Holly Creek near Chatsworth, 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 02385800 sits on Holly Creek and reads everything draining 64 square miles of the Conasauga basin. Its datum sits 689 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1960, 66 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 Conasauga River at Tilton, GA at 687 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 9% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Conasauga River at Sloan Bridge, below Dalton, GA, Oostanaula River at Resaca, GA and Oostanaula River at Calhoun, GA.

Normal flows here

Holly Creek runs a median of 47 cfs at this gauge across 66 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 129 cfs, and September the leanest at 14 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,890 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 0.4 cfs in 2000.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1960 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Holly Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 10 feet. NWS starts watching it at 8 feet. The highest crest on record is 14.9 feet, in February 1990.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge HOLG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Carters Rereg Dam is 9 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Carters Rereg Dam 9 miles