About this river
Snapfinger Creek is a 3.2 mile stream near Murphs Surf Paddle Shack in Georgia. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Snapfinger Creek near Decatur, GA (site 02203950). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2010 to 2024
Snapfinger Creek typically runs highest in February, at a median 15 cfs, and lowest in October, at 4.7 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 836 cfs, in 2016.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 9.4 to 20 | |
| February | 15 | 9.6 to 26 | |
| March | 13 | 10 to 21 | |
| April | 12 | 9.5 to 18 | |
| May | 9.3 | 7.5 to 14 | |
| June | 8.0 | 6.2 to 12 | |
| July | 7.3 | 5.4 to 13 | |
| August | 7.0 | 4.7 to 14 | |
| September | 5.0 | 3.7 to 7.6 | |
| October | 4.7 | 3.4 to 7.1 | |
| November | 6.3 | 4.3 to 11 | |
| December | 9.2 | 5.9 to 17 |
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 14 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Snapfinger Creek near Decatur, GA (site 02203950). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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