Etowah River near Kingston,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 02395000 sits on the Etowah River and reads everything draining 1,634 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 610 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1950, 63 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Two gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Etowah River at GA 61, near Cartersville, GA, reading 1,345 square miles. This gauge adds the 289 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Etowah River at GA 1 Loop, near Rome, GA at 1,801 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 91% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at Coosa Valley F.g, at Rome, GA.

Normal flows here

The Etowah River runs a median of 2,075 cfs at this gauge across 63 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,810 cfs, and September the leanest at 1,285 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 26,600 cfs in 1977, and the lowest is 327 cfs in 1988.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1950 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 20 feet. NWS starts watching it at 18 feet. The highest crest on record is 31 feet, in December 1919.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge KGTG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

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

• Allatoona Dam 15 miles