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Oconee River at Milledgeville

Highest listed crest 42.90 ftFlood stage 22.0 ft67 crests since 1908

The Oconee River at Milledgeville crested at major flood stage 5 times among the 67 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1908 to 2025. The highest, 42.90 ft on February 25, 1961, was major flooding, 20.90 feet above flood stage. 2 other gauges on the Oconee River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
42.90 ft
February 25, 1961; 122,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
22.0 ft
Major flooding from 38.0 ft
Crests at major
5
24th of 271 gauges in Georgia
Most recent flood crest
April 8, 2025
30.28 ft, minor flooding
Location
Baldwin County
Near Milledgeville (1.5 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Oconee River at Milledgeville
Action stage20.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)22.027Apr 8, 2025Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage32.035Feb 7, 2020Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage38.05Mar 9, 1998Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

67 crests from 1908 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Oconee River at Milledgeville, 1908 to 2025 202530354045ft Flood stage 22.0 ftMajor 38.0 ft Aug 27, 1908: 33.20 ft, moderate flooding; 67,800 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1912: 33.80 ft, moderate flooding; 70,700 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 1913: 33.00 ft, moderate flooding; 66,800 cubic feet per secondDec 12, 1919: 31.40 ft, minor flooding; 59,100 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 1922: 32.00 ft, moderate flooding; 62,000 cubic feet per secondSep 26, 1924: 31.50 ft, minor flooding; 59,600 cubic feet per secondJan 19, 1925: 36.70 ft, moderate flooding; 84,900 cubic feet per secondAug 16, 1928: 38.70 ft, major flooding; 95,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 28, 1929: 37.00 ft, moderate flooding; 86,500 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 1930: 36.90 ft, moderate flooding; 85,900 cubic feet per secondApr 10, 1936: 36.80 ft, moderate flooding; 85,400 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 1942: 32.60 ft, moderate flooding; 55,600 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1944: 33.40 ft, moderate flooding; 58,500 cubic feet per secondNov 30, 1948: 37.30 ft, moderate flooding; 80,800 cubic feet per secondNov 30, 1949: 37.30 ft, moderate flooding; 73,000 cubic feet per secondMar 5, 1952: 32.90 ft, moderate flooding; 56,900 cubic feet per secondFeb 25, 1961: 42.90 ft, major flooding; 122,000 cubic feet per secondMay 3, 1964: 33.00 ft, moderate flooding; 57,400 cubic feet per secondDec 26, 1964: 31.40 ft, minor flooding; 49,900 cubic feet per secondMay 22, 1970: 34.30 ft, moderate flooding; 59,200 cubic feet per secondMar 3, 1971: 39.35 ft, major flooding; 81,800 cubic feet per secondJan 14, 1972: 31.64 ft, minor flooding; 48,600 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1973: 23.40 ft, minor flooding; 31,200 cubic feet per secondApr 6, 1974: 26.40 ft, minor flooding; 39,200 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1975: 34.46 ft, moderate flooding; 59,000 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 1976: 30.60 ft, minor flooding; 51,400 cubic feet per secondJan 26, 1978: 32.53 ft, moderate flooding; 52,100 cubic feet per secondFeb 25, 1979: 34.24 ft, moderate flooding; 59,000 cubic feet per secondApr 16, 1979: 25.10 ft, minor flooding; 35,700 cubic feet per secondMar 13, 1980: 35.30 ft, moderate flooding; 63,200 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 1981: 35.98 ft, moderate flooding; 65,900 cubic feet per secondApr 9, 1983: 35.11 ft, moderate flooding; 62,200 cubic feet per secondFeb 6, 1985: 33.78 ft, moderate flooding; 56,700 cubic feet per secondOct 2, 1989: 40.20 ft, major flooding; 83,100 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 1990: 36.50 ft, moderate flooding; 70,300 cubic feet per secondNov 27, 1992: 32.00 ft, moderate flooding; 55,700 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 1995: 32.00 ft, moderate flooding; 54,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 3, 1996: 32.50 ft, moderate flooding; 57,300 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 1996: 37.60 ft, moderate flooding; 73,600 cubic feet per secondDec 25, 1997: 33.60 ft, moderate floodingFeb 4, 1998: 37.06 ft, moderate floodingMar 9, 1998: 41.10 ft, major flooding; 86,000 cubic feet per secondJun 13, 2001: 33.85 ft, moderate flooding; 61,300 cubic feet per secondMar 29, 2009: 31.96 ft, minor flooding; 55,202 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 2009: 33.78 ft, moderate flooding; 61,060 cubic feet per secondSep 22, 2009: 30.83 ft, minor flooding; 51,684 cubic feet per secondNov 11, 2009: 33.46 ft, moderate flooding; 60,020 cubic feet per secondDec 24, 2013: 28.93 ft, minor flooding; 45,918 cubic feet per secondDec 29, 2013: 31.17 ft, minor flooding; 52,760 cubic feet per secondDec 23, 2015: 36.56 ft, moderate flooding; 69,646 cubic feet per secondJan 1, 2016: 34.11 ft, moderate flooding; 61,300 cubic feet per secondApr 2, 2016: 31.62 ft, minor flooding; 53,318 cubic feet per secondJan 5, 2019: 31.51 ft, minor flooding; 53,810 cubic feet per secondDec 14, 2019: 22.69 ft, minor flooding; 29,224 cubic feet per secondJan 14, 2020: 27.39 ft, minor flooding; 41,443 cubic feet per secondFeb 7, 2020: 34.83 ft, moderate flooding; 64,512 cubic feet per secondFeb 19, 2020: 31.42 ft, minor flooding; 53,529 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 2020: 25.95 ft, minor flooding; 37,375 cubic feet per secondApr 30, 2020: 23.06 ft, minor flooding; 30,016 cubic feet per secondSep 18, 2020: 22.87 ft, minor flooding; 29,644 cubic feet per secondOct 7, 2021: 25.29 ft, minor flooding; 35,556 cubic feet per secondApr 7, 2022: 31.50 ft, minor flooding; 55,212 cubic feet per secondMar 28, 2023: 30.70 ft, minor flooding; 52,968 cubic feet per secondJan 10, 2024: 25.82 ft, minor flooding; 39,775 cubic feet per secondFeb 13, 2024: 29.47 ft, minor flooding; 49,562 cubic feet per secondSep 28, 2024: 25.07 ft, minor flooding; 37,828 cubic feet per secondApr 8, 2025: 30.28 ft, minor flooding; 51,800 cubic feet per second Highest, 42.90 ft, Feb 25, 1961 192019401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Oconee River at Milledgeville 1900s: 1 1910s: 3 1920s: 5 1930s: 2 1940s: 4 1950s: 1 1960s: 3 1970s: 10 1980s: 5 1990s: 8 2000s: 5 2010s: 7 2020s: 13 13 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 67 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Oconee River at Milledgeville
1Feb 25, 196142.90+20.90Major122,000
2Mar 9, 199841.10+19.10Major86,000
3Oct 2, 198940.20+18.20Major83,100
4Mar 3, 197139.35+17.35Major81,800
5Aug 16, 192838.70+16.70Major95,000
6Mar 6, 199637.60+15.60Moderate73,600
7Nov 30, 194837.30+15.30Moderate80,800
8Nov 30, 194937.30+15.30Moderate73,000
9Feb 4, 199837.06+15.06Moderate—
10Feb 28, 192937.00+15.00Moderate86,500
11Oct 2, 193036.90+14.90Moderate85,900
12Apr 10, 193636.80+14.80Moderate85,400
13Jan 19, 192536.70+14.70Moderate84,900
14Dec 23, 201536.56+14.56Moderate69,646
15Mar 18, 199036.50+14.50Moderate70,300
16Feb 11, 198135.98+13.98Moderate65,900
17Mar 13, 198035.30+13.30Moderate63,200
18Apr 9, 198335.11+13.11Moderate62,200
19Feb 7, 202034.83+12.83Moderate64,512
20Apr 3, 197534.46+12.46Moderate59,000
21May 22, 197034.30+12.30Moderate59,200
22Feb 25, 197934.24+12.24Moderate59,000
23Jan 1, 201634.11+12.11Moderate61,300
24Jun 13, 200133.85+11.85Moderate61,300
25Mar 17, 191233.80+11.80Moderate70,700
26Feb 6, 198533.78+11.78Moderate56,700
27Apr 3, 200933.78+11.78Moderate61,060
28Dec 25, 199733.60+11.60Moderate—
29Nov 11, 200933.46+11.46Moderate60,020
30Mar 21, 194433.40+11.40Moderate58,500
31Aug 27, 190833.20+11.20Moderate67,800
32Mar 17, 191333.00+11.00Moderate66,800
33May 3, 196433.00+11.00Moderate57,400
34Mar 5, 195232.90+10.90Moderate56,900
35Mar 22, 194232.60+10.60Moderate55,600
36Jan 26, 197832.53+10.53Moderate52,100
37Feb 3, 199632.50+10.50Moderate57,300
38Mar 7, 192232.00+10.00Moderate62,000
39Nov 27, 199232.00+10.00Moderate55,700
40Feb 11, 199532.00+10.00Moderate54,800
41Mar 29, 200931.96+9.96Minor55,202
42Jan 14, 197231.64+9.64Minor48,600
43Apr 2, 201631.62+9.62Minor53,318
44Jan 5, 201931.51+9.51Minor53,810
45Sep 26, 192431.50+9.50Minor59,600
46Apr 7, 202231.50+9.50Minor55,212
47Feb 19, 202031.42+9.42Minor53,529
48Dec 12, 191931.40+9.40Minor59,100
49Dec 26, 196431.40+9.40Minor49,900
50Dec 29, 201331.17+9.17Minor52,760

The worst floods along the Oconee River

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

February 25, 1961: 42.90 ft here, major flooding

March 9, 1998: 41.10 ft here, major flooding

October 2, 1989: 40.20 ft here, major flooding

Gauges on the Oconee River

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

Flood gauges on the Oconee River
Avant Mine near OconeeGA18.020.67 ft, Apr 15, 19980
DublinGA21.033.00 ft, Apr 12, 19364
Highway 280 near Mount VernonGA16.025.30 ft, Apr 14, 19363
Lake OconeeGA435.5436.00 ft, Feb 5, 19980
Lake SinclairGA340.5341.50 ft, Mar 9, 19980
Milledgeville this gaugeGA22.042.90 ft, Feb 25, 19615
OconeeGA17.029.90 ft, Mar 10, 19986
PenfieldGA13.026.90 ft, Dec 19, 19190

Other gauges in Baldwin County

Flood gauges in Baldwin County
Lake Sinclair340.5341.50 ft, Mar 9, 19980

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MLGG1, 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.