Oothkalooga Creek at GA 53 Spur, at Calhoun, 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 02387600 sits on Oothkalooga Creek and reads everything draining 63 square miles of the Oostanaula basin. Its datum sits 603 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 2005, 21 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 Oostanaula River near Rome, GA at 2,115 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there. Water passing here goes on to Oostanaula River at US 27, at Rome, GA.

Normal flows here

Oothkalooga Creek runs a median of 50 cfs at this gauge across 21 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 103 cfs, and September the leanest at 25 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,300 cfs in 2016, and the lowest is 7.7 cfs in 2007.

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

Oothkalooga Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 18 feet. NWS starts watching it at 15 feet. The highest crest on record is 20.2 feet, in December 2015.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge OTKG1. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.

Dams near this gauge

The Army Corps' Carters Rereg Dam is 17 miles from this gauge. The Corps publishes no release schedule for this project; its last observed release and elevations load below.

• Carters Rereg Dam 17 miles