Conasauga River at Tilton, 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 02387000 sits on the Conasauga River and reads everything draining 687 square miles of the Conasauga basin. Its datum sits 622 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1937, 89 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Conasauga River at GA 286, near Eton, GA, reading 252 square miles. This gauge adds the 435 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Conasauga River at Sloan Bridge, below Dalton, GA at 695 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 99% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Oostanaula River at Resaca, GA and Oostanaula River at Calhoun, GA.

Normal flows here

The Conasauga River runs a median of 478 cfs at this gauge across 89 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,410 cfs, and October the leanest at 181 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 32,800 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 9.4 cfs in 2007.

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 Conasauga River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 34 feet, in April 1886.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge TLNG1. 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