Nancy Creek at Rickenbacker Drive, at Atlanta, 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 02336360 sits on Nancy Creek and reads everything draining 27 square miles of the Upper Chattahoochee basin. Its datum sits 810 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2003, 22 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Nancy Creek at Johnson Ferry Rd, at Chamblee, GA, reading 18 square miles. This gauge adds the 8.8 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Nancy Creek at Lake Forest Road, at Atlanta, GA at 28 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 94% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Nancy Creek at West Wesley Road, at Atlanta, GA, Chattahoochee River at GA 280, near Atlanta, GA and Chattahoochee River near Fairburn, GA.

Normal flows here

Nancy Creek runs a median of 17 cfs at this gauge across 22 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 29 cfs, and October the leanest at 8.4 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,720 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 0.5 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2003 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Nancy Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 15.5 feet, in December 1973.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NCKG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Morgan Falls Dam is 7 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Morgan Falls Dam 7 miles