Etowah River at GA 1 Loop, near Rome, 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 02395980 sits on the Etowah River and reads everything draining 1,801 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 562 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1993, 34 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Etowah River near Kingston,ga, reading 1,634 square miles. This gauge adds the 167 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River at Coosa Valley F.g, at Rome, GA at 1,819 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 99% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Coosa River at State Line, Al/ga.

Normal flows here

The Etowah River runs a median of 1,895 cfs at this gauge across 34 years of record. February is the fullest month at a median 2,550 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,205 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 25,900 cfs in 1998, and the lowest is 423 cfs in 2009.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1993 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 32 feet. NWS starts watching it at 28 feet. The highest crest on record is 37.5 feet, in April 1938.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ROEG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Allatoona Dam is 23 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Allatoona Dam 23 miles