Yellow Jacket Creek at Hammett Road below Hogansville

1. 19.00 ftWidespread major flooding begins of the marshy wetlands and woods along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Hammett Road bridge. Two houses and outbuildings on the right bank near the bridge are flooded with several feet of water. The Hammett Road bridge begins to form an obstacle and act like a dam causing some backwater and erosion eddies to the sides of the bridge. The water begins to flood Hammett Road in low lying areas and will likely be closed by county officials.
2. 16.00 ftWidespread moderate flooding continues to expand further into the marshy wetlands and woods along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Hammett Road bridge. Two houses and outbuildings on the right bank near the bridge are flooded with several feet of water. The water level reaches the bottom of the Hammett Road bridge and it may be closed by county officials.
3. 15.00 ftWidespread moderate flooding begins of the marshy wetlands and woods along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Hammett Road bridge. Two houses and outbuildings on the right bank near the bridge will be flooded with a few feet of water.
4. 13.00 ftMinor flooding continues to expand further into the marshy wetlands and woods along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Hammett Road bridge. Two houses and some outbuildings on the right bank near the bridge will be flooded.
5. 11.00 ftMinor flooding continues to expand further into the marshy wetlands and woods along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Hammett Road bridge. Yards of nearby homes will be flooded and the water reaches the foundation of a house on the upstream and right bank of the bridge.
6. 10.00 ftMinor flooding continues to expand further into the marshy wetlands and woods along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Hammett Road bridge. Yards of nearby homes will be flooded.
7. 8.00 ftMinor flooding begins of the marshy wetlands and woods along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Hammett Road bridge.
8. 6.00 ftBankfull is reached along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage on the Hammett Road bridge.

Most recent crests

• February 14, 2025: 8.19 ft
• September 28, 2024: 8.02 ft
• March 9, 2024: 9.64 ft
• February 13, 2024: 10.56 ft
• January 10, 2024: 8.68 ft
• March 28, 2023: 11.46 ft
• April 6, 2022: 8.20 ft
• April 21, 2020: 8.63 ft
• March 6, 2020: 9.32 ft
• February 19, 2020: 11.43 ft

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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.