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Whitewater Express

Upatoi Creek near Whitewater Express

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About this river

Upatoi Creek is a 25.7 mile river near Whitewater Express in Georgia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Upatoi Creek near Columbus, GA (site 02341800). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1968 to 2026

Upatoi Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 547 cfs, and lowest in October, at 151 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 31,600 cfs, in 1990.

Typical flow by month at Upatoi Creek near Columbus, GA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January433275 to 699
February520371 to 836
March547387 to 856
April455323 to 689
May266181 to 379
June203153 to 291
July187139 to 284
August178132 to 272
September154117 to 211
October151120 to 212
November197154 to 273
December277199 to 467

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 58 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Upatoi Creek near Columbus, GA (site 02341800). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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