Etowah River at GA 61, near Cartersville, 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 02394670 sits on the Etowah River and reads everything draining 1,345 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 651 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2011, 16 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Etowah River Allatoona Dam Tw, above Cartersville,ga, reading 1,122 square miles. This gauge adds the 223 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River near Kingston,ga at 1,634 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 82% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at GA 1 Loop, near Rome, GA and Etowah River at Coosa Valley F.g, at Rome, GA.

Normal flows here

The Etowah River runs a median of 1,555 cfs at this gauge across 16 years of record. December is the fullest month at a median 2,560 cfs, and August the leanest at 954 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 11,000 cfs in 2020, and the lowest is 301 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2011 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 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 37 feet, in April 1886.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CTVG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Allatoona Dam is 6 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Allatoona Dam 6 miles