Snake Creek near Whitesburg, 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 02337500 sits on Snake Creek and reads everything draining 36 square miles of the Middle Chattahoochee-Lake Harding basin. Its datum sits 833 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1954, 71 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 Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, GA at 2,430 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 1% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Chattahoochee River at GA 100, at Franklin, GA.

Normal flows here

Snake Creek runs a median of 34 cfs at this gauge across 71 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 64 cfs, and September the leanest at 18 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,000 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 1.0 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1954 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Snake Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 17.3 feet, in September 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SNKG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.