TidalMapYellow River Tributary at Plantation Rd,nr 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 02205596 sits on Yellow River Tributary and reads everything draining 7.2 square miles of the Upper Ocmulgee basin. Its datum sits 857 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 Yellow River near Luxomni, GA at 124 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 6% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Yellow River near Snellville, GA, Yellow River at GA 124, near Lithonia, GA and Yellow River at Pleasant Hill Road, near Lithonia,ga.
Flood stages and record crests
The highest crest on record is 14 feet, in September 2009.
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| September 2009 | 14 ft |
| July 2005 | 10.2 ft |
| April 1998 | 10.1 ft |
| October 2009 | 9.4 ft |
| June 2003 | 8.9 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge YETG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
Dams near this gauge
The Army Corps' Buford Dam is 17 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.
- Buford Dam 17 miles
- Morgan Falls Dam 20 miles
Nearby river gauges
- Pew Creek at Patterson Rd, near Lawrenceville, GA
- Yellow River near Luxomni, GA
- Watson Creek Tributary 2, Tanglewood Dr, Snellville, GA
- Sweetwater Creek at US 29, near Luxomni, GA
- Yellow River near Snellville, GA
- Sweetwater Creek at Club Drive near Lilburn, GA
- Garner Creek near Snellville, GA
- Jacks Creek at Brannan Road, near Snellville, GA
- Wolf Creek Tributary at Dean Road, near Suwanee, GA
- Wildcat Creek near Lawrenceville, GA
- Shoal Creek at Paper Mill Rd, near Lawrenceville, GA
- Big Haynes Creek at Lenora Road, near Snellville, GA
Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 02205596. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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