug 22, 1992: 11.74 ft, minor flooding; 3,280 cubic feet per second Jan 14, 1993: 16.60 ft, major flooding; 13,500 cubic feet per second Jun 8, 1995: 12.91 ft, minor flooding; 4,840 cubic feet per second Feb 17, 1997: 11.93 ft, minor flooding; 3,500 cubic feet per second Mar 10, 1998: 14.96 ft, moderate flooding; 9,740 cubic feet per second Mar 22, 2001: 11.64 ft, minor flooding; 3,180 cubic feet per second Mar 24, 2003: 13.13 ft, minor flooding; 5,190 cubic feet per second Apr 14, 2003: 12.29 ft, minor flooding; 3,950 cubic feet per second Jun 15, 2003: 12.21 ft, minor flooding; 3,850 cubic feet per second Aug 10, 2003: 12.22 ft, minor flooding; 3,860 cubic feet per second Sep 9, 2004: 14.71 ft, moderate flooding; 8,270 cubic feet per second Mar 30, 2005: 15.63 ft, moderate flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per second Oct 11, 2005: 11.35 ft, minor flooding; 2,910 cubic feet per second Jan 6, 2006: 11.59 ft, minor flooding; 3,130 cubic feet per second Feb 24, 2008: 11.06 ft, minor flooding; 2,650 cubic feet per second Apr 5, 2009: 12.75 ft, minor flooding; 4,600 cubic feet per second Dec 16, 2009: 13.39 ft, minor flooding; 5,630 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 2010: 13.20 ft, minor flooding; 5,310 cubic feet per second Feb 28, 2013: 13.90 ft, moderate flooding; 7,180 cubic feet per second Mar 27, 2013: 11.49 ft, minor flooding; 3,570 cubic feet per second Jul 5, 2013: 12.78 ft, minor flooding; 5,280 cubic feet per second Jul 15, 2013: 12.62 ft, minor flooding; 5,050 cubic feet per second Aug 21, 2013: 12.87 ft, minor flooding; 5,420 cubic feet per second Apr 22, 2014: 12.69 ft, minor flooding; 5,150 cubic feet per second Dec 26, 2014: 11.52 ft, minor flooding; 3,610 cubic feet per second Feb 28, 2015: 12.12 ft, minor flooding; 4,350 cubic feet per second Apr 28, 2015: 11.75 ft, minor flooding; 3,880 cubic feet per second Feb 5, 2016: 13.87 ft, moderate flooding; 7,130 cubic feet per second Jan 23, 2017: 13.60 ft, moderate flooding; 6,630 cubic feet per second Sep 13, 2017: 11.89 ft, minor flooding; 4,050 cubic feet per second Dec 3, 2018: 11.85 ft, minor flooding; 4,000 cubic feet per second Feb 8, 2020: 13.00 ft, minor flooding; 5,620 cubic feet per second Feb 22, 2020: 14.76 ft, moderate flooding; 10,400 cubic feet per second Mar 7, 2020: 14.67 ft, moderate flooding; 10,200 cubic feet per second Apr 25, 2020: 13.19 ft, minor flooding; 6,350 cubic feet per second Feb 20, 2021: 14.88 ft, moderate flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per second Mar 5, 2021: 11.85 ft, minor flooding; 3,930 cubic feet per second Feb 14, 2023: 11.48 ft, minor flooding; 3,410 cubic feet per second Sep 1, 2023: 13.95 ft, moderate flooding; 8,140 cubic feet per second Feb 15, 2024: 13.56 ft, moderate flooding; 7,000 cubic feet per second Mar 11, 2024: 14.29 ft, moderate flooding; 8,850 cubic feet per second Aug 7, 2024: 18.11 ft, major flooding; 23,600 cubic feet per second May 13, 2025: 14.85 ft, moderate flooding; 10,500 cubic feet per second Highest, 18.11 ft, Aug 7, 2024 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Crests at or above flood stage, by decade Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Canoochee River near Claxton 1920s: 3 1930s: 1 1940s: 6 1950s: 7 1960s: 8 1970s: 10 1980s: 6 1990s: 7 2000s: 12 2010s: 14 14 2020s: 12 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor. Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable. Evans County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Georgia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CNOG1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.