Little River at GA 5, near Woodstock, 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 02392780 sits on the Little River and reads everything draining 139 square miles of the Etowah basin. Its datum sits 844 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2005, 20 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 Etowah River Allatoona Dam Tw, above Cartersville,ga at 1,122 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Etowah River at GA 61, near Cartersville, GA and Etowah River near Kingston,ga.

Normal flows here

The Little River runs a median of 113 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 207 cfs, and September the leanest at 49 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 8,490 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 3.8 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2005 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Little River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 11 feet. NWS starts watching it at 9 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.8 feet, in September 2009.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge WODG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Morgan Falls Dam is 13 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Morgan Falls Dam 13 miles
• Allatoona Dam 13 miles
• Buford Dam 25 miles