Mountaintown Creek at GA 282, near Ellijay, 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 02381090 sits on Mountaintown Creek and reads everything draining 62 square miles of the Coosawattee basin. Its datum sits 1,278 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2008, 18 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 Carters Lake near Carters, GA at 374 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 16% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Coosawattee River at Carters, GA, Coosawattee River near Pine Chapel, GA and Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, GA.

Normal flows here

Mountaintown Creek runs a median of 130 cfs at this gauge across 18 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 210 cfs, and October the leanest at 63 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,350 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 22 cfs in 2011.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 2008 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

Mountaintown Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 12 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 10 feet, in December 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge MNCG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Carters Rereg Dam is 11 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Carters Rereg Dam 11 miles
• Blue Ridge Dam 19 miles
• Ocoee No. 3 Dam 24 miles