PEACHTREE CREEK LINKS

 Peachtree Creek home

• Topics
  • Peachtree Creek watershed
  • Monitoring Peachtree Creek
  • How USGS measures streamflow
  • Streamflow patterns
  • Flooding at Peachtree Creek
  • Impervious surfaces and flooding
  • How much water flows during a storm?
  • High-water marks and stream stage
  • Streamflow summary for 2002

• Webcam
  • Real-time video webcam
  • Most recent snapshot (good for handhelds)

• Links and information
  • Links and sources of water information
  • Floods Q&A
  • Drought Q&A

USGS IN YOUR STATE

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

Peachtree Creek HydroWatch

Peachtree Creek is a major tributary to the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta, Ga. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been monitoring stream stage and streamflow at or near the Northside Drive gage location since 1958. The Peachtree Creek watershed occupies a large portion of the northeast metro Atlanta area and collects precipitation runoff that drains into the Chattahoochee River. This website offers information about the streamflow and flooding characteristics of Peachtree Creek.

As the residents of Woodward Way, which runs parallel to Peachtree Creek near Northside Drive know too well, very heavy rainfall can cause Peachtree Creek to overflow its banks and send waters flooding into their houses. A number of houses on Woodward Way have actually been raised onto stilts. The massive flooding of Sept. 2009 once again caused major flooding damage to houses in this area.

Peachtree Creek - Current River Stage

Click on the chart to view a larger chart and more data and charts for Peachtree Creek.

Base flow and flood conditions comparison

The pictures below compares normal base-flow conditions (river stage at about 3 feet) on the left with the flooding in Sept. 2009 (river stage about 20 feet)