Oostanaula River at Resaca, 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 02387500 sits on the Oostanaula River and reads everything draining 1,602 square miles of the Oostanaula basin. Its datum sits 604 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1975, 51 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Six gauged sites sit upstream of here. The closest is Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel, GA, reading 847 square miles. This gauge adds the 755 square miles that drain in between. Downstream the next reading comes from Oostanaula River at Calhoun, GA at 1,624 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 99% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Oostanaula River near Rome, GA and Oostanaula River at US 27, at Rome, GA.

Normal flows here

The Oostanaula River runs a median of 1,705 cfs at this gauge across 51 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 3,680 cfs, and October the leanest at 791 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 44,400 cfs in 1990, and the lowest is 246 cfs in 2008.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1975 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Oostanaula River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 22 feet. NWS starts watching it at 19 feet. The highest crest on record is 36.3 feet, in April 1886.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge RSCG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Carters Rereg Dam is 14 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Carters Rereg Dam 14 miles