| 37.0 | Major flooding expands. Highway 280 bridge floods along with railroad bridge. | | 30.0 | Major flooding begins. Low areas along highway 280 in Wheeler County floods...closing down critical access along Highway 280 across the Oconee River. | | 27.0 | Moderate flooding begins. Road to Montgomery Sand Company floods. | | 20.0 | Minor flooding continues and expands. The access road to the boat ramp on the Wheeler County side of the river begins to flood. Around a dozen homes on Dead River Road in the south end of Montgomery County become surrounded with water. A few homes will have some flooding. Portions of Dead River Road will be covered by at least two feet of water. | | 19.0 | Minor flooding continues and expands. The boat ramp parking lot is flooded out on the Wheeler County side of the river. More homes on Dead River Road become surrounded with water. Some flooding inside the structures is possible. Some portions of Dead River Road are covered by at least a foot of water. | | 18.0 | Minor flooding continues and expands. A campground and a few out buildings begin to flood several miles south of Mount Vernon. Eleven homes in the Cherokee Sand Ridge subdivision are surrounded by water. Dead River Road becomes flooded and is closed. | | 17.0 | Minor flooding continues and expands into the pastures and woodlands along the Oconee River. Some homes on Dead River Road in the south end of Montgomery County become surrounded by water. Water begins to cover portions of Dead River Road. | | 16.0 | Flood Stage is reached. The flood plain becomes flooded. These conditions affect mainly grazing land and timberlands. Flood waters reach top of boat ramp on Wheeler County side of Oconee River. | | 14.0 | Bankfull is reached upstream and downstream from the river gage on the Oconee River at the Hwy. 280 bridge. | | 12.0 | Water backflows into McCoy Lake upstream from the gage. No known damages occur from the overflow. McCoy Lake is a slough which extends 1 mile upstream from the river gage. |
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1) 23.03 ft on 03/14/1998
2) 23.00 ft on 03/09/1972
3) 22.60 ft on 02/09/1998
4) 22.60 ft on 12/05/1948
5) 21.80 ft on 03/03/1961
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1) 0.20 ft on 08/11/2008
2) 1.11 ft on 09/08/1999
3) 1.20 ft on 09/25/1941
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