U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Open-File Report 01-325 U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Flood-Tracking Chart for the Basin,

This Flint River Basin Flood-Tracking Chart can be used by local citizens and emergency response personnel Flint River near Griffin (02344500) 1929, 1937–2000 to record the latest river stage and predicted flood-crest information along the Flint River and Kinchafoonee, Add 711.44 to Muckalee, Ichawaynoch-away, and Spring Creeks. By comparing the current stage (water-surface level above stage to convert a datum) and predicted flood crest to the recorded peak stages of previous floods, emergency response 26 to elevation 24.22 above sea level personnel and residents can make informed decisions concerning the threat to life and property. 24 This chart shows a map of the basin with the location

22 1994 of selected real-time river stage stations, which are To convert Stage to Sea Level 20 listed by name and station number. For each site, 18.00 EXAMPLE: Flint River near Culloden (02347500) 18 17.90 colored bars represent the five highest recorded peak If stage equals 33.30 feet, and sea level conversion factor (datum) equals 17.00 16.70 16 STAGE, IN FEET 1949 stages and the years in which they occurred. The 334.54 feet, elevation above sea level is 33.30 + 334.54 = 367.84 feet 1929 1942 white bar provides a scale on which to record the most NOTE: It's important to know your home's elevation. feet 14 1971 Not a National Weather Service recently reported river stage from the U.S. Geological 12 Survey (USGS). The USGS Georgia District displays forecast point available real-time river stage data on the World

Wide Web at http://water.usgs.gov/ga/nwis/rt. CLAYTON Flint River near Culloden (02347500) 1913–31,1937–2000 For each of the selected stations that is a flood- FULTON 45.73 Add 334.54 to forecast point, the predicted flood-crest information 85 FAYETTE GEORGIA stage to convert

Peachtree to elevation

r 42 e from the National Weather Service (NWS) can be City 1994 v 40 above sea level i HENRY 38.40 38.00 recorded. USGS data are used by the NWS for their COWETA R 38 t

n 75 34.70 16 i SPALDING 36 flood forecasting models. The NWS routinely l 34.39 Predicted

F 1929 broadcasts this forecast information to the news Griffin 34 1990 flood crest: 32 1949 media and on National Oceanic and Atmospheric 30 1971 Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio (NWR). 28 Current NWR broadcast frequencies can be MERIWETHER PIKE 26 accessed at http://www.srh.noaa.gov. STAGE, IN FEET 24 Predicted 19 22 date and time:

85 20 *18 at Preston (02350600) 1943, 1948–78, 1987–2000 Thomaston MONROE Culloden Gage Add 337.7 to UPSON Flint River at Montezuma (02349500) 1897, 1905–2000 house stage to convert to elevation 34.11 Add 255.83 to above sea level TALBOT CRAWFORD 14 F stage to convert 80 l in 341 to elevation t 12.16 above sea level Predicted 32 1994 11.66 R 12 11.40 i flood crest: v N e 30 TAYLOR r

10.0 1990 Predicted 9.70 27.40 10 1994 1943 28 flood crest: 26.00 26.05 26 25.20 1948 1929 8 1978 STAGE, IN FEET Predicted MACON

24 1990 *7 date and time: 1897 1949

MARION STAGE, IN FEET 6 Montezuma 22 Oglethorpe Predicted date and time: 26 *20

*National Weather Service flood stage SCHLEY 18 Kinchafoonee Creek near Dawson DOOLY (02350900) 1943, 1948–66, 1973, 1985–2000 Preston Americus K Flint River at Albany (02352500) 1893–2000 in c Add 211.74 to WEBSTER h a SUMTER Lake 43.00 stage to convert fo Add 150.03 to o 280 to elevation n Blackshear Civic Center parking e 19 stage to convert 28 e M 26.56 above sea level lot is inundated to elevation C u 40 1994 520 r 26 e c 37.80 above sea level e k CRISP k a 38 36.92 l e 24 1994 Predicted 36 23.00 e 34.40 34.72 LEE

flood crest: 1925 21.59 82 C 34 Predicted

22 1998 Leesburg r flood crest: 20.46 20.44 Dawson e WORTH 32 I 82 e

c 1966

1943 k 300 RANDOLPH 1929 20 h 30

a 1998 TERRELL

w Lake 1966 1990

18 a Worth 28

y n STAGE, IN FEET 26

16 Predicted o Albany STAGE, IN FEET c

date and time: CALHOUN h 24 Predicted 14 a w 22 date and time: *13 a DOUGHERTY 12 y *20 62

C 18 S r p Blakely r Milford i n at State Highway 195 near Leesburg g Newton

27 19 EARLY (02351890) 1943, 1948, 1980–2000 BAKER Flint River at Newton (02353000) 1925, 1929, 1938–2000

91 Add 220.0 to MITCHELL 45.25 Add 110.2 to

Colquitt 41.30 stage to convert stage to convert C Area around 29.10 to elevation r Courthouse to elevation 22 MILLER e 40 1994 above sea level e

1925 is inundated above sea level k r 38 e 36.54 v 20 1994 Iron City i Flint River Basin 36 34.90 R GRADY

Predicted t Predicted n 34 flood crest: i Real-time river l 31.70 1998 flood crest: 18 17.06 SEMINOLE 84 F 32 Bainbridge stage station 1966 30

16 28 1944

1998 Lake DECATUR *15 Seminole 26

STAGE, IN FEET 14.66 13.91 0 10 20 30 MILES

13.48 STAGE, IN FEET 14 Predicted *24 Predicted date and time: 22 date and time: 1985 1948 0 10 20 30 KILOMETERS

12 1991 20 18

Ichawaynochaway Creek at Milford Spring Creek near Iron City (02357000) 1938–78, 1983–2000 (02353500) 1906–07, 1916, 1925, 1940–2000 Flint River at Bainbridge (02356000) 1897, 1905–96, 1999–2000

Add 85.7 to Add 150.3 to Add 58.06 to stage to convert stage to convert stage to convert 24.40 to elevation to elevation to elevation 26 46 24 above sea level above sea level above sea level 44

1998 24 23.20 42 22 40.90 40 Predicted 19.90 19.95 22 38 37.70 37.20

20 19.43 1994 flood crest: 18.86 19.59 36 34.30 1925 20 34 33.20 1929

18 1994 1994 1948 32 1975 18 17.20 1897 1998 30 1995 16 16.20 28 1912 STAGE, IN FEET STAGE, IN FEET 16 STAGE, IN FEET 15.08 26

1916 *25 Predicted 14 Not a National Not a National 24

14 1925 date and time: Weather Service Weather Service 22 1978 12 forecast point 12 forecast point 20 18

For real-time streamflow data and other water-resources information, Flood-Tracking Chart prepared in cooperation with access the USGS Water Resources of Georgia Home Page at http://ga.water.usgs.gov

For NWS predicted peaks and other information, access the Southeast River Forecast Center Home Page at http://www.srh.noaa.gov/serfc