About this river
Sweetwater Creek is a 10.5 mile river near Murphs Surf -Acworth, GA in Georgia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Sweetwater Creek,brownsville Rd,powder Springs,ga (site 02336840). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2007 to 2026
Sweetwater Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 152 cfs, and lowest in September, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 18,000 cfs, in 2009.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 126 | 70 to 223 | |
| February | 148 | 83 to 287 | |
| March | 152 | 105 to 231 | |
| April | 118 | 87 to 194 | |
| May | 70 | 45 to 111 | |
| June | 45 | 20 to 75 | |
| July | 32 | 14 to 53 | |
| August | 25 | 11 to 51 | |
| September | 17 | 6.9 to 46 | |
| October | 18 | 8.4 to 48 | |
| November | 45 | 20 to 85 | |
| December | 77 | 47 to 161 |
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 19 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Sweetwater Creek,brownsville Rd,powder Springs,ga (site 02336840). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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