Shoal Creek at Columbia Drive near Atlanta
Highest listed crest 13.42 ftFlood stage 11.0 ft6 crests since 2015
The Shoal Creek at Columbia Drive near Atlanta crested above flood stage 6 times among the 6 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2015 to 2024. The highest, 13.42 ft on December 24, 2015, was moderate flooding, 2.42 feet above flood stage. 1 other gauge on the Shoal Creek crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 13.42 ft
- December 24, 2015
- Flood stage
- 11.0 ft
- Major flooding from 16.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 6 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- September 27, 2024
- 13.15 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 | 0 | — |
| Flood stage (minor) | 11.0 | 3 | Mar 6, 2024 |
| Moderate flood stage | 13.0 | 3 | Sep 27, 2024 |
| Major flood stage | 16.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
6 crests from 2015 to 2024. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- 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 | Dec 24, 2015 | 13.42 | +2.42 | Moderate |
| 2 | Oct 11, 2020 | 13.21 | +2.21 | Moderate |
| 3 | Sep 27, 2024 | 13.15 | +2.15 | Moderate |
| 4 | Mar 6, 2024 | 11.91 | +0.91 | Minor |
| 5 | Apr 19, 2019 | 11.56 | +0.56 | Minor |
| 6 | Feb 3, 2016 | 11.34 | +0.34 | Minor |
The worst floods along the Shoal Creek
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Shoal Creek that crested above flood stage within a week.
December 24, 2015: 13.42 ft here, moderate flooding
- GA 54 near SharpsburgGA · Dec 24, 2015 · 10.98 ft · Minor
October 11, 2020: 13.21 ft here, moderate flooding
- GA 54 near SharpsburgGA · Oct 11, 2020 · 10.05 ft · Minor
September 27, 2024: 13.15 ft here, moderate flooding
- GA 54 near SharpsburgGA · Sep 27, 2024 · 12.90 ft · Minor · its highest
Gauges on the Shoal Creek
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Columbia Drive near Atlanta this gauge | GA | 13.42 ft, Dec 24, 2015 | 0 |
| Paper Mill Rd near Lawrenceville | GA | 13.12 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 0 |
| Shoal Creek Road near Griffin | GA | 8.72 ft, Jul 11, 2005 | 0 |
| GA 54 near Sharpsburg | GA | 12.90 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| GA 108 near Waleska | GA | 14.70 ft, Feb 13, 2025 | 0 |
Other gauges in DeKalb County
| Montreal Road near Tucker | 8.64 ft, Oct 11, 2020 | 0 |
| Rainbow Drive near Decatur | 13.32 ft, Oct 11, 2020 | 0 |
| Constitution Road near Atlanta | 14.23 ft, Sep 16, 2004 | 0 |
| Johnson Ferry Road near Chamblee | 22.50 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 0 |
| Briarwood Road near Atlanta | 15.81 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Buford Highway at Atlanta | 18.57 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 4 |
| Evans Mill Road near Lithonia | 8.25 ft, Apr 19, 2019 | 0 |
| Redan Road near Glen Haven | 18.00 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 0 |
| Thompson Mill Road near Lithonia | 17.54 ft, Oct 11, 2020 | 0 |
| Casa Drive at Clarkston | 10.25 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Johnson Road near Atlanta | 16.53 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Bouldercrest Road at Atlanta | 16.01 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Flakes Mill Road near Snapfinger | 21.42 ft, Sep 27, 2024 | 0 |
| Silver Hill Road near Stone Mountain | 9.94 ft, Oct 11, 2020 | 0 |
| GA 124 near Lithonia | 27.47 ft, Sep 21, 2009 | 1 |
| Pleasant Hill Road near Lithonia | 25.54 ft, Sep 22, 2009 | 1 |
DeKalb County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Georgia
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge SHOG1, 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.