Etowah River 0.2 Mi Ds GA 53, near Dawsonville, 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 02389050 sits on Etowah River 0.2 Mi Ds GA 53, and reads everything draining 113 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 1,043 feet above sea level NAVD88.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

One gauged site sits upstream of here. The closest is Etowah River at GA 136, near Landdrum, GA, reading 97 square miles. This gauge adds the 16 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River at GA 9, near Dawsonville, GA at 131 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 86% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at Kelly Bridge Road, near Matt, GA and Etowah River Downstream of I-575, at Canton, GA.

Flood stages and record crests

Etowah River 0.2 Mi Ds GA 53, reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 7 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.4 feet, in March 2021.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DWLG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Buford Dam is 15 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Buford Dam 15 miles