About this river
Walnut Creek is a 7.8 mile river near Central Georgia Marina, Inc. in Georgia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Ocmulgee River at Macon, GA (site 02213000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1911 to 2026
Walnut Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 3,540 cfs, and lowest in September, at 796 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 97,000 cfs, in 1994.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2,640 | 1,640 to 4,240 | |
| February | 3,340 | 2,080 to 5,360 | |
| March | 3,540 | 2,260 to 5,180 | |
| April | 2,895 | 1,985 to 4,170 | |
| May | 1,710 | 1,130 to 2,780 | |
| June | 1,300 | 842 to 2,150 | |
| July | 1,160 | 775 to 2,060 | |
| August | 975 | 692 to 1,720 | |
| September | 796 | 588 to 1,210 | |
| October | 821 | 582 to 1,390 | |
| November | 996 | 712 to 1,675 | |
| December | 1,640 | 969 to 2,920 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 100 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Ocmulgee River at Macon, GA (site 02213000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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