Armuchee Creek at Old Dalton Road, near Rome, 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 02388350 sits on Armuchee Creek and reads everything draining 224 square miles of the Oostanaula basin. Its datum sits 575 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2017, 9 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 Oostanaula River near Rome, GA at 2,115 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 11% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Oostanaula River at US 27, at Rome, GA and Coosa River at State Line, Al/ga.

Normal flows here

Armuchee Creek runs a median of 118 cfs at this gauge across 9 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 559 cfs, and September the leanest at 52 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,300 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 19 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2017 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Armuchee Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 25.6 feet, in December 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ARCG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.