Coosawattee River near Pine Chapel, 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 02383500 sits on the Coosawattee River and reads everything draining 831 square miles of the Coosawattee basin. Its datum sits 616 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1975, 52 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Five gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Coosawattee River at Carters, GA, reading 521 square miles. This gauge adds the 310 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, GA at 847 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 98% 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 Coosawattee River runs a median of 1,004 cfs at this gauge across 52 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,990 cfs, and October the leanest at 484 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 17,900 cfs in 1979, and the lowest is 168 cfs in 2002.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1975 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 25 feet. NWS starts watching it at 22 feet. The highest crest on record is 34.2 feet, in March 1951.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RDBG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Carters Rereg Dam is 8 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Carters Rereg Dam 8 miles