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Ogeechee River at Midville

Highest listed crest 12.20 ftFlood stage 6.0 ft104 crests since 1934

The Ogeechee River at Midville crested above flood stage 104 times among the 104 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1934 to 2026. The highest, 12.20 ft on October 13, 1990, was moderate flooding, 6.20 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Ogeechee River crested above flood stage within a week of it.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
12.20 ft
October 13, 1990; 58,000 cubic feet per second
Flood stage
6.0 ft
Major flooding from 13.0 ft
Crests at major
0
104 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
March 3, 2026
6.19 ft, minor flooding
Location
Burke County
Georgia

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Ogeechee River at Midville
Action stage5.00—The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)6.0103Mar 3, 2026Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage10.01Oct 13, 1990Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage13.00—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

104 crests from 1934 to 2026. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Ogeechee River at Midville, 1934 to 2026 68101214ft Flood stage 6.0 ftMajor 13.0 ft Mar 10, 1934: 6.00 ft, minor flooding; 6,600 cubic feet per secondMar 11, 1936: 9.10 ft, minor flooding; 19,600 cubic feet per secondMay 4, 1937: 7.70 ft, minor flooding; 12,800 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 1938: 7.00 ft, minor flooding; 10,000 cubic feet per secondMar 3, 1939: 8.40 ft, minor flooding; 16,000 cubic feet per secondAug 14, 1940: 9.90 ft, minor flooding; 25,200 cubic feet per secondMar 26, 1942: 8.00 ft, minor flooding; 14,000 cubic feet per secondMar 26, 1943: 7.20 ft, minor flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per secondMar 25, 1944: 9.40 ft, minor flooding; 21,400 cubic feet per secondMar 12, 1947: 7.40 ft, minor flooding; 11,600 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 1948: 6.90 ft, minor flooding; 9,600 cubic feet per secondDec 2, 1948: 8.00 ft, minor flooding; 14,000 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 1952: 7.60 ft, minor flooding; 12,400 cubic feet per secondMay 6, 1953: 7.50 ft, minor flooding; 12,000 cubic feet per secondMar 21, 1956: 6.30 ft, minor flooding; 7,500 cubic feet per secondApr 21, 1958: 6.38 ft, minor flooding; 7,740 cubic feet per secondApr 6, 1960: 7.77 ft, minor flooding; 13,100 cubic feet per secondMar 1, 1961: 7.80 ft, minor flooding; 13,200 cubic feet per secondMar 16, 1962: 6.79 ft, minor flooding; 9,160 cubic feet per secondJan 25, 1963: 7.35 ft, minor flooding; 11,400 cubic feet per secondApr 12, 1964: 7.50 ft, minor flooding; 12,000 cubic feet per secondDec 31, 1964: 7.80 ft, minor flooding; 13,200 cubic feet per secondMar 6, 1966: 8.00 ft, minor flooding; 14,000 cubic feet per secondApr 4, 1970: 6.50 ft, minor flooding; 8,100 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 1971: 9.10 ft, minor flooding; 19,600 cubic feet per secondJan 16, 1972: 7.10 ft, minor flooding; 10,400 cubic feet per secondFeb 4, 1973: 6.90 ft, minor flooding; 9,600 cubic feet per secondApr 10, 1974: 6.30 ft, minor flooding; 7,500 cubic feet per secondFeb 24, 1975: 6.80 ft, minor flooding; 9,200 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 1976: 6.00 ft, minor flooding; 6,600 cubic feet per secondMar 25, 1977: 6.40 ft, minor flooding; 7,800 cubic feet per secondJan 30, 1978: 7.20 ft, minor flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per secondFeb 28, 1979: 8.10 ft, minor flooding; 14,500 cubic feet per secondMar 14, 1980: 8.60 ft, minor flooding; 17,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 17, 1981: 6.20 ft, minor flooding; 7,200 cubic feet per secondJan 6, 1982: 6.40 ft, minor flooding; 7,800 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 1983: 7.00 ft, minor flooding; 10,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 10, 1985: 7.00 ft, minor flooding; 10,000 cubic feet per secondJan 24, 1987: 7.12 ft, minor flooding; 10,830 cubic feet per secondOct 6, 1989: 6.05 ft, minor flooding; 6,750 cubic feet per secondOct 13, 1990: 12.20 ft, moderate flooding; 58,000 cubic feet per secondJan 13, 1993: 7.94 ft, minor flooding; 13,800 cubic feet per secondAug 24, 1994: 6.24 ft, minor flooding; 7,210 cubic feet per secondFeb 22, 1995: 8.97 ft, minor flooding; 18,900 cubic feet per secondMar 22, 2003: 8.51 ft, minor flooding; 16,000 cubic feet per secondApr 13, 2003: 7.48 ft, minor flooding; 9,880 cubic feet per secondMay 27, 2003: 7.05 ft, minor flooding; 7,630 cubic feet per secondJun 15, 2003: 6.15 ft, minor flooding; 4,310 cubic feet per secondJul 28, 2003: 6.23 ft, minor flooding; 4,550 cubic feet per secondOct 3, 2004: 6.68 ft, minor flooding; 5,950 cubic feet per secondApr 1, 2005: 7.90 ft, minor flooding; 12,300 cubic feet per secondAug 12, 2005: 6.06 ft, minor flooding; 3,890 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 2007: 7.64 ft, minor flooding; 10,800 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 2008: 6.04 ft, minor flooding; 3,860 cubic feet per secondDec 17, 2008: 6.76 ft, minor flooding; 6,320 cubic feet per secondMar 7, 2009: 6.43 ft, minor flooding; 5,070 cubic feet per secondApr 3, 2009: 7.68 ft, minor flooding; 11,000 cubic feet per secondMay 7, 2009: 6.17 ft, minor flooding; 4,230 cubic feet per secondNov 17, 2009: 6.70 ft, minor flooding; 6,070 cubic feet per secondDec 24, 2009: 6.86 ft, minor flooding; 6,740 cubic feet per secondJan 23, 2010: 6.79 ft, minor flooding; 6,440 cubic feet per secondMar 17, 2010: 6.18 ft, minor flooding; 4,260 cubic feet per secondFeb 27, 2013: 6.53 ft, minor flooding; 5,420 cubic feet per secondMay 10, 2013: 7.32 ft, minor flooding; 8,980 cubic feet per secondJun 10, 2013: 6.58 ft, minor flooding; 5,610 cubic feet per secondJul 8, 2013: 7.62 ft, minor flooding; 10,600 cubic feet per secondAug 22, 2013: 7.03 ft, minor flooding; 7,520 cubic feet per secondJan 4, 2014: 6.89 ft, minor flooding; 6,880 cubic feet per secondJan 17, 2014: 6.71 ft, minor flooding; 6,110 cubic feet per secondFeb 28, 2015: 6.30 ft, minor flooding; 4,630 cubic feet per secondDec 28, 2015: 8.29 ft, minor flooding; 14,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 5, 2016: 6.28 ft, minor flooding; 4,570 cubic feet per secondApr 5, 2016: 7.69 ft, minor flooding; 11,000 cubic feet per secondJan 8, 2017: 6.64 ft, minor flooding; 5,840 cubic feet per secondJan 28, 2017: 6.46 ft, minor flooding; 5,170 cubic feet per secondJun 1, 2018: 6.17 ft, minor flooding; 4,230 cubic feet per secondNov 20, 2018: 6.71 ft, minor flooding; 6,110 cubic feet per secondDec 16, 2018: 6.16 ft, minor flooding; 4,200 cubic feet per secondJan 9, 2019: 6.96 ft, minor flooding; 7,190 cubic feet per secondJan 27, 2019: 6.16 ft, minor flooding; 4,200 cubic feet per secondDec 19, 2019: 7.35 ft, minor flooding; 9,140 cubic feet per secondJan 19, 2020: 6.41 ft, minor flooding; 5,000 cubic feet per secondFeb 11, 2020: 8.21 ft, minor flooding; 14,100 cubic feet per secondFeb 23, 2020: 8.18 ft, minor flooding; 13,900 cubic feet per secondMar 9, 2020: 7.70 ft, minor flooding; 11,100 cubic feet per secondApr 25, 2020: 6.93 ft, minor flooding; 7,060 cubic feet per secondMay 5, 2020: 7.05 ft, minor flooding; 7,610 cubic feet per secondSep 20, 2020: 7.90 ft, minor flooding; 12,600 cubic feet per secondFeb 20, 2021: 7.74 ft, minor flooding; 11,300 cubic feet per secondApr 11, 2022: 7.38 ft, minor flooding; 9,310 cubic feet per secondFeb 1, 2023: 6.54 ft, minor flooding; 5,270 cubic feet per secondFeb 17, 2023: 6.42 ft, minor flooding; 4,890 cubic feet per secondMar 31, 2023: 7.88 ft, minor flooding; 11,500 cubic feet per secondJan 16, 2024: 6.19 ft, minor flooding; 4,210 cubic feet per secondFeb 15, 2024: 6.77 ft, minor flooding; 6,080 cubic feet per secondMar 10, 2024: 6.35 ft, minor flooding; 4,670 cubic feet per secondSep 29, 2024: 9.21 ft, minor flooding; 17,900 cubic feet per secondNov 9, 2024: 6.71 ft, minor flooding; 3,920 cubic feet per secondMar 18, 2025: 6.42 ft, minor flooding; 3,330 cubic feet per secondApr 14, 2025: 6.73 ft, minor flooding; 4,040 cubic feet per secondMay 15, 2025: 6.10 ft, minor flooding; 2,720 cubic feet per secondAug 12, 2025: 6.50 ft, minor flooding; 3,690 cubic feet per secondAug 28, 2025: 6.80 ft, minor flooding; 4,390 cubic feet per secondMar 3, 2026: 6.19 ft, minor flooding; 2,940 cubic feet per second Highest, 12.20 ft, Oct 13, 1990 19401960198020002020

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Ogeechee River at Midville 1930s: 5 1940s: 7 1950s: 4 1960s: 7 1970s: 10 1980s: 7 1990s: 4 2000s: 16 2010s: 21 2020s: 23 23 1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020s
  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.
  3. 6 crests measured on an earlier gauge datum are left out: 11.00 ft on Jan 1, 1925; 9.70 ft on Aug 19, 1928; 10.40 ft on Mar 8, 1929; 12.41 ft on Oct 1, 1929; 7.80 ft on Nov 22, 1930; 6.60 ft on Jan 13, 1932.

Highest crests

The 50 highest of 104 listed crests.

Highest listed crests, Ogeechee River at Midville
1Oct 13, 199012.20+6.20Moderate58,000
2Aug 14, 19409.90+3.90Minor25,200
3Mar 25, 19449.40+3.40Minor21,400
4Sep 29, 20249.21+3.21Minor17,900
5Mar 11, 19369.10+3.10Minor19,600
6Mar 7, 19719.10+3.10Minor19,600
7Feb 22, 19958.97+2.97Minor18,900
8Mar 14, 19808.60+2.60Minor17,000
9Mar 22, 20038.51+2.51Minor16,000
10Mar 3, 19398.40+2.40Minor16,000
11Dec 28, 20158.29+2.29Minor14,600
12Feb 11, 20208.21+2.21Minor14,100
13Feb 23, 20208.18+2.18Minor13,900
14Feb 28, 19798.10+2.10Minor14,500
15Mar 26, 19428.00+2.00Minor14,000
16Dec 2, 19488.00+2.00Minor14,000
17Mar 6, 19668.00+2.00Minor14,000
18Jan 13, 19937.94+1.94Minor13,800
19Apr 1, 20057.90+1.90Minor12,300
20Sep 20, 20207.90+1.90Minor12,600
21Mar 31, 20237.88+1.88Minor11,500
22Mar 1, 19617.80+1.80Minor13,200
23Dec 31, 19647.80+1.80Minor13,200
24Apr 6, 19607.77+1.77Minor13,100
25Feb 20, 20217.74+1.74Minor11,300
26May 4, 19377.70+1.70Minor12,800
27Mar 9, 20207.70+1.70Minor11,100
28Apr 5, 20167.69+1.69Minor11,000
29Apr 3, 20097.68+1.68Minor11,000
30Mar 7, 20077.64+1.64Minor10,800
31Jul 8, 20137.62+1.62Minor10,600
32Mar 9, 19527.60+1.60Minor12,400
33May 6, 19537.50+1.50Minor12,000
34Apr 12, 19647.50+1.50Minor12,000
35Apr 13, 20037.48+1.48Minor9,880
36Mar 12, 19477.40+1.40Minor11,600
37Apr 11, 20227.38+1.38Minor9,310
38Jan 25, 19637.35+1.35Minor11,400
39Dec 19, 20197.35+1.35Minor9,140
40May 10, 20137.32+1.32Minor8,980
41Mar 26, 19437.20+1.20Minor10,800
42Jan 30, 19787.20+1.20Minor10,800
43Jan 24, 19877.12+1.12Minor10,830
44Jan 16, 19727.10+1.10Minor10,400
45May 27, 20037.05+1.05Minor7,630
46May 5, 20207.05+1.05Minor7,610
47Aug 22, 20137.03+1.03Minor7,520
48Apr 12, 19387.00+1.00Minor10,000
49Apr 13, 19837.00+1.00Minor10,000
50Feb 10, 19857.00+1.00Minor10,000

The worst floods along the Ogeechee River

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

October 13, 1990: 12.20 ft here, moderate flooding

  • EdenGA · Oct 20, 1990 · 16.41 ft · Major

March 25, 1944: 9.40 ft here, minor flooding

  • EdenGA · Mar 31, 1944 · 16.70 ft · Major

September 29, 2024: 9.21 ft here, minor flooding

Gauges on the Ogeechee River

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

Flood gauges on the Ogeechee River
GA 88 near GrangeGA18.018.51 ft, Feb 9, 20200
Midville this gaugeGA6.012.20 ft, Oct 13, 19900
Rocky FordGA13.014.22 ft, Aug 8, 20240
EdenGA11.022.00 ft, Oct 1, 192914

Other gauges in Burke County

Flood gauges in Burke County
Waynesboro11.023.00 ft, Oct 1, 19290

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MDVG1, 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.