Etowah River at Kelly Bridge Road, near Matt, 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 02390050 sits on the Etowah River and reads everything draining 277 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 977 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2014, 12 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Three gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Etowah River at GA 9, near Dawsonville, GA, reading 131 square miles. This gauge adds the 146 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River Downstream of I-575, at Canton, GA at 600 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 46% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at Canton, GA.

Normal flows here

The Etowah River runs a median of 510 cfs at this gauge across 12 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 860 cfs, and October the leanest at 246 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 6,590 cfs in 2025, and the lowest is 95 cfs in 2017.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2014 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 19 feet. NWS starts watching it at 17 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.2 feet, in February 2020.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRTG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Buford Dam is 15 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Buford Dam 15 miles