Swift Creek at Rock Chapel Road near Lithonia

The past week

What floods at each level

• 21 ft

  Major flooding continues with widespread inundation of the woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be up to 14 feet deep in the grassy areas. The water level will be around 7 feet above the center manhole cover of a sanitary sewer. The flood waters will begin to enter the pump station building and be around two feet deep over the paved area.

• 20 ft

  Major flooding occurs with widespread inundation of the woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be up to 13 feet deep in the grassy areas. The water level will be around 6 feet above the center manhole cover of a sanitary sewer and be reaching the foundation of the pump station. The flood waters will be around one foot deep over the paved area around building.

• 19 ft

  Major flooding begins. Widespread inundation occurs of the woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be up to 12 feet deep in the grassy areas. The water level will be around 5 feet above the center manhole cover of a sanitary sewer. The lowest portion of the paved area around the pump station will begin to flood.

• 18 ft

  Significant flooding continues to expand into the woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be up to 11 feet deep in the grassy areas. The water level will be around 4 feet above the center manhole cover of a sanitary sewer. The lowest portion of the paved area around the pump station will begin to flood.

• 17 ft

  Significant flooding continues to expand into the woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be up to 10 feet deep in the grassy areas. The water level will be around 3 feet above the center manhole cover of a sanitary sewer.

• 15 ft

  Significant flooding continues in the woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be from 7 to 8 feet deep in the grassy areas. The water level will be around one foot above the center manhole cover of a sanitary sewer.

• 14 ft

  Moderate flooding begins. Significant flooding occurs in the woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be from 6 to 7 feet deep in the grassy areas. The water level will reach the top of the center manhole cover of a sanitary sewer.

• 13 ft

  Minor flooding continues to expand further into woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be from 5 to 6 feet deep in the grassy areas.

• 11 ft

  Minor flooding continues in the woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be from 3 to 4 feet deep in the grassy areas.

• 9 ft

  Flood stage is reached. Minor flooding occurs in the woodlands and grassy areas along the creek upstream and downstream from the stream gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Flood waters will be from 1 to 2 feet deep in the grassy areas.

• 7 ft

  Bankfull conditions are reached upstream and downstream from the stream gage behind a DeKalb County Pump Station off Rock Chapel Road. Water begins to flow into low portions of the woodlands along the creek.