Shoal Creek at Shoal Creek Road, near Griffin, 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 02344478 sits on Shoal Creek and reads everything draining 13 square miles of the Upper Flint basin. Its datum sits 757 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

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 Flint River near Griffin, GA at 272 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 5% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Flint River below Big Branch, near Molena, GA.

Normal flows here

Shoal Creek runs a median of 6.8 cfs at this gauge across 22 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 15 cfs, and September the leanest at 2.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 1,250 cfs in 2005, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2003 to 2025. 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 7 feet. NWS starts watching it at 5 feet. The highest crest on record is 8.7 feet, in July 2005.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SHLG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.