Amicalola Creek near Dawsonville, GA Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02390000 sits on Amicalola Creek and reads everything draining 89 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 1,204 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1939, 34 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River at Kelly Bridge Road, near Matt, GA at 277 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 32% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River Downstream of I-575, at Canton, GA and Etowah River at Canton, GA.

Normal flows here

Amicalola Creek runs a median of 151 cfs at this gauge across 34 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 261 cfs, and October the leanest at 85 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,320 cfs in 1946, and the lowest is 24 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1939 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Amicalola Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 7 feet, in February 1942.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DONG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Buford Dam is 20 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Buford Dam 20 miles