Big Cedar Creek at Georgia Ave at Cedartown

1. 24.00 ftSerious flooding continues. Bridge at West Girard Avenue floods. State Highway 27 begins to get flooded.
2. 23.00 ftMajor flooding expands. Georgia Avenue Bridge floods.
3. 22.00 ftExtensive flooding continues. Water will enter the Early Childhood Center and Parks Elementary School.
4. 21.00 ftExtensive flooding occurs. More than 100 homes will be flooded. Five feet of water will stand in the Diamond Shamrock...the Goodyear Plant...and Cedartown Industires.
5. 20.00 ftMajor flooding expands. Numerous homes flooded. Water will enter Grey Field Apartments on West Avenue.
6. 19.00 ftMajor flooding continues. Water treatment plant near West Girard Avenue floods. GEO Speciality Chemicals Plant floods near West Girard Avenue.
7. 18.00 ftMajor flooding begins. Creek will top city levee.
8. 17.00 ftModerate flooding continues. Homes will flood in Goodyear Village which is located on left bank...down stream at West Avenue along Second St. Flooding of basements on Spruce and Walnut Streets behind diamond Shamrock and Goodyear plants also will occur. Water also covers Georgia Avenue.
9. 16.00 ftModerate flooding begins. Canal Street Bridge floods. Flooding of some homes...including a mobile home park begins on west side of Georgia Avenue.
10. 15.00 ftFlood Stage is reached. Minor flooding begins. Water enters yards upstream from Canal Street Bridge and along Tanyard Branch. Several homes begin to flood just west of Georgia Avenue on Old Esom Hill Loop.
11. 13.00 ftWater enters parking lot near creek of mobile home park near Helen Street.
12. 10.00 ftBankfull is reached.

Most recent crests

• February 13, 2025: 16.31 ft
• May 4, 2021: 15.16 ft
• January 4, 2015: 15.68 ft
• March 9, 2011: 15.72 ft
• March 6, 2003: 15.20 ft
• January 27, 1996: 17.10 ft
• October 5, 1995: 17.98 ft
• March 16, 1990: 18.37 ft
• March 8, 1989: 15.95 ft
• March 20, 1980: 17.50 ft

• DownstreamCedar Creek at Cedartown
• Euharlee Creek at US 287 at Rockmart
• Coosa River at Mayos Bar Lock and Dam near Rome
• Coosa River at Stateline near Waterhouse
• Coosa River at Plant Hammond
• Tallapoosa River at US 78 near Tallapoosa
• Etowah River at GA 1 Loop near Rome
• Oostanaula River at US 27 at Rome

Forecasts by the Southeast River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available. Automated gauge readings are now available, courtesy of the USGS. The above river forecast includes future rainfall. Forecast stages may be different if the rainfall does not occur.

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.