Nottely River near Blairsville, 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 03550500 sits on the Nottely River and reads everything draining 75 square miles of the Hiwassee basin. Its datum sits 1,810 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1942, 58 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 Nottely Lake near Ivylog, GA at 214 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 35% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Nottely River runs a median of 129 cfs at this gauge across 58 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 240 cfs, and September the leanest at 64 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,750 cfs in 1967, and the lowest is 16 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1942 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Nottely River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 13 feet. NWS starts watching it at 10 feet. The highest crest on record is 19 feet, in August 1967.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRVG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

TVA dams near this gauge

TVA's Nottely Dam is 12 miles from this gauge on the Nottely system. Planned generation, lake level and tailwater elevation for it load below when TVA has published them.

• Nottely Dam 12 miles
• Chatuge Dam 15 miles
• Blue Ridge Dam 20 miles