Chestatee River near Dahlonega, 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 02333500 sits on the Chestatee River and reads everything draining 153 square miles of the Upper Chattahoochee basin. Its datum sits 1,129 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1929, 89 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 Chestatee River at GA 53,Near Dawsonville, GA at 320 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 48% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Chattahoochee River Buford Dam near Buford, GA, Chattahoochee River at Buford Dam, near Buford, GA and Chattahoochee River near Buford, GA.

Normal flows here

The Chestatee River runs a median of 260 cfs at this gauge across 89 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 437 cfs, and September the leanest at 148 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,400 cfs in 1967, and the lowest is 31 cfs in 1999.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1929 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Chestatee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 25.2 feet, in August 1967.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DGAG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.