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Shoal Creek in Georgia

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Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Shoal Creek is a 6.9 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Shoal Creek at GA54, near Sharpsburg, GA (site 02344620). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2008 to 2026

Shoal Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 30 cfs, and lowest in September, at 3.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,010 cfs, in 2019.

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Typical flow by month at Shoal Creek at GA54, near Sharpsburg, GA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January2617 to 42
February2919 to 50
March3022 to 48
April2418 to 43
May1612 to 24
June115.0 to 22
July9.03.0 to 17
August6.72.7 to 15
September3.01.4 to 9.7
October3.91.8 to 11
November9.35.3 to 19
December189.3 to 36

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 18 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Shoal Creek at GA54, near Sharpsburg, GA (site 02344620). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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