Shoal Creek at Paper Mill Rd near Lawrenceville

1. 17.00 ftMajor flooding begins. The section of Paper Mill Road above the culvert will likely have severe erosion. The water level reaches the bottom of the USGS river gauge house just downstream on the left bank.
2. 14.00 ftModerate flooding begins. The water level begins to cover Paper Mill Road at the bridge.
3. 12.00 ftThe Paper Mill Road bed on top of the concrete culvert begins to form an obstacle and act like a dam causing some backwater and erosion eddies to the sides of the bridge.
4. 11.00 ftMinor flooding begins of the natural flood plain. The water level reaches the top of the concrete culvert under Paper Mill Road.
5. 9.00 ftBankfull is reached upstream and downstream from the river gauge at Paper Mill Road.

Most recent crests

• January 25, 2010: 11.11 ft
• September 21, 2009: 13.12 ft

• Alcovy River at Lawrenceville
• Alcovy River at New Hope Road near Grayson
• Wildcat Creek (GA) at Lawrenceville
• Apalachee River at Fence Road near Dacula
• Pew Creek at Patterson Road near Lawrenceville
• Yellow River Tributary at Plantation Road near Lawrenceville
• Wolf Creek Tributary at Dean Road near Suwanee
• Watson Creek Tributary at Tanglewood Drive near Snellville

Forecasts by the Southeast River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. Automated gauge readings are now available, courtesy of the USGS.

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.