Etowah River at GA 136, near Landdrum, 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 02388975 sits on the Etowah River and reads everything draining 97 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 1,067 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 19 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River 0.2 Mi Ds GA 53, near Dawsonville, GA at 113 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 86% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at GA 9, near Dawsonville, GA and Etowah River at Kelly Bridge Road, near Matt, GA.

Normal flows here

The Etowah River runs a median of 174 cfs at this gauge across 19 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 305 cfs, and October the leanest at 95 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,160 cfs in 2021, and the lowest is 24 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 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 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 12 feet. The highest crest on record is 16 feet, in March 2021.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge LANG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Buford Dam is 17 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Buford Dam 17 miles