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Gauge Information

Gauge Description:

Class 3 at low flows below 4 feet.
Class 4 above 5 feet on the gauge. The falls are 4+
At 7 feet the falls are a class 5 drop.
The river has been run a few times over 10 feet and possibly as high as 13. Floodstage class 5 at these flows.

LOCATION.--Lat 33°46'22", long 84°36'53", Douglas County, Hydrologic Unit 03130002, on right bank 100 ft upstream from bridge on Interstate Highway 20, 400 ft upstream from Blair Bridge, 3 mi southeast of Austell, and 5.5 mi upstream from mouth.

More gauge info in text below.

Sweetwater's drainage area is nearly 250 square miles, so it usually holds its water for a couple of days after a heavy rain.

Gauge Information

Name Range Difficulty Updated Level
SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL, GA
usgs-02337000 2.40 - 9.00 ft III-IV(V) 00h34m 2.67 ft (rc= 0.0 )

RangeWater LevelDifficultyComment
2.40 -9.00 ft barely runnable-high runnable III-IV(V)

Report - Reports of Sweetwater Creek Sweetwater Creek State Park to Chattahoochee River and related gauges

Reports give the public a chance to report on river conditions throughout the country as well as log the history of a river.

Reports

When River/Gauge Subject Level Reporter
Sweetwater Creek [GA] (RM) Sweetwater Falls - Duncan 4.1ft (1040 cfs) Robert Maxwell
Sweetwater Creek [GA] The Falls at Sweetwater Creek Around 4 feet Brad Roberts
87d03h49m /SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL, GA [GA] Sweetwater Falls Panorama 4.30 ft Chuck Kirk
101d23h40m sweetwater creek [GA] 9/21/09 broke the gauge n/a
3y287d05h19m Sweetwater Creek [Ga] second drop in the falls 6.9ft. Jamie Flanagan
3y287d05h19m Sweetwater Creek [GA] First Ledge in the falls 6.9ft. Jamie Flanagan
5y171d05h19m Sweetwater Creek [GA] Dale Surfs 3.5 Patrick Dortch
5y342d05h19m Sweetwater Creek [GA] Sweetwater Falls 7.0 James Millette
6y55d05h19m Sweetwater Creek [GA] Sweetwater Creek Falls 7.2 feet or 2300 cfs Brad Roberts
6y55d05h19m Sweetwater Creek [GA] Middle Channel - Mill Shoals 7.3 feet Brad Roberts
6y294d05h19m Sweetwater Creek [ga] Side Creek at Sweetwater 3.6 Brad Roberts
7y86d05h19m Sweetwater Creek [GA] Surfing my brains out at Pumphouse 5.5 feet Brad Roberts
7y353d05h19m Sweetwater Creek [GA] Sweetwater 7 feet Brad Roberts