Etowah River at Canton, 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 02392000 sits on the Etowah River and reads everything draining 613 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 845 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1897, 98 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Etowah River Downstream of I-575, at Canton, GA, reading 600 square miles. This gauge adds the 13 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River Allatoona Dam Tw, above Cartersville,ga at 1,122 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 55% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at GA 61, near Cartersville, GA.

Normal flows here

The Etowah River runs a median of 832 cfs at this gauge across 98 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 1,520 cfs, and October the leanest at 490 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 22,700 cfs in 1946, and the lowest is 81 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1897 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Etowah River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 16 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 26.7 feet, in January 1946.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CNNG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Allatoona Dam is 14 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Allatoona Dam 14 miles
• Morgan Falls Dam 20 miles
• Buford Dam 25 miles