Noonday Creek at Hawkins Store Road near Blackwells
Highest listed crest 17.31 ftFlood stage 11.0 ft7 crests since 2000
The Noonday Creek at Hawkins Store Road near Blackwells crested above flood stage 3 times among the 7 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2000 to 2009. The highest, 17.31 ft on September 21, 2009, was moderate flooding, 6.31 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Noonday Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it, 1 at its own highest listed crest.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 17.31 ft
- September 21, 2009; 3,711 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 11.0 ft
- Major flooding from 18.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 3 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- September 21, 2009
- 17.31 ft, moderate flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 9.0 | 3 | May 6, 2003 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 11.0 | 2 | Jul 11, 2005 |
| Moderate flood stage | 15.0 | 1 | Sep 21, 2009 |
| Major flood stage | 18.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
7 crests from 2000 to 2009. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
Highest crests
| 1 | Sep 21, 2009 | 17.31 | +6.31 | Moderate |
| 2 | Jul 11, 2005 | 14.16 | +3.16 | Minor |
| 3 | Sep 16, 2004 | 11.45 | +0.45 | Minor |
| 4 | May 6, 2003 | 10.07 | −0.93 | Action |
| 5 | Mar 30, 2002 | 9.42 | −1.58 | Action |
| 6 | Nov 9, 2000 | 9.41 | −1.59 | Action |
| 7 | Sep 1, 2000 | 8.96 | −2.04 | Below flood stage |
The worst floods along the Noonday Creek
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Noonday Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.
September 21, 2009: 17.31 ft here, moderate flooding
- Shallowford River near WoodstockGA · Sep 21, 2009 · 19.66 ft · Major · its highest
July 11, 2005: 14.16 ft here, minor flooding
- Shallowford River near WoodstockGA · Jul 11, 2005 · 16.30 ft · Moderate
September 16, 2004: 11.45 ft here, minor flooding
- Shallowford River near WoodstockGA · Sep 16, 2004 · 13.77 ft · Moderate
Gauges on the Noonday Creek
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Chastain Meadows Parkway near Kennesaw | GA | 11.94 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Hawkins Store Road near Blackwells this gauge | GA | 17.31 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 0 |
| Shallowford River near Woodstock | GA | 19.66 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 1 |
Other gauges in Cobb County
| Stilesboro Road near Acworth | 23.90 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 1 |
| Mack Dobbs Road near Kennesaw | 14.27 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 0 |
| US 41 at Atlanta | 28.59 ft, Sep 22, 2009 | 5 |
| US Highway 78 and 278 near Mableton | 19.85 ft, Sep 22, 2009 | 0 |
| Chastain Meadows Parkway near Kennesaw | 11.94 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Shallowford River near Woodstock | 19.66 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 1 |
| Powder Springs Road near Powder Springs | 23.20 ft, Sep 22, 2009 | 1 |
| Clay Road near Austell | 27.40 ft, Sep 22, 2009 | 1 |
| Powder Springs | 19.82 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 0 |
| Interstate North Parkway near Smyrna | 14.67 ft, Sep 8, 2021 | 0 |
| GA 120 near Marietta | 13.26 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 0 |
| Lower Roswell Road near Marietta | 21.10 ft, Mar 30, 1977 | 6 |
| Brownsville Road near Powder Springs | 31.45 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 1 |
| Northwest Austell | 37.04 ft, Sep 22, 2009 | 1 |
| GA 120 near Roswell | 14.70 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 0 |
Cobb County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Georgia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge NDYG1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.