Kinchafoonee Creek at Century Road Bridge

Highest listed crest 21.18 ftFlood stage 15.0 ft6 crests since 2021

The Kinchafoonee Creek at Century Road Bridge crested above flood stage 1 time among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2021 to 2024. The highest, 21.18 ft on March 12, 2024, was moderate flooding, 6.18 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Kinchafoonee Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 21.18 ft; March 12, 2024
Flood stage: 15.0 ft; Major flooding from 24.0 ft
Crests at major: 0; 1 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest: March 12, 2024; 21.18 ft, moderate flooding
Location: Lee County; Near Albany (6.8 mi)
Identifiers: NWS KCCG1; USGS 02351100

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Kinchafoonee Creek at Century Road Bridge

Action stage	10.0	5	Feb 17, 2024	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	15.0	0	—	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	19.0	1	Mar 12, 2024	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	24.0	0	—	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

6 crests from 2021 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

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.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Kinchafoonee Creek at Century Road Bridge

1	Mar 12, 2024	21.18	+6.18	Moderate	—
2	Feb 13, 2024	14.77	−0.23	Action	—
3	Feb 3, 2023	14.40	−0.60	Action	—
4	Feb 17, 2024	13.77	−1.23	Action	—
5	Oct 29, 2021	10.29	−4.71	Action	—
6	Apr 12, 2022	10.27	−4.73	Action	—

The worst floods along the Kinchafoonee Creek

For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Kinchafoonee Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.

March 12, 2024: 21.18 ft here, moderate flooding

11 E of Dawson at Pinewood Rd in Lee CountyGA · Mar 10, 2024 · 17.12 ft · Moderate
Preston (SR 41)GA · Mar 10, 2024 · 9.03 ft · Minor

Gauges on the Kinchafoonee Creek

In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.

Flood gauges on the Kinchafoonee Creek

Preston (SR 41)	GA	7.0	12.16 ft, Mar 17, 1990	0
11 E of Dawson at Pinewood Rd in Lee County	GA	13.0	26.56 ft, Jul 7, 1994	3
Century Road Bridge this gauge	GA	15.0	21.18 ft, Mar 12, 2024	0

Other gauges in Lee County

Flood gauges in Lee County

Oakfield (SR 32)	23.0	40.10 ft, Jul 10, 1994	0
11 E of Dawson at Pinewood Rd in Lee County	13.0	26.56 ft, Jul 7, 1994	3
Forrester Parkway Bridge	18.0	20.55 ft, Mar 11, 2024	0
Leesburg (SR 195)	13.0	29.10 ft, Jul 7, 1994	2

Lee County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Georgia

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KCCG1, 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.