Euharlee Creek at US 287 at Rockmart

1. 15.00 ftMajor flooding begins and expands further along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage on Church Street. The Wayside Park...The Depot building at Richardson Field...the Economy Storage buildings and some of the Rockmart Water Filtration Plant buildings be flooded. Flooding expands on all the bridges over the creek...the Veterans Plaza parking lot and some roads in downtown Rockmart. The Senior Center and the First National Bank of Polk County will begin to flood.
2. 13.00 ftModerate flooding continues to expand along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage on Church Street. Most of the Wayside Park will be under 3 to 6 feet of water. The Depot building at Richardson Field will begin to flood. The water is three feet above the sidewalk on The Silver Comet Trail foot bridge just downstream from West Elm Street. The water continues flood the bridge between Wayside Park and Veterans Park across from the Senior Center and the Veterans Plaza parking lot.
3. 12.00 ftModerate flooding begins with water expanding further from the creek upstream and downstream from the gage on Church Street. Portions of the Wayside Park will be under 2 to 5 feet of water. All of the sidewalks on the Silver Comet Trail will be flooded. The water is two feet above the sidewalk on The Silver Comet Trail foot bridge just downstream from West Elm Street. The water reaches the bottom of the bridge between Wayside Park and Veterans Park across from the Senior Center.
4. 11.00 ftMinor flooding continues to expand along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage on Church Street. Portions of the Wayside Park will be under 1 to 4 feet of water. All of the sidewalks on the Silver Comet Trail will be flooded. The water is a foot above the sidewalk on The Silver Comet Trail foot bridge just downstream from West Elm Street.
5. 10.00 ftMinor flooding continues and expands along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage on Church Street. Portions of the Wayside Park will be under 1 to 3 feet of water. Most of the sidewalks on the Silver Comet Trail will be flooded. The water reaches the top of The Silver Comet Trail foot bridge just downstream from West Elm Street.
6. 9.00 ftMinor flooding begins along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage on Church Street. Portions of the Wayside Park will have water a foot or two deep. Sections of the sidewalk along Water Street will begin to flood. The water reaches the bottom of The Silver Comet Trail foot bridge just downstream from West Elm Street.
7. 8.00 ftBankfull conditions continue along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Church Street bridge. Low lying portions of the Wayside Park begin to flood.
8. 7.00 ftBankfull conditions are reached along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Church Street bridge.

Most recent crests

• March 16, 2025: 12.59 ft
• February 13, 2025: 11.42 ft
• January 4, 2023: 9.00 ft
• August 19, 2021: 9.94 ft
• August 17, 2021: 9.88 ft
• May 5, 2021: 9.97 ft
• May 3, 2021: 12.39 ft
• April 13, 2020: 9.47 ft
• February 6, 2020: 10.81 ft
• July 20, 2019: 9.26 ft

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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.