Chattahoochee River at Atlanta, 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 02336000 sits on the Chattahoochee River and reads everything draining 1,450 square miles of the Upper Chattahoochee basin. Its datum sits 750 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1956, 71 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Nine gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Chattahoochee River at US 41, at Atlanta, GA, reading 1,440 square miles. Downstream the next reading comes from Chattahoochee River at GA 280, near Atlanta, GA at 1,590 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 91% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Chattahoochee River near Fairburn, GA, Chattahoochee River above Bear Creek, near Rico, GA and Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg, GA.

Normal flows here

The Chattahoochee River runs a median of 1,815 cfs at this gauge across 71 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,280 cfs, and December the leanest at 1,570 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 24,600 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 296 cfs in 1957.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1956 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Chattahoochee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 29 feet, in December 1919.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge VING1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Morgan Falls Dam sits 9 miles from this gauge and its releases set what this gauge reads. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Morgan Falls Dam 9 miles