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Ocmulgee River at Abbeville

Highest listed crest 23.10 ftFlood stage 12.0 ft109 crests since 1902

The Ocmulgee River at Abbeville crested at major flood stage 10 times among the 109 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1902 to 2025. The highest, 23.10 ft on July 11, 1994, was major flooding, 11.10 feet above flood stage. 5 other gauges on the Ocmulgee River crested above flood stage within a week of it, 5 at their own highest listed crest.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
23.10 ft
July 11, 1994; 127,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
12.0 ft
Major flooding from 18.0 ft
Crests at major
10
16th of 271 gauges in Georgia
Most recent flood crest
April 14, 2025
12.11 ft, minor flooding
Location
Dodge County
Georgia

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Ocmulgee River at Abbeville
Action stage10.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)12.056Apr 14, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage14.043Oct 4, 2024Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage18.010Dec 31, 2015Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

109 crests from 1902 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Ocmulgee River at Abbeville, 1902 to 2025 12141618202224ft Flood stage 12.0 ftMajor 18.0 ft May 2, 1902: 17.50 ft, moderate floodingMar 22, 1912: 18.10 ft, major flooding; 50,400 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1913: 19.00 ft, major flooding; 63,800 cubic feet per secondJan 23, 1925: 20.30 ft, major flooding; 71,000 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 1929: 19.60 ft, major flooding; 67,500 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1936: 19.70 ft, major flooding; 68,500 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 1942: 17.80 ft, moderate floodingMar 28, 1944: 17.70 ft, moderate floodingDec 4, 1948: 19.60 ft, major flooding; 67,500 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1952: 14.60 ft, moderate floodingMay 9, 1953: 14.80 ft, moderate floodingDec 31, 1956: 12.50 ft, minor floodingApr 24, 1957: 13.30 ft, minor floodingMar 12, 1958: 14.40 ft, moderate floodingJun 10, 1959: 12.90 ft, minor floodingApr 6, 1960: 16.00 ft, moderate floodingMar 4, 1961: 17.70 ft, moderate floodingMar 18, 1962: 14.40 ft, moderate floodingJan 27, 1963: 15.80 ft, moderate floodingApr 14, 1964: 17.60 ft, moderate floodingJan 1, 1965: 15.70 ft, moderate floodingJan 12, 1982: 13.00 ft, minor floodingFeb 26, 1982: 12.80 ft, minor floodingDec 12, 1983: 14.00 ft, moderate floodingJan 30, 1984: 13.00 ft, minor floodingMar 31, 1984: 12.50 ft, minor floodingOct 20, 1984: 12.00 ft, minor floodingFeb 13, 1985: 15.00 ft, moderate floodingApr 16, 1989: 12.50 ft, minor floodingOct 9, 1989: 14.70 ft, moderate floodingFeb 3, 1990: 13.00 ft, minor floodingMar 6, 1991: 14.50 ft, moderate floodingMay 14, 1991: 12.10 ft, minor floodingDec 3, 1992: 16.50 ft, moderate floodingJan 12, 1993: 13.20 ft, minor floodingMar 6, 1993: 12.90 ft, minor floodingApr 3, 1993: 15.20 ft, moderate floodingMar 9, 1994: 12.30 ft, minor floodingJul 11, 1994: 23.10 ft, major flooding; 127,000 cubic feet per secondOct 20, 1994: 12.00 ft, minor floodingFeb 24, 1995: 16.10 ft, moderate floodingOct 15, 1995: 13.10 ft, minor floodingFeb 10, 1996: 15.20 ft, moderate floodingMar 15, 1996: 15.20 ft, moderate floodingJan 17, 1997: 12.20 ft, minor floodingFeb 25, 1997: 13.70 ft, minor floodingMar 8, 1997: 13.90 ft, minor floodingNov 4, 1997: 12.80 ft, minor floodingDec 25, 1997: 19.20 ft, major flooding; 65,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 10, 1998: 16.60 ft, moderate floodingMar 14, 1998: 18.70 ft, major flooding; 57,400 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 1998: 13.90 ft, minor floodingMar 4, 2003: 12.40 ft, minor floodingMar 15, 2003: 13.80 ft, minor floodingMar 27, 2003: 14.20 ft, moderate floodingMay 15, 2003: 13.90 ft, minor floodingMay 30, 2003: 13.70 ft, minor floodingJun 26, 2003: 12.30 ft, minor floodingJul 10, 2003: 14.30 ft, moderate floodingSep 17, 2004: 12.80 ft, minor floodingMar 29, 2005: 16.60 ft, moderate flooding; 40,375 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 2005: 16.30 ft, moderate flooding; 37,677 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 2009: 16.90 ft, moderate flooding; 44,702 cubic feet per secondSep 30, 2009: 14.30 ft, moderate flooding; 23,436 cubic feet per secondNov 18, 2009: 15.30 ft, moderate flooding; 30,847 cubic feet per secondDec 17, 2009: 14.89 ft, moderate flooding; 27,623 cubic feet per secondFeb 2, 2010: 15.35 ft, moderate flooding; 31,261 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 2010: 13.42 ft, minor flooding; 19,814 cubic feet per secondMay 11, 2010: 12.08 ft, minor flooding; 14,566 cubic feet per secondFeb 19, 2013: 13.26 ft, minor flooding; 19,131 cubic feet per secondMar 2, 2013: 14.40 ft, moderate flooding; 24,699 cubic feet per secondMay 13, 2013: 12.83 ft, minor flooding; 18,356 cubic feet per secondJul 14, 2013: 12.78 ft, minor flooding; 18,151 cubic feet per secondAug 23, 2013: 12.41 ft, minor flooding; 16,683 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 2014: 13.02 ft, minor flooding; 19,146 cubic feet per secondJan 20, 2014: 12.58 ft, minor flooding; 17,377 cubic feet per secondApr 15, 2014: 12.33 ft, minor flooding; 16,419 cubic feet per secondApr 22, 2014: 12.41 ft, minor flooding; 16,721 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 2015: 12.11 ft, minor flooding; 15,481 cubic feet per secondApr 27, 2015: 12.98 ft, minor flooding; 18,873 cubic feet per secondDec 31, 2015: 18.11 ft, major flooding; 51,850 cubic feet per secondJan 30, 2016: 12.21 ft, minor flooding; 16,146 cubic feet per secondFeb 7, 2016: 12.36 ft, minor flooding; 16,721 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 2016: 12.02 ft, minor flooding; 15,437 cubic feet per secondApr 7, 2016: 14.14 ft, moderate flooding; 24,583 cubic feet per secondJan 11, 2017: 12.84 ft, minor flooding; 18,316 cubic feet per secondNov 22, 2018: 12.79 ft, minor flooding; 18,077 cubic feet per secondDec 18, 2018: 13.48 ft, minor flooding; 21,054 cubic feet per secondJan 10, 2019: 15.12 ft, moderate flooding; 29,537 cubic feet per secondJan 31, 2019: 12.83 ft, minor flooding; 17,945 cubic feet per secondApr 28, 2019: 12.92 ft, minor flooding; 18,370 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 2019: 12.93 ft, minor flooding; 18,332 cubic feet per secondJan 21, 2020: 13.71 ft, minor flooding; 22,122 cubic feet per secondFeb 25, 2020: 17.14 ft, moderate flooding; 43,438 cubic feet per secondApr 26, 2020: 15.47 ft, moderate flooding; 31,626 cubic feet per secondSep 24, 2020: 13.84 ft, minor flooding; 22,746 cubic feet per secondFeb 23, 2021: 12.72 ft, minor flooding; 16,346 cubic feet per secondOct 12, 2021: 14.99 ft, moderate flooding; 28,045 cubic feet per secondJan 9, 2022: 12.11 ft, minor flooding; 13,983 cubic feet per secondFeb 12, 2022: 12.12 ft, minor flooding; 14,011 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 2022: 15.98 ft, moderate flooding; 34,811 cubic feet per secondFeb 3, 2023: 12.58 ft, minor flooding; 15,777 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 2023: 16.35 ft, moderate flooding; 37,644 cubic feet per secondJan 17, 2024: 14.12 ft, moderate flooding; 22,975 cubic feet per secondFeb 18, 2024: 15.98 ft, moderate flooding; 34,809 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 2024: 16.09 ft, moderate flooding; 35,635 cubic feet per secondOct 4, 2024: 15.21 ft, moderate flooding; 29,447 cubic feet per secondFeb 21, 2025: 12.98 ft, minor flooding; 17,447 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 2025: 12.11 ft, minor flooding; 13,975 cubic feet per second Highest, 23.10 ft, Jul 11, 1994 192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Ocmulgee River at Abbeville 1900s: 1 1910s: 2 1920s: 2 1930s: 1 1940s: 3 1950s: 6 1960s: 6 1970s: 0 1980s: 9 1990s: 22 2000s: 14 2010s: 26 26 2020s: 17 1900s1910s1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  1. 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.
  2. 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

The 50 highest of 109 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Ocmulgee River at Abbeville
1Jul 11, 199423.10+11.10Major127,000
2Jan 23, 192520.30+8.30Major71,000
3Apr 13, 193619.70+7.70Major68,500
4Mar 10, 192919.60+7.60Major67,500
5Dec 4, 194819.60+7.60Major67,500
6Dec 25, 199719.20+7.20Major65,000
7Mar 21, 191319.00+7.00Major63,800
8Mar 14, 199818.70+6.70Major57,400
9Dec 31, 201518.11+6.11Major51,850
10Mar 22, 191218.10+6.10Major50,400
11Mar 28, 194217.80+5.80Moderate—
12Mar 28, 194417.70+5.70Moderate—
13Mar 4, 196117.70+5.70Moderate—
14Apr 14, 196417.60+5.60Moderate—
15May 2, 190217.50+5.50Moderate—
16Feb 25, 202017.14+5.14Moderate43,438
17Apr 4, 200916.90+4.90Moderate44,702
18Feb 10, 199816.60+4.60Moderate—
19Mar 29, 200516.60+4.60Moderate40,375
20Dec 3, 199216.50+4.50Moderate—
21Apr 2, 202316.35+4.35Moderate37,644
22Apr 3, 200516.30+4.30Moderate37,677
23Feb 24, 199516.10+4.10Moderate—
24Mar 14, 202416.09+4.09Moderate35,635
25Apr 6, 196016.00+4.00Moderate—
26Apr 12, 202215.98+3.98Moderate34,811
27Feb 18, 202415.98+3.98Moderate34,809
28Jan 27, 196315.80+3.80Moderate—
29Jan 1, 196515.70+3.70Moderate—
30Apr 26, 202015.47+3.47Moderate31,626
31Feb 2, 201015.35+3.35Moderate31,261
32Nov 18, 200915.30+3.30Moderate30,847
33Oct 4, 202415.21+3.21Moderate29,447
34Apr 3, 199315.20+3.20Moderate—
35Feb 10, 199615.20+3.20Moderate—
36Mar 15, 199615.20+3.20Moderate—
37Jan 10, 201915.12+3.12Moderate29,537
38Feb 13, 198515.00+3.00Moderate—
39Oct 12, 202114.99+2.99Moderate28,045
40Dec 17, 200914.89+2.89Moderate27,623
41May 9, 195314.80+2.80Moderate—
42Oct 9, 198914.70+2.70Moderate—
43Mar 11, 195214.60+2.60Moderate—
44Mar 6, 199114.50+2.50Moderate—
45Mar 12, 195814.40+2.40Moderate—
46Mar 18, 196214.40+2.40Moderate—
47Mar 2, 201314.40+2.40Moderate24,699
48Jul 10, 200314.30+2.30Moderate—
49Sep 30, 200914.30+2.30Moderate23,436
50Mar 27, 200314.20+2.20Moderate—

The worst floods along the Ocmulgee River

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

July 11, 1994: 23.10 ft here, major flooding

January 23, 1925: 20.30 ft here, major flooding

April 13, 1936: 19.70 ft here, major flooding

Gauges on the Ocmulgee River

Flood gauges sharing the river's name, linked within 80 miles of one another.

Flood gauges on the Ocmulgee River
5th Street Bridge at MaconGA18.035.40 ft, Jul 6, 19941
Abbeville this gaugeGA12.023.10 ft, Jul 11, 199410
GA 18 at Dames FerryGA16.019.07 ft, Dec 27, 20150
Jackson LakeGA530.5534.40 ft, Jul 6, 19940
Lumber CityGA15.024.59 ft, Jul 15, 19942
US 341 at HawkinsvilleGA20.040.91 ft, Jul 9, 19941
JacksonGA19.026.87 ft, Jul 6, 19942

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ABBG1, 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.