Little Tallapoosa River at US 27, at Carrollton,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.

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 02413000 sits on the Little Tallapoosa River and reads everything draining 95 square miles of the Upper Tallapoosa basin. Its datum sits 975 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1937, 37 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 Little Tallapoosa River at Reavesville Rd near Bowdon,ga at 237 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 40% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Little Tallapoosa River at GA 100, near Bowdon, GA and Little Tallapoosa River near Newell AL.

Normal flows here

The Little Tallapoosa River runs a median of 63 cfs at this gauge across 37 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 160 cfs, and September the leanest at 24 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,550 cfs in 2009, and the lowest is 0.3 cfs in 1955.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1937 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Little Tallapoosa River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 16 feet. The highest crest on record is 19.3 feet, in November 1948.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CANG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.