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Albany, GA (ABNG1) on the Flint River
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Current River Conditions Albany River Cam


Web camera is located just downstream of Georgia Power Dam looking upstream. Picture is updated each hour during daylight.
 
Flint River Basin Hydrograph of Past and Forecast River Levels
Past 5 Days                  |              5 Day Forecast
  Back Up Hydrograph    Observed/Forecast Data
 
Site Information
LOCATION Lat 31°35'39", long 84°08'39", Dougherty County, Hydrologic Unit 03130008, on right bank at downstream side of Georgia Northern Railway bridge in Albany, 0.5 mi downstream from Muckafoonee Creek, and at mile 103.4. 
DRAINAGE AREA 5,310 sq mi, approximately.
PERIOD OF RECORD February 1897 to September 1901 (gage heights only), October 1901 to June 1921, October 1929 to current year. Gage-height records collected at site 1 mi downstream since 1893 are contained in 
reports of National Weather Service. 
REVISED RECORDS WSP 1504: 1902, 1913 (instantaneous maximum discharge),  1916-17, 1919- 21, 1930 (instantaneous minimum), 1934(instantaneous minimum), drainage area; WDR GA-95-1:1994. 
GAGE Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 150.03 ft above sea level. Prior to Jan. 1, 1902, non-recording gage at site 1 mi downstream at datum 1.3 ft lower. Jan. 1, 1902 to June 30, 1921, non-recording gage at site 1 mi downstream at datum 2.0 ft lower. 
REMARKS Flow regulated by power plants at Flint River Reservoir since 1921, capacity, 7,500 acre-ft; and at Warwick Reservoir since 1930, capacity about 35,000 acre-ft. Normal operation of power plants does not materially affect figures of monthly runoff. 
 

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City of Albany
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Flint River Reservoir
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Georgia Power (East)
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Georgia Power (West)
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City of Albany
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City of Albany 
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Georgia Power Dam 2 KM
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Georgia Power Spillway - 2 KM
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Albany (North)
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