TidalMapShoal Creek at Paper Mill Rd, near Lawrenceville, 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 02208130 sits on Shoal Creek and reads everything draining 5.5 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 874 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow is on record here from 2007 to 2018, 9 years in all.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is City Lake at Lawrenceville, GA, reading 0.8 square miles. This gauge adds the 4.7 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Alcovy River at New Hope Road, near Grayson, GA at 31 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 18% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Alcovy River above Covington, GA and Alcovy River below Covington, GA.
Normal flows here
Shoal Creek runs a median of 2.8 cfs at this gauge across 9 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 5.0 cfs, and September the leanest at 1.0 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 674 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2018.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.0 cfs | 143% |
| Feb | 4.9 cfs | 175% |
| Mar | 5.0 cfs | 179% |
| Apr | 4.7 cfs | 168% |
| May | 3.1 cfs | 111% |
| Jun | 2.3 cfs | 82% |
| Jul | 1.7 cfs | 61% |
| Aug | 1.3 cfs | 46% |
| Sep | 1.0 cfs | 35% |
| Oct | 1.9 cfs | 68% |
| Nov | 1.9 cfs | 70% |
| Dec | 3.3 cfs | 118% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2007 to 2018. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median. USGS stopped publishing a daily flow record at this gauge, so these are historical norms, not a baseline for current readings.
Flood stages and record crests
Shoal Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 13.1 feet, in September 2009.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 9 ft |
| Minor flooding | 11 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 14 ft |
| Major flooding | 17 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| September 2009 | 13.1 ft |
| January 2010 | 11.1 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LAVG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Buford Dam is 16 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Buford Dam 16 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Alcovy River near Lawrenceville, GA
- Alcovy River at New Hope Road, near Grayson, GA
- Wildcat Creek near Lawrenceville, GA
- Apalachee River at Fence Road, near Dacula, GA
- Pew Creek at Patterson Rd, near Lawrenceville, GA
- Yellow River Tributary at Plantation Rd,nr Lawrenceville,ga
- Wolf Creek Tributary at Dean Road, near Suwanee, GA
- Watson Creek Tributary 2, Tanglewood Dr, Snellville, GA
- Brushy Fork Creek at Beaver Road, near Loganville,ga
- Big Haynes Creek at Lenora Road, near Snellville, GA
- Rock Creek at Parks Mill Rd, near Auburn, GA
- Yellow River near Luxomni, GA
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02208130. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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