TidalMapStone Mountain Creek at Silver Hill Rd, near Stone Mountain, 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 02207130 sits on Stone Mountain Creek and reads everything draining 3.6 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 850 feet above sea level NAVD88.
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 Stone Mountain Creek at GA 124, near Lithonia, GA at 28 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 13% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yellow River at Pleasant Hill Road, near Lithonia,ga, Yellow River at Milstead, GA and Yellow River at Gees Mill Road, near Milstead, GA.
Flood stages and record crests
Stone Mountain Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 9 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 9.9 feet, in October 2020.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 7 ft |
| Minor flooding | 9 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 11 ft |
| Major flooding | 13 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| October 2020 | 9.9 ft |
| August 2013 | 9.1 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge STCG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Morgan Falls Dam is 16 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Morgan Falls Dam 16 miles
- Buford Dam 24 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Little Stone Mountain Creek near Stone Mountain, GA
- Jackson Creek Tributary 1 at Williams Rd, near Lilburn,ga
- Jackson Creek at Angels Lane, near Lilburn, GA
- Garner Creek near Snellville, GA
- Snapfinger Creek near Decatur, GA
- South Fork Peachtree at Casa Dr, near Clarkston, GA
- Yellow River near Snellville, GA
- Burnt Fork Creek at Montreal Rd, near Tucker, GA
- N.f Peachtree Creek at Graves Rd, near Doraville,ga
- Stone Mountain Creek at GA 124, near Lithonia, GA
- Yellow River near Luxomni, GA
- Beaver Ruin Creek at Mitchell Rd, near Norcross, GA
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02207130. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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