Shoal Creek at Ga54, near Sharpsburg, 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 02344620 sits on Shoal Creek and reads everything draining 24 square miles of the Upper Flint basin. Its datum sits 783 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 18 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 Line Creek below Lake Mcintosh, near Peachtree City,ga at 69 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 35% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Line Creek near Senoia, GA and Flint River below Big Branch, near Molena, GA.

Normal flows here

Shoal Creek runs a median of 14 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 30 cfs, and September the leanest at 3.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 2,010 cfs in 2019, and the lowest is 0.1 cfs in 2012.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Shoal Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.9 feet, in September 2024.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SHPG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.