The Big Creek GreenwayRiver Level

Portions of Alpharetta Greenway Under Water

Jeff — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:57:49 +0000

Though both greenways remain open today after the heavy rains last night, the Alpharetta website has a warning posted that portions of the trail are under water. Please do not try and cross these portions as the trail can become slick and the water may be moving swift. It may also not be possible to see if submerged portions of the trail have been washed out. No reports of washed out sections have been received though.

Enjoy a beautiful day out on the trails after the rainy Saturday!

Trail Closed Again Due to Flooding

Jeff — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:01:22 +0000

Another 2 inches of rain in the area has caused Big Creek to rise to almost 7 feet in Forsyth and just above 7 feet in Alpharetta. Flood stage for the Alpharetta section of Big Creek is at 7 feet, with some portions of the trail becoming impassible at 5 feet.

With more rain forecast for the rest of the week, please make sure you check the City of Alpharetta Greenway Website to get the current status of the Alpharetta trail and call the Forsyth County Rain out line (770.886.2851) for the status of the Forsyth trail before heading to the greenway.

New Feature – Big Creek Greenway Weather Conditions

Jeff — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:27:33 +0000

Big Creek Greenway Weather Conditions Widget

We’ve added a new feature to help determine if the Greenway is usable with the recent rains. Now you can check on the weather and river level in your area at the top of our site. New data, including temperature, humidity, wind, conditions and water level, is updated every half an hour. The river level is usually from 45 minutes to an hour behind current time.

We’ll be enhancing this new feature as time goes on, including adding a method to notify if the river level is currently rising or falling, and if the river level is nearing flood stage. Unfortunately after speaking with the city of Alpharetta, there is no definite way to determine when the trail closes due to flooding, or when it will reopen. You can call the city of Alpharetta to get Big Creek Greenway information at (678) 297-6102 if you are unsure of flooding.

Enjoy, and as always, if there is something you would like to see on this site, shoot us an e-mail or leave a comment. Thanks to the USGS and NOAA.gov for making the data available.