Conasauga River at GA 286, near Eton, 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 02384500 sits on the Conasauga River and reads everything draining 252 square miles of the Conasauga basin. Its datum sits 674 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1982, 45 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 Conasauga River at Tilton, GA at 687 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 37% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Conasauga River at Sloan Bridge, below Dalton, GA and Oostanaula River at Resaca, GA.

Normal flows here

The Conasauga River runs a median of 212 cfs at this gauge across 45 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 548 cfs, and October the leanest at 88 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 23,000 cfs in 1994, and the lowest is 10 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1982 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Conasauga River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.5 feet, in March 1994.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ETNG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Carters Rereg Dam is 18 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Carters Rereg Dam 18 miles
• Ocoee No. 1 Dam 22 miles