Cartecay River near Ellijay, 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 02379500 sits on the Cartecay River and reads everything draining 134 square miles of the Coosawattee basin. Its datum sits 1,255 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1937, 58 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 Coosawattee River near Ellijay, GA at 236 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 57% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Coosawattee River at Carters, GA, Coosawattee River near Pine Chapel, GA and Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, GA. It then enters Carters Lake near Carters, GA, below which releases set the flow.

Normal flows here

The Cartecay River runs a median of 218 cfs at this gauge across 58 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 382 cfs, and October the leanest at 130 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 8,190 cfs in 1938, and the lowest is 59 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1937 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Cartecay River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 7 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 13 feet, in April 1938.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge EECG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Carters Rereg Dam is 14 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Carters Rereg Dam 14 miles
• Blue Ridge Dam 17 miles
• Ocoee No. 3 Dam 25 miles