About this river
Sweetwater Creek is a 15.3 mile river near River Through Atlanta in Georgia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sweetwater Creek near Austell, GA (site 02337000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1904 to 2026
Sweetwater Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 388 cfs, and lowest in September, at 78 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 27,700 cfs, in 2009.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 295 | 199 to 501 | |
| February | 360 | 238 to 605 | |
| March | 388 | 272 to 631 | |
| April | 319 | 234 to 495 | |
| May | 208 | 151 to 310 | |
| June | 154 | 101 to 226 | |
| July | 123 | 70 to 232 | |
| August | 94 | 58 to 169 | |
| September | 78 | 42 to 132 | |
| October | 82 | 46 to 138 | |
| November | 129 | 89 to 221 | |
| December | 206 | 134 to 362 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 91 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sweetwater Creek near Austell, GA (site 02337000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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