Etowah River at GA 9, 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 02389150 sits on the Etowah River and reads everything draining 131 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 1,021 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2002, 24 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Etowah River 0.2 Mi Ds GA 53, near Dawsonville, GA, reading 113 square miles. This gauge adds the 18 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River at Kelly Bridge Road, near Matt, GA at 277 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 47% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River Downstream of I-575, at Canton, GA and Etowah River at Canton, GA.

Normal flows here

The Etowah River runs a median of 230 cfs at this gauge across 24 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 344 cfs, and October the leanest at 118 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,400 cfs in 2013, and the lowest is 22 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2002 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 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 11 feet. The highest crest on record is 16.2 feet, in January 1946.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge DWSG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

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

• Buford Dam 14 miles