Beaver Ruin Creek at Mitchell Rd, near Norcross, GA Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02205900 sits on Beaver Ruin Creek and reads everything draining 2.8 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 918 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Sweetwater Creek at US 29, near Luxomni, GA at 48 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 6% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yellow River near Luxomni, GA, Yellow River near Snellville, GA and Yellow River at GA 124, near Lithonia, GA.

Flood stages and record crests

The highest crest on record is 6.2 feet, in January 2023.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BVRG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Morgan Falls Dam is 11 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Morgan Falls Dam 11 miles
• Buford Dam 18 miles