TidalMapNoonday Creek US Chastain Meadows Pkwy, Marietta, GA Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
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 02392920 sits on Noonday Creek US Chastain Meadows Pkwy, Marietta and reads everything draining 14 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 909 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2017, 9 years of it.
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 Noonday Creek at Hawkins Store Rd, near Woodstock,ga at 26 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 56% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Noonday Creek at Shallowford Road, near Woodstock,ga, Etowah River Allatoona Dam Tw, above Cartersville,ga and Etowah River at GA 61, near Cartersville, GA.
Normal flows here
Noonday Creek US Chastain Meadows Pkwy, Marietta runs a median of 12 cfs at this gauge across 9 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 19 cfs, and September the leanest at 5.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 883 cfs in 2024, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2024.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 cfs | 150% |
| Feb | 19 cfs | 158% |
| Mar | 19 cfs | 158% |
| Apr | 15 cfs | 125% |
| May | 12 cfs | 100% |
| Jun | 12 cfs | 96% |
| Jul | 11 cfs | 92% |
| Aug | 7.8 cfs | 65% |
| Sep | 5.1 cfs | 42% |
| Oct | 5.1 cfs | 42% |
| Nov | 7.7 cfs | 64% |
| Dec | 12 cfs | 100% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2017 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
Noonday Creek US Chastain Meadows Pkwy, Marietta reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 11.9 feet, in September 2024.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 9 ft |
| Minor flooding | 11 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 21 ft |
| Major flooding | 23 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | 11.9 ft |
| January 2024 | 11.3 ft |
| September 2020 | 11.2 ft |
| November 2018 | 11.1 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NBSG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Morgan Falls Dam is 10 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Morgan Falls Dam 10 miles
- Allatoona Dam 14 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Noonday Creek at Hawkins Store Rd, near Woodstock,ga
- Noonday Creek at Shallowford Road, near Woodstock,ga
- Butler Creek at Mack Dobbs Road, near Kennesaw, GA
- Sewell Mill Creek at GA 120, near Marietta, GA
- Little River at GA 5, near Woodstock, GA
- Sope Creek near Marietta, GA
- Allatoona Creek at Stilesboro Rd, near Acworth, GA
- Rottenwood Creek at Interstate N Pkwy, near Smyrna, GA
- Willeo Creek at GA 120, near Roswell, GA
- Chatt River at Powers Fy and I-285 near Atlanta, GA
- Chattahoochee River below Morgan Falls Dam, GA
- Chattahoochee River at US 41, at Atlanta, GA
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02392920. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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