Coosawattee 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 02380500 sits on the Coosawattee River and reads everything draining 236 square miles of the Coosawattee basin. Its datum sits 1,216 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1939, 74 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Cartecay River near Ellijay, GA, reading 134 square miles. This gauge adds the 102 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Carters Lake near Carters, GA at 374 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 63% 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.

Normal flows here

The Coosawattee River runs a median of 378 cfs at this gauge across 74 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 654 cfs, and October the leanest at 208 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,870 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 48 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1939 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Coosawattee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 8 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.7 feet, in March 1951.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ELIG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Carters Rereg Dam is 12 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Carters Rereg Dam 12 miles
• Blue Ridge Dam 19 miles